“The Fatalist”
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“The Fatalist”
Season: 4 episode 1
Series Episode: 118
Air Date: September 10, 1960
Teaser
“Smollet, where this man comes from your town would seem like a peaceful paradise. Now leave him alone, or take your chances with me.”
Employment Solicitation
Personal request by Rivka Shotness, in part based upon her remarking that Paladin’s name, in the Holy Tongue, translates as “Pala” – Wonder and “Din” – Judgement
Fee
Undisclosed
Quotes
“Pray for the welfare of the authorities. If not for the fear thereof, men would swallow each other alive.”
Nathan Shotness quoting the Mishnas
“Rabbi Chanina the deputy High Priest said,
‘Pray for the welfare of the government,
for without the fear of it,
man would swallow his fellow alive.”
Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers 3:2
as translated by My Jewish Learning
“Where there is no law, there is no bread.”
Paladin quoting the Mishna
“Where there is no bread, there is no law.”
Nathan Shotness quoting the Mishna
“Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah used to say: Where there is no Torah there is no culture; and where there is no culture there is no Torah. Where there is no wisdom there is no fear of God, and where there is no fear of God there is no wisdom. Where there is no knowledge there is no discernment; and where there is no discernment there is no knowledge. Where there is no food there is no Torah; and where there is no Torah there is no food.”
Pirkei Avot- Ethics of the Fathers
Chapter 3 as translated by My Jewish Learning
“Where there’s no law, there’s no bread.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Don’t rely on miracles alone. Say a couple prayers, also.”
Nathan Shotness quoting his father
“If everyone pulled in the same direction, the world would tip over.”
Nathan Shotness
“The hands are the hands of Essau, but the voice is the voice of Jacob.”
Paladin
“And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father;
and he felt him, and said, ‘The voice is Jacob’s voice,
but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
Bible, Genesis 27:22 King James Version
“Now if the rich could only hire people to die for them, the poor would make a nice living.”
Nathan Shotness
“The good die young that they may not be corrupted.
And the wicked live on so that they may have a chance to repent.”
Paladin quoting the Zorah
“The good die young that they may not degenerate;
the wicked live on that they may have a chance to repent,
or to produce a virtuous progeny.”
Tohar, Genesis 56b
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Paladin An arbiter Richard Boone 43 Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy" Hotel Carlton porter Kam Tong 53 Credited
Violet Nasby Paladin's innamorata in the dining room Regina Gleason 31 Credited
Oldfield John Close 39 Credited
Nathan Shotness Witness / Official W. S. Mail Carrier Freight & Express Books Hardware Yard Goods Martin Gabel 48 Credited
Rivka Shotness Nathan Shotness' daughter Roxane Berard 27 Credited
Smollett Billy Buckstone gang member
Robert Blake 26 Credited
Messenger for Smollett Lee Sands Credited
Bettor at the couthouse Hal Needham 29 Uncredited
Horseman Emile Avery 52 Uncredited
Stage line clerk Uncredited
Townsman Duke Fishman 54 Uncredited
Billy Buckstone Leader of a gang of outlaws / Accused murderer Mentioned
Crew
Director Buzz Kulik
Assistant Director Gordon McLean
Creators Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer Shimon Wincelberg
Script Supervisor Richard Chaffee
Producer Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer Howard Joslin
Director of Photography Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by Jerry Goldsmith
"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
Production Sound Mixer
John Muchmore
Recording Company Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by Charles Grenzbach
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
Casting Stalmaster-Lister Co.
Titles and Opticals Pacific Title
Richard Boone's Stunt Double
Hal Needham (Uncredited)
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
Historical References
Christopher Columbus
Cossacks
Tsar
Geographic References
Calabasas, California, Unted States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gastronomic Delights
Bread
Roast Beef
Soup
Wine
Music
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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