Alias Smith & Jones: The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men

by Sandra K. Sagala

  27. Percy Shain, “He looks just like…” Boston Globe TV Week, Mar 7, 1971.

  28. Granada Plus (UK Cable Channel) interview, aired Mar 2002.

  29. Swerling interview.

  30. Roy Huggins, 25 Years down the Tube, unpublished autobiography, 37.

  31. Huggins interview.

  32. Price interview.

  33. Ed Robertson, Maverick: Legend of the West (Beverly Hills, CA: Pomegranate Press, 1994) 93.

  34. John, Thomas and James are the names of three of Huggins’s four sons.

  35. Swerling interview.

  Chapter Two

  1. “Journey From San Juan,” Prod. #32615, rewrite notes, Dec 22, 1970: 1.

  2. Huggins interview.

  3. “The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511, rewrite notes, Sep 5, 1972: 18.

  4. “McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone,” Prod. #34237, Nov 16, 1971: 40.

  Chapter Three

  1. William Goldman, Adventures in the Screen Trade (New York: Warner Books, 1983) 470.

  2. Huggins interview.

  3. Jo Swerling, Jr., interview by the authors, Aug 8, 2002.

  4. Jo Swerling, Jr. interview by the authors, Apr 23, 2004.

  5. “The McCreedy Bust,” Prod. #32614, story notes, Nov 24, 1970; script, Nov 29, 1970.

  6. Huggins interview.

  7. Robertson, op cit.

  8. “Exit from Wickenburg,” Prod. #32616, rewrite notes, Dec 3, 1970: 11.

  9. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1883), chapter 22.

  10. Ben Murphy, interview by the authors, Aug 7, 2002.

  11. “Wrong Train to Brimstone,” Prod. #32607, rewrite notes, Nov 23, 1970: 18.

  12. “The Girl in Boxcar #3,” Prod. #32620, story conference, Dec 3, 1970: 14.

  13. http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1999/100799/book.html; http://www.thestranger.com/2000-01-27/books.html, accessed Apr 8, 2003.

  14. Joseph R. Weil, as told to W.T. Brannon, “Yellow Kid” Weil: The Autobiography of America’s Master Swindler (Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1948) 20-25.

  15. http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/08/03/maurer/, accessed Apr 8, 2003.

  16. “The Great Shell Game,” Prod. #32621, script Jan 11, 1971: 28.

  17. “The Great Shell Game,” Prod. #32621, script Jan 19, 1971: 53.

  18. “Return to Devil’s Hole,” Prod. #32617, script, Dec 23, 1970: 18, 19.

  19. “Return to Devil’s Hole,” Prod. #32617, script, undated: 12.

  20. “Return to Devil’s Hole,” Prod. #32617, rewrite notes, Jan 5, 1971: 2.

  21. Swerling interview, 2002.

  22. Denis McLoughlin, Wild and Woolly. An Encyclopedia of the Old West (Garden City: Doubleday, 1975) 480-1; “A Fistful of Diamonds,” Prod. #32619, script, Dec 18, 1970: 22.

  23. “A Fistful of Diamonds,” Prod. #32619, rewrite notes addenda, Dec 22, 1970: 2.

  24. “A Fistful of Diamonds,” Prod. #32619, rewrite notes, Dec 21, 1970: 9.

  25. “Stagecoach Seven,” Prod. #32623, rewrite notes, Feb 1, 1971: 13.

  26. Swerling interview, Apr 23, 2004.

  27. www.runestone.org/kmlc.html, accessed Oct 19, 2002.

  28. “The Man Who Murdered Himself,” Prod. #32622, story conference, Jan 7, 1971: 39.

  29. “The Root of It All,” Prod. #81438-F-32606, rewrite notes, Nov 19, 1970: 14.

  30. “The Root of It All,” Prod. #32606, script, Nov 20, 1970: 21.

  31. “The Root of It All,” Prod. #81438-F-32606, rewrite notes, Dec 28, 1970: 8.

  32. “The Root of It All,” Prod. #81438-F-32606, rewrite notes, Nov 20, 1970: 13.

  33. “The 5th Victim,” Prod. #32625, story conference, Jan 12, 1971: 12.

  34. “The 5th Victim,” Prod. #32625, rewrite notes, Feb 11, 1971: 29.

  35. Huggins interview.

  36. Ibid.

  37. “The 5th Victim,” Prod. #32625, story conference, Jan 12, 1971: 35.

  38. Huggins interview.

  39. “Journey From San Juan,” Prod. #32615, story conference, Dec 2, 1970: 40.

  40. “Journey From San Juan,” Prod. #32615, script, Dec 17, 1970: 16.

  41. William Goldman. Adventures in the Screen Trade (Time Warner, Co., 1983) 454.

  42. Huggins interview.

  Chapter Four

  1. “Latest Nielsen Scores Could Give CBS Pause on Rural Housecleaning,” Variety Mar 10, 1971.

