(Re: giving Harry another chance) Even this decision comes out of their essential selfishness. The Reformation of Harry Briscoe — 8/6/71
Curry and Heyes are equals in intelligence. Curry is as sensitive as Heyes. Something to Get Hung About — 8/12/71
Our boys have had a plan: if they ever got hold of a real hunk of money, they would go to South America. Heyes and Curry have planned this some time ago. Night of the Red Dog — 8/18/71
Curry intuitively knows that Heyes wouldn’t have said what he said, if he didn’t have something in mind. They have a rapport and understanding of each other. Shootout at Diablo Station — 8/24/71
“I was hoping it would just make us feel a little better. But I guess maybe it also had to do with the fact that we lost our folks when we were only eleven.” The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg — 10/18/71
There is a ten thousand dollars reward on each of our boys. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap — 10/28/71
“Heyes, I don’t want to live in Australia,” Curry says. “This is where I was born and where I’ve lived all my life — I want to keep on living here!” The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap — 10/28/71
The writer should find ways to get some of our boys’ special kind of humor into the script. The relationship between Heyes and Curry is important in our series. They needle each other, have fun with each other. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap — 10/28/71
The Devil’s Hole gang…is a gang that used to be led by Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry before they went straight. The two chief characters in the gang are Wheat and Kyle. They are very friendly toward Heyes and Curry because our boys used to be their leaders. Heyes and Curry do not have their amnesty yet. If they’re caught, they’re in jail. The Governor cannot, for political reasons, give them an amnesty now because they’re too hot. But he has said to our boys — through Lom Trevors, a Sheriff friend of theirs — if they can stay out of trouble for a year or two, he’ll give them an amnesty because then it will be politically possible. The Biggest Game in the West — 10/29/71
Note: Our boys never refer to themselves as Smith and Jones. Our boys always refer to each other as Thaddeus and Joshua. What’s in It for Mia? — 11/29/71
Poker game: Heyes would never say he’d only stay in the game as long as his luck holds. Heyes does not believe in luck. Which Way to the OK Corral? — 12/8/71
Our boys had a plan to go to San Francisco, get on a boat and go to Australia — where they could live for a long time on eighteen or nineteen thousand dollars, long enough to come back and get their amnesty. They decided they couldn’t go to South America because they’d be spotted. But they might be able to blend in, down in Australia. Don’t Get Mad, Get Even — 12/16/71
Curry, who has never tasted caviar before, suffers terribly when he tastes it. Don’t Get Mad, Get Even — 12/16/71
The meeting with Clem should be restaged with more warmth. They love each other. Bad Night in Big Butte — 1/19/72
We rarely have a scene in our series that isn’t told from their point-of-view. Sometimes something is going on and they’re not present, but we should avoid this if possible. Almost every scene should be written either from their point-ofview or they’re standing right outside, where they might even be able to almost hear what’s going on inside. Bad Night in Big Butte — 10/12/71
There is this mutual welcome — with each of our boys alone, it would be obviously a lover’s embrace. The Clementine Ingredient — 4/26/72
Between the Union Pacific and a couple of very big banks and the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association, the numbers of rewards being offered amount to about ten thousand dollars on each of them. They are trying to stay out of the hands of the law and they wander around trying to make a living. Their main goal is to accumulate a big enough hunk of money so they can get out of the country — but they never manage to get that much money. They want to get that money legitimately — and playing poker is legitimate. Only Three to a Bed — 5/2/72
Neither one of our boys is sentimental. Curry is a little more conceited about women. Heyes is shrewder, maybe even smarter, maybe a little more sensitive. Only Three to a Bed — 5/2/72
We mustn’t over-emphasize this difference between Heyes and Curry…It implies that Curry is the second banana and Heyes is in command at all times — which I don’t want to do in the series. It isn’t necessarily so that it’s always Curry who has to go and check to see that everything’s safe. Heyes should do it as often as Curry. The difference between them is that Curry shoots faster and more accurately — but they don’t have a division of labor. Witness to a Lynching — 5/30/72
We should not give Curry lines like “What makes you think that?” and “What now?” He’s not really that stupid and he doesn’t have to ask Heyes the answer to everything. This is an over-all point in our series. Curry is really as smart as Heyes. He’s just not as confident that he’s that smart. Witness to a Lynching — 5/30/72
Our boys are quite outspoken. The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick — 6/1/72
Note: we should have ironic conflict between Heyes and Curry. The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick — 7/25/72
Curry should never be petulant. The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick — 7/25/72
Our boys could be briefly stupefied — but they’re not going to be so dumb that they remain stupefied for two pages. They’re Western heroes, and they don’t remain stupefied for five minutes. Maybe fifteen seconds. The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick — 7/25/72
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Interviews
Lane Bradbury — Feb 20, 2003
Gloryette Clark — Jun 19, 2004
Kim Darby — Apr 28, 2004
Roger Davis — Feb 22, 2003, Apr 24, 2004
Dennis Fimple — Aug 4, 2002
Earl Holliman — Mar 12, 2003
Roy Huggins — May 23, 2001
Jack Jobes — May 10, 2004
Monty Laird — Aug 5, 2002
Glen Larson — Feb 19, 2003, Apr 29, 2004
Ben Murphy — Aug 7, 2002, Feb 22, 2003, Apr 25, 2004
Frank Price — Feb 25, 2003, Apr 26, 2004
Alex Singer — Feb 17, 2003, Apr 21, 2004, Apr 27, 2004
Jo Swerling, Jr. — Aug 8, 2002, Apr 23, 2004
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Case Report, Peter Deuel. County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Chief Medical Examiner — Coroner
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Petition for Probate of will. Peter Ellstrom Deuel, aka Pete Duel. Case No. P 579,950.
