“The Misguided Father”

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“The Misguided Father”

 

Season:             3 episode 24
Series Episode: 102
Air Date:          February 27, 1960

 

Teaser

“You call yourself Charley Blackburn’s friend, Sheriff. Well if his friends won’t give him a decent burial, I’d better try his enemies.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Personal decision

 

Fee

None

 

Quote

“Murder shrieks out in the voice of the murderer.”
Paladin

This may be a reference to:
“Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out.
The element of water moistens the earth,
But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.”
John Webster, “The Dutchesse of Malfi”

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	53	Credited
Brogan	Logger spokesman	Gregg Palmer	33	Credited
Keith Loring	Wynn Loring's son	Hampton Francher	21	Credited
Wynn Loring	Logging company owner	Douglas Kennedy	44	Credited
Hal Sims	Keith Loring's keeper	Lee Sands		Credited
Stander	Sheriff	Harry Carey, Jr.	38	Credited
	Logger with wooden club	Harry Fleer	43	Credited
Andre	Hotel Carlton chef	Eugene Borden	62	Credited
	Hotel Carlton dining room patron	Bert Stevens	55	Credited
Charles Blackburn	Paladin's friend / Logger			Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton sous chef			Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton steward			Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton waiter			Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton waiter			Uncredited
Brecker	Saloon owner			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Donn Mulally
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Ben Brady
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)
Episode Music by	William Lava
"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	Samuel (Sam) Gold
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 (Uncredited)
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

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Geographic References

Presidio, San Francisco, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delights

Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms

 

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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