Witness: Jesse Duke

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Season 5, Episode 18
Original Air Date: 18 February 1983
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: Bruce Howard
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Jesse gets knocked unconscious during a robbery in Capitol City and loses his sight. When the robbers read that Jesse is confident he can identify one of them, they head to Hazzard to "put him out of the way". Vance predicts their plan, and they move Jesse to Boss' house to hide out. Meanwhile, Boss is anxious not to lose $10,000 on a deal involving phony gas pumps, so he leaves Jesse alone. The robbers find Jesse and kidnap him, but Jesse listens carefully for clues to where they're taking him.

Trivia

• Judson Scott (Parker) returned as Benson in Sittin' Dukes.
• This is Ken Hixon's third and final appearance as the doctor. He previously appeared in My Son, Bo Hogg and 10 Million Dollar Sheriff. Although his character is not named in the credits, he introduces himself as Dr. Talmadge in the dialogue.
• According to Boss, Lulu has a separate bedroom with "its own kitchen and walk-in refrigerator".
• Writer Bruce Howard got the idea for Jesse remembering the sounds of the places he passed while blindfolded from a 1942 movie called Joe Smith, American.

Bloopers

Repeated paragraphs

• The text around the newspaper headline about Jesse mainly consists of the same paragraphs repeated over and over.
• When Jesse has his eye bandages removed, he should've been told to shield his eyes until they got used to the light after being covered for several days.

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

• Judson Scott as Parker
• Noble Willingham as Hanson
• Billy Streater as Rick
• Ken Hixon as The Doctor

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  Judson Scott as Parker
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  Billy Streater as Rick

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  Noble Willingham as Hanson
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  Ken Hixon as The Doctor

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: Kelly A. Manners
• Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Craig Hibbs
• Music Editor: Abby Treloggen (as Abby M. Treloggen)
• Sound Editor: Corinne Sesserago
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
• Makeup: Don Marando
• Hair Stylist: Renate Leuschner (as Renata Leuchner)
• 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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