“A Knight to Remember”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY

“A Knight to Remember”

 

Season:             5 episode 13
Series Episode: 168
Air Date:          December 9, 1961

 

 

Teaser

“You can’t go around killing steers just because you think they’re dragons. Don Quixote, what in the world are we going to do with you?”

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Telegram

“My father, Don Esteban Caloca de Gutierrez, has lost his mind. In his present condition he is dangerous, both to his friends and strangers. My sister and I can do nothing with him. We need your help.
Alejandro de Prava Caloca

Note: the character’s name is misquoted. It is Don Esteban Gutierrez de Caloca.

 

 

Fee

Undisclosed

 

 

Quotes

“If,” “as a punishment for my sins or by a stroke of fortune I should ocme upon some giant hereabouts, a thing that very commonly happens to knight-errant, and if I should slay him, would it not be well to have someone to whom I may send him as a present, in order that he, if he is living, may fall upon his knees in front of my sweet lady, and say, ‘I, lady, am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of the island pf Malindrania, who has been overcome in single combat by that knight who sent me to present myself before your Grace that your Highness may dispose of me as your Highness sees fit’?”
Don Esteban Gutierrez de Caloca

 

 

“If,” he said to himself, “as a punishment for my sins or by a stroke of fortune I should ocme upon some giant hereabouts, a thing that very commonly happens to knight-errant, and if I should slay him in a hand-to-hand encounter or perhaps cut him in two, or, finally, if I should vanquish and subdue him, would it not be well to have someone to whom I may send him as a present, in order that he, if he is living, may come in, fall upon his knees in front of my sweet lady, and say in a humble and submissive tone of voice, ‘I, lady, am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of the island Malindrania, who has been overcome in single combat by that knight who never can be priaised enough, Don Quixote de la Mancha, the same who sent me to present myself before your Grace that your Highness may dispose of me as you see fit’?”
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha, 1605, 1615

 

 

“Tis a foolish thing dwelling ‘neath a roof of glass to stone thy neighbors as they pass.”
Paladin in the style of Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

“People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”
English Proverb

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	54	Credited
Bender	Landlord / runs a stage depot	Lane Chandler	62	Credited
Alejandro de Prava Caloca	Don Esteban Gutierrez Caloca's son	Wright King	38	Credited
Dulcinea de Prava Caloca	Don Esteban Gutierrez Caloca's daughter	Delores Donton	35	Credited
Don Esteban Gutierrez de Caloca a.k..a. Don Quixote de lLa Manche	Rancher	Hans Conreid	44	Credited
Dirty Dog a.k.a. Sancho Panza	Don Esteban Gutierrez Caloca's squire	Robert Carricart	44	Credited
Rita	Woman in Bender's stage depotit	Dorothy Dells	33	Credited
	Rita's escort	Richard Shannon	41	Credited
	Paladin's inamorata	Susan Brown	29	Credited
Senor Andele	Fencer			Uncredited

 

 

Crew

Director	Andre V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Gordon McLean
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert Dozier
Story	Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin & Albert Ruben
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Lynn Murray
Conductor	Lynn Murray
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Fay Babcock
Casting	Peggy Rae
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

 

Exterior Scenes
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

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

 

 

Geographic Reference

San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

 

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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