Money to Burn

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Season 1, Episode 11
Original Air Date: 20 April 1979
Directed by: Rod Amateau
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

Burning money is against Boss' religion. He also figures two million dollars is better than one million. So when a shipment of a million dollars in old bills from the Hazzard Bank is scheduled to be shipped to Atlanta to be replaced with new bills, Boss plans for the truck to have an "accident" and for the money to burn in the truck, thus prompting the insurance to pay the million to the Atlanta Federal Bank so that Hazzard can get the new bills (and Boss can keep the old bills for himself). He swaps the old money for old phone books and sends the truck and driver (his cousin Cletus) off on his merry way. The real money is then hidden at the coffin works and, in the style of "Ocean's 11", Boss plans to bury the money until things cool over. Boss's plan would've worked except...Bo and Luke happen upon Cletus and the burning truck, help put out the fire, and save the one bag of old phone books that Boss wanted burned. Thinking the Dukes must have seen the phone books, which they didn't, Boss figures to frame them for attempting to hijack the truck.

Trivia

• First episode to feature Rick Hurst as Boss' cousin, Cletus Hogg.
• The scene with the patrol car chasing the General around a tree, which is used in end credits, comes from near the start of this episode.

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 Coltrane
• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
• Ben Jones as Cooter
• Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)
• Sonny Shroyer as Enos
• Rick Hurst as Cletus

Guest Cast

• Norman Bartold as Company Man
• Beans Morocco (as Dan Barrows) as Attendant
• Hoke Howell as Watchman
• Damu King as Assistant

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: Kirk Axtell
• Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
• Music Performed by: The Waylors
• Music Produced by: Richie Albright
• Unit Production Manager: Albert J. Salzer
• First Assistant Director: Bill Baker
• Second Assistant Director: Fred Wardell
• 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: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editing: Angel Editorial, Inc.
• Sound: Don Rush
• Set Decorator: Joanne MacDougall
• Property: Daniel Stoltenberg (as Dan Stoltenberg)
• Special Effects: Michael Wood
• Makeup: Jeff Angell
• Hair Stylist: Monique DeSart (as Monique DeSart Brandt)
• Men's Costume Supervisor: Joseph Roveto
• Women's Costume Supervisor: Darlene Engle (as Darleen Engle)
• Additional Music by: Fred Werner
• Archery Equipment and Program Consideration Furnished by: Martin Archery
• Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
• Casting: Vivian McRae
• Location Facilities Provided by: The Burbank Studios
• A Paul R. Picard Production in Association with Warner Bros Television Distribution

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