Cool Hands, Luke & Bo

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Season 7, Episode 7
Original Air Date: 9 November 1984
Directed by: Ralph Riskin
Written by: Michael Michaelian and Michael Sevareid
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

When the boss, Cassius Claibourne, in neighboring Osage county decides he wants to take over Boss Hogg's holdings, he arrests the Dukes and holds them on a chain gang as leverage. When Boss and Rosco attempt to negotiate to free them, they are arrested as well. The Dukes and Boss and Rosco have to work together to escape and foil Cassius Claibourne's plans.

Trivia

Morgan Woodward as Cassius Claibourne

• The episode's title is a reference to the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke, in which Morgan Woodward (Cassius Claibourne) played Boss Godfrey. Morgan Woodward previously appeared as Dempsey in Mason Dixon's Girls.
• James Avery (Charlie) is probably best known for playing Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He was also the voice of Shredder in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series.
• Brion James (Captain Slater) previously appeared as Jenkins in Big Daddy.

Regular Cast

• Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
• John Schneider as Bo Duke
• Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
• Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos
• Ben Jones as Cooter
• James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)
• Peggy Rea as Lulu

Guest Cast

• Brion James as Captain Slater
• Claude Earl Jones as Sheriff "Droopy" Cathcarte
• James Avery as Charlie
• Morgan Woodward as Cassius Claibourne

• 
  Brion James as Captain Slater
• 
  Claude Earl Jones
  as Sheriff "Droopy" Cathcarte
• 
  James Avery as Charlie

Crew

• Senior Producer: Myles Wilder
• Produced by: Ralph Riskin and Skip Ward
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Story Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Martin Roth
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producers: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow) and Russell Livingstone
• Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks (as Robert Sparks)
• Art Director: Al Rohm
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Earle Hagen and Deane Hagen
• Unit Production Manager: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow)
• First Assistant Director: Peter Gries (as Peter S. Gries)
• Second Assistant Director: Anthony Mason (as Tony Mason)
• Second Unit Director: Gary Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: John Elsenbach
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Venita Ozols-Graham (as Venita Ozols)
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Editor: Ronald LaVine
• Music Editor: Mark Southern
• Sound Editor: Alex Bamattre
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Steve Purcell
• Makeup: Don Marando
• Hair Stylist: Judy Crown
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Hope Slepak (as Bonnie Hope Slepak)
• "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
• Casting: Melissa Skoff
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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