Were Is This From?

[davids]

This was put out by Warner Brothers an american gun runner is forced to flee his country and can not return to America because of an insident in his past.

He runs a cafe in a exotic foreign country called ....American cafe that has gambling.

Police the law, Frenchmen,a woman and betrayl are all imporatnat parts of this story.

Now tell me what it is? :evilsmile

[Chiasm]

Casablanca?

[Buzz Dixon]

I'd say CASABLANCA as a firest guess, too, but I suspect that's not the case...

This isn't THE ENGLISH PATIENT by any chance?

[davids]

http://television.aol.com/in2tv

It was the plot from a eposode of Maverick from 1958. I down loaded it from the above site and realized the plot or prts of it was from Casablanca.

Since Wrner Brothers did both I guess they went into their script vault and dug up a classic. They only had to change it to 1870, the gunsmugler was a rebel sea captain running guns past the union blockade and the ecotic location went from north africa to Tampeco Mexico.

Just thought real lovers of classic movies and Tv would be amused by it!

Think I wil watch Brisco county and pinky and the brain today and more maverick tonight. :evilsmile

[K'Nort]

Try watching Barb Wire sometime.

[Buzz Dixon]

I may be mistaken, but I think 1958 was the year of a major writers strike in Hollywood. Warner Bros. had a number of horse operas in production and kept 'em running by simply switching scripts from previous seasons shows to different series and crditing the final teleplay to "W. Hermanos" (for Warner Brothers). I would not be surprised if this was an effort from that period.

[davids]

Would explain the how and the why. Reusing major portions of Casablanca to film a tv show. Thanks for the info!

Ps those mavericks ran a full fifty minutes, with only ten minutes for advitisment. Today I believe it's 38 minutes of show and 22 minutes of selling crap!

They might have been in Black and white, but they gave a lot more story for your hour in front of the telly! :D

[davids]

I may be mistaken, but I think 1958 was the year of a major writers strike in Hollywood. Warner Bros. had a number of horse operas in production and kept 'em running by simply switching scripts from previous seasons shows to different series and crditing the final teleplay to "W. Hermanos" (for Warner Brothers). I would not be surprised if this was an effort from that period.

Your explanation was very interesting So I Went back and played that show and noted the writer credit, no Hermanos but I noticed the director was also the writer. As a director he had to belong to the director guild, Dont know if he belong to the writers guild or even if his name was real!

A mystery and a historic investigation very interresting! :D

[Buzz Dixon]

Now I'm curious: Who was the director?

[davids]

BELONGED TO BOTH SWG AND DG

lONG ANS SUCESSFULL CHECK OUT HIS CREDITS AS DIRECTOR, WRITER, ACTOR AND COMPOSER! :)

As writer
North and South (novel) – 1985 TV miniseries
The French Atlantic Affair – 1979 TV series
Captains and the Kings – 1976 TV miniseries
City of Angels – 1976 TV series
Alias Smith and Jones – 1971 TV series (as Matthew Howard)
Night Gallery episodes – 1970
“Brenda”
“The Dead Man”
“The Housekeeper”
McCloud – 1970 TV series
Ice Station Zebra – 1968 film
Beau Geste – 1966 film
The Virginian – 1962 TV series
77 Sunset Strip – 1958 TV series
Maverick – 1957 TV series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – 1954 TV series
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As director
The Highwayman (1987 film) – 1987 TV movie
a.k.a. Terror on the Blacktop
Magnum, P.I. – 1980 TV series
The French Atlantic Affair – 1979 TV series
Captains and the Kings – 1976 TV miniseries
City of Angels – 1976 TV series
Baretta – 1975 TV series
Night Gallery – 1970 TV series
McCloud – 1970 TV series
Beau Geste – 1966 film
Kraft Suspense Theatre – 1963 TV series (episode “The Trains of Silence”)
The Virginian – 1962 TV series
The Twilight Zone – 1959 TV series (9 episodes)
77 Sunset Strip – 1958 TV series
Naked City – 1958 TV series
Maverick – 1957 TV series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin – 1954 TV series
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As producer
Barbary Coast – 1975 TV series
Barbary Coast – 1975 TV film
Honky Tonk – 1974 TV film (executive producer)
Bearcats! – 1971 TV series (executive producer)
Powderkeg – 1971 TV film
The Bravo Duke – 1965 TV film
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As actor
Aspen – 1977 TV miniseries (uncredited)
a.k.a. The Innocent and the Damned – USA rerun title
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As composer
“Colt .45” – 1957 TV series theme music

[davids]

Weirdly, Roger Moore had actually played some of Garner's Maverick scripts in an earlier TV series called The Alaskans. The Warner Brothers studio was fond of endlessly recycling the same script through each of their television series to save money on writers, changing only the names and the locales, and Moore had actually played Garner's role in recycled scripts from Maverick. No wonder studio head Jack Warner had no problem visualizing Roger Moore as Maverick.