“Iron Hand”

“Iron Hand”

 

Season: 3 episode 23

Series Episode: 76

Air Date: February 21, 1960

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Who is conning whom?

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist / Trail boss	Jack Kelly	32	Credited
"Nobby" Ned Wingate	Con man / Gambler / Friend of Bart Maverick	Edward Ashley	55	Credited
Connie Coleman	Owner of the cattle drive	Susan Morrow	28	Credited
Jimmy Coleman	Cattle rancher / Connie Coleman's brother	Robert Redford	23	Credited
"Major" Brooks Innescourt	Joe Vermillion's partner	Antony (Anthony) Eustrel	57	Credited
Ursula Innescourt	Major Innescourt's wife (a.k.a. daughter)	Joan Elen	31	Credited
Purdy	Cattle buyer in Caldwell	Terry Frost	53	Credited
Richter	Preston marshal	Lane Chandler	60	Credited
Joe Vermillion (a.k.a. Iron Hand )	Coleman's trail boss	Anthony Caruso	43	Credited
"Red"	Poker player at cabin	Lane Bradford	37	Credited
Slim	Poker player at cabin	John Zaccaro	25	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	57	Uncredited
	Bart Maverick's horse	Sickle		Uncredited
Bruce	Preston judge			Uncredited
Eagle Feather	Kiowa Chief	Glenn Strange	60	Uncredited
Tanner	Working with the Innescourts and Joe Vermillion	Fred Graham	51	Uncredited
Chuck	Drover			Uncredited
Harry	Trail drive cook			Uncredited
Jack	Deputy in Abilene			Uncredited
Max	Poker player at cabin	Max Wagner	58	Uncredited
	Abilene bank teller			Uncredited
	Bartender	Tom Kennedy	32	Uncredited
	Comanches			Uncredited
	Drover	George Bell	61	Uncredited
	Drover	John Bose	58	Uncredited
	Drover	Danny Sands	45	Uncredited
	Kiowa Chief	Charles Stevens	66	Uncredited
	Kiowa warrior	Clyde Howdy	38	Uncredited
	Kiowa warrior referring to Eagle Feather	Eddie Little Sky	35	Uncredited
	Preston hotel bellhop			Uncredited
	Preston hotel desk clerk	Guy Wilkerson	60	Uncredited
	Four men at the cabin			Uncredited
Coleman	Rancher / Connie and Jimmie's father			Mentioned
"Colonel" Charles "Charlie" Goodnight	Texas rancher			Mentioned
Charles Innescourt	Brother to Brooks Innescourt / Rancher			Mentioned
George Vermillion	Sergeant in the 6th Cavalry / Joe Vermillion's father			Mentioned
Mrs. Vermillion	George Vermillion's Cheyenne mother			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Leslie Goodwins
Assistant Director	John Francis Murphy
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	Gerald Drayson Adams
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography	Ray Fernstrom, A.S.C.
Art Director	John Ewing
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	Carl Pingitore
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator	Hal Overell
Makeup Supervisor	Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme	David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics	Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer	Max Steiner (uncredited)
Music Supervisor	Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor	Jack B. Wadsworth
Musician: Harmonica	Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Notable Mentions

Texas Rangers  
Buffalo hunt  
Cheyenne
Comanche
6^th Cavalry at Fort Bliss
“Colonel” Charles Goodnight 
Chisholm Trail
Herefords 

 

Geographic References

Abilene,Texas, United States of America
Albuqueque, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Caldwell, Texas. United States of America
Cimarron
Doan’s Crossing
Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Juarez, Mexico
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Preston, Texas, United States of America
San Antonio
Silver City, Texas, United States of America
England
Panhandle
Red River
Waco, Texas, United States of America  

 

 

The Games People Play

5-Card Draw Poker 

 

 

Grub

Buffalo steak
Coffee
Pie
Soup
Beef ribs

 

 

Music

“Red River Valley” (instrumental) 

 

 

 

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