Production Notes and Scripts
“21 Days to Tenstrike.” Prod. #34235. Story notes Oct 14, 1971, note 24.
“Bad Night in Big Butte.” Prod. #34201. Undated script, p. 35; Rewrite notes Oct 12, 1971, note 20.
“The Bounty Hunter” Prod. #34217. Story notes Jun 1, 1971.
“Bushwhack!” Prod. #35501. First Draft May 17, 1972, p.32; Rewrite Notes May 19, 1972, notes 8, 10, 24, 31.
“The Day The Amnesty Came Through,” Prod. #35511. Story notes Jul 28, 1972, notes 2, 9. 24; Script Aug 30, 1972, pp. 17, 25-6; Rewrite notes Sep 5, 1972, note 18; Script Sep 26, 1972, pp. 3, 18.
“The Day They Hanged Kid Curry.” Prod. #34216. Rewrite notes May 19, 1971, note 3.
“Don’t Get Mad, Get Even.” Prod. #34242. Story notes Dec 16, 1971, notes 1, 6, 8, 11; Script Jan 24, 1972, p 9; Script Jan 18, 1972, p. 37.
“Everything Else You Can Steal.” Prod. #34212. Story notes May 11, 1971, note 2; Addenda to original story May 13, 1971, notes 2, 3, 23, 26, 28; First draft Jun 4, 1971.
“Exit From Wickenburg,” Prod. #32616. Rewrite notes Dec 3, 1970, note 11.
“The 5th Victim,” Prod. #32625. Story conference Jan 12, 1971, note 12, 35; Re-write notes Feb 11, 1971, note 29.
“A Fistful of Diamonds,” Prod. #32619. First draft Dec 18, 1970, p. 22; Rewrite notes Dec 21, 1970, note 9; Rewrite notes Addenda Dec 22, 1970, note 2. “The Great Shell Game,” Prod. #32621. Script Jan 19, 1971, p. 53.
“High Lonesome Country.” Prod. #35503. Story notes Apr 21, 1972, note 20; Story notes Apr 18, 1972, note 5; Script Oct 11, 1972, sc. 136.
“How To Change A $10 Bill.” (“What’s in it for Mia?”) Prod. #34240. Rewrite Notes Nov 29, 1971, notes 2, 10.
“The Imperfect Crime.” (“How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson”). Prod. #34213. Story Conference May 14, 1971.
“Jailbreak at Junction City.” Prod. #34211. Story notes May 11, 1971, notes 9, 14; Script Jun 14, 1971, p. 1; Script Jun 21, 1971, p. 11;
“Journey from San Juan,” Prod. #32615. Story conference Dec 2, 1970, note 40; First draft Dec 17, 1970, p.16.
“The Kidnap Story.” (“The Ten Days Shook Kid Curry”) Prod. #35510. Story Notes Jun 1, 1972, notes 12, 17, 21.
“The Long Chase.” Prod. #35508. Script May 10
, 1972, p. 30; Script Jun 27, 1972, p. 2.
“The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap.” Prod. #34241. Story notes Oct 28, 1971, notes 19, 27; First draft. Nov 19, 1971, p.1; Script Dec 17, 1971, p.1.
“The Man Who Murdered Himself,” Prod. #32622.Story conference Jan 7, 1971, note 39.
“The McCreedy Bust.” Prod. #32614. Story Notes Nov 24, 1970; Script Nov 29, 1970.
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