Diamonds in the Rough

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Season 4, Episode 3
Original Air Date: 23 October 1981
Directed by: James Best
Written by: Bruce Howard
Story by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron

Plot Summary

The Bugs Bunny doll

Bo and Luke stumble across a bag of stolen diamonds which were parachuted into Hazzard in a Bugs Bunny doll, and it isn't long before Boss and the thieves are at the Duke Farm trying to get their hands on the gems.

Trivia

• Linda Hart (Lisa) was a member of Bette Midler's backup troupe, the Staggering Harlettes, in the 1970s.
• Joseph Whipp (Mason) returned as Eddie Hollis in The Ransom of Hazzard County.
• The tunnel where Bo and Luke escape from the bad guys is on Mt. Hollywood Drive in Griffith Park, LA. It has featured in many movies and TV shows including Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Back to the Future Part II.

Bloopers

• Boss' changing speed limit sign causes problems with the electrical devices in the Boar's Nest, but it also seems to affect the till which is a purely mechanical model.
• When Lisa's leading Bo and Luke away from the farm at gunpoint, one of her associates says "Just move it, plowboy.", but the closed caption say "Just move it, cowboy."
• When Waylon's listing the cars in the final chase, he says "Shoot, that many didn't finish at Charlotte last year." (obviously a NASCAR reference), but the closed captions say "Shoot, that meanie didn't finish at Charlotte last year."
• The commendation that the Dukes receive from the FBI has clearly been altered. The word "Commendation" is in a different typeface, and appears to be covering a word starting with "A".

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

• Linda Hart as Lisa
• Frank Marth as Agent Caldwell
• Robert Phillips as Frank
• Richard Winterstein (as Richard Winters) as Lenny
• Joseph Whipp as Mason

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  Linda Hart as Lisa
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  Robert Phillips as Frank
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  Richard Winterstein as Lenny

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  Frank Marth as Agent Caldwell
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  Joseph Whipp as 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 Supervisor: Si Rose
• Executive Script Consultant: 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: 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)
• Editor: Howard Epstein
• Music Editor: Abby Marable
• Sound Editor: Ron Tinsley
• Sound: Victor Goode
• Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
• Property: Beverly Hadley
• Special Effects: Steve Purcell
• 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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