“The Marquesa”
“The Marquesa”
Season: 3 episode 16
Series Episode: 69
Air Date: January 3, 1960
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Everything evolves – hopefully for the better.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist / Cantina owner Jack Kelly 32 Credited
Eufemia Machado Effeminade Duenna to the marquesa Belle Mitchell 70 Credited
Ortiz (a.k.a. Judge Jason Painter) Territorial judge /forger of legal documents Morris Ankrum 62 Credited
Manuel "Manuelo" Ortiz The marquesa's lawyer Carlos Romero 32 Credited
Charlie Plank Town drunk / Handyman / Bartender of the Lucky Lady Raymond Hatton 72 Credited
Luisa de Ruisenor (a.k.a. Lily Nightingale) Great Great Granddaughter of the Marquesa de Ruisenor Adele Mara 36 Credited
Miguel Ruiz Owner of the Lucky Lady (Dama Afortunada) Rodolfo Hoyos (Jr.) 43 Credited
"Nobby" Ned Wyngate Con man / Opportunist / Actor Edward Ashley 55 Credited
Pepe An old family retainer of the Ruisenor Jay Novello 55 Credited
Sheriff in Santa Llora Lane Chandler 60 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
" Stagecoach driver Harry Strang 67 Uncredited
Santa Llora townsman Jack Tornek 73 Uncredited
Santa Llora townsman Joe Walls 43 Uncredited
Townsman Danny Sands 45 Uncredited
Marquesa de Ruisenor Original Marquesa holding the land grant Mentioned
Ferdinand VI King of Spain Mentioned
Crew
Director Arthur Lubin
Assistant Director Richard L'Estrange
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Leonard Praskins
Story James Gunn
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Ralph Woolsey, A.S.C.
Art Director
John Ewing
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Cliff Bell (Sr.) A.C.E.
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Harold Hanks
Set Director Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Music Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Sam E. Levin
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Children’s Word Game – The sentence is repeated as long as, at the end, the child answers “yes.”
Había una vez un gato Once upon a time there was a cat
con los pies de trapo who had feet made out of cloth
y los ojos al revés. and the eyes upside-down.
Quieres que te lo cuente otra vez? Should I tell it to you again?
Notable Mentions
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Cassius
Bengal Lancers
Spanish land grants
Custer
Columbus
Galileo – world standing still
King Ferdinand of Spain
Overland Stage Line
Siege of Lucknow
Jacaranda tree
Geographic References
Abilene, Kansas, or Abilene, Texas, United States of America
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Rio Grande
Santa Llora
Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States of America
Washington, D.C., United States of America
India
The Games People Play
Bart Maverick: The laws that I work by were written by a man named Hoyle, who says, for instance, anybody holding four treys against a full house …
Tap [bet]
Grub
Champagne
Whiskey
Wine
Port
Amontillado
Mourvedre
Music
“Little Brown Jug” (vocals)
“A La Vibora de la Mer” (vocals)
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