Along Came a Duke

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Season 3, Episode 17
Original Air Date: 13 February 1981
Directed by: Paul Baxley
Written by: Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman)
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

It's time for Boss' annual Hazzard money-spinner, Stonewall Jackson Day. This year he's arranged to borrow the personal sword of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from the Atlanta Museum, and also hired a couple of thieves to steal it. The thieves ambush the curator of the museum on his way to Hazzard, but he doesn't have the sword with him. During the fight, Bo and Luke turn up and scare off the thieves. After the curator leaves, Bo and Luke find his wallet on the ground, but can't give chase because the General's radiator is broken. Soon afterwards, Rosco pulls them over, spots the wallet on the dashboard and arrests them.

Back in Hazzard, the curator is talking to Boss about who will be used for shipping the sword. Boss offers his hired thieves, Harry Joe and Tiny, but the curator says he wants someone that he can vouch for. Right on cue, Rosco brings in the Duke Boys. When Boss sees that the curator trusts them, he suggests that they could transport the sword. That would give his thieves a good chance of stealing the sword, and let him blame the Dukes. What he doesn't bank on is having to pay the Dukes the curator's price of $100 each.

Bo and Luke collect the sword, and are on their way back to Hazzard when the thieves strike. The General's radiator is broken again, so they have to stop. While being held at gunpoint, a mystery motorcyclist arrives and tells the thieves to "move it on" because he's "got an account to settle". As soon as the thieves have gone, he reveals that he's cousin Jeb Stuart Duke. While Jeb goes off to surprise Uncle Jesse, Bo and Luke continue on to Hazzard to deliver the sword. However, at the handover, Boss pulls a switch and gets Bo and Luke thrown in jail. Hearing about their situation, Jeb turns up and helps them escape.

Figuring that Boss is planning on selling the sword to Beauregard Mason, Jeb pretends to be his son to buy the sword back with a load fake bills made of newspaper. Unfortunately, Boss has told Harry Joe and Tiny that he doesn't need them any more, and won't be paying them, so they turn up to rob Boss. With Boss and Rosco out of the subsequent chase, it's up to Bo, Luke and Jeb to catch the thieves and rescue the sword.

Trivia

Warner Bros. Ranch

• Earl Boen (Eustice Hastings) is probably best known for playing Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator movies.
• Despite only appearing in this episode, Christopher Hensel (Jeb Stuart Duke) made it onto the Dukes of Hazzard team for the Family Feud City vs. Country All Star Special.
• The high school sports field scene was filmed at the Warner Bros. Ranch in Burbank. The fountain is the same one which appears in the opening credits of Friends.
• The building shown with the Atlanta Museum sign is actually Warner Bros' Glass Building, just across W Olive Avenue from their studios in Burbank.

Bloopers

• The United States Marshal's car sign and patch badge are both misspelled "United States Marshall". The credits and closed captions also use "Marshall". His metal badge, however, appears to show the correct spelling.
• The second athlete who lands in Boss' car has red and blue striped socks in the location shots, but red and gray striped socks in the studio shots.
• Before the javelin hits the hood of the patrol car, there's a visible indent indicating a covered hole. When the angle changes, the hole is much bigger and the javelin has changed color from white to mostly orange.

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

• Christopher Hensel as Jeb Stuart Duke
• Earl Boen as Eustice Hastings
• Dennis Holahan as Harry Joe
• Tony Brubaker as Tiny
• Buck Young as The Marshall
• Kenneth O'Brien as Beauregard Mason

• 
  Christopher Hensel as Jeb Stuart Duke
• 
  Earl Boen as Eustice Hastings
• 
  Dennis Holahan as Harry Joe
  and Tony Brubaker as Tiny

• 
  Buck Young as The Marshall
• 
  Kenneth O'Brien as Beauregard Mason

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 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: Craig 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: Howard Epstein
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Chick Camera
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: John James (Jon 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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