| Series: | Goodyear Theatre |
| Season: | 3 |
| Episode: | 5 |
| Production: | Screen Gems |
| Based On: | story by Edward Dyson |
| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
| Producer: | Winston O'Keefe |
| Guests: | Errol Flynn |
"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.[1]
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.
The script was based on a short story by Australian writer Edward Dyson which was first published in 1889.[2] Dyson later turned it into a play.[3]
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.[4]
The production was shot in three days. Director Arthur Hiller said Flynn had a great deal of trouble remembering his lines.[5]