“Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Wrecker'”
“Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘The Wrecker'”
Season: 1 episode 11
Series Episode: 11
Air Date: December 1, 1957
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Treasure comes in many forms – riches, honor, life, and perhaps friendship.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 29 Credited
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. John Haskell) Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 30 Credited
Jerome Baus Crewman on the Flying Scudd Allen Kramer 45 Credited
Thomas Bellairs Agent for Paul Carthew at the auction Maurice Manson 44 Credited
Paul Carthew (a.k.a. James Dixon, Matthew Higgins) New Zealand remittance man / Partner in a pearl expedition Patric Knowles 46 Credited
Jamie Craven Informant about Flying Scudd crew members Murvyn Vye 44 Credited
Longhurst Poker player / Member of the Ring Bartlett Robinson 44 Credited
Markham Auctioneer Tom (Thomas) Henry 56 Credited
Hotel clerk Barry Brooks 47 Credited
Campbell Poker player / Member of the Ring Uncredited
Hanson Sailor on the rescue ship with Bret Maverick Uncredited
Merchison Poker player / Member of the Ring Jeffrey Sayre 56 Uncredited
Nares Captain of the Norah Creina Karl Swenson 49 Uncredited
Willimen Poker player / Member of the Ring Bert Stevens 52 Uncredited
Auction attendee Charles Fogel 71 Uncredited
Auction attendee Raoul Freeman 63 Uncredited
Auction attendee Kenneth Gibson 59 Uncredited
Bar patron Luis Delgado 32 Uncredited
Bar patron Sam Harris 80 Uncredited
Bartender Brick Sullivan 58 Uncredited
Crewman on the Norah Creina John Barton 59 Uncredited
Crewman on the Norah Creina Paul Krugar 62 Uncredited
4 additional crewmen on the Norah Creina Uncredited
John Beelzebub Satan (a.k.a. The Devil) Mentioned
Elias Goddedaal Mate on the Flying Scudd Mentioned
Wickes Captain of the Flying Scudd Mentioned
Captain of the rescue ship Mentioned
Crew
Director Franklin Adreon
Assistant Director C. Carter Gibson
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay
Russel (S.) Hughes
Based on a story: "The Wrecker", 1892 by: Robert Louis Stevenson & Lloyd Osbourne
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Carl Berger, A.S.C.
Art Director
Art Loel
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Elbert K. Hollingsworth
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Franklin Hansen
Set Decorator
Jerry Welch
Set Construction
Donald P. Desmond (uncredited)
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
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
Bret Maverick: The Ring buys up wrecked ships at auctions. It’s always been closed tighter than a loan shark’s fist to outsiders. Nobody bids agains them.
Captain Nares: You better never let me come across your bows again. Either of you. Because I will slice you up into pieces too small for bait.
Meaning: Cross paths with someone. Meet up with someone again. In this case, as the captain is referencing two people, bows is plural.
Notable Mentions
The Jolly Roger
International salvage law
Guineas
Opium Trade
Pearl fishers
Dutch cutter
British man of war
Geographic References
Dutch Indies
Midway Island
New Zealand (first column, “Thursday Is’and Pearl Fisheries” from the Town and Country Journal (published 1870-1919))
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Rocky Mountains “The Rockies”
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: But here it’s a matter of poker. Poker is a matter of nerve. Nerve is a matter of how much a man’s got,
Bart Maverick: I’ve played enough poker to know when a man’s running a bluff. You’re not.
Grub
Biskets
Stew
Fruit
Fresh water
Sources: Maverick episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.
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