"Don't Shoot the Piano Player"

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“Don’t Shoot the Piano Player”

Season: 5 episode 26
Series Episode: 181
Air Date: March 10, 1962

Teaser

“As long as we’re betting Jim, let’s make it worthwhiile. The piano player and the $8000 he lost… against the girl.”

Employment Solicitation

Newspaper
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Since San Francisco police fear to to walk their own streets to search for my fiance, I am forced to appeal for help, to anyone with courage enough to venture south of Pacific street.

Fee

Undisclosed

Quote

“Would I not, sweet Orpheus,
follow thee down to that livid
chamber of eternal light,
where melody plucked
from a broken heart, drew
iron tears down Pluto’s cheeks.”
Paladin quoting a poem by Emily Eubanks

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Albert	Piano player / Emily Eubank's fiance	James (T.) Callahan	31	Credited
Emily Eubanks	Poetess	Fintan Meyler	32	Credited
"Big" Nellie Harper	Saloon girl	Virginia Gregg	46	Credited
"Big" Jim	Barbary Coast saloon owner	George Kennedy	36	Credited
Jo Jo	Bouncer	Mike Mazurki	54	Credited
	Barfly	Danny Borzage	64	Uncredited
	Barfly	Bud Cokes	45	Uncredited
	Barfly	Duke Fishman	65	Uncredited
	Barfly	Ethan Laidlaw	62	Uncredited
	Barfly	Mike Morelli	52	Uncredited
	Barfly	Bert Madrid	46	Uncredited
	Barfly	Sailor Vincent	60	Uncredited
	Dealer	William Meader	57	Uncredited

Crew

Director	William Conrad
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Shimon Wincelberg
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)
Episode Music by	Wilbur Hatch
Conductor	Wilbur Hatch
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland, A. C. E.
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
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
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

Sources

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“Don’t Shoot the Piano Player”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY