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“Darwin’s Man”
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Season: 5 episode 32
Series Episode: 187
Air Date: April 21, 1962
Teaser
“Now ‘Hey Boy’, I have a number of choices. I can let that young man shoot me… or I can shoot him or I could take his gun away from him; that would humiliate him further and only postpone the inevitable. No, no, I need an honorable, a legitimate excuse for leaving town for a few days. ”
Employment Solicitation
Letter
Paladin,
My father and brother are trying to kill me. Can you help me?
Signed,
Tully Coombs
Fee
Undisclosed
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Crew
Director | William Conrad |
Assistant Director | Gary Nelson |
Creators | Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe |
Writer | Archie L. Tegland |
Script Supervisor | Richard Chaffee |
Producer | Frank R. Pierson |
Associate Producer | Howard Joslin & Albert Ruben |
Director of Photography | Frank (V.) Phillips |
Art Director | Richard (Y.) Haman |
Opening Theme Music | Bernard Hermann (Herrmann) |
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer | Johnny Western |
"Ballad of Paladin" written by | Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe |
Film Editor | Samuel (Sam) Gold |
Sound Mixer | Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler |
Re-recording by | Joel Moss |
Property Master | Arthur Friedrich |
Makeup Artist | Donald (W.) Roberson |
Wardrobe | Joseph Dimmitt |
Set Decorator | Fay Babcock |
Casting | Peggy Rae |
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
Historical References
Charles Darwin
Richard King
Middleton
“On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”.
Whaley of Oscelola County, Florida
Geographic Reference
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gastronomic Delights
Biscuits
Coffee
Steak
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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