“Rope of Cards”

“Rope of Cards”

 

 

Season: 1 episode 17

Series Episode: 17

Air Date: January 19, 1958

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

A man’s life hangs on 25 cards and a holdout.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bret Maverick	Gambler / Con artist / Juror	James Garner	29	Credited
Blaine	Prosecuting attorney	Hugh Sanders	46	Credited
Charlie Caldwell	Owner of the Roan Horse saloon	George O'Hanlon	45	Credited
William "Billy", "Bill" Gregg	Rancher / Accused murderer	William Reynolds	26	Credited
Jabe Hallock	Defense attorney	Will Wright	63	Credited
Hamblin	Poker player / Juror	Frank Cady	42	Credited
John Sloan	Wealthy rancher	Tole Avery	42	Credited
Lucy Sutter	School teachers / Bill Gregg's fiance	Joan Marshall	26	Credited
Pike	Poker player / Juror	Emile Meyer	47	Uncredited
Price	Poker player / Jury Foreman	Don Beddoe	54	Uncredited
Bill	Sloan's ranch hand	Joe Brooks	34	Uncredited
Cy	Store owner / Witness	Harry Harvey, Sr.	57	Uncredited
Jasper	Trial Spectator	Duke Green	57	Uncredited
Lem	Sloan's ranch hand / Witness	Tom Monroe	38	Uncredited
	Deputy	Joe Phillips	33	Uncredited
	Doctor / Witness	Robert Lynn	60	Uncredited
	Judge	Harry Cheshire	66	Uncredited
	Juror	Brandon Beach	78	Uncredited
	Juror	George Bell	59	Uncredited
	Juror	Steve Carruthers	57	Uncredited
	Juror	Jack Henderson	62	Uncredited
	Juror	Donald Kirke	56	Uncredited
	Juror	Paul Krugar	62	Uncredited
	Juror	William H. O'Brien	56	Uncredited
	Juror	Pat O'Malley	67	Uncredited
	Sheriff / Witness	Ken Christy	63	Uncredited
	Trial spectator	Luis Delgado	32	Uncredited
Gregg	William Gregg's father			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Richard L. Bare
Assistant Director	Rusty Meek
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay	R. Wright Campbell
Story	Robert Ormond Case
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Roy Huggins
Director of Photography	Wesley Anderson
Art Director	Art Loel
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	Robert T. Sparr, A. C. E.
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Eugene F. Westfall
Set Decorator	Ralph S. Hurst
Set Construction	Donald P. Desmond (uncredited)
Makeup Supervisor	Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunts	Bobby Somers (uncredited)
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: Keep the pot boilin’, boys.

 

Jabe Hallock: I never saw a bobcat go to eating grass.
Meaning: Beings cannot change their nature.

 

Jabe Hallock: The older a rattlesnake gets, the more poison he’s got in ‘im.
Meaning: The longer one is on earth, the greater the pent up anger and response possibility.

 

 

The Games People Play

Sheriff: What are you doin’ in town?
Bret Maverick: Playing cards.
Sheriff: How do you make a livin’?
Bret Maverick: Playing cards.
Sheriff: Then you got a business.

 

5- Card Draw Poker 

Maverick Solitaire
A game in which a 52-card deck is shuffled, cut, and 25 cards are dealt in succession. The dealt cards are then arranged as 5 pat hands. 

 

 

Grub

Brandy

 

 

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