  2. Price interview.

  3. Davis interview, Feb 22, 2003.

  4. Ibid.

  5. Irv Broughton. “Roy Huggins.” Producers on Producing: The Making of Film and Television (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1986) 174, 176.

  6. Price interview.

  7. Larson interview, Feb 19, 2003.

  8. “Round 2 for ABC’s ‘Alias Smith and Jones,’ ” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Aug. 7, 1971.

  9. Broughton 178.

  10. Edgar Penton. ”Zany is the word for Smith and Jones,” Muskegon Chronicle May 9, 1971.

  11. Cecil Smith. “Huggins: A Man for Two Seasons, Western and Now,” Los Angeles Times TV Times Jul 4, 1971.

  12. Singer interview, Apr 21, 2004.

  13. Huggins interview.

  14. Ibid.

  15. http://www.caucus.org/archives/93spr_impressions.html, accessed 7/19/03.

  16. Dennis Fimple, interview by the authors, Aug 4, 2002.

  17. Gloryette Clark, interview by Bagwell, Jun 19, 2004.

  18. Huggins interview.

  19. Singer interview, Feb 17, 2003.

  20. Swerling interview, Apr. 23, 2004.

  21. Broughton 168.

  22. Broughton 169.

  23. Ibid.

  24. Swerling 2003.

  25. Swerling 2003.

  26. Cecil Smith. “Smith and Jones, Just Highwaymen” Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 1971.

  27. John Walker. “Pete Closes Ranks with Bobby, David, and Donny,” Chicago Tribune TV Week Oct 16, 1971.

  28. Kay Gardella. “Pete’s Not Convinced He’s Lucky,” Sunday New, Apr 25, 1971:S20.

  29. Los Angles Herald-Examiner, op cit.

  30. Dan Yergin. “If They Stay out of Trouble!” Radio Times Apr 22, 1971.

  31. Murphy interview, Aug 7, 2002.

  32. Gardella, op cit.

  33. Tom Green. “Filming New Series Hectic,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Jan 17, 1971.

  34. Gardella, op cit.

  35. Green, op cit.

  36. Stone, Judy. “He’s Alias Smith or Alias Jones,” TV Guide May 15, 1971: 32; Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, op cit.

  37. Fimple interview.

  38. Ibid.

  39. Richard Dana. “Pete Duel was arrested! Charged with Drunken Hit-and-run Driving,” Motion Picture Magazine Aug 1971. A reading of .10 percent is sufficient to show a person has diminished capacity in operating a motor vehicle. The scale goes up to .50 where the person is literally “dead” drunk.

  40. James Crenshaw. “Scoop! Cops arrest Pete Duel on Three Felony Charges,” TV Radio Mirror Aug 1971.

  41. Fenton Bresler. “Why Peter Duel Blew His Brains Out,” Pageant January 1975; Brenda Shaw, “His Anguished Plea for Help,” TV Radio Mirror, Apr 1972.

  42. Larson interview, Apr 29, 2004.

  43. Ibid.

  44. Holliman interview.

  45. Los Angeles Herald Examiner, op cit.

  46. Walker, op cit.

  47. Monty Laird, interview by the authors, Aug 5, 2002.

  48. Lois Richman. “Shooting star of the month: Ben Murphy,” Screen Stars May 1971.

  49. Murphy interview, 2002; Fimple interview; Bresler, op cit.

  50. Murphy interview 2002.

  51. Murphy interview 2002.

  52. Fimple interview.

  53. Marcho Amedeo. “The Fan Letters I Answer First!” Movieland and TV Time Jun 1971.

  54. “Ben Murphy in London,” Superstar Jul 1972.

  55. Murphy interview 2002.

  56. Laird
interview.

  57. “Don’t Shoot” Superstar Apr 1973.

  58. Fimple interview.

  59. Fimple and Murphy 2002 interviews.

  60. inger interview 2003.

  61. Tom Green. “’Smith and Jones’ Nothing Phoney about It,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle TV tab Jun 27, 1971.

  62. Murphy interview 2002.

  63. Green, op cit.

  64. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, op cit.

  Chapter Five

  1. Irv Broughton, ed. “Roy Huggins,” Producers on Producing: the Making of Film and Television (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. 1986) 176.

  2. “The Day They Hanged Kid Curry,” Prod. #34216, rewrite notes, May 19, 1971:3.

  3. “The Day They Hanged Kid Curry,” Prod. #34216, rewrite notes, May 19, 1971: 4.

  4. “Grandma Curry Comes to Town…Ooops, It’s Walter Brennan.” TV Guide, Sep 4, 1971.

  5. Benjamin P. Eldridge and William B. Watts, Our Rival the Rascal: A Faithful Portrayal of the Conflict Between Criminals of This Age And The Defenders of Society — The Police (Boston, MA: Pemberton Publishing Company, 1897) 57.

