“Forty Rifles”

“Forty Rifles”

 

Season:               1 episode 2
Series Episode:   2
Air Date:            September 22, 1965

 

 

Teaser

Heath is tested in a baptism of fire.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Victoria Barkley	Barkley matriarch	Miss Barbara Stanwyck	58	Credited
Jarrod Thomas Barkley, Esquire	Eldest Barkley son / Lawyer	Richard Long	37	Credited
Nicholas "Nick" Jonathan Barkley	Second Barkley son, / Property manager	Peter Breck	36	Credited
Heath Barkley	Tom Barkley's third son / Assistant property manager	Lee Majors	26	Credited
Eugene " Gene" Barkley	Fourth Barkley son / College student	Charles Briles	19	Credited
Audra Barkley	Barkley daughter	Linda Evans	22	Credited
Barrett	Barkley ranch hand	John Milford	38	Credited
Brown "Browny"	Barkley ranch hand	Chuck (Charles) Bail	29	Credited
Cota	Yaqui gun runner	Allen Jaffe	37	Credited
Sam De Koven	Rancher	Michael Fox	44	Credited
Lillard	Barkley ranch hand	Calvin Brown	29	Credited
McColl "Mac"	Barkley foreman	Douglas Kennedy	50	Credited
Schad	Barkley ranch hand	Lincoln Tate		Credited
Spock	Barkley ranch hand	Walter (Walt) Edmiston	39	Credited
Wallant	Diaz revolutionary /Former union general	Andrew Duggan	41	Credited
Berber		Jimmie Booth	39	Uncredited
Carr	Rancher			Uncredited
Fries	Rancher			Uncredited
Jeb	Barkley ranch hand driving Nick to Bakersfield			Uncredited
Rodale	Barkley ranch hand			Uncredited
Royce	Rancher			Uncredited
Sal Li	Cook for ranch hands			Uncredited
	Yaqui with Cota			Uncredited
	Yaqui with Cota			Uncredited
Silas	Barkley private household manager/ Butler / Cook / Houseman			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Creators	A. I. Bezzendes & Louis F. Edelman
Producers	Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven & Jules (V.) Levy
Associate Producer	Lou Morheim
Producer's Assistant	Marian Carpenter & Marilyn Fiebelkorn
Production Supervision	Norman S. Powell
Production Manager	Don Torpin
Director	Bernard McEveety
Assistant Director	Mike Moder
Writer	Christopher Knopf
Theme Music Composer	George Duning
Music Supervision	Alfred Perry
Music	George Duning
Music Editor	Harry King
Director of Photography	Wilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
Assistant Camera (uncredited)	Lloyd Ahem II
Key Grip (uncredited)	Nels Mathias
Lamp Operator (uncredited)	Earl C. Williman
Sound	Don Rush
Sound Effects	Milton C. Burrow
Editorial Supervisor	Bernard (W.) Burton
Editing	Sherman A. Todd, A.C.E.
Supervising Art Director	Bill Ross (William P.)
Art Direction	Jack DeShields (Jack F. De Shields)
Set Decorator	Pierre Ludlum
Makeup Artist	Sidney Perell
Hair Stylist	Scotty Rackin
Hair Stylist (uncredited)	Bertha French
Wardrobe	Robert B. Harris
Casting	Robert Walker
Stunt Double (uncredited)	Jeannie Epper
Stunt Double for Peter Breck (uncredited)	Charles Bail
Production Company	Four Star & Margate
Professional Associations	International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)
Acknowledgements	Conference of the California Historical Societies

 

 

Filming Location

Sets

CBS Studio Center – 4024 Radford Avenue Sudio City, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Historic References

First Battle of Bull Run, American Civil War
Second Battle of Bull Run, American Civil War
American Civil War
Pioneer Ridge
Siege of Vicksburg, American Civil War

 

 

Geographic References

Bakersfield, California, United States of America
Camino Real Crossing
Fresno, California, United States of America
Kern River in California, United States of America
Mint Canyon in California, United States of America
San Diego, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

 

 

Valley Victuals

Haut-Bion Wine, 1855

 

 

Sources

Sources:

The Big Valley episodes (written, spoken and credits);

Internet Movie Database (IMDb);

Wikipedia;

Individual observations; and

Others as indicated by the links.

 

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