“The Waiting Room”

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“The Waiting Room”

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Season:             5 episode 24
Series Episode: 179
Air Date:          February 24, 1962

 

Teaser

“You’re young, and you have a good look about you. I’d like your gun, Renn, as a favor. I think it might save your life.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Newpaper
Tiger By The Tail
Denton, Texas – The Wilder brothers wait to come home in a jail in Clovis, Dakota Territory. We are waiting to hang them. Their savage gang has murdered and pillaged four states. Even now, no peace officer has reached Clovis alive to bring them home to the rope. Their friends and relations and cohorts mock justice. Who can bring them home?

 

Fee

Undisclosed

 

 

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
Bill Renn	Cowpuncher in train station waiting room / Wade Timmers' ranch hand	L. Q. Jones	34	Credited
Margaret Thorndike	Paladin's inamorata	Ingeborg Kjeldsen	27	Credited
Dave Wilder	Accused murderer	James Griffith	46	Credited
Sim "Simmy" Wilder	Accused murderer	(Harry) Dean Stanton	36	Credited
Moses	Elderly gentleman in train station waiting room	Jester Hairston	61	Credited
	Saloon girl in train station waiting room	Jacquelyn (Jacquelin) Ravell	27-28	Credited
	Sheriff	George Cisar	49	Credited
	Undertaker	Byron Foulger	62	Credited
"Mother"	Blackfoot woman			Uncredited
	Blackfoot loading buckboard			Uncredited
	Bushwacker coming through saloon doors			Uncredited
	Hotel clerk	Hans Moebus	59	Uncredited
	Man in coffin			Uncredited
	Stationmaster for the Dakota-Western Railroad	John Harmon	56	Uncredited
Miss Davis	Gives Moses clothes to wear			Mentioned
Wade Timmers	Rancher			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard (Dick) Moder
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Harry Julian Fink
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	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	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 Locations

Clovis, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Derby, Dakota Territory, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory, 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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