“Bitter Wine”
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“Bitter Wine”
Season: 1 episode 23
Series Episode: 23
Air Date: February 15, 1958
Teaser
“Go on, pull the trigger. But if you do there’ll be an oil fire. You’ve never seen an oil fire have you. It will wipe out everything you’ve worked for.”
Employment Solicitation
Verbal request by Renato Donatello
Fee
An annual case of Reisling
Quotes
“The grape with logic absolute shall all the warring tribes confute.”
Paladin
“The Grape that can with Logic absolute
The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute:
The subtle Alchemist that in a Trice
Life’s leaden Metal into Gold transmute.”
Omar Khayyám
“Wait for the wine to lull the red-eyed anger into sleep.”
Paladin quoting Omar Khayyam
“Errors, like straws, upon the surface fall.
He who would search for pearls must dive below.”
Paladin
“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.”
John Dryden
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
| Character | Role | Actor | Actor Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | An arbiter | Richard Boone | 40 | Credited |
| Renato Donatello | Vintner | Eduardo Ciannelli | 68 | Credited |
| Teresa Donatello | Renato Donatello'sdaughter | Rita Lynn | 38 | Credited |
| Tim Gorman | Oil well driller | Richard Shannon | 37 | Credited |
| Fair chairman | Donald Foster | 68 | Credited | |
| Gorman guard | James Waters | 32 | Credited | |
| Gorman guard | Val Benedict | Credited | ||
| Vigneron | Abdullah Abbas | 51 | Uncredited | |
| Vigneron | Nick Borgani | 53 | Uncredited | |
| Vigneron | Lenny Geer | 43 | Uncredited | |
| Vigneron | Earl Spainard | 45 | Uncredited |
Crew
| Director | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Assistant Director | Howard Joslin |
| Creators | Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe |
| Writer | Ken Kolb |
| Script Supervisor | Richard Chaffee |
| Producer | Julian Claman |
| Production Manager | Glenn Cook |
| Director of Photography | William Margulies |
| Art Director | James W. Sullivan |
| Opening Theme Music Composer | Bernard Hermann (Herrmann) (Uncredited) |
| Supervising Editor | Fred W. Berger, A.C.E. |
| Film Editor | Samuel (Sam) Gold |
| Optical Effects | Jack Rabin & Louis DeWitt |
| Sound Editor | Roderick Sound, Inc. |
| Property Master | Mike Gordon |
| Makeup Artist | William Wood (Woods) |
| Hair Stylist | Madine Danks |
| Wardrobe | Joseph Dimmitt |
| Set Decorator | Raymond Boltz, Jr. |
| Casting | Lynn Stalmaster and Associates |
| Richard Boone's Stunt Double | Hal Needham (Uncredited) |
| Production Companies | A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production, Filmaster Productions |
| Recording Company' | Westrex Recording System |
| ATFP (Alliance of TV Film Producers) |
Filming Location
Sets
Paramount Studios – 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Geographic References
Asti, Italy
Paris, France
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Stockton, California, United States of America
Texas, United States of America
Gastronomic Delights
Irish stew
Lasagna
Reisling wine
Scallopini
Whisky
White Mule
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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