  6. “How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson,” Prod. #34213, story conference, May 14, 1971: 12.

  7. Singer interview, Feb 17, 2003.

  8. “Jailbreak at Junction City,” Prod. #34211, script, Jun 21, 1971: 11.

  9. Alex Singer, e-mail to Sagala, Mar 10, 2003.

  10. Huggins interview.

  11. “Jailbreak at Junction City,” Prod. #34211, script, Jun 14, 1971: title page, handwritten note.

  12. “Jailbreak at Junction City,” Prod #34211, story notes, May 11, 1971: 9, 14.

  13. Roger Davis, interview by the authors, Apr 24, 2004.

  14. “Smiler with A Gun,” Prod. #34220, script, Jun 21, 1971: 59.

  15. “Smiler with A Gun,” Prod. #34220, script, Jun 21, 1971: 63.

  16. Roger Davis, interview by the authors, Feb 22, 2003.

  17. “The Posse That Wouldn’t Quit,” Prod. #34218, rewrite notes, Jul 7, 1971: 19.

  18. Murphy interview, Apr 25, 2004.

  19. Huggins interview.

  20. “The Posse That Wouldn’t Quit,” Prod. #34218, story conference, Jun 1, 1971: 11.

  21. “The Posse That Wouldn’t Quit,” Prod. #34218, script, Jul 6, 1971: 32; rewrite notes, Jul 7, 1971: 41.

  22. www.snowcampdrama.com/gifts.html, accessed Mar 9, 2003.

  23. “Something to Get Hung About,” Prod. #34221, story notes, Jul 8, 1971: 27.

  24. “Six Strangers at Apache Springs,” Prod. #43219, story notes, Jun 3, 1971: 2; rewrite notes, Jun 28, 1971: 1.

  25. “Six Strangers at Apache Springs,” Prod. #43219, story Notes, Jun 3, 1971: 6.

  26. “Six Strangers at Apache Springs,” Prod. #43219, Rewrite notes, Jul 20, 1971: 23.

  27. “Six Strangers at Apache Springs,” Prod. #43219, Story notes, Jun 3, 1971: 3, 11.

  28. “Six Strangers at Apache Springs,” Prod. #43219, Rewrite notes, Jul 20, 1971: 32.

  29. “Six Strangers at Apache Springs,” Prod. #43219, Rewrite notes, Jun 28, 1971: 10.

  30. Swerling interview 2002.

  31. Huggins interview.

  32. “Night of the Red Dog,” Prod. #34222, script, Aug 16, 1971: 33.

  33. “Reformation of Harry Briscoe,” Prod. #34223, script, Aug 4, 1971: 6; story outline, Jul 20, 1971: 12.

  34. “Reformation of Harry Briscoe,” Prod. #34223, story outline, Jul 20, 1971: 2.

  35. “Reformation of Harry Briscoe,” Prod. #34223, rewrite notes, Aug 6, 1971: 9.

  36. http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/firsttw.html; http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story097.htm, accessed February 9, 2003.

  37. Ed Robertson, Maverick: Legend of the West (Los Angeles: Pomegranate Press, 1994) 77.

  38. Huggins interview.

  39. “Dreadful Sorry, Clementine,” Prod. #34215, story notes, May 13, 1971: 9.

  40. “Shootout at Diablo Station,” Prod. #34224, story notes, Aug 24, 1971:26.

  41. “Shootout at Diablo Station,” Prod. #34224, story notes addendum, Aug 25, 1971.

  42. Swerling interview, 2002.

  43. Broughton 168.

  44. “Everything Else You Can Steal,” Prod. #34212, episode deal.

  45. “Everything Else You Can Steal,” Prod. #34212, script, Jun 4, 1971:1.

  46. Louise Elliot in Baer’s first draft.

  47. “Everything Else You Can Steal,” Prod. #34212, addenda, May 13, 1971: 2, 3, 26.

  48. Ibid: 23.

  49. “Everything Else You Can Steal,” Prod. #34212, story notes, May 11, 1971:2.

  50. Larson interview, 2003.

  51. http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/huggins.html, accessed Aug 23, 2004.

  52. “21 Days to Tenstrike, Prod. #34235, story notes, Oct 14, 1971: 24.

  53. Swerling interview, Apr 23, 2004.

  54. “The bank robber, THE QUOTE, and the final irony”; http://www.banking.com/aba/profile_0397.htm, accessed Jan 14, 2003.

  55. Ben Murphy, Peter Duel interview. The Merv Griffin Show, CBS, KNXT-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Dec 3, 1971.

  56. Huggins interview.

  57. Singer interview, 2003.

  58. “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap,” Prod. #34241, story notes, Oct 28, 1971: 19.