“The Trap”

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“The Trap”

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Season:             5 episode 25
Series Episode: 180
Air Date:          March 3, 1962

 

Teaser

“Madam, if I have to make a choice between fighting the marshal and fighting you, I’m gonna choose the best way to survive, and chivalry can wait.”

 

Empoloyment Solicitation

Newspaper
An itinerant farmhand is known to have killed at least nige persons, including two women and three children.

 

Fee

None

 

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	55	Credited
Roy Bissell	Sheriff	Rayford Barnes	41	Credited
Jim Buell	United States Marshal of Pine Bluff	Crahan Denton	47	Credited
Jeri Marcus	Owner of Halfway House / Davy Walsh's aunt	Jeanette Nolan	50	Credited
Davy Walsh	Accused killer	Frank Sutton	37	Credited
	3 posse members			Uncredited
Bissell	Roy Bissell's youngest son			Mentioned
Mrs. Pavey Bradford	Mr. Pavey Bradford's widow			Mentioned
Pavey Bradford	Killed by Davy Walsh			Mentioned
Walsh	Jen Marcus' brother / Davy Walsh's father			Mentioned
	Drifter killed by Jim Buell			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Frank Pierson
Assistant Director	Wiliam Mull
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Archie Lawrence
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)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland, A.C.E.
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
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

Coleville, California, United States of America
Pine Bluff, California, United States of America
Divinity River

 

Gastronomic Delights

Biscuits
Coffee
Stew

 

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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