“The Gladiators”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY

“The Gladiators”

 

Season:             3 episode 27
Series Episode: 105
Air Date:          March 19, 1960

 

Teaser

“The rules say we have our choice of weapons, Mr. Sledge. Silly, but what would you expect? We have fallen among idiots.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Verbal request by Allison Windrom

Fee

$1000

 

Quotes

“When honor dies, when faith is lost, the man is dead.”
Paladin quoting John Greenleaf Whittier

 

“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.”
John Greenleaf Whittier

 

“Who hath honor? He who died o’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it. No! Therefore, I’ll none of it.”
Paladin quoting Falstaff

 

“Tis not due yet; I would be loath to pay him before
his day. What need I be so forward with him that
calls not on me? Well, ’tis no matter; honour pricks
me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I
come on? how then? Can honour set to a leg? no: or
an arm? no: or take away the grief of a wound? no.
Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is
honour? a word. What is in that word honour? What
is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it?
He that died o’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no.
Doth he hear it? no. ‘Tis insensible, then. Yea,
to the dead. But will it not live with the living?
no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore
I’ll none of it. Honour is a mere scutcheon: and so
ends my catechism.”
William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 Act V Scene 1

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	42	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	53	Credited
Graham Beckley	Allison Windrom's suitor	George (N.) Neise	43	Credited
Bill Sledge	Texas gunfighter	James Coburn	31	Credited
Windrom	Allison Windrom's father	Paul Cavanaugh (Cavanagh)	71	Credited
Allison Windrom	New Orleans belle	Dolores Donlon	33	Credited
Harry	Gambler	Chet Stratton	49	Credited
	Referee	Owen Cunningham	57	Credited
Henry	Graham Beckley's chess partner			Uncredited
	Club member	Frank Baker	67	Uncredited
	Club member	Stewart East	46	Uncredited
	Club member	James Gonzalez	48	Uncredited
	Club member	Stuart Hall	56	Uncredited
	Club member	John Roy	61	Uncredited
	Club member	Norman Stevans	43	Uncredited
	Club member	Bert Stevens	55	Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton desk clerk	Terry Terrill	37	Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton waiter with champagne bucket			Uncredited

 

 

Crew

Director	Alvin Ganzer
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert C. Dennis
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Ben Brady
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	Wilbur Hatch
"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	Everett Sutherland
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 (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production
Recording Company'	Westrex Recording System

 

 

 

Filming Location

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

 

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

 

Historical Reference

Dueling

 

Geographic References

Louisiana, United States of America
New Orleans, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delight

Champagne

 

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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