According to Hoyle
“According to Hoyle”
Season: 1 episode 3
Series Episode: 3
Air Date: October 6, 1957
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Sticking by the book can get you stuck.
Teaser
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / con artist James Garner 29 Credited
"Big" Mike McComb Saloon manager Leo Gordon 34 Credited
Samantha Crawford (a.k.a. Samantha Cross) Grifter Diane Brewster 31 Credited
Bledose Owner of the Louisiana and Missouri Packet Co. Walter Reed 41 Credited
"Ma" Braus Rancher Ester Dale 71 Credited
George Cross Poker player Tol Avery 42 Credited
Hayes Owner of the Louisiana and Missouri Packet Co. Tyler McVey 45 Credited
Kittredge Riverboat poker player Robert Carson 48 Credited
Joe Riggs Owner of the Golden Bucket Saloon Ted de Corsia 52 Credited
Henry Tree Private detective Jay Novello 53 Credited
Bartender at the Golden Bucket Saloon Luis Delgado 32 Uncredited
Man at newspaper office Uncredited
Poker player Steve Caruthers 57 Uncredited
Poker player on the Stonewall Jackson William H. O'Brien 66 Uncredited
Poker player Jack Shea 44 Uncredited
Riggs' henchman Sol Gorss 49 Uncredited
Rigg's henchman Carl Saxe 47 Uncredited
Riverboat passenger Lynn Craft 63 Uncredited
Riverboat passenger Fred Kelsey 73 Mentioned
Steward on the Stonewall Jackson packet Joe Evans 57 Uncredited
Townsman Paul Baxley 34 Uncredited
Townsman Noble "Kid" Chissel 62 Uncredited
Townsman Ford Raymond 58 Uncredited
Arthur Poker player Frank Sully 49 Uncredited
Townsman Sailor Vincent 55 Uncredited
Don Turner 47 Uncredited
Crew
Director (Oscar) "Budd" Boetticher
Assistant Director Lee White
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay
Russel (S.) Hughes
Based on the story by Horace McCoy
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Elias (W.) Carter, A.S.C.
Art Director
Art Loel
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Harold Minter, A.C.E.
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
Frank M. Miller
Set Construction
Donald P. Desmond (uncredited)
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Stunts Jack N. Young (utility stunts - uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Hayes: This whole thing sounds like a flim-flam to me. What’s to prevent you from losing to her again, on purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flim-flam
Brett: I don’t know what kind of a cut Riggs gave you. But whatever it was, chalk it up to profit and loss.
Notable Mentions
Stonewall Jackson and Delta Star packet steamers
Hoyle’s Book of Games [1876]
Geographic References
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Kansas City Missouri, United States of America
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Wagon Wheel, Wyoming, United States of America
Mississippi River
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: Your sex has nothing to do with your poker. Two times you bet into my possible straight and raised me.
Samantha Crawford: Perhaps I guessed you were bluffing…And you were.
5-Card Draw Poker
5-Card Stud Poker
Blackjack / Twenty-one
Faro
Roulette
Wheel of Fortune
Tap [bet] https://www.pokernews.com/pokerterms/tap.htm
High card deals, dealer calls the game
Marked cards
Short Card
Dealing seconds
Grub
Coffee
Straight bourbon
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