“Island in the Swamp”

“Island in the Swamp”

 

 

Season: 2 episode 11

Series Episode: 38

Air Date: November 30, 1958

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Bret is trapped on an island in the bayou.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bret Maverick	Gambler / Con artist	James Garner	30	Credited
"Daddy" David Forge	Ellis Settlement resident	Edgar Buchanan	55	Credited
Herbert Forge	David Forge's oldest child	Doye O'Dell	46	Credited
Ladybird Forge	Youngest daughter of David Forge	Arlene Howell	29	Credited
Victoria Forge	David Forge's eldest daughter	Erin O'Brien	24	Credited
Anthony Offord	Oliver Offord's father	Richard Reeves	46	Uncredited
Oliver Offord	Ellis Settlement resident	Lance Fuller	29	Credited
Phillipe Theirot	Victoria's Arcadian fiance	Albert Carrier	39	Credited
Sampson	Postman & trader	Roy Engel	45	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	56	Uncredited
	Boatman with postman			Uncredited
	Two Cajuns that only speak French			Uncredited
	Ellis Settlement settler	Luis Delgado	33	Uncredited
	Ellis Settlement settler	Emile Avery	50	Uncredited
Erlene Forge	David Forge's second wife / Victoria's mother			Mentioned
Isabelle Forge	David Forge's first wife / Herbert's mother			Mentioned
Mary Beth Forge	David Forge's third wife / Lady Bird's mother			Mentioned
Simon Teller	Ellis Settlement settler			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Montgomery Pittman
Assistant Director	Claude Binyon, Jr.
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	Montgomery Pittman
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Roy Huggins
Director of Photography	Harold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director	Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	Robert Watts
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator	Alfred E. Spencer
Makeup Supervisor	Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunt Double for James Garner	Roydon Clark
Composer: Original Theme	David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics	Paul Francis Weber
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

Broken mirror and bad luck

 

 

Notable Mentions

Plantagenets
Salvage Law
Riverboats
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Poor Richard’s Almanack
Arcadians (Cajuns)  

 

Geographic References

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America h
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Bayou
Slum Marsh
Ellis Settlement “The Colony”

 

 

Grub

Coffee
Red gravy and rice
Rice with dried shrimp and black-eyed gravy
Red meated Watermelon

 

 

Music

“Greensleeves” (vocals)   

 

 

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