Enos Strate to the Top

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Season 3, Episode 3
Original Air Date: 5 November 1980
Directed by: Rod Amateau
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Daisy's photo of the robbers

During the Dukes' annual trip to Atlanta, Daisy accidentally photographs some bank robbers. The robbers then kidnap Daisy in a effort to get hold of the film. Meanwhile, Enos has had enough of Boss' dirty tricks, and has been applying for jobs with other police forces. When Boss finds out, he fires Enos and replaces him with Cletus, Boss' own third cousin, twice removed.

Trivia

Flash

• First appearance of Flash, Rosco's police dog. Flash is male in this episode.
• First appearance of Nedra Volz as the post mistress, Miz Emma Tisdale.
• Leonard Stone, the unnamed head bank robber, played Mr. Beauregarde in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
• Although Cletus is usually referred to as Boss' cousin, Boss tells him that he's "a third cousin 20 times removed". However, Boss later tells Rosco that Cletus is his "third cousin, twice removed".
• The footage of the General driving into Atlanta is recycled from Daisy's Song.
• Immediately after the robbery, the robbers run past the Palace Theater, which is showing the 1980 movie [The] Hollywood Knights. It stars Tony Danza as a character called Duke.
• The scene where the robbers' car ends up in quicksand was used in the opening credits of the Dukes spin-off Enos.
• The Atlanta National Bank was actually on the New York Street on Warner Bros' backlot.

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)
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos Strate

Guest Cast

• Leonard Stone
• Nedra Volz as Post Mistress
• Jerry Summers as Nathan Cosgroves
• Tom Oberhaus as Tom Gumbs
• Troy Milton as Driver

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  Leonard Stone
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  Nedra Volz as Post Mistress

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  Jerry Summers as Nathan Cosgroves
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  Tom Oberhaus as Tom Gumbs
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  Troy Milton as Driver

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 Editors: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman) and Martin Roth
• Story Editor: Bruce Howard
• Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
• Associate Producer: Skip Ward
• Director of Photography: Robert Hoffman
• Art Director: Robert I. Jillson (as Bob Jillson)
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: John H. Burrows (as John Burrows)
• First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• 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: Kelly A. Manners
• Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Film Editor: Murray Jordan
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ed Scheid
• Sound Editor: Vincent Connelly (as Vince Connelley)
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Linda Hickman
• Casting: Vivian McRae and 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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