Masking for Trouble

Masking for Trouble
Production number	J-10
Premiere date	Week of October 12, 1959
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Julie Bennett
Music composed by	Victor Lamont Jack Shaindlin Phil Green Bill Loose John Seely
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Masking for Trouble" is the third episode of Quick Draw McGraw season one, and came as part of The Quick Draw McGraw Show. It aired in the week of October 12, 1959 in first-run syndication. It was written by Michael Maltese, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

A helpless woman's ranch will be stolen by Sundown Sam if she doesn't accept his proposal of marriage.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Don Messick
El Kabong/Quick Draw McGraw	Daws Butler
George	Don Messick
Baba Looey	Daws Butler
Telegram delivery guy	Don Messick
Sagebrush Sally	Julie Bennett
Sundown Sam	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Cactus Cleaners
    • Sagebrush Sally's residence

Objects

• Some guns

Vehicles

• None

Music

The theme music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, while the rest of the music was composed by Victor Lamont, Jack Shaindlin, Phil Green, Bill Loose, and John Seely.

Crew credits

• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animator: Lewis Marshall
• Background artist: Montealegre
• Layout artist: Dick Bickenbah
• Titles artist: Lawrence Goble
• Story sketch artist: Dan Gordon

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of October 12, 1959 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• A calendar is marked January.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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