“The Taxgatherer”

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“The Taxgatherer”

 

Season:             4 episode 22
Series Episode: 139
Air Date:          February 11, 1961

 

Teaser

“Mr. Cutter, I didn’t come here to collect your taxes. I came here to make you a proposition.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Newspaper
BAD DOG SEEKS TAX COLLECTOR.
Mayor offers one third of all monies collected.
Mayor Trevor, of the municipality of Bad Dog, in the state of Oregon, has offered to meet his city’s fiscal crisis by offering a share of tax money to any person who collects tax money from its citizens; a population who takes their priviledges lightly, while scorning the the idea of paying money that would only go for civic improvements, like roads, schools, or an efficient sheriff.

 

Fee

One half of all tax monies collected

 

Quotes

“Sharper than a serpant’s tooth”
Jess Turner

William Shakespeare, “King Lear” Act I Scene 4

 

“Sin abounded in the temple of the law.”
Jess Turner

 

“Moreover the law entered, taht the offece might abound.  But where sin abounded, grace did much more abount.”
Bible, Romans 5:20 King James Version

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	43	Credited
Kim Li "Hey Girl"	Hotel Carlton porter	Lisa Lu	34	Credited
Lewt Cutter	Most important rancher in the Bad Dog territory	Roy Barcroft	58	Credited
Morton		Stewart East	47	Credited
Trevor	Mayor of Bad Dog	Raymond Hatton	73	Credited
Ham Turner	Orphan taken in by Jess Turner	Hal Needham	30	Credited
Jess Turner		Harry Carey, Jr.	40	Credited
Abe	Cutter ranch hand	John Hopkins		Credited
Jerry		Bob Woodward	51	Credited
	Hotel Carlton desk clerk	Olan Soule	51	Credited
Ben Turner	Orphan taken in by Jess Turner			Uncredited
Sam Turner	Orphan taken in by Jess Turner			Uncredited
	Jockey			U ncredited
Diego	Cutter ranch hand			Uncredited
	Groom			Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton houseman	Ray Jones	62	Uncredited
Carters	Hide scroungers			Mentioned
Emersons	Hide scrounger			Mentioned
Ed Hall	Hide scrounger			Mentioned
Seavers	Hide scrounger			Mentioned
Bert	Hide scrounger			Mentioned
	3 tax collectors			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Boone
Assistant Director	Gordon McLean
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert E. Thompson
Story Editor	Albert Ruben
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"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	Everett Sutherland
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
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
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Co.
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

Bad Dog, Oregon
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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