“Broken Image”

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“Broken Image”

 

 

Season:             4 episode 32
Series Episode: 149
Air Date:          April 29, 1961

 

Teaser

“A man like me, tends to forget how many different ways there are to show courage. I have no idea how I’d stand up to a ten year old boy. I thank you.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Newspaper article and request sent by Jeannie Decker

Hero Refuses to Track Outlaws

Big Oak, Texas – Tim Decker, the man who became famous eight years ago for the ssuccessful roundup and killing of the Stoner gang of outlaws again refused to go after the Bradley gang presently hiding out in the hills outside Big Oak.

 

Fee

$1000

 

Quotes

“Man is so made that when anything touches his soul, impossibilities disappear.”
Paladin quoting Jean de La Fontaine

“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”
Jean de La Fontaine

“It is a heavy burden to bear a name that is too famous.”
Paladin quoting Voltaire

 

“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”
Voltaire

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	43	Credited
Kim Li "Hey Girl"	Hotel Carlton porter	Lisa Lu	34	Credited
Jeannie Decker	Tim Decker's wife	June Vincent	60	Credited
Larry Decker	Tim Decker's son	Johnny Eiman	11	Credited
Tim Decker	Storekeeper	Kenneth Tobey	44	Credited
	Ballerina	Joan Dupuis		Credited
	Bradley gang lookout	Hal Needham	30	Credited
	Farmer	Rick Silver		Credited
	Saloon owner	Ted Smile	39	Credited
	Sheriff	Bob Woodward	52	Credited
	Townsman	Stewart East	47	Credited
	Bradley gang member in cabin			Uncredited
	Bradley gang member in cabin			Uncredited
	Townsman	John Barton	62	Uncredited
	Townsman	Herschel Graham	57	Uncredited
	Townsman	Herman Hack	60	Uncredited
	Townsman	Michael Jeffers	63	Uncredited
	Townsman	Tom Kennedy	75	Uncredited
	Townsman	Jack Kenny	74	Uncredited
	Townsman	Ethan Laidlaw	61	Uncredited
	Townsman	William Meader	56	Uncredited
	Townsman	Tom Smith	68	Uncredited
Ivan Gronski	San Francisco Opera Ballet Company manager			Mentioned
	Stoner gang			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Boone
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Peggy & Lou Shaw
Story Editor	Albert Ruben
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Albert Heschong
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Music Editor	Gene Feldman
Production Supervisor	Dewey Starkey
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Sound Effects	Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Hair Stylist	Madine Danks, C.H.S.
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Herman N. Schoenbrun
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Company
Titles and Opticals	Pacific Title
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

 

Filming Locations

Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Geographic Reference

San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

 

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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