“The Lonesome Reunion”
“The Lonesome Reunion”
Season: 2 episode 2
Series Episode: 29
Air Date: September 28, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
A falling out among thieves.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 30 Credited
Edgar "Ed" Maxwell Escaped convict John Russell 37 Credited
Leland Mills Farmer John Qualen 58 Credited
Abigail "Abby" Taylor Johnny's wife Joanna Barnes 23 Credited
Billy Son of the Lonesome mayor Tim Johnson 27 Credited
Flora Deputy of Lonesome / Owner of Flora's Place / Sheriff's girlfriend Claire Carleton 45 Credited
Monty Robber Richard Reeves 46 Credited
Denver Hotel desk clerk Byron Foulger 58 Credited
Denver newspaperman Jon Lormer 52 Credited
Lothario in the Denver hotel lobby Robert Carson 49 Credited
Bart Maverick Voice-over of a letter Jack Kelly 31 Uncredited
Announcer Ed Reimers 55 Uncredited
Mr. Lloyd Denver Hotel guest Steve Carruthers 58 Uncredited
Deputy Roydon Clark 30 Uncredited
Denver milliner Uncredited
Abby Taylor's neighbor Ruth Warren 57 Uncredited
Penny ante poker player in Denver Donald Kerr 57 Uncredited
Penny ante poker players Uncredited
Poker player Ford Raymond 59 Uncredited
Townsman Philo McCullough 66 Uncredited
Lonesome townsman Frank Sully 50 Uncredited
Pete Decker Man in Flagstaff Mentioned
Don Grey Town drunk & poet laureate of Lonesome Mentioned
Adam Morton Abby Taylor's uncle's lawyer Mentioned
The Pattersons Family in Flagstaff Mentioned
Stan Ranker Sheriff of Lonesome Mentioned
Harry Abby Taylor's neighbor's cousin Mentioned
Johnny Robber / Abby Taylor's husband Mentioned
Millionaire from Salt Lake City, Utah Mentioned
Abby Taylor's uncle / Wyoming silver mine owner Mentioned
Witness to Monty's murder Mentioned
Crew
Director Richard L. Bare
Assistant Director Rusty Meek
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay Gene Levitt
Story Gene Levitt / Robert (Bob) Mitchell
Based on the radio program episode "The Lonesome Reunioni" on the Adventures of Phillip Marlowe, originally airing February 12, 1949
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
Harold Minter
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
William Wallace
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunts Bobby Somers (uncredited)
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Four walls do not a prison make.
So if you would your freedom take,
Tug at the hinges on your door,
Pulling up sharply from the floor.
On your way out replace the door
So another can leave as did this one before.
by Don Grey, poet laureat of Lonesome
Reference to “To Althea, From Prison,” a poem by Richard Lovelace
When Love with unconfinèd wings
Hovers within my Gates,
And my divine Althea brings
To whisper at the Grates;
When I lie tangled in her hair,
And fettered to her eye,
The Gods that wanton in the Air,
Know no such Liberty.
When flowing Cups run swiftly round
With no allaying Thames,
Our careless heads with Roses bound,
Our hearts with Loyal Flames;
When thirsty grief in Wine we steep,
When Healths and draughts go free,
Fishes that tipple in the Deep
Know no such Liberty.
When (like committed linnets) I
With shriller throat shall sing
The sweetness, Mercy, Majesty,
And glories of my King;
When I shall voice aloud how good
He is, how Great should be,
Enlargèd Winds, that curl the Flood,
Know no such Liberty.
Stone Walls do not a Prison make,
Nor Iron bars a Cage;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an Hermitage.
If I have freedom in my Love,
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that soar above,
Enjoy such Liberty.
Bret Maverick: I’d been plucked bare as a chicken ready for the pot.
Meaning: Naked. Sometimes indicating that one has been relieved of all of one’s money, especially a loss related to gambling, a confidence game, or theft.
Geographic References
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Branchland, West Virginia
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America .
Hedgesville,
Lonesome, Colorado, United States of America
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mississippi, United States of America
Oklahoma Territory
Wyoming Territory
The Games People Play
Bart Maverick: The game of poker has only one serious drawback. You can lose.
Grub
Coffee
Hotcakes
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