“The Misfortune Teller”
“The Misfortune Teller”
Season: 3 episode 25
Series Episode: 78
Air Date: March 6, 1960
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bret’s life line seems to come to a sudden end.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist / James Garner 31 Credited
Melanie Blake Con woman / Pickpocket Kathleen Crowley 30 Credited
Luke Abigor Bret Maverick's lawyer / Con man / Numerologist / Astrologist
Alan Mowbray 64 Credited
Fred Grady Owner of the Red Dog Saloon in Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Emory Parnell 67 Credited
Charlie Turple Bartender in Kyle / Part of the game
Mickey Simpson 46 Credited
Lem Watson Sheriff of Medicine Bow Ben Gage 55 Credited
Jud Jailer in Medicine Bow Chubby Johnson 56 Credited
Roscoe Bartender in the Red Dog Saloon in Medicine Bow, Wyoming William Challee 55 Credited
Desk clerk at the Medicine Bow hotel Phil Arnold 50 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
Jake Man in barbershop chair Uncredited
Barber in Kyle Uncredited
Dog in saloon Pluto Uncredited
Harry Cheshire 68 Uncredited
Girl on stairs in saloon in Kyle Joan Staley 19 Uncredited
Poker player Luis Delgado 34 Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Emile Avery 51 Uncredited
Townsman Art Felix 59 Uncredited
Townsman Jack Perrin 63 Uncredited
Townsman Rob Reeves 68 Uncredited
Townsman Fred Stromsoe 29 Uncredited
Townsman Cahlky Williams 52 Uncredited
Whittling Kyle townsman Hank Patterson 71 Uncredited
Bart Maverick Con artist who only swindles swindlers Mentioned
Bishop Judge inn Medicine Bow, Wyoming Mentioned
Jim Davenport Prosecutor in Medicine Bow, Wyoming Mentioned
Parma Owner of the livery in Kyle Mentioned
Mayor of Medicine Bow, Wyoming Mentioned
Crew
Director Arthur Lubin
Assistant Director Fred Scheld
Developed by
Roy Huggins
Writer Leo Townsend
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Wesley Anderson
Art Director
John Ewing
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Cliff Bell (Sr.), A.C.E.
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound B. F. Ryan
Set Decorator Frank M. Miller
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)
Music Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Robert Phillips
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Bret Maverick: She [Melanie Blake] squawked like a jaybird about not getting her beauty sleep.
Meaning: to make a raucous noise; to be a dominating chatterbox.
Notable Mentions
Geographic References
Kyle, Wyoming, United States of America
Laramie, Wyoming
Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States of America
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Maverick Springs near Sarasota, Florida,
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: I’m a peaceful man, myself. I get all the action I want at the poker table.
Grub
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