Jefferson Drum

Jefferson Drum
Genre	Western
Written by	E. Jack Neuman Gene Roddenberry
Directed by	Harmon Jones
Starring	Jeff Richards Eugene Mazzola Cyril Delevanti Robert J. Stevenson
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Goodson Bill Todman
Running time	25 mins. (approx)
Production company(s)	Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
Distributor	Screen Gems Columbia Pictures Television Columbia Tri-Star Television Sony Pictures Television (current)
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	April 25 – December 11, 1958

Jefferson Drum, also known as The Pen and the Quill, is an American Western television series starring Jeff Richards that aired on the NBC network from April 25 to December 11, 1958.

Jefferson Drum, portrayed by former baseball player Jeff Richards, is a crusading newspaper editor in the Old West town of Jubilee. A widower, he rears his son, Joey, played by 10-year-old Eugene Mazzola, also known as Eugene Martin. Drum's printer is Lucius Coin, played by Cyril Delevanti. Big Ed, the town bartender, is portrayed by Robert J. Stevenson, later a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Hal J. Smith, later known for his role of the town drunk, Otis Campbell, on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show, was cast five times on Jefferson Drum as Hickey.

In the episode entitled "Pete Henke" (November 28, 1958), the character Henke, portrayed by Strother Martin, is a violent sharpshooter known for causing trouble. Editor Jefferson Drum challenges Henke to a fistfight in the saloon, but Henke prevails in the third round when he throws something into Drum's eyes and blinds him temporarily. The saloon hostess who gave Henke the blinding substance is later seen at Henke's "medicine show." In the end, the persistent Drum knocks over Henke with a stomach punch. "Pete Henke" also starred Frank Wolff as Sam Creighton and Bert Remsen as Jim Ford.

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