The Great Shell Game (18 Feb. 1971)

Hannibal has finally met up with a nice girl he can take home to mother. She's refined and proper and, wait a minute, a money hungry gold digger! And wait another minute, Hannibal is ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Benedict

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (creator), Glen A. Larson (teleplay),

Stars:

Pete Duel, Ben Murphy, Diana Muldaur

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Pete Duel	...	Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith)
Ben Murphy	...	Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones)
Diana Muldaur	...	Grace Turner
Sam Jaffe	...	Soapy Saunders
Peter Breck	...	Chuck Morgan
Vincent Beck	...	Steward
Ken Mayer	...	Marshall Slater
Paul Micale	...	Man
Jim Malinda	...	Hotel Clerk

Storyline

Hannibal has finally met up with a nice girl he can take home to mother. She's refined and proper and, wait a minute, a money hungry gold digger! And wait another minute, Hannibal is working a horse racing con on her. Has Hannibal given up bank robbery for the confidence game? There has to be another story behind this story.

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Plot Keywords:

chicken | sabotage | balloon | shush | dynamite | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 February 1971 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 36, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal/Public Arts Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only show where Heyes and Curry share exactly zero screen time together, although both interact with the female lead (Heyes is in about two-thirds of the show and then narrates a flashback to when Curry met the lady). The reason was that 'Pete Deuel' and Ben Murphy were each busy on other series episodes where they mostly work separately from each other, and the filming schedule and script were altered so two different crews could film each of them completing a show for broadcast. (Except for "The Ten Days that Shook Kid Curry" in the third season, where Curry is kidnapped and Heyes must track him down, the two never spent significant time away from each other again.)

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