“The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick”
“The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick”
Season: 2 episode 1
Series Episode: 128
Air Date: September 21, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
You can’t con an honest man.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick (a.k.a. Bret Maverick's brother with a mustache / Cliff Sharp's brother / Brad Richards) Gambler / Con artist James Garner 30 Credited
Oliver "Ollie" Poole Coroner / Undertaker of Hallelujah Jay Novello 54
Credited
Cliff Sharp Robber wanted in Texas, New Mexico & Arizona John Cliff 39 Credited
Molly Sharp (a.k.a. Molly Clifford, Mrs. Bret Maverick) Cliff Sharp's wife Whitney Blake 32 Credited
Chick Tucker Sheriff of Hallelujah Ray Teal 56 Credited
Claude Third trial witness Roy Erwin 34 Credited
Henry First trial witness Burt Mustin 74 Credited
Stanley Second trial witness Hal Hopper 45 Credited
Mayor of Hallelujah / Owner of the Tonsorial Parlor Robert E. Griffin 56 Credited
Prosecuting Attorney Sam Flint 65 Credited
Stagecoach driver Emile Avery 50 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 55 Uncredited
Mr. Lloyd Hallelujah Town Council member Uncredited
Dining patron Forbes Murray 73 Uncredited
Hostler in Dry Springs Uncredited
Two Hallelujah gravediggers Uncredited
Restaurant patron James Gonzalez 47 Uncredited
Sleeping stagecoach passenger
Philo McCullough 65 Uncredited
Stagecoach shotgun Cactus Mack 59 Credited
Stage manager Uncredited
Townsman Alan Marston 44 Uncredited
Townsman Jack Mower 68 Uncredited
Townsman Jack Perrin 62 Uncredited
Townsman Danny Sands 43 Uncredited
Townsman Bob Reeves 66 Uncredited
Townsman Tom Wilson 78 Uncredited
Waiter Uncredited
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
Herald (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Carl Pingitore
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
William Wallace
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Mayor: There’s a little good in the worst of us.
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us. – James Truslow Adams (1878-1949)
Oliver Poole: That’s a lot of money.
Notable Mentions
Geographic References
Elbow Bend, New Mexico, United States of America
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Hallelujah, New Mexico, United States of America
Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Texas, United States of America
New Mexico Territory , United States of America
Dry Springs Way Station
Mexican border, United States of America
The Games People Play
Grub
Coffee
Fried eggs
Pancakes
Cream
Fried cubed potatoes
Breakfast sausages
Strawberries
Sugar cubes
Music
This episode marks the first time vocals were added to the Maverick theme.
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