“The Tender Gun”

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“The Tender Gun”

 

Season:             4 episode 7
Series Episode: 124
Air Date:          October 22, 1960

 

Teaser

“Ted Greve, do you ever go back to Abilene? Or can’t you forget how they laughed at you, lying there in the dirt crying.”

 

Employmen Solicitation

Letter:
Mr Paladin,

Our town got run over with a covey of gun slinging water moccasins and needs your help. Pretty interesting reward if they get what they deserve. My nephew tells me you are just the man.

Regards,

M. J. Smuggley, Sheriff Aroyo

 

 

Fee

Not accepted

 

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	33	Credited
Corcoran	Gun Drummer	Don Keefer	46	Credited
Ted Greve	First Yates' henchman, shot by sheriff	Lou Antonio	26	Credited
Heck	Yates' henchman	Herbert Patterson	38	Credited
Maude J. Smuggly	Sheriff/"Poor widow woman" / Monk Bordelli's aunt	Jeanette Nolan	48	Credited
Yates	Land grabber	Tom Reese	32	Credited
"Russian"	Yates' henchman	Hal Needham	29	Uncredited
Monk Bordelli	Maude J. Smuggley's sister's son			Mentioned
Paisley	Maude J. Smuggley's 1st husband			Mentioned
Fred Smuggly	Maude J. Smuggley's 5th husband			Mentioned
Wade	Maude J. Smuggley's 3rd husband			Mentioned
Yarkley	Maude J. Smuggley's 2nd husband			Mentioned
Johnathan	Maude J. Smuggley's 4th husband			Mentioned
	Arroyo doctor			Mentioned
	Arroyo parson			Mentioned
Mrs. Bordelli	Maude J. Smuggly's sister / Monk's mother			Mentioned
	Sheriff			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Gordon McLean
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Jay Simms
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)
Episode Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
"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
Production 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 Reference

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

 

Gastronomic Delights

Coffee
Doves
Pheasant
Quail
Summer whiskey

 

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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