The Ransom of Hazzard County
Season 6, Episode 20
Original Air Date: 2 March 1984
Directed by: Michael Caffey
Written by: Si Rose
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
After Enos is reluctant to chase the Dukes, Boss replaces him with Billie Joe Coogan. Things go well for a while, but Boss comes to regret his decision when Billy Joe threatens to blow up the Hazzard Dam and flood the town if Boss doesn't pay him $150,000.
Commentary
Trivia
- Ernie Lively's fifth and last appearance in the series. He previously played Dobro Doolan in One Armed Bandits, and Longstreet B. Davenport in three episodes of season 2.
- Hazzard Dam is actually at the eastern end of Lake Sherwood. The dam itself is still recognizable, but there are now considerably more houses in the area.
- Michael Alldredge (Coogan) previously appeared as Wheeler in People's Choice.
- Joseph Whipp (Eddie Hollis) also played Mason in Diamonds in the Rough.
Bloopers
Quotes
- As Coogan goes snooping:
Waylon: "While Boss was showing Enos through the records downstairs, upstairs, old Billie Joe, who was naturally nosy, had found Boss' secret ledger. The bigger secret was that Billie Joe could read."
Regular Cast
- Tom Wopat as Luke Duke
- John Schneider as Bo Duke
- Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
- Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
- Sonny Shroyer as Enos
- Ben Jones as Cooter
- James Best as Sheriff Rosco Coltrane
- Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
- Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)
Guest Cast
- Michael Alldredge as Billie Joe Coogan
- Joseph Whipp as Eddie Hollis
- Ernie Lively as Clyde, The Guard
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Michael Alldredge as Billie Joe Coogan -
Joseph Whipp as Eddie Hollis -
Ernie Lively as Clyde, The Guard
Crew
- Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
- Produced by: Myles Wilder and Ralph Riskin
- Executive Producer: Paul R. Picard
- Executive Story Consultant: Myles Wilder
- Executive Story Supervisor: Si Rose
- Executive Story Editors: Martin Roth and Leonard B. Kaufman (as Len Kaufman)
- Script Consultants: Michael Sevareid and Michael Michaelian
- Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
- Associate Producer: Skip Ward
- Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
- Art Director: Al Rohm
- Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
- Music by: Earle Hagen
- Unit Production Manager: Ronald R. Grow (as Ron Grow)
- First Assistant Director: Jon Paré
- Second Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
- Second Unit Director: Paul Baxley
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Dick Hutchings
- Second Unit First Assistant Director: Kenneth D. Collins (as Ken Collins)
- Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
- Editor: Howard Epstein
- Music Editor: Mark Southern
- Sound Editor: Ron Tinsley
- Sound: Victor Goode
- Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
- Property: Beverly Hadley
- Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
- Makeup: Don Marando
- Hair Stylist: Judy Crown
- Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
- Women's Costume Supervisor: Hope Slepak (as Bonnie Hope Slepak)
- "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
- Casting: Melissa Skoff
- Creative Consultant: Philip Mandelker
- Some Automobiles Supplied by: AMC
- A Lou Step Production in Association with Warner Bros Television
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