“Benefit of the Doubt” / “Benefit of Doubt”
“Benefit of the Doubt” / “Benefit of Doubt”
Season: 4 episode 30
Series Episode: 109
Air Date: April 9, 1961
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Brent is worth $1000 – Dead or Alive
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Brent Maverick Gambler / Con artist Robert Colbert 29 Credited
Bert Coleman Midway Station manager / former criminal Trevor Bardette 58 Credited
Joe Holly Sheriff of Amber Flats George (D.) Wallace 56 Credited
McGaven Amber Flats posseman that wants to be sheriff Mort Mills 42 Credited
Sims Amber Flats posseman made deputy Steve Raines 44 Credited
Emily Todd Mavis Todd's younger sister Elizabeth MacRae 25 Credited
Mavis Todd Dance hall girl / Emily Todd's older sister / Joe Holly's fiancee Randy Stuart 36 Uncredited
Zindler American Mail LIne employee at Amber Flats John Alderson 45 Credited
Roscoe Stagecoach driver Slim Pickens 41 Credited
Walt Amber Flats posseman made deputy Fred Krone 30 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 58 Uncredited
Outlaw's horse Sickle Uncredited
Henry Handyman at Todd Farm Uncredited
Three American Mail Company robbers Uncredited
Amber Flat townsman Clyde Howdy 39 Uncredited
Grogan Owner of the feed store in Amber Flats Mentioned
Mr. Todd Emily and Mavis Todd's mother Mentioned
Mrs. Todd Emily and Mavis Todd's mother Mentioned
Wilson Owner of a barn in Amber Flats Mentioned
Frank Amber Flats townsman Mentioned
Rosy Saloonkeeper in Amber Flats Mentioned
American Indians Mentioned
Amber Flats townswoman's son Mentioned
Amber Flats townswoman Mentioned
Crew
Director Paul Landres
Assistant Director Phil Rawlins
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer David Lang
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Arthur W. Silver
Director of
Photography
Willard Van der Veer
Art Director
William (L.) Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
David Wages
Production Manager
Sound Robert B. Lee
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 Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Donald K. Harris
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Brent: I’m sorry Mavis, but that old saying: that “the good die young.” doesn’t figure here.
McGaven: I still say Holly ain’t worth a pot of beans and this little deal oughta prove it.
Similar to “not worth a hill of beans.”
Brent: Well, I like to land on my feet with coins stuck between my toes.
Notable Mentions
Mother Goose
Wells Fargo
Jonah
American Mail Co.
Geographic References
Amber Flats
Bear Pond in Pine Meadows
Bob’s Ferry
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America
Dutch Creek, Colorado. United States of America
Midway Station
Pine Meadows
The Games People Play
Poker player 1: I never saw a better poker player, or a better loser.
Poker player 2: You know that’s what this town needs, a man who likes to draw to an inside straight.
Brent Maverick: Well, that’s the sad game of chance, gentlemen.
Grub
Beans
Coffee
Music
“Little Brown Jug” (instrumental)
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