“Yellow River”

“Yellow River”

 

Season: 2 episode 20

Series Episode: 47

Air Date: February 8, 1959

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

It all started in Yellow River as a painful memory. It could end the same way.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist	Jack Kelly	31	Credited
Abigail "Abbey" Allen (a.k.a. Alice Appleton)	Con woman / Trail drive organizer	Patricia Breslin	27	Credited
Sam Asher	Mark / Store owner	Stewart Bradley	34	Credited
Davie Barrows	Partner in the trail drive / Drove	Robert Conrad	23	Credited
Jean Baxter (a.k.a. Billy Young)	Orphaned girl / outlaw	Peter Miles	20	Credited
Horace Cusack	Partner in the trail drive / Drover / Vegetarian	Mike Lane	26	Credited
Fred Grimes	Partner in the trail drive / Trail boss / Ranch hand	Robert Richards		Credited
Mills	Mark	Kem Dibbs	41	Credited
Pete Mulligan	Trail cook	Harry Hines	69	Credited
Henry Sawyer	Cattle broker	Tol Avery	43	Credited
"What's-His-Name" (a.k.a. Professor Von Schulenberg	Partner in the trail drive / Drover	Sam Buffington	27	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	56	Uncredited
	Bart's horse	Sickle		Uncredited
	Bank clerk	Jack Henderson	63	Uncredited
	Cattle buyer			Uncredited
	Yellow River hotel desk clerk	Phil Arnold	49	Uncredited
	Townsman	Tom Wilson	78	Uncredited
Samantha Crawford	Con woman			Mentioned
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1876			Mentioned
"Baldy" McAnders (a.k.a. Mr. Baxter)	Member of Billy Young's gang / Jean Baxter's father			Mentioned
Samuel J. Tilden	Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1876			Mentioned
	Two deputies			Mentioned
	Sheriff			Mentioned
	Sheriff of Yellow River			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	David Lowell Rich
Assistant Director	C. Carter Gibson
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	Howard Browne
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Roy Huggins
Director of Photography	Wesley Anderson
Art Director	Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editors	(J.) Frank O'Neill / Walter S. Stern, A.C.E. / David Wager
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Robert B.. Lee
Set Decorator	William Wallace
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)
Musician: Harmonica	Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
"Streets of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament)" sung by:	Robert Richards
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Notable Mentions

Democrats
Presidential election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden 

 

 

Geographic References

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Sante Fe, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Taos, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Kansas ,United States of America
Montana Territory, United States of America
New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Shale River
Vienna, Austria  .
Heidleburg, Germany
Yellow River

 

 

Grub

Nut sandwich
Pancakes
Beans
Nuts
Coffee

 

 

Music

“Rock of Ages” (instrumental)  

“The Cowboy’s Lament” (vocals)  

 

 

 

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