“A Technical Error”
“A Techinical Error”
Season: 5 episode 5
Series Episode: 116
Air Date: November 26, 1961
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bart’s piggy bank is broken.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 34 Credited
Dr. "Doc" John Holliday Gambler / Gunfighter Peter Breck 32 Credited
Penelope Baxter Employee of the Bank on the Square / Box 167 Jolene Brand 27 Credited
"Blackjack" Hardy Outlaw Frank DeKova 51 Credited
"Little" Sonny Hardy Outlaw / "Blackjack" Hardy's brother Frank London 37 Credited
Miss Hennesy Bank bookkeeper and escrow officer at the Bank on the Square Alma Plat 70 Credited
"Major" Holbrook Sims President of the Bank on the Square Reginald Owen 74 Credited
Kraft Bank teller at the Bank on the Square Stephen Colt 41 Credited
Holly Saloon girl Gayla Graves 21 Credited
Sheriff of Junction Corners Ben Gage 47 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 59 Uncredited
Ferguson Chief Engineer aboard ship Paul Barselow (Barselou) 39 Uncredited
Denver Slade Outlaw Boyd "Red" Morgan 46 Uncredited
"The Durango Kid" Member of "Blackjack" Hardy's gang Nick Paul 31 Uncredited
George Deputy in Junction Corners Jake Sheffield Uncredited
Woman whose 3 books of gold brink stamps were stolen Gail Bonney 59 Uncredited
Townsman Bryan O'Byrne 30 Uncredited
Townsman Jack Perrin 65 Uncredited
Hotel saloon bartender Uncredited
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Crew
Director Mark Lawrence
Assistant Director John F. Murphy
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay Irene Winston / David Lang
Story David Lang
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer William L. Stuart
Supervising Producer Arthur W. Silver
Director of
Photography
Robert Tobey
Lamp Operator Earl C. Williman
Art Director
John Ewing
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
Fred M. Bohanan
Production Manager
Sound Stanley Jones
Set Decorator Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Supervising Hair Stylist Jean Burt Reilly, C.H.S.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredtied)
Music Composer John Neel
Music Supervisor
Music Editor Theo W. Sebern
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Black Jack Hardy: It’s getting so an honest crook can’t make a decent living. That’s progress for ya’.
Bart Maverick: My idea was a natural based on simple larceny. It gave the illusion that everyone could win and no one could lose. If you say, ‘Any smart man knows you can’t get something for nothing, my answer is, ‘How many smart men do you meet in your life?
Bret Maverick: It was like shooting big fish in a small barrel. Overnight gold brick trading stamps became a mania.It was like gold fever. People couldn’t wait to bring us their hard earned money so they could get stamps and trade them in for premiums a junk man wouldn’t touch.
Doc Holliday:: The mind can think all kinds of things, but it can’t think not to think.
Doc Holliday: You low, conniving Judas.
Notable Mentions
Dr. “Doc” John Holliday
Statute: transporting stolen money over state lines
Geographic References
Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America
Junction Corners
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Zuma Canyon
The Games People Play
Bart Maverick: Knowing when to quit is one of the most important parts of the game.
5-Card Draw Poker https://www.poker.org/the-origins-of-poker/
Grub
Champagne
Coffee
Sandwiches
Music
“Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn (instrumental)
Maverick theme (whistled_
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