Overland Trail (TV series)

Overland Trail is an American Western series starring William Bendix and Doug McClure which aired on NBC from February 7 to June 6, 1960.

Synopsis
Bendix portrayed Frederick Thomas "Fred" Kelly, fictitious superintendent of the Overland Stage Company. McClure appeared as Frank "Flip" Flippen, Bendix's young associate.<ref>Alex McNeil, Total Television" New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 634</ref>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.

Notable guest stars
Notable guest stars included:

 John Anderson
 Claude Akins 
 Lynn Bari
 Whitney Blake 
 James Best 
 Robert Bray
 John Carradine
 Steve Conte
 Walter Coy
 Frank Dekova
 Frank Ferguson
 Dianne Foster
 Ron Hayes
 Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr.
 Lang Jeffries
 Werner Klemperer
 Robert Loggia
 BarBara Luna
 Barton MacLane
 John Marley
 Mercedes McCambridge 
 Sean McClory
 John McIntire
 Denny Scott Miller
 Gerald Mohr 
 Mary Tyler Moore
 Slim Pickens
 Andrew Prine 
 Judson Pratt 
 Denver Pyle
 Eddy Waller
 Adam West
 Peter Whitney
 Robert J. Wilke
 Tony Young

Episodes
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! Episode # !! Episode title !!  Director 
! Writer !!  Original airdate
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| 1-1 || "Perilous Passage" || Virgil W. Vogel || Samuel A. Peeples || February 7, 1960
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| 1-2 || "The O'Mara Ladies" || Jerry Hopper || Borden Chase || February 14, 1960
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| 1-3 || "West of Boston" ||  David Butler || Fred Freiberger || February 21, 1960
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| 1-4 || "The High Bridge" || Harold Schuster || Teleplay by: Martin BerkeleyStory by: Samuel A. Peeples || February 28, 1960
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| 1-5 || "Westbound Stage" || Sidney Salkow || Samuel A. Peeples || March 6, 1960
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| 1-6 || "All The O'Mara Horses" || Sidney Salkow || Borden Chase || March 13, 1960
|-
| 1-7 || "Daughter of the Sioux" || D. Ross Lederman || Teleplay by: Dwight NewtonStory by: Samuel A. Peeples || March 20, 1960
|-
| 1-8 || "Lawyer In Petticoats" || Tay Garnett || Fred Freiberger || March 27, 1960
|-
| 1-9 || "The Vigilantes of Montana" || Sidney Salkow || Teleplay by: Martin BerkeleyStory by: Samuel A. Peeples || April 3, 1960
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| 1-10 || "Fire In the Hole" || Tay Garnett || Borden Chase || April 17, 1960
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| 1-11 || "Mission Into Mexico" || Tay Garnett || N.B. Stone, Jr. || April 24, 1960
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| 1-12 || "First Stage to Denver" || Christian Nyby || Teleplay by: Barry ShipmanStory by: Samuel A. Peeples || May 1, 1960
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| 1-13 || "Sour Annie" || William Witney || B.L. James || May 8, 1960
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| 1-14 || "The Baron Comes Back" || Tay Garnett || B.L. James || May 15, 1960
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| 1-15 || "Escort Detail" || Lesley Selander || B.L. James || May 22, 1960
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| 1-16 || "The Reckoning" || William Witney || B.L. James || May 29, 1960
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| 1-17 || "Most Dangerous Gentleman" || William Witney || Samuel A. Peeples || June 5, 1960
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Home media
On February 14, 2012, Timeless Media Group released Overland Trail- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.

References

External links 
 
 

Category:1960s American television series
Category:1960 American television series debuts
Category:1960 American television series endings
Category:American drama television series
Category:Black-and-white television programs
Category:English-language television programs
Category:NBC original programming
Category:1960s Western (genre) television series