Herrmann Music in Have Gun Will Travel and - Film Score Rundowns

This is a sad episode written by Meston, a tragedy in more ways than one. George
MacReady stars as the man fixated in the wrongful hanging of a greenhorn drifter for
allegedly stealing a horse.
-Chapter 2 from 2:40 to 3:17: “Echo I” (Indian Suite) Bars 1-8, 20-22.
-Chapter 4 from :01 to :18: “Lead-In C” (Police Force) Bars 6-11. Scene: The
two men who really hung the drifter enter a bar and approach the MacReady character.
-Chapter 4 starting from :36: Cue III (Hitchhiker). Scene: The two men tell
Charlie Drain (MacReady) that they know who done the hanging.
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“How To Kill A Friend” November 22, 1958 **** B
Two gamblers try to bride Matt. Failing that bad move, they hire a former friend
of Matt’s to kill him.
-Chapter 4 from :26 to :57: “East Horizon” (Desert Suite) Bars 1-9. Scene: The
gamblers drink with Toque Morlan (the hired killer).
-Chapter 4 from 8:51 to 9:47: “The Glass” (Collector’s Item). Scene: Toque is out
on the street, menacingly.
-Chapter 4 from 9:48 to 10:37: “Sandstorm” (Desert Suite) Bars 1-10, 41-56.
Scene: Toque tells the gamblers he’s quitting the job, and then confronts a drunken man
on the street. Toque shoots him, thinking he was drawing a gun (but he was unarmed).
-Chapter 4 from 10:38 to 11:24: “The Discovery” (Collector’s Item) all bars.
-Chapter 4 from 11:25 to 13:03: “Night” (Police Force) Bars 20-48. Scene: Matt
shoots Toque. Dying on the ground, he tells Matt that he actually had changed his mind
about killing him. “You changed it too late,” Matt replies.
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“Grass” November 29, 1958 **** B
This is fine, well-cast story about farmer Harry Pope (nicely played by Phil
Coolidge) threatened (he thinks) by Indians.
[Note: There is no Herrmann music in this episode]
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NOTE: No further dvds of the Gunsmoke series were issued after this episode thru
Columbia House subscription. It’s highly unlikely the series will continue, so it’s hoped
that eventually dvd sets of the full season episodes will be released thru normal public
sale release. If so, then you have ahead of time the benefit of knowing the Herrmann
quotations located in the episodes already delineated above. If I have time before I need
to submit this paper to the Bernard Herrmann Society for the June deadline, then I may
continue with the episodes in the third season since I have vhs copies of the shows.
However, I may not be able to pinpoint precise locations since of course there is no
official dvd release (unless I use my video counter).
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