Overland Trail (TV series)
| Overland Trail | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Overland Stage |
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Martin Berkeley Borden Chase Fred Freiberger B.L. James Samuel A. Peeples |
| Directed by | Tay Garnett Sidney Salkow Lesley Selander Virgil Vogel William Witney |
| Starring | William Bendix Doug McClure |
| Theme music composer | Jeff Alexander Dave Kahn Stanley Wilson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nat Holt |
| Producer(s) | Samuel A. Peeples |
| Running time | 60 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | February 7, 1960 – June 5, 1960 |
Overland Trail is a short-lived one-hour American Western series starring William Bendix and Doug McClure which aired on NBC from February 7 to June 6, 1960.
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[edit] Synopsis
Bendix portrayed Frederick Thomas "Fred" Kelly, fictitious superintendent of the Overland Stage Company. McClure appeared as Frank "Flip" Flippen, Bendix's young associate.[1] Harry Guardino, appeared three times in the role of Johnny Caldwell.[2]
Overland Trail aired opposite Lassie and Dennis the Menace on CBS and Walt Disney Presents and Maverick on ABC. Overland Trail left the air on September 11, 1960, after summer rebroadcasts. It was replaced by the last season of NBC's Shirley Temple's Storybook.[3]
[edit] Notable guest stars
Notable guest stars included:
- John Anderson
- Claude Akins
- Lynn Bari
- Whitney Blake
- James Best
- Robert Bray
- John Carradine
- Walter Coy
- Frank Dekova
- Frank Ferguson
- Dianne Foster
- Sue George
- Ron Hayes
- Lang Jeffries
- Brad Johnson
- Werner Klemperer
- Robert Loggia
- Barbara Luna
- Barton MacLane
- John Marley
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Sean McClory
- John McIntire
- Denny Scott Miller
- Gerald Mohr
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Gregg Palmer
- John M. Pickard
- Slim Pickens
- Andrew Prine
- Judson Pratt
- Denver Pyle
- Gilman Rankin
- Karen Sharpe
- Quintin Sondergaard
- Harold J. Stone
- Kenneth Tobey
- David Wayne
- Adam West
- Peter Whitney
- Robert J. Wilke
[edit] Episodes
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Perilous Passage" | February 7, 1960 |
| 1-2 | "The O'Mara Ladies" | February 14, 1960 |
| 1-3 | "West of Boston" | February 21, 1960 |
| 1-4 | "The High Bridge" | February 28, 1960 |
| 1-5 | "Westbound Stage" | March 6, 1960 |
| 1-6 | "All The O'Mara Horses" | March 13, 1960 |
| 1-7 | "Daughter of the Sioux" | March 20, 1960 |
| 1-8 | "Lawyer In Petticoats" | March 27, 1960 |
| 1-9 | "The Vigilantes of Montana" | April 3, 1960 |
| 1-10 | "Fire In the Hole" | April 17, 1960 |
| 1-11 | "Mission Into Mexico" | April 24, 1960 |
| 1-12 | "First Stage to Denver" | May 1, 1960 |
| 1-13 | "Sour Annie" | May 8, 1960 |
| 1-14 | "The Baron Comes Back" | May 15, 1960 |
| 1-15 | "Escort Detail" | May 22, 1960 |
| 1-16 | "The Reckoning" | May 29, 1960 |
| 1-17 | "Most Dangerous Gentleman" | June 5, 1960 |
[edit] DVD release
On February 14, 2012, Timeless Media Group will release Overland Trail- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television" New York: Penquin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 634
- ^ "Harry Guardino". Internet Movie Data Base. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345340/. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
- ^ McNeil, Total Television, appendix
- ^ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Overland-Trail-The-Complete-Series/16207
