“High Card Hangs

“High Card Hangs”

 

Season: 2 episode 5

Series Episode: 32

Air Date: October 19, 1958

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

There’s gold in them thar’ hills!

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist / Narrator	Jack Kelly	31	Credited
"Dandy Jim" James Aloysius Buckley	Gambler / Con man	Efram Zimbalist, Jr.	39	Credited
Joe Hays	Miner accused of murder	Charles (E.) Fredericks	40	Credited
Genessee Jones	Gambler	Frank Ferguson	52	Credited
"Bald" Bill King	Bald Hill mining camp (a.k.a. Bald Bill mining camp) judge & leading citizen	Dan Sheridan	42	Credited
Mike Manning	Miner accused of murder	Martin Landau	29	Credited
Sidney "Frenchy" Sue Shipley	Owner of Frenchy Sue's Lunch Room	Lilyan Chauvin	33	Credited
	Miner	Emile Avery	50	Credited
	Miner	Ivan Bell	44	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	55	Uncredited
Andy	Miner who killed a Sioux	Lane Chandler	59	Uncredited
	Miner	Joe Brooks	34	Uncredited
	Miner	Roydon Clark	30	Uncredited
	Miner	Luis Delgado	33	Uncredited
	Miner	Chuck Hines	31	Uncredited
	Miner	Gil Perkins	51	Uncredited
	Miner	Danny Sands	44	Uncredited
	MIner	John Truax	43	Uncredited
	Miner	Joe Walls	42	Uncredited
B. Waines	Mining supplies salesman			Mentioned
Ben	Miner			Mentioned
Sam	Miner			Uncredited

 

Crew

Director	Richard L. Bare
Assistant Director	Rusty Meek
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay	Thomas W. Blackburn
Story	Ralph Berard
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Roy Huggins
Director of Photography	Ralph Woolsey, A.S.C.
Art Director	Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	Elbert K. Hollingworth
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Leslie G. Hewitt / Stanley Jones
Set Decorator	Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor	Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunts	Bobby Somers (uncredited)
Composer: Original Theme	David Buttolph (uncredited)
Stock Music Composer	Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica	Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Genesee Jones: I’m hungrier than a spring bear.
Meaning: Very hungry; more than a bear that has just come out of hibernation.

 

Genesee Jones: Ma’am, this is the best plate of grub I’ve had since Hector was a pup.
Meaning: a very long time ago.

 

Genesee Jones: Let’s get a drink. I’m drier than a horned toad pie.
Meaning: Drier than horned toad excrement, i.e. very thirsty.

“Dandy Jim” Buckley: … Somebody once said, ‘Money isn’t everything.’ Can’t imagine who it could have been.
“Always remember, money isn’t everything – but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.” Earl Wilson (1907-1987)

 

 

Notable Mentions

Oglala Sioux
Lord Mayor of London 
Black Hills gold stampede  

 

Geographic References

Black Hills (western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming), United States
Cripple Creek, outside of Deadwood, South Dakota, United States of America
Willow Creek, South Dakota, United States of America
Bald Hill mining camp

 

 

The Games People Play

Genesee Jones: Take you [Bart] for instance. You gotta fine touch for the cards but you’re playing too tight. You gotta gamble a little. Poker’s a game of chance, in case you haven’t heard.

 

5-Card Draw Poker
High Card 

 

 

Grub

Antelope steak
Beans
Bear roast
Bear steaks
Biscuits
Homemade Bread
Coffee
Apple pie
Soup
Venison stew
Whiskey
Mustard

 

 

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