Overland Trail (TV series)

For the historic Overland Trail, see Overland Trail.

Overland Trail
William Bendix, guest star Lynn Bari and Doug McClure, 1960.
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
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17
Production
Executive producer	Nat Holt
Producer	Samuel A. Peeples
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 mins.
Production companies	Overland Stage-Bilben Productions Stagecoach Productions Revue Studios
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 7 (1960-02-07) – July 2, 1960 (1960-07-02)

Overland Trail is an American Western television 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. ^[1]

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 . ^[2]

Notable guest stars

Notable guest stars included:

• Mario Alcalde
• John Anderson
• Claude Akins
• Lynn Bari
• Rayford Barnes
• Whitney Blake
• Russ Bender
• James Best
• Chet Brandenburg
• Robert Bray
• John Carradine
• James Chandler
• Steve Conte
• Walter Coy
• Frank Dekova
• Alan Dexter
• Don Dubbins
• Frank Ferguson
• Dianne Foster
• Kelton Garwood
• Robert Griffin
• Ron Hayes
• Rex Holman
• Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
• Lang Jeffries
• Ray Kellogg
• Werner Klemperer
• Robert Loggia
• BarBara Luna
• Barton MacLane
• Ted Mapes
• John Marley
• Lucy Marlow
• Ken Mayer
• Mercedes McCambridge
• Sean McClory
• John McIntire
• Denny Scott Miller
• Gerald Mohr
• Mary Tyler Moore
• Read Morgan
• Jimmy Noel
• Gregg Palmer
• Slim Pickens
• Andrew Prine
• Judson Pratt
• Denver Pyle
• Gilman Rankin
• Karen Sharpe
• Quentin Sondergaard
• Boyd Stockman
• Robert Tetrick
• Kelly Thordsen
• Eddy Waller
• Adam West
• Peter Whitney
• Robert J. Wilke
• Tony Young

Episodes

No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Perilous Passage"	Virgil W. Vogel	Samuel A. Peeples	February 7, 1960 (1960-02-07)
2	"The O'Mara Ladies"	Jerry Hopper	Borden Chase	February 14, 1960 (1960-02-14)
3	"West of Boston"	David Butler	Fred Freiberger	February 21, 1960 (1960-02-21)
4	"The High Bridge"	Harold Schuster	Story by : Samuel A. Peeples Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley	February 28, 1960 (1960-02-28)
5	"Westbound Stage"	Sidney Salkow	Samuel A. Peeples	March 6, 1960 (1960-03-06)
6	"All The O'Mara Horses"	Sidney Salkow	Borden Chase	March 13, 1960 (1960-03-13)
7	"Daughter of the Sioux"	D. Ross Lederman	Story by : Samuel A. Peeples Teleplay by : Dwight Newton	March 20, 1960 (1960-03-20)
8	"Lawyer In Petticoats"	Tay Garnett	Fred Freiberger	March 27, 1960 (1960-03-27)
9	"The Vigilantes of Montana"	Sidney Salkow	Story by : Samuel A. Peeples Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley	April 3, 1960 (1960-04-03)
10	"Fire In the Hole"	Tay Garnett	Borden Chase	April 17, 1960 (1960-04-17)
11	"Mission Into Mexico"	Tay Garnett	N.B. Stone, Jr.	April 24, 1960 (1960-04-24)
12	"First Stage to Denver"	Christian Nyby	Story by : Samuel A. Peeples Teleplay by : Barry Shipman	May 1, 1960 (1960-05-01)
13	"Sour Annie"	William Witney	B.L. James	May 8, 1960 (1960-05-08)
14	"The Baron Comes Back"	Tay Garnett	B.L. James	May 15, 1960 (1960-05-15)
15	"Escort Detail"	Lesley Selander	B.L. James	May 22, 1960 (1960-05-22)
16	"The Reckoning"	William Witney	B.L. James	May 29, 1960 (1960-05-29)
17	"Most Dangerous Gentleman"	William Witney	Samuel A. Peeples	June 5, 1960 (1960-06-05)

Home media

On February 14, 2012, Timeless Media Group released Overland Trail- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1. ^[3]

References

1. Alex McNeil, Total Television New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 634
2. McNeil, Total Television, appendix
3. Lamber, David (November 14, 2011). "Overland Trail - 'The Complete Series' Announced: Date, Cost, Details and Packaging". tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.

External links

• Overland Trail at IMDb