“Drifter’s Gold”
“Drifter’s Gold”
Season: 2 episode 10
Series Episode: 41
Air Date: November 29, 1960
Laramie TV series starring John Smith and Robert Fuller
A Revue Studios production
Teaser
Urones in the garden, a chicken hawk in the barnyard and a gang of bank robbers in Laramie.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
| Character | Role | Actor | Actor Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Slim" Sherman | Owner - Sherman ranch and relay station | John Smith | 29 | Credited |
| Jess Harper | Sherman ranch hand | Robert Fuller | 27 | Credited |
| Tom Bedloe | Outlaw leader | Rod Cameron | 49 | Credited |
| Jock Benson | General store owner | Richard Walters | 28 | Credited |
| Marcie Benson | General store owner | Judi Meredith | 24 | Credited |
| Duke | Outlaw | Gergory Walcott | 32 | Credited |
| Ben "Old Ben" | Outlaw | Billy Dix | 49 | Credited |
| Nick | Outlaw | Don Kennedy | 40 | Credited |
| Wilma | Saloon girl | Sandra Knight | 20 | Credited |
| Chickamaw | Outlaw | Phil Schumacher | 51 | Uncredited |
| Swedish girl | Uncredited | |||
| Banker's daughter | Uncredited | |||
| Outlaw | Uncredited | |||
| Outlaw | Uncredited | |||
| Mrs. Bedloe | Tom Bedloe's wife | Mentioned | ||
| Mr. Benson | Jock Benson's father | Mentioned | ||
| Mrs. Benson | Jock Benson's mother | Mentioned | ||
| "Granny" Moore | Laramie midwife | Mentioned | ||
| Simms | Laramie sheriff | Mentioned | ||
| Prospector | Mentioned | |||
| Laramie deputy | Mentioned |
Crew
| Director | Francis D. Lyon | ||||
| Teleplay | Rod Peterson | ||||
| Story | Norman Jacob | ||||
| Producer | John C. Champion | ||||
| Laramie Theme | Cyril J. Mockridge | ||||
| Music Score | Cyril Mockridge | ||||
| Director of Photography | Ray Rennahan, A. S. C. | ||||
| Associate Producer | Dan Ullman | ||||
| Art Director | Lloyd S. Papez | ||||
| Editorial Dept. Head/Supervisor | David J. O'Connell | ||||
| Film Editor | George Nicholson | ||||
| Musical Supervision | Stanley Wilson | ||||
| Sound | Lyle Cain | ||||
| Makeup Artist | Jack Barron | ||||
| Hair Stylist | Florence Bush | ||||
| Costume & Wardrobe | Vincent Dee | ||||
| Series Stuntmen (uncredited) | Paul Baxley, Joe Canutt. Bill Catching, Chuck Courtney, John Daheim, Leonard P. Geer, Sol Gorss, Charles Horvath, Robert F. Hoy, Loren Janes, Allen Pinson, Chuck Roberson, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Dean Smith, Tom Steele, Jerry Summers, Jack Williams Note: Robert Fuller often performed his own stunts in the series. | ||||
| Assistant Director | John Bowman | ||||
| Set Decoration | John McCarthy & Perry Murdock |
Epilogue – based on the teleplay “Drifter’s Gold” by Rod Peterson and story by Norman Jacob
SLIM SHERMAN: (Drives the buckboard up to the Sherman ranch house late that night.) “Whoa” (SLIM SHERMAN is obviously exhausted. Enters ranch house. Hangs up his hat and knocks JESS HARPER’s hat off the peg. Puts JESS HARPER’s hat back on the rack. Undoes his gunbelt. JESS HARPER comes out of the kitchen, in an apron and mad as a wet hen.)
JESS HARPER: What happened to you? Did ya get lost? Oh, ya been fightin’ again, huh?
SLIM SHERMAN: Ah, now wait a minute.
JESS HARPER: That was the longest trip into town for supplies I ever heard of. What town’d you go to? San Francisco?
SLIM SHERMAN: Now, hold on. (Hangs gunbelt on chair and sits down at the table.) Now, what’s eatin’ ya?
JESS HARPER: I’ll tell ya’ what’s eating me. Every time you take off, this place falls apart. You should a’ been here today. That onery palamino of Andy’s busted up the corral ag’in. I no sooner get it fixed than them crazy urones bust into the garden and started rootin’ it up. Then a chicken hawk comes by and takes off with our good layin’ hen. Top it all off, I get the dough mixed for the bread and there ain’t no yeast ’cause you’re not back with the supplies yet. What’d ya do? Spend the whole day in a saloon?
SLIM SHERMAN: Yeah Jess, I spent the whole day in a saloon.
JESS HARPER: That’s what I figured. Man, if I was to do somethin’ like that you’d fire me seven ways from Sunday. (Walks towards the kitchen.)
SLIM SHERMAN: Yeah, I expect I would.
JESS HARPER: (Turns back to look at Slim) Well, you don’t have to be so dad gummed agreeable about it do ya? Ya whip ‘im?
SLIM SHERMAN: (Laughs) Yeah. (Shakes his head in wonderment and then scratches it)
Geographic Reference
Cherry Creek in Wyoming Territory, United States of America
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States of America
Fare
Bacon
Beans
Bread
Coffee
Duck
Eggs
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