“The Piano”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY

“The Piano”

 

Season:             5 episode 9
Series Episode: 164
Air Date:          November 11, 1961

 

Teaser

“I need six men. The job may last three days or three weeks. We’ll be covering rugged counyty and the men are clever and dangerous. They stole a piano.”

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Personal request by Sybil Lansing.

 

 

Fee

$1000

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	54	Credited
Jerris	First volunteer to retrieve the piano	Richard (Jourdan) Reeves	49	Credited
Mona Lansing	FormerOklahoma Territory saloon owner / Knob Hill redident	Gertrude Flynn	52	Credited
Sybil Lansing	Monda Lansing's daughter	Antoinette Bower	29	Credited
Franz Lister	Pianist	Keith Andes	41	Credited
Riggs	Piano thief	Chuck (Charles) Couch	39	Credited
Freddie	Franz Lister's manager	Arny Freeman	59	Credited
	Paladin's inamorata	Erin Leigh		Credited
	Piano thief	Roy Engel	48	Credited
Bosley Lansing	Monica Lansing's husband / Owner of Lansing Salmon			Uncredited
	Second vounteer to retrieve piano	Kermit Maynard	54	Uncredited
	Piaon thief	Bert Madrid	45	Uncredited
	Piano thief			Uncredited
	Third volunteer to retrieve piano			Uncredited
	Fourth volunteer to retrieve piano			Uncredited
Doria Beldon	On call at the theatre			Mentioned
	Gypsy ? Franz Lister's mother			Mentioned
	Hungarian cattle baron / Franz Lister's father			Mentioned
Harold	King of Austria			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Donner
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Barry Trivers
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin & Albert Ruben
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Wo;bur Hatch
Conductor	Wilbur Hatch
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Fred Maguire
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Fay Babcock
Casting	Peggy Rae
Titles and Opticals	Pacific Title
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

 

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

Nob Hil, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Oklahoma Territory, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delights

Buffalo haunch A.k. a. Ragou buffalo a la provencale|
“First the meat is beaten with a tent stake. Then it is hung on the back of a wagon for 21 days exactly, no more, no less.And then it is shaved.”

 

 

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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