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Sunday, November 04, 2007

The Girls of Steve Canyon - Part 3

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Dean Fredericks/Elena VerdugoPhoto #9220-53 - Col. Steve Canyon (Dean Fredericks) is greeted by Captain Maggie Gallagher (Elena Verdugo) on his return to Big Thunder from Okinawa in the STEVE CANYON episode, "OPERATION SOUVENIR."

Yep, it's Elena Verdugo this time, years before her unforgettable stint as Consuelo Lopez, Marcus Welby's altruistic assistant, and years after playing countless ethnic character parts such as the gypsy girl Ilonka in House of Frankenstein (1944). In this episode she plays a bit of a love interest to Steve, then things go bad with smugglers who put the kibosh on their little party.

And another interesting thing, for those who say Steve is the only strip character (other than General "Shanty" Towne in the pilot), we give you the following panel (from "Steve Canyon" - Dell Four Color comic #1033 Sept. 1959) for your consideration:

Capt. Maggie GallagherComic art by Ray Bailey, story by Paul S. Newman. This was the first Steve Canyon TV tie-in comic, and ironically the last Steve Canyon comic book published.

STEVE CANYON TV SERIES EPISODE INFO:

OPERATION SOUVENIR
Show #21
Production #9220
NBC First Run Thursday January 29, 1959
Photographed: Dec 19-22-23, 1958
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Teleplay by William Spier, story by William Spier and Sidney Carroll
Before leaving Taipei, Canyon buys a wooden monkey from an eager peddler. Back at
Big Thunder, Canyon finds that the carving has placed an Air Force nurse and himself in danger.
With: Elena Verdugo, Jerry Paris, Oliver Cliff, Jay Novello, Tony Travis,
Abel Fernandez, Jack Grinnage, Len Weinrib and Otis Spickles (unconfirmed).

“This film is dedicated to the Air Police of the United States Air Force”

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