“Return to Fort Benjamin”

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“Return to Fort Benjamin”

 

Season:             3 episode 20
Series Episode: 98
Air Date:          January 30, 1960

 

Teaser

“A father asks that his son’s body have whatever honor is left to it. I’ve seen him hounded to death with less dignity than cattle in a slaughter pen.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Request by Dark Leaf

 

Fee

Not discussed

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	42	Credited
Blake	Plains Cavalry major	Robert (J.) Wilke	44	Credited
Dark Leaf	Sioux Chief / Yellow Star's father	White Horse		Credited
Graham	Plains Cavalry lieutenant	Charles Aidman	35	Credited
Hodgekins	Plains Cavalry corporal	Stewart East	46	Credited
Kern	Plains Cavalry sergeant	Herbert Patterson	38	Credited
	Plains Cavalry corporal holding horses by river	Harold (Hal) Needham	28	Credited
Yellow Star "Gimp"	Convicted killer	Anthony Caruso	43	Credited
	Dark Leaf's nephew	Frank Sentry		Credited
Faustus	Soldier			Uncredited
Pierson	Plains Cavalry lieutenant			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert E. Thompson
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Sam Rolfe
Associate Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Production Manager	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Stuart Thompson, A.S.C.
Art Director	Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Rene Garriguenc
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Music Editor	Gene Feldman
Production Supervisor	Dewey Starkey
Film Editor	Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound Editor	Roderick Sound, Inc.
Sound Effects	Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Hair Stylist	Madine Danks, C.H.S.
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Herman N. Schoenbrun & Charles Vassar
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Co.
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production
Recording Company'	Westrex Recording System

 

 

Filming Locations

Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Geographic Reference

Le Trianon, Montmartre, Paris, France

 

Geographic References

Barbary Coast, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Fort Benjamin
Gables, San Francisco, California
Paris, France
Montemartre, Paris, France
San Francisco, California

 

Sources

Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.

 

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