“Les Girls”
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“Les Girls”
Season: 3 episode 3
Series Episode: 81
Air Date: September 26, 1959
Teaser
“Madame, that shotgun is actually a rife and it must be cocked and loaded before you can kill me, as any good barbarian would know.”
Employment Solicitation
Bend in the River Oregon
Scarcity of Women Creates a New Type of Rustling
Mail order wives, brought in at great expense. are being wooed and married by bachelors who intercept the stage coaches before arrival. J. Brodie, prominent rancher, has declared war on these wife poachers.
Fee
$1333.33
Quotes
“When the servant is given the weapon, he begins to act like the master.”
Madame Chalon
“All stomachs are equal. Those who work, eat.”
Paladin quoting Captain John Smith
“He who shall not work, shall not eat.”
Captain John Smith
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Paladin An arbiter Richard Boone 42 Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy" Hotel Carlton porter Kam Tong 52 Credited
Alfred Brodie Jay Brodie's son Carol Henry 41 Credited
Jay Brodie Rancher Lane Chandler 60 Credited
Mac Brodie Jay Brodie's son Hal Needham 28 Credited
Tom Brodie Jay Brodie's son Dallas Mitchell 31 Credited
Madame Chalon Instructrice of mail order brides Mabel Albertson 58 Credited
Lyman Owner of the Lyman Stage Line Bob Hopkins 41 Credited
Annette Mail order bride Danielle De Metz 21 Credited
Cecile Mail order bride Roxanne (Roxane) Berard 25 Credited
Yvonne Mail order bride Helene Stanley 30 Credited
Crew
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director Jack Voglin
Creators Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writers Gene Roddenberry
Script Supervisor Richard Chaffee
Story Editor Frank R. Pierson
Producer Sam Rolfe
Production Manager Howard Joslin
Director of Photography Stuart Thompson, A.S.C.
Art Director Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Music Editor Gene Feldman
Production Supervisor Dewey Starkey
Film Editor Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound Editor Roderick Sound, Inc.
Sound Effects Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Property Master Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist
Donald (W.) Roberson
Hair Stylist
Madine Danks, C.H.S.
Wardrobe Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator Herman N. Schoenbrun & Charles Vassar
Casting Stalmaster-Lister Co.
Richard Boone's Stunt Double
Hal Needham
Production Companies A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production
Recording Company' Westrex Recording System
Filming Locations
Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America
Historical Reference
Geographic References
Bend in the River, Oregon
France
Paris, France
Tacconay, France
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gastronomic Delights
Biscuits a la Paladin
Fire rotisserie rabbit
Sources
Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.
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