CTVA Western - "Colt 45" Production Info - Compiled by Dr. Kimble

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Colt 45 - Production Info
Compiled by: Dr Kimble


 
Season 1 View Episode Guide

Prod #      

 

Airdate ABC

COLT 45 production info seasons 1 and 2

Shooting date /director

 

 

TESTS (for Colt and Maverick)

Bill Preston and Sean Garrison assisted by Joanna Barnes and Paul Savage

(Bill Preston most likely alternate name for actor Wayde Preston who was cast in COLT 45)

NOTE:  MAVERICK had gone into production 3/4/57

6/7/57

d: Les Martinson

 

(was this 7/7?)

 

 

TEST

Norman Fredric assisted by Leo Gordon & Joanna Barnes.

 

(Fredric was later named Dean Fredericks, star of STEVE CANYON)

6/19/57

d: Doug Hayes

 

 

TESTS (for Maverick and Colt)

James Garner, Stuart Whitman, Bill Preston, Robert Dix, Chris Alcaide

7/10/57

d: Pete Adreon

 

 

TESTS (for Maverick and Colt)

Bill Preston, Stuart Whitman, Michael Dante, James Garner

7/15/57

d: Roy Huggins

6401

Oct. 18, 1957

Judgment Day

aka PEACEMAKER

 8/6-8/8 1957

d: Doug Hayes

6402

Oct. 25, 1957

A Time to Die

 8/9-8/12-8/13 1957

d: Doug Hayes

6403

Nov. 01, 1957

The Three Thousand Dollar Bullet

8/19-8/21 1957

d: Pete Adreon

6404

Nov. 08, 1957

Gallows at Granite Gap

 8/23-8/26-8/27 1957

d: Pete Adreon

6406

Nov. 15, 1957

Small Man aka

THE NUMBER ONE GUN

 9/5-9/6-9/9 1957

d: Ed Bernds

6405

Nov. 22, 1957

Final Payment

 8/28-8/30 1957

d: Pete Adreon

6407

Nov. 29, 1957

One Good Turn

9/11-9/13 1957

d: Ed Bernds

6408

Dec. 06, 1957

Last Chance

9/27-9/30-10/1 1957

d: Ed Bernds

6410

Dec. 13, 1957

Young Gun

10/15-10/17 1957

d: Walter Grauman

 

 

To 1215p: inserts on MAVERICK: 6367, 6367, 6369, 6370, and COLT 45: 6410

Actors SWF: Garner, Preston, Peter Brown, John Garrison

 

115p-8p: Young Gun retakes INT COLT’S ROOM & JIMMY’S HOTEL ROOM

10/23/57

d: Les Martinson

6409

Dec. 20, 1957

Rebellion

 10/3-10/4-10/7 1957

d: Ed Bernds

6411

Dec. 27, 1957

The Gypsies

10/28-10/30 1957

d: Alan Crosland

6412

Jan. 03, 1958

Sign in the Sand

11/6-11/8 1957

d: Alan Crosland

6413

Jan. 10, 1958

The Mirage aka MIRAGE

11/11-11/13 1957

d: Montgomery “Monty” Pittman

6414

Jan. 17, 1958

Blood Money

11/14-11/15-11/18 1957

d: Abner Biberman

6415

Jan. 24, 1958

Dead Reckoning

11/20-11/22 1957

d: Abner Biberman

6416

Jan. 31, 1958

Decoy

11/25-11/27 1957

d: Les Martinson

6417

Feb. 07, 1958

Rare Specimen

12/3-12/5 1957

d: Les Martinson

6418

Feb. 14, 1958

Mantrap aka HOGTIED

12/9-12/11 1957

d: Montgomery “Monty” Pittman

6419

Feb. 21, 1958

Ghost Town aka TRAPPED

12/16-12/18 1957

d: Lee Sholem

6420

Feb. 28, 1958

Golden Gun

12/19-12/20-12/23 1957

d: Dick Bare

6422

Mar. 07, 1958

Circle of Fear

 1/2-1/3-1/6 1958

d: Les Martinson

6421

Mar. 14, 1958

Split Second

12/26-12/27-12/30 1957

d: Les Martinson

6423

Mar. 21, 1958

Point of Honor

1/8-1/10 1958

d: Bill Hole

6424

Mar. 28, 1958

The Deserters

 1/15-1/17 1958

d: Leslie Martinson

6425

Apr. 04, 1958

The Manbuster

1/21-1/23 1958

d: Oliver Drake

6426

Apr. 11, 1958

Long Odds

1/29-1/31 1958

d: Pete Adreon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season 2 View Episode Guide

6432

Apr. 05, 1959

The Escape

Note actress Sue Randall was injured and replaced during the filming of this episode

 9/9-9/11 1958

d: Lee Sholem

6431

Apr. 12, 1959

Dead Aim

 

 

 9/3-9/5 1958

d: Lee Sholem

6433

Apr. 19, 1959

The Magic Box

 1/28-1/30 1959

d: Geo. Waggner

6434

Apr. 26, 1959

The Confession

 2/3-2/5 1959

d: Harold Daniels

6435

May. 03, 1959

The Man Who Loved Lincoln

 2/9-2/11 1959

d: Arthur Ripley

6436

May. 10, 1959

The Sanctuary

 2/25-2/27 + 3/2 1959

(4 days)

d: Jodie Copelan

6438

May. 17, 1959

The Saga of Sam Bass

3/12-3/13-3/16  1959

d:  Bill Hole

6437

May. 24, 1959

Amnesty

3/3-3/5  1959

d:  Bill Hole

 

 

Added scenes for THE MAGIC BOX on “Western Street”

3/13/59

d: Bill Hole

 

 

INSERTS shot for 6434, 6435. 6437.  Also (different shows) 6346, 6572, 6604, 6606

3/18/59

6439

May. 31, 1959

The Pirate

 3/20-3/22-3/23 1959

d: Montgomery “Monty” Pittman

6440

Jun. 07, 1959

Law West of the Pecos

 3/27-3/30-3/31 1959

d: Alan Crosland Jr.

6441

Jun. 14, 1959

Don't Tell Joe

 4/2-4/3-4/6 1959

d: Bill Hole

6442

Jun. 21, 1959

Return to El Paso

 5/1-5/4-5/5

d: Lee Sholem

6443

Jun. 28, 1959

Night of Decision

5/20-5/22

d: Leslie Martinson

  
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