“The Golden Toad”
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“The Golden Toad”
Season: 3 episode 10
Series Episode: 88
Air Date: November 21, 1959
Teaser
“I promised you’d be a rich man, Webster. You’re standing ankle deep in your treasure; or would you rather be dead.”
Employment Solicitation
Ancient Ruins Uncovered in Yavapai Valley
Discovery increases likelihood that legendary Indian treasure might be…
Fee
Ownership of land in the valley, Yavapi Water Company, which will make a slight charge for water shares (about a thousand dollars a year) and the souvenir of a gold water frog.
Quotes
“Ominbus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est.”
Palidan quoting Cicero
“Ominbus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est.”
“In all things, disgust is near aligned to the greatest pleasures.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“There can be too much even of a good thing.”
Paladin quoting Cicero
“Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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
Doris Goloman Rancher Lorna Thayer 40 Credited
Bill Simms Rancher Stewart East 46 Credited
Bud Webster Farmer / Widower David White 43 Credited
Caroline Webster Bud Webster's daughter Jan Burrell 19 Credited
Everette Webster Bud Webster's son Kevin Hagen 31 Credited
Jacqueline Webster Bud Webster's daughter Dorothy Dells 31 Credited
Willodean Webster Bud Webster's daughter Eileen Wilk Credited
Beverly Paladin's innamorata Nancy Valentine 31 Credited
Bob Rancher Bill (William) Wellman, Jr. 22 Credited
Herbert "Herb" Rancher Paul Sorenson (Sorensen) 33 Credited
Gene Bartender Uncredited
Walters Rancher Mentioned
Mrs. Webster Bud Webster's wife Mentioned
Wanda Lady in the valley Mentioned
Tucson sheriff Mentioned
Crew
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director Jack Voglin
Creators Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer Gene Roddenberry
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 Everett Sutherland
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
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
Yavapai Valley scenes
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, United States of America
Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America
Geographic References
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Tuscon, Arizona Territory, United States of America
Yavapai Valley, United States of America
Gastronomic Delights
Charro Bean Soup
Sources
Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.
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