“The Savages”
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“The Savages”
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Season: 6 episode 27
Series Episode: 220
Air Date: March 16, 1963
Teaser
“Two gentlement so mired in the muck of their own self-pity that they can’t see the obvious.”
Employment Solicitation
Letter from Werner August to have Paladin lead him to a sculptor Paladin had earlier encountered in the wilderness
Fee
Not disclosed
Quote
“This may not be ‘the best of all possible worlds’”
Paladin
This may be a reference to the phrase “The best of all possible worlds”
coined by Gottfried Leibniz in
Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l’homme et l’origine du mal
(Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil), 1710
that was popularized as Panagloss’ favorite saying in Voltaire‘s (François-Marie Arouet), Candide
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Paladin An arbiter Richard Boone 45 Credited
Gina August Werner August's daughter Judi Meredith 26 Credited
Werner August Art collector Patric Knowles 51 Credited
Elliot Spencer Sculptor James Griffith 47 Credited
Collette August GinaAugust's mother / Elliot Spencer's model for the "Tuscan Lake Nymph" Mentioned
Crew
Director Gary Nelson
Assistant Director Gordon McLean
Creators Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer Gene Roddenberry
Script Supervisor Richard Chaffee
Producer Don Ingalls
Production Manager Gordon McLean
Director of Photography Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound Mixer
Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by Joel Moss
Property Master Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist
Ed (Edwin) Butterworth
Wardrobe Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator Claude E. Carpenter
Casting Peggy Rae
Richard Boone's Stunt Double
Hal Needham
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
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Louvre, Paris, France
Paris, France
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
Music
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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