“Passage to Fort Doom”

 

Season: 2 episode 23

Series Episode: 50

Air Date: March 8, 1959

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Desire, engagement, adultery, and marriage are all put to the test on a wagon train to “Fort Doom.”

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Bart MaverickGambler / Con artist Jack Kelly31Credited
Cindy Lou Brown
Friend of Bart MaverickArlene Howell29Credited
Ben ChapmanDorothy Chapman's husbandJohn Alderson42Credited
Dorothy "Dottie" ChapmanBen Chapman's wife / Lee Granger's loverNancy Gates33Credited
Lee GrangerDorothy Chapman's loverFred Beir31Credited
Fergus MacKenzieWagon master / StorekeeperAlan Caillou34Credited
Claude RoganRobberCharles Cooper32Credited
Charles "Charlie" StantonCharlotte Stanton's fatherThomas B. (Browne) Henry 51Credited
Charlotte StantonGeorge's fianceeDiane McBain18Credited
FrankClaude Rogan's henchmanRaymond Barnes38Credited
JoeClaude Rogan's henchmanRon Hayes30Credited
AnnouncerEd Reimers56Uncredited
Bart's horseSickleUncredited
American IndiansUncredited
Martha StantonCharlotte Stanton's mother Uncredited
GeorgeCavalry lieutenant / Charlotte Stanton's fiance / Old Baltimore family Mentioned
Wells Fargo station agentMentioned

 

Crew

DirectorPaul Henreid
Assistant DirectorDon Page (Don Alvarado)
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
WriterRoy Huggins
Executive Producer

Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins

Director of Photography
Edwin (B.) DuPar, A. S. C.
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore

Film Editors

Robert B. Warwick, Jr, A.C.E. / David Wages
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
William Wallace
Makeup SupervisorGordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original ThemeDavid Buttolph (uncredited)

Original Theme LyricsPaul Francis Weber
Stock Music ComposerMax Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: HarmonicaTommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Bart: Maybe that’s why women dislike other women. They understand each other.

 

Cindy Lou: Like to share my wagon?
Bart Maverick: Better than a kick in the shins.

 

Notable Mentions

Wells Fargo
Cholera
American Indians and the Black Hills
The seven year itch

 

 

 

Geographic References

Deadwood, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Fort Brader (“Fort Doom”)
Spring City, Utah or Spring City, Nevada, United States of America
Virginia
Black Hills, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Ocher Hill Trail
Shale Creek

 

 

The Games People Play

Bart Maverick: I feel sorry for men that gamble, Mr MacKenzie, downright sorry.

 

Grub

Beans
Roast beef
Bread
Potatoes
Coffee

 

 

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