“Plunder of Paradise”

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“Plunder of Paradise”

 

Season: 1 episode 24

Series Episode: 24

Air Date: March 9, 1958

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Bart comes to help a friend find El Pillaje Del Paraiso. Step 1: find his friend.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist	Jack Kelly	30	Credited
"Big" Mike McComb "Irish"	Bart Maverick's partner	Leo Gordon	35	Credited
Chucho Morales	Cantina owner	Nacho Galindo	49	Credited
Dolly Muldoon	Saloon - cantina singer	Ruta Lee	22	Credited
Paco Torres	Bandito	Jay Novello	53	Credited
Grace Wheeler "Boston"	Wheeler's wife / Bart Maverick & "Big" Mike McComb's partner	Joan Wheldon	27	Credited
Alfredo	Bandito	Roberto Contreras	29	Credited
Diego	Wounded bandito	Manuel Lopez	48	Credited
Fernando	Bandito	Rico Alaniz	38	Credited
Ricardo "Dickie Boy"	Mariachi / Mexican army officer	Gene (Eugene) Iglesias	31	Credited
Ubaldo	Bandito	Jorge Moreno	41	Credited
	Bart Maverick's horse	Sickle		Uncredited
	Shadow & voice of a man			Uncredited
	Townsman	Eumenio Blanco	67	Uncredited
Frank Wheeler	Geologist / Treasure hunter / Grace Wheeler's husband			Mentioned
	Captain of the ship on which Dolly was a passenger			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Douglas Heyes
Assistant Director	Rusty Meek
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	Douglas Heyes
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	Elbert K. Hollingsworth
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	M. A. Merrick
Set Decorator	Fay Babcock
Set Construction	Donald P. Desmond (uncredited)
Makeup Supervisor	Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Vocals	Ruta Lee
"Virtue is Its Own Reward" by:	Douglas Heyes / Jack O'Brien
Guitar	Eugene Iglesias
"Balade a la Luna" by	Eugene Iglesias
Composer: Original Theme	David Buttolph (uncredited)
Stock Music Composer	Max Steiner (uncredited)
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Paco: Do not be hasty to kill the wild gooses that may be laying the golden eggs.

 

 

Notable Mentions

British privateer
Spanish rig/rake
Spanish doubloon  

 

Geographic References

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America
Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico
Veracruz, Mexico
Gulf of Mexico 
Latin America  

 

 

Grub

Champagne
Tequila

 

 

Music

“Virtue is Its Own Reward” (vocals) by Douglas Hayes & Jack O’Brien, sung by Ruta Lee, accompanied by Eugene Iglesias.  The title “Virtue is Its Own Reward” is a quote attributed to Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 – 43 B.C.)

“Balada a la Luna” (vocals) by Eugene Iglesias, sung and accompanied by Eugene Iglesias

 

 

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