“A Tale of Three Cities”
“A Tale of Three Cities”
Season: 3 episode 6
Series Episode: 59
Air Date: October 18, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Everyone wants Maverick’s money.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 32 Credited
Hannah Adams Brotherly townswoman Barbara Jo Allen 53 Credited
John Hardy Sheriff of Brotherly Ben Gage 44 Credited
Jim Malone Rancher / Stephanie Malone's father Louis Jean Heydt 56 Credited
Stephanie Malone Mugger / Brotherly townswoman Pat Crowley 26 Credited
Murray Sheriff of Gold Flats Ray Teal 57 Credited
Sherwood Hampton Owner of the Hampton Center Gaming Emporium Edward (E.) Kemmer 38 Credited
Pete Sherwood Hampton's henchman Leake Bevil 40 Credited
Sam Sherwood Hampton's henchman Frank Richards 50 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Bart Maverick's horse Sickle Uncredited
Beulah Waitress that brings Murray his breakfast Uncredited
Henry Overland stagecoach driver Harry Strang 66 Uncredited
Bartender at Hampton Center Gaming Emporium Nesdon Booth 41 Uncredited
Owner of the Brotherly saloon Pat O'Malley 69 Uncredited
Poker player / Mayor of Gold Flats Uncredited
Poker player in Hampton Center Jack O'Shea 53 Uncredited
Posse member Emile Avery 51 Uncredited
Posse member Fred Carson 35 Uncredited
Sleeping stagecoach passenger going from Gold Flats to Brotherly Uncredited
Townsman George Bell 61 Uncredited
Townsman Al Bain 53 Uncredited
Townsman Richard LaMarr 63 Uncredited
Townsman Danny Sands 45 Uncredited
Townsman Joe Walls 43 Uncredited
Arthur Biddle Lawyer in Brotherly Mentioned
Hannah Adams' sister in Gold Flats Mentioned
Crew
Director Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director Victor Vallejo
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay Leo Townsend
Story Robert Vincent Wright
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Wesley Anderson
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
David Wages
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Francis E. Stahl
Set Decorator
Glenn P. Thompson
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Music Composer John Neel
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Bart: There but for the grace of the good Lord go I.
Bart: Oh, serve it with violin music, Miss Malone.
Bart: It isn’t whether you win or lose, Mr. Hampton, it’s how you play the game.
Notable Mentions
Lorna Doone
Ladies’ Aid
Scarab beetle ring
Overland Stage Lines
Geographic References
Brotherly
Gold Flats
Hampton Center
The Games People Play
Bart: Thank you gentleman for a most pleasant and profitable evening.
“Poker winnings. No good ever comes of ’em.”
Poker https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-poker/
Grub
Bart: Food prepared with tender care is fee enough.
Bacon
Chocolate cake
Coffee
Basted egg over potatoes
Sunny side up eggs
Pancakes
Ham slices
Biscuits and butter
Sandwiches
Whiskey
Music
“Buffalo Gals” (instrumental) https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2020/08/buffalo-gals-revisited-2/
“Sweet Betsy From Pike” (instrumental) https://balladofamerica.org/sweet-betsy-from-pike/
“Home! Sweet Home!” (instrumental) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home!_Sweet_Home!
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