Road Pirates

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Season 2, Episode 5
Original Air Date: 19 October 1979
Directed by: William Asher
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Hazzard has suffered a number of truck hijackings, so Bo and Luke fit nitrous oxide to Cletus's patrol car to help him catch those responsible. Even with the state police combing the county, Boss Hogg still hands over $10,000 cash for $100,000 worth of stolen TVs. Just to confuse things further, one of the hijacked truckers claims that he was stopped by a Hazzard sheriff.

As Rosco was with Boss all morning, suspicion falls on Cletus, with Bo and Luke as his accomplices. All three make a run for it and, once free of Rosco, make plans to catch the real hijackers. After breaking into the Sheriff's office they find that all the hijacked shipments originated in the same place, so Bo and Luke dig out their smart clothes from High Octane and head for the shipping terminals of Colonial City.

With a little help from Daisy, Bo and Luke get on board a couple of trucks in case they're hijacked. When Luke's truck does get hijacked, he ends up at the hijackers' warehouse and the scene is set for a dirt bike chase finale.

Trivia

• The Colonial City shipping terminal is actually located at the back of the church in Hazzard Square.

Regular Cast

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

Guest Cast

• Billy Green Bush as Garbade
• Boyd Bodwell as Hijacked Driver
• Owen Bush as Shipping Clerk
• Salt Walther as Truck Driver
• Ashley Cox as Garbade's Girl
• J. N. Roberts as Powers
• Bob Yerkes as Meznick

Stunts

• Stunt Coordinator: Paul Baxley (uncredited)
• Stunt Driver: Jack Gill (uncredited)
• Stunts: Richard Epper (uncredited)
• Stunt Driver: Carey Loftin (uncredited)
• Stunt Driver: Bob Orrison (uncredited)

Crew

• Supervising Producer: Rod Amateau
• Co-Produced by: Gy Waldron and Ralph Riskin
• Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
• Executive Story Consultants: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
• Story Editor: Bruce Howard
• Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Albert J. Salzer
• Director of Photography: Jack Whitman
• Art Director: Rafael Caro
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music by: Fred Werner
• Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
• First Assistant Director: Kelly A. Manners (as Kelly Manners)
• Second Assistant Director: Jon Paré
• Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Bradley B. Six (as Brad Six)
• Second Unit First Assistant Director: Jack W. Cash (as Jack Cash)
• Film Editor: Albert P. Wilson, A.C.E.
• Music Editor: Jay Alfred Smith
• Sound Editors: Ed Scheid and Gary Vaughan (as Gary Vaughn)
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Re-recording Mixer: Franklin Jones Jr. (uncredited)
• ADR Editor: Jerry Jacobson (uncredited)
• Lighting Technician: James Kibbe (uncredited)
• Key Grip: Dan Reilly (uncredited)
• Set Decorator: Joanne MacDougall
• Property: Daniel Stoltenberg (as Dan Stoltenberg)
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Ray Brooks
• Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle
• Casting: Vivian McRae
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
• A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television

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