“Hostage” / “Hostage!”

Season: 1 episode 8

Series Episode: 8

Air Date: November 10, 1957

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

Teaser

The deadline is midnight with Bret’s and a certain young lady’s lives depending upon Bart to rescue them before the bell tolls.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Bret MaverickGambler / Con artistJames Garner29Credited
Bart MaverickGambler / Con artistJack Kelly30Credited
Jodie CollinsCajun kidnapperDon Duran23Credited
Henri DevereauxCreole aristocrat / owner of the River Princess steam packet / Father of Yvette DevereauStephen Bekassy50Credited
Yvette DevereauxHenri Devereaux's daughterLaurie Carroll24Credited
Anton RivageHenri Devereaux's lawyerJean Del Val65Credited
JubalCajun kidnapperMickey Simpson43Credited
MarvinPolice inspector in New OrleansTrevor Bardette54Credited
RickCajun kidnapperWright King34Credited
ZiggyStore proprietor / Police informantJohn Harmon52Credited
George RousseauTicket agent for the River PrincessUncredited
PierreMaitre D'Alphonse Martel67Uncredited
Carriage driverKansas Moehring60Uncredited
Dock worker giving directionsRoy Glen43Uncredited
Hotel clerkHal Gerard51Uncredited
Restaurant patronMonty O'Grady41Uncredited
Policeman throwing water on Bart MaverickJimmy Dime59Uncredited
Police officerMurray Pollack39 Uncredited
Poker playerPhilo McCullough64Uncredited
Poker playerHal Taggart61Uncredited
Restaurant patronJoe Walls41Uncredited
Waiter at the Maverick's table Uncredited
AngeliqueJubal's girlfriendMentioned
Lucky BlairMining man in Colorado Mentioned
Hardy ColtonKidnap victim of Bret & Bart Maverick Mentioned
Lucky Blair's sonMentioned

 

Crew

DirectorRichard L. Bare
Assistant DirectorClaude E. Archer
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer
Gerald Drayson Adams
Executive Producer

Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins

Directors of Photography
Nicholas Musaraca, A.S.C. / Harold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Art Loel
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore

Film Editor

Elbert K. Hollingsworth


Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
Jerry Welch
Set Construction
Donald P. Desmond (uncredited)
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
StuntsBobby Somers (uncredited)
Composer: Original ThemeDavid Buttolph (uncredited)

Stock Music ComposerMax Steiner (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Marvin: Ziggy is a sewer rat, but a useful one.

 

Yvette Devereaux: Image…to be able to go where you want; do what you want. To be completely free. It must be a wonderful feeling.

 

Cajun racial slurs

Fat muddy swamp cows
Meaning: Overweight, ill-groomed woman

Swamp rat

Muskrat trappers
Meaning: Used in a derogatory manner

 

Notable Mentions

Silver saddle 

 

Steam packet 


Creole Aristocrats  

 

Cabildo Prison  


Casino

 

Kidnapping 

 

Silver Kings

 

 

Geographic References

 

Denver, Colorado, United States of America  


Natchez, Mississippi, United States of America

 

New Orleans, Louisiana,United States of America

 

Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America

 

Newton, Kansas, United States of America

 

San Francisco, California, United States of America  


St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America


Colorado , United States of America


Bayou , United States of America


Panhandle, Texas, United States of America

 

The Games People Play

 

Bart Maverick: So “Pappy” left us… some very profound words of wisdom, “Never hold a kicker and never draw to an inside straight.”

 

Bart Maverick: We were hoping to get an invitation on the River Princess. …Bret and I like to play poker, Mr. Devereaux. We were expecting to find some interesting games on board. We even expected to make a little money.

 

Poker 

 

Grub

New Orleans coffee

 

Music
“Get Along Home, Cindy” (vocals)

 

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