“The Prophet”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY

 

“The Prophet”

 

Season:             3 episode 16
Series Episode: 94
Air Date:          January 2, 1960

 

Teaser

“I was beginning to think the Army had changed.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Army Fears Apache Uprising

 

Fee

Headstone

 

Quotes

“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”
Paladin

“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men.
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally.
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”
John Donne, “Holy Sonnets: Death, be not Proud”

 

“Vengence is mine. I will repay, said the Lord”
Nunez

 

“Vengeance is mine;I will repay, saith the Lord.”
Bible, Romans 12:19, King James Version

 

“Oh, that I were in the wilderness; that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are an assembly of the treacherous. They bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood. And they are called mighty in the land. But not for truth. And they proceed from evil to him.”
Nunez

 

“Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.”
Bible, Jeremiah 9:2 King James Version

“And they shall come back from the land of the enemy and there is hope for thy future, saith the Lord.”
Paladin

 

“Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.”
Bible, Jeremiah 31:16 King James Version

 

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
Leonard Ferber	Army Intelligence major	Barney Phillips	46	Credited
Benjamin Nunez	Former Plains Cavalry Indian fighter / "White War Chief"	Shepperd Strudwick	52	Credited
Madam L	Paladin's chess opponent	Florence Marly	40	Credited
Serafina	Benjamin Nunez's Apache wife	Lorna Thayer	40	Credited
	Apache scout at burnt cabin	Eddie Little Sky	33	Credited
	Serafina's brother	Brad von Beltz	37	Credited
	2 Apache warriors			Uncredited
	10 Apache warriors			Uncredited
Fremont	Senator / Former general			Mentioned
Mrs. Fremont	Senator's daughter			Mentioned
Ranald Sidell Mackenzie	Leader of an expedition against the Apache			Mentioned
	2 peace emmissaries			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Shimon Wincelberg
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)
Episode Music by	Paul Dunlap
"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 & Angela Alexander
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

 

Historical References

Mackenzie Expedition
Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

 

Geographic References

Alamagordo, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

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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