“Chinatown”
“Chinatown”
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Season: 2 episode 7
Series Episode: 16
Air Date: July 9, 1999
Teaser
” No good deed goes unpunished.” – Ezra Standish
Exploit
Find out why disgruntled workers are disappearing from the railroad camp
Remuneration
A white mutton jade pendant is offered, and returned
Euphemisms / Quotes / Literary References
“A little dustup in town.” – Chris Larabee
“I lecture ’em, I fine ’em, I fire ’em, and they still need to blow off steam, I guess.” – Rupert Browner
“My Chinese is about as rusty as a dead horse’s shoe.” – Josiah Sanchez
“There’s an old Zen story about a man walking along a cliff and he sees a tiger coming. He jumps over the cliff. He hangs onto a root. He looks down and sees another tiger and the worse thing of all is there’s a mouse munching on the root…Well, knowing he’s gonna fall, he looks over and sees a wild strawberry growing nearby. he takes a bite out of that strawberry and it’s the sweetest thing he’s ever tasted…Now, what does that story say to you? … Life is precious.” – Josiah Sanchez
“She’ll steal the chitlins you’re eating and make you lick the plate.” – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington
“Oh, she’ll (Inez) roll that chicken in flour but she ain’t going to fry it up.” – Bucklin “Buck” ‘Wilmington
“Great faith, great doubt and great effort.” – Josiah Sanchez quoting a Zen proverb about the three qualities necessary in life.
“Guns and hate is a bad mix.” – Chris Larabee
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Chris Larabee
Gunfighter
Michael Biehn
42 Credited
Vin Tanner
Gunfighter Eric Close
32 Credited
John “J.D." Dunne
Gunfighter Andrew Kavovit
27 Credited
Bucklin "Buck" Wilmington
Gunfighter Dale Midkiff
40 Credited
Josiah Sanchez
Gunfighter/ Theologian Ron Perlman
49 Credited
Ezra Standish
Gambler/ Conman/ Gunfighter
Anthony Starke
36 Credited
Nathan Jackson
Gunfighter / Healer Rick Worthy
32 Credited
Mary Travis
Owner and editor of The Clarion News
Laurie Holden
29 Credited
Rupert Brauner
Rail boss for the Central Pacific Railroad
Brad Dourif
48 Credited
Wo Chin
Young man laying track
John Cho
27 Credited
Dr. Chow-Chi
Seller of herbal medicines
Arsenio “Sonny” Trinidad
Credited
Carl Cobb
Railroad Top Foreman
Barry Cullison
49 Credited
Johnson
Railroad guard
Thomas F. Duffy
43 Credited
McAffee
Railroad worker
Pat Skipper
40 Credited
Lei Pong
Niece of opium addict
Kathleen Lluong
24 Credited
Inez Rocios
Manager of The Standish Tavern
Fabiana Udenio
34 Credited
Chung Sun
Railroad worker / Wo Chin's father's friend
George Kee Cheung
50 Credited
Lei Pong's uncle / Railroad worker / Opium addict
Roland Nip
40 Credited
Wo Chin's father
Tzi Ma
Credited
Wo Chin's uncle
Jim Lau
Credited
Martin
Railroad worker with whip
Robert Chapin
35 Uncredited
Bowie knife fighter
Scott Duthie
30 Uncredited
Opium addict / Uncle of Lei Pong
Uncredited
David S. Winn III
Uncredited
Crew
Director Christopher Cain
First Assistant Director Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Second Assistant Director
Susan Price
Developed by
John Watson / Pen Desham
Original Screenplay
William Roberts / Walter Bernstein (uncredited) / Walter Newman (uncredited)
Television Story Neil Landau
Script Supervisor
an Rudolph
Script Coordinator Christina Weir
Executive Producers
Pen Densham
/ Richard Barton Lewis
/ Walter Mirisch
/ Mark Stern
/ John Watson / Richard Kletter
Producers
Steve Beers / Lynne Symons
Associate Producer Dennis C. Duckwall
Supervising Producer Melissa Rosenberg
Consulting Producer Mark Haskell Smith
Composer: Original Theme Elmer Bernstein
Music Don Harper
Composer: Addiitonal music Dave Metzger (uncredited) / Michael Clinco (uncredited)
Director of Photography
Gordon C. Lonsdale
Camera Operator(s)
Gregory Paul Collier / Brian Sullivan (uncredited)
Key Grip
Jason (D.) Hodges
Best Boy Grip Bob Snowdon (uncredited)
Chief Lighting Technician
Jack Todd
Best Boy Electric
J. B. Richner (uncredited)
Film Editor
Pam (Pamela) Malouf
Assistant Editor
Amelia Ann Hagen
Supervising Sound Editor(s)
Victor Iorillo, M.P.S.E. /Doug Kent
Sound Editor(s) Miles O'Fun
Production Sound Mixer
Richard Schexnayder
Re-recording Mixer(s)
Pete Elia / Larry Stensvold
Art Director
John Bucklin
Set Decorator
John (F.) Brown
Construction Coordinator
Dean (R.) Brown
Property Master
Curtis Akin
Assistant Property Master James L. Eddy (uncredited)
Propmaker Foreman
Steven Fidler (uncredited)
Location Manager
Patrick Mignano
Location Liaison
Daniel Veluzatd (uncredited)
Transportation Coordinator
Rockey (Rocky) Reed
Production Designer
Jerry Wanek
Unit Production Manager
Bob (Robert M.) Rolsky
Production Coordinator
Bill (William) Sell
Post-Production Executive
Hudson Hickman (uncredited)
Post-Production Supervisor
Shana Fischer Huber
Post-Production Assistant Michelle Sabrina Wong (uncredited)
Production Accountant
Jeff Gafin
Original casting
Janet Hirshenson, C.S.A. / Jane Jenkins, C.S.A.
Casting
Mary Jo Slater, C.S.A.
Casting Associate Tim (Timothy) Michals
Costume Design
Dan Moore
Costumer
Susan Saldutti (uncredited)
Makeup Artist/ Makeup Department Head
Phyllis Temple
Makeup Artist David Abbott (uncredited)
Hair Stylist(s)
Gary Walker
Special Effect Coordinator
Dan (Danny) Lester
Stunt Coordinator
Walter Scott
Assistant Stunt Coordinator
Tony Lee Boggs (uncredited)
Stunt Double Bret Kiene (for Eric Close) (uncredited)
Stuntmen Robert Chapin (uncredited)
Boss Wrangler
Clay M. Lilley (uncredited)
Main Title
Frankfurt Balkind
Film Laboratory Services
FotoKem (Film lab)
Audio Post Production
Westwind Media
Post Production Services
The Post Group (Production Suites)
Production Companies
Trilogy Entertainment Group / The Mirisch Corporation / Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) (Television)
Distribution Company
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Hot on the Trail
Pleasurable Pursuits
Refreshments & Libations Silver Service
Chicken
Chitterlings
Coffee
Goat
Rice
Rice with green peppers
Sources
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