“The Shooting of Jessie May”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY

“The Shooting of Jessie May”

 

Season:             4 episode 8
Series Episode: 125
Air Date:           October 29, 1960

 

Teaser

“You say you didn’t kill those seven men. They whipped your father with barbed wire and then they shot him like a sick steer. After that, why didn’t you kill them, Jessie May?”

 

Employment Solicitation

KESSLERVILLE HERALD
KESSLERVILLE, WYOMING, OCTOBER 7, 1876
KILL JESSIE MAY
During the War of the Rebellion, a terrible hurt was done Jessie May Turnbow. Net yet ten years old, he saw his father whipped, then shot for an act of espionage against the Union. Seven of the twelve men who tried Tirnbow have been wantonly murderred by this boy in a grotesque act of revenge. Yesterday, it was John Riley Dowler, farmer, businessman, churchgoer. Who tomorrow? But Joesph Ergo, one of the twelve refuses to raise his hand against the boy. We join with Abraham Sinclair in his hunt for the murderer.

We say, KILL JESSIE MAY.

 

Fee

Undisclosed

 

Quote

“A single man has not nearly the Value… “
Hey Girl quoting Benjamin Franklin

 

Benjamin Franklin, Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress, 1745.

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	43	Credited
Kim Li "Hey Girl"	Hotel Carlton porter	Lisa Lu	33	Credited
Joseph "Joe" Ergo	One of the twelve	Barney Phillips	42	Credited
Ansel James	Trapper	Hari Rhodes	28	Credited
George Jondill	Trapper	William Talman	45	Credited
Sim Lenzer	One of the twelve	Rayford Barnes	40	Credited
Abraham "Abe" Sinclair	One of the twelve	John Milford	33	Credited
Jessie May Turnbow	Turnbow's son	Robert Blake	27	Credited
John Riley Dowler	Farmer / Businessman / Church goes / One of the twelve			Mentioned
Purdy	One of the twelve			Mentioned
Turnbow	Jessie May Turnbow's father			Mentioned
	Girl at Sandie / Purdy's wife
Mrs. Turnbow	Jessie May Turnbow's mother			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Boone
Assistant Director	Gordon McLean
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Harry Julian Fink
Story Editor	Albert Ruben
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	Everett Sutherland
Production Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
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 Company
Titles and Opticals	Pacific Title
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

 

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 References

Kesslerville, Wyoming Territory
Sandy, Utah, United States of America
Mytoein River
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Territory Ford

 

Gastronomic Delight

Beef steak

 

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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