“The Black Handkerchief”
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“The Black Handkerchief”
Season: 3 episode 9
Series Episode: 87
Air Date: November 14, 1959
Teaser
“You’re very quick to confess for everyone else. Since we have no understanding between us I have no choice. but to kill you.”
Employment Solicitations
Help Wanted Advertisements
Detective wanted to find missing heir, John Brook
Damsel in distress seeks man with some legal knowledge
Box 23
Fee
Not disclosed
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
Pierre "Pete" Deverell Michelle Ganeaux's nephew Ed Nelson 30 Credited
Fitzgerald Sagecoach passenger & witness Terrence DeMarney (De Marney) 51 Credited
Michelle Ganeaux Owner of a parfumiere Svea Grunfeld 29 Credited
Luss Hopper Stagecoach robber / Buffalo hunter Gordon Polk 36 Credited
Waller Stagecoach robber / Buffalo hunter Mike Lane 26 Credited
Sheriff Joseph (V.) Perry 28 Credited
Dink
Stagecoach robber / Buffalo hunter Ed (Edward) Faulkner 23 Credited
Solito hotel desk clerk Olan Soule 50 Credited
Michelle Ganeaux's sister Mentioned
Stagecoach driver Mentioned
Stagecoach passengers Mentioned
Mr. Deverell Pierre Deverell's father Mentioned
Mrs. Deverll Pierre Deverell's wife / Michelle Ganeaux's sister Mentioned
Crew
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director Jack Voglin
Creators Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer Jay Simms
Script Supervisor Richard Chaffee
Producer Sam Rolfe
Associate Producer Frank R. Pierson
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 (Uncredited)
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
Bridge scene
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, United States of America
Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America
Geographic Reference
Gastronomic Delights
Mocha & a pony of brandy
Cognac
Sources
Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits). Internet Movie Database (IMDb), authors (cited), philosophers (cited), poets (cited) and individual observation.
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