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Creators:
Elroy Schwartz
Sherwood Schwartz
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
11 September 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Western more
Plot:
A stage and a wagon heading west get separated from the rest of the wagon train thanks to Dusty. Now they must make their way to California.
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Cast

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Bob Denver ... Dusty (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
Forrest Tucker ... Mr. Callahan (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
Ivor Francis ... Mr. Carson Brookhaven (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
Jeannine Riley ... Lulu McQueen (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
Lori Saunders ... Betsy (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
Lynn Wood ... Mrs. Brookhaven (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
William Cort ... Andy (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
22 min (26 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Callahan's horse is named "Blarney". Dusty's horse is named "Freckles". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the show with the tornado coming towards the wagon train, it was quite obvious that someone superimposed a hand drawn, scribbled sketch of a tornado over the finished film. Has to be the worst replica of a tornado in television history! more
Movie Connections:
Edited into The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976) more

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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Television at its' worst!, 4 August 1999
Author: Rockstar-5 from Quad Cities, IL

From the producer of "Gilligan's Island" (considered in many quarters to be the dumbest T.V. show in history but fondly remembered), Sherwood Schwartz, came this almost plot-by-plot, character-by-character copy, "Dusty's Trail". With not one note of originality, each character was lifted from "Gilligan's Is- land" and placed in the old west. Bob Denver (Gilligan in the original series) played inept assistant wagon master Dusty, For- rest Tucker played Callahan (the Skipper character) the wagon master, and the rest of the characters: Mr. and Mrs. Brookhaven, the stuffy, wealthy Bostonians (Howells). Lulu, the saloon girl (Ginger). Betsy, the wholesome schoolteacher (Mary Ann). Andy, a regular guy type (Professor).

The plot involved Dusty ineptly causing a Conestoga wagon to become separated from the rest of the wagon train and having to bumble their way, lost toward California. Everything was directly ripped-off from Schwartz's successful "Gilligan's Island" which at least had the distinction of being a network series. "Dusty's Trail" was a first-run syndicated show so the budgets were almost non-existent, making the series not only unfunny but also cheap and embarrassing looking.

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