Yancy Derringer Episode 32 -
Yancy's plans to visit his silver mine in
Virginia City are abruptly changed when Mei
Ling, aka Miss
Mandarin, is arrested for opium smuggling. She claims she ordered firecrackers from
San Francisco and someone substituted the drug en route.
Even though the
New Orleans federal administrator believes he has an open and shut case, Yancy agrees to travel to
California and investigate the shipping company.
Yancy Derringer is a gentleman adventurer. He is a former
Confederate Army captain who has returned to
New Orleans, Louisiana in 1868, three years after the end of the
Civil War. Widely respected by all parts of New Orleans society, he is recruited by the
Federal city administrator,
John Colton, to work as a secret agent at no pay, and only
Colton knows of his special role.
Often at the beginning of an episode, Colton, a former
Union Army colonel, asks Yancy to help solve New Orleans' present threat and, often at the end of the episode, he arrests Yancy for breaking the law to do it. Yancy agrees, because the
United States is one nation again.
Yancy owns a riverboat, the
Sultana. His weapons of choice are a four-barrel
Sharps Derringer gun carried in his hat, another up his left sleeve, and a knife in his belt. He is an expert marksman. He also carries a cane with a hidden sword and is said to have iron fists: one punch and his opponent remains unconscious for a day. (The belt buckle with a derringer was never one of Yancy's props.) Yancy dresses elegantly, most often in a white suit with a long coat, ruffled white shirt, a silk vest, a sash instead of a belt, a black string tie, and a white flat-topped straw hat with curled brim.
Yancy's sidekick, Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah, is a silent
Pawnee American Indian who communicates only by hand gestures. Pa-hoo-Ka-Ta-Wah is Pawnee for "
Wolf who stands in water." Although Pahoo is short on talk, he is long on action.
Beneath a blanket wrapped about his body, he carries a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun loaded with split buckshot, which he wields in emergencies. Most of the time however, he uses a throwing knife sheathed on his back.
Yancy and Pahoo live at the family plantation,
Waverly. Yancy's recurring love interest is
Madame Francine (played by
Frances Bergen, mother of
Candice Bergen), the strong-willed, beautiful owner of a members-only gambling house in New Orleans, her real name is
Nora and she's actually
Irish.
Bridget Malone (played by
Margaret Field, mother of
Sally Field) is an Irish lass recently arrived from
Ireland, originally endangered by the ship's crew but rescued by Derringer. Miss Mandarin, Mei Ling, a former love interest and close friend of Yancy, is the proprietor of his favorite place to dine, the Sazerac
Restaurant. Yancy also sometimes dines, usually al fresco, at the
Charter House restaurant, whose specialty is
French cuisine, and gambles at the
Blackjack Club. Most of Yancy's out-of-town associates stay at the
King Louis Hotel. Yancy had a brother
David who was killed in the Civil War, and his father Yancy, Sr. had also died during the war.
Jock Mahoney - Yancy Derringer
Julie Adams -
Amanda Eaton
Kevin Hagen - John Colton
X Brands - Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah
- published: 05 Mar 2015
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