Comrade Duke

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Season 5, Episode 17
Original Air Date: 11 February 1983
Directed by: Don McDougall
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

When a bus carrying Russian gymnasts stops in Hazzard for repairs, one of the passengers, Natasha, sees it as her chance to escape. After finding her hiding in the back of Jesse's pickup, Coy, Vance and Daisy take her back to the farm to discuss plans with Jesse. Meanwhile, Natasha's absence has been discovered, and the Russians call upon Boss to help with their search.

Trivia

• Steve Hanks reprised his role as Darcy in Daisy's Shotgun Wedding.

Bloopers

• When Natasha's hiding in the pickup, Coy tells Daisy that there's "Nothing but another tarp" under the tarp on the back, yet when they pull back the tarp to reveal Natasha, the only other items there are a few wooden crates.
• After Vance rips the doors and fenders off the patrol car containing Natasha, the patrol car has a flat front tire, but seconds later, the tire is fully inflated once again.

Regular Cast

• Byron Cherry as Coy Duke
• Christopher Mayer as Vance Duke
• Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
• Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos
• Ben Jones as Cooter
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Dawn Jeffory as Natasha
• Hank Garrett as Borov
• Lee Delano as Sergei Androvich
• Steve Hanks as Darcy
• Roger Jackson as Mechanic

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  Dawn Jeffory as Natasha
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  Hank Garrett as Borov
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  Lee Delano as Sergei Androvich

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  Steve Hanks as Darcy
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  Roger Jackson as Mechanic

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
• Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultant: Myles Wilder
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Story Editor: Martin Roth
• Story Editor: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman)
• Executive Script Consultant: Bruce Howard
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Wes McAfee
• Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
• Art Director: Al Rohm
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: Wes McAfee
• First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Nicholas Batchelor
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Jamie Caylor, A.C.E.
• Music Editor: Abby Treloggen (as Abby M. Treloggen)
• Sound Editor: Sid Lubow
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Steve Purcell
• Makeup: Paul Stanhope Jr. (as Paul Stanhope)
• Hair Stylist: Joan Phillips
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Susanna Sandke
• "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
• Casting: Melissa Skoff
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
• Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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