“Fatal Flaw”
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“Fatal Flaw”
Season: 4 episode 23
Series Episode: 140
Air Date: February 25, 1961
Teaser
“You think you’re alone, Curly. You think you’ve looked virture in the eye and thumbed your nose. Just remember this, even Satan hss to pay his dues.”
Employment Solicitation
Undisclosed
Fee
Undisclosed
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Paladin An arbiter Richard Boone 43 Credited
Curley Ashburne Leader of the Green Rive gang Royal Dano 39 Credited
Cassandra Langford Sodbuster Jena Engstrom 18 Credited
Lyle McKendrick United States Marshal Allyn Joslyn 59 Credited
Salazar Member of the Green Rive gang / A Mescadero Miguel de Anda ( Angle Landa) 22 Credited
Earl Huggins Deputy U. S. Marshal Mentioned
Ellen Langford Cassandra Langford's mother Mentioned
Langford's hired man Mentioned
Milton L. Bascombe U.S. Marshal's office Mentioned
Crew
Director Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director Gary Nelson
Creators Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer Jack Laird
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 Composer 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 Samuel (Sam) Gold
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 References
New York, New York, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Tascosa, Colorado Territory
Sources
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