"Dusty's Trail" (1973) TV series

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Creators:

Elroy Schwartz
Sherwood Schwartz

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

11 September 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

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.

Plot Keywords:

Gilligans Island Character Similarity | Character Name In Title

Cast

Bob Denver	...	Dusty (26 episodes, 1973-1974)
Forrest Tucker	...	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)

Runtime:

22 min (26 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)

Trivia:

Callahan's horse is named "Blarney". Dusty's horse is named "Freckles".

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!

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

The 'Gilligan' Goes West

Dusty f/k/a Gilligan gets his wagon lost to the chagrin of Forrest Tucker (formerly of 'F' Troop and playing a rough version of G.I.'s 'Skipper'.)

I thought this series had just as much originality as "The Knacks" second album and (come to think of it) was probably seen by about the same number of people as heard The Knack's second album. The humor was about on par with Gilligan's Island; however, for some intangible reason much less likable or watchable, even to a then young viewer like me.

Nobody's going to ever dust off Dusty and call it a classic--that's for certain. A perfect example of going to the well too often. Even Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker's Saturday Morning shows, both together and apart, were better fare than this series.