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"The Golden Shandy" is a 1959 episode of the TV series Goodyear Theatre.

It marked the last filmed performance of Errol Flynn and was broadcast after he died.

Plot

Traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright goes through Nugget City. The female co-owner of a saloon throws a brick of the saloon at him. Boatwright realises the brick contains gold and tries to con her out of it.

Cast

• Errol Flynn as Doc Boatwright
• Patricia Barry as Adie Walker
• Peter Hansen as Mike Walker
• James McCallion as Hermise Schneider
• Fred Sherman as Clyde Murrow
• Juney Ellis as Henrietta

Production

The script was based on a short story by Australian writer Edward Dyson which was first published in 1889. Dyson later turned it into a play.

In August 1959 Hedda Hopper reported that Patricia Barry turned down the chance to appear in Line Up to go to New York to make the production. "She must have wanted a trip to New York," wrote Hopper.

The production was shot in three days. Director Arthur Hiller said Flynn had a great deal of trouble remembering his lines.

References

1. Flynn's Last Fling L.L. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 8 Nov 1959: G3.
2. Graeme Davison, 'Dyson, Edward George (Ted) (1865–1931)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyson-edward-george-ted-6073/text10397, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 7 November 2019.
3. "THE GOLDEN SHANTY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 601. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
4. Looking at Hollywood: Timmy Everett Is First Cast in 'Exodus' Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (31 Aug 1959: a6.
5. McNulty, Thomas (2015). Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 291. ISBN 9781476609720.

External links

• Complete text of The Golden Shanty by Edward Dyson
• The Golden Shanty at IMDb

• 1959 in American television
• 1959 television episodes