“The Forbidden City”
“The Forbidden City”
Season: 4 episode 28
Series Episode: 107
Air Date: March 26, 1961
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Everything is forbidden here, except murder.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 33 Credited
Brent Maverick Gambler / Con artist Robert Colbert 29 Credited
Val Joyce Craig Duncan 42 Credited
"Mac" McGuire Assassin Thomas B. (Browne) Henry 53 Credited
Clyde Moss Mayor of Sunburst Jack Mather 53 Credited
Joanne Moss Clyde Moss' niece / Co-author of a historical sketch of Sunburst Nina Shipman 22 Uncredited
Nettie Moss Clyde Moss' wife / Joanne Moss' aunt Gertrude Flynn 52 Credited
Andalucia "Lucia", "Lucy" Rubio Pedro Rubio's daughter Lisa Montell 7 Credited
Pedo Rubio Farmer / Convict Vladimir Sokoloff 71 Credited
Sam Shadley Sheriff and dogcatcher of Sunburst Robert Foulk 52 Credited
Dave Taylor Riches rancher in the valley Jeff DeBenning 50 Credited
Sunburst Hotel desk clerk Bill Erwin 46 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 58 Uncredited
Deacon Pfieffer Stiffest judge on the circuit court Uncredited
Robbins Mayor's clerk Uncredited
Mrs. Rubio Lucia's mother Uncredited
Sultan Taylor's stallion Uncredited
Bartender Tom Kennedy 34 Uncredited
Poker players that are the city council Uncredited
Insistent poker player in Abilene Uncredited
Sheriff enforcing town council's desire Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Henry Wills 39 Uncredited
Martin Rancher who owned half the valley (deceased) Mentioned
Clay Rancher killed by Martin Mentioned
Pete Sunburst stageline employee Mentioned
Prior owner of Dave Taylor's spread (deceased( Mentioned
Ladies Culture Club - of Sunburst Mentioned
Teacher in Sunburst Mentioned
Crew
Director Richard C. Sarafin
Assistant Director Gene Anderson, Sr.
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Wells Root / Don Tait / Coles Trapnell
Story Don Tait / Coles Trapnell
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Coles Trapnell
Director of
Photography
Ralph Woolsey, A.S.C.
Art Director
William (L.) Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
Robert Crawford
Production Manager
Sound Francis E. Stahl
Set Decorator Patrick C. Delaney
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Supervising Hair Stylist Jean Burt Reilly, C.H.S.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredtied)
Music Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor George E. Marsh
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Brent Maverick: A woman’s tear, the holy water, killed more men than whiskey.
Brent Maverick: There’s one law that a man must never break – That’s the law of self preservation.
Brent Maverick: Bailing your boat with a sieve.
Joanne Moss: But none of us could bear the burning glass of our own conscience.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/burning-glass
Notable Mentions
Wells Fargo & Co. Overland Stage Line https://www.legendsofamerica.com/disposing-overland-stage/#:~:text=In%20the%20early%201860s%20Wells,by%20the%20railroad%20in%201869.
Pinkerton https://pinkerton.com/our-story/history
Cruentation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruentation https://www.thebloodproject.com/did-you-know-that-bleeding-corpses-were-once-used-to-solve-murders/
Stocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocks
Comanche https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/comanche/19275
Geographic References
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America https://abilenekansas.org/plan-your-visit/journey-to-the-old-west
Sunburst, Texas, United States of America
Spain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ey4-O2kBQ (Sound)
The Games People Play
Bart: All blue.
Clyde Moss: Gambler, you don’t seem to be able to draw any aces in this town.
Grub
“Jail Strawberries” (Beans)
Boiled potato slices
Steak
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