Coltrane vs. Duke

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Season 4, Episode 4
Original Air Date: 30 October 1981
Directed by: Don McDougall
Written by: Simon Muntner
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Crystal Mountain Beer wants to build a brewery on Duke land, but when Rosco fails to stop the Dukes paying their taxes on time, Boss comes up with a scheme to get the Duke Farm by Rosco suing them for injuries they caused in a car crash.

Trivia

• Robert Hastings (Slick) previously appeared as Barnes in Witness for the Persecution and returned as Taylor in Sky Bandits Over Hazzard.
• This is also the second of three Dukes appearances for Charlie Dell. His were all as Emery Potter, with the first in People's Choice and the third in Dukescam Scam.
• Barney Phillips (Judge Buford Potts) had a regular part as Maj. Donald 'Doc' Kaiser on the 1960s series 12 O'Clock High. One of his episodes in 1965, Faith, Hope and Sergeant Aronson, also featured Sorrell Booke. Barney Phillips reprised his role of Judge Buford Potts in Dukescam Scam.
• Parley Baer makes his first of seven appearances as Doc Appleby.
• While he's supposed to be injured, Rosco gets Boss to read to him from Jack and the Beanstalk.
• The house where Doc Appleby is delivering triplets is actually Boss' house with the shutters removed.

Bloopers

• Although they could be different places, it looks like the closed captions misspell Lake Chicamahonny (from People's Choice) as Lake Chicamahawny.
• When the Dukes pass Rosco rolling down the road on his bed, the ambulance is turning round, but when they turn the General, the ambulance is still parked where Rosco fell out.
• The mound of dirt which jogged the ambulance doors open should've stopped Rosco's bed.

Quotes

• Describing setting up a roadblock:
  Cletus: "[It's] about as easy as pouring water out of a boot with instructions written on the bottom."

Regular Cast

• Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
• John Schneider as Bo Duke
• Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
• Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
• Rick Hurst as Cletus
• Ben Jones as Cooter
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)

Guest Cast

• Robert Hastings (as Bob Hastings) as Slick/Dr. Doggins
• Don Pedro Colley as Sheriff Little
• Hugh Gillin as Mr. Crystal
• Barney Phillips as Judge Buford Potts
• Charlie Dell as Emery Potter
• Parley Baer as Dr. Appleby

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  Robert Hastings as Slick
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  Don Pedro Colley as Sheriff Little
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  Hugh Gillin as Mr. Crystal

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  Barney Phillips as Judge Buford Potts
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  Charlie Dell as Emery Potter
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  Parley Baer as Doc Appleby

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
• Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Script Consultant: Bruce Howard
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Gilles de Turenne (as Gilles A. de Turenne)
• Director of Photography: Jack Whitman
• Art Director: Robert I. Jillson (as Bob Jillson)
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: Gilles de Turenne (as Gilles A. de Turenne)
• First Assistant Director: Kurt Baker
• Second Assistant Director: Nicholas Batchelor
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Craig Hibbs
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Chick Camera
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: John James
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Linda Hickman
• 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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