The Great Insurance Fraud
Season 5, Episode 10
Original Air Date: 26 November 1982
Directed by: Denver Pyle
Written by: William Raynor and Myles Wilder
Created by: Gy Waldron
Plot Summary
Boss is making Rosco sell phony insurance policies as a cheaper alternative to speeding tickets, but he doesn't bank on a couple of flimflammers staging a car crash to claim the $1 million payout. The Dukes were at the scene of the accident, and Vance, who was driving, blames himself for the crash, not knowing that the car was empty.
Commentary
Trivia
- Melanie Vincz (Lavinia) previously played Girl #2/Sue Ellen in Return of the Ridge Raiders.
- Brian Libby (Ward Davis) also appeared as Russ in The Great Santa Claus Chase.
- The car crash was filmed on the banks of Lake Piru.
Bloopers
Quotes
- Why Rosco is making Boss polish his shoes:
Rosco: "I wanna be able to see my face in those boots."
Boss: "You keep that up and you might be able to see your teeth on the floor."
Regular Cast
- Byron Cherry as Coy Duke
- Christopher Mayer as Vance Duke
- Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke
- Denver Pyle as Uncle Jesse
- Sonny Shroyer as Enos
- Ben Jones as Cooter
- James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
- Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg
- Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer (voice)
Guest Cast
- Melanie Vincz as Lavinia
- Brian Libby as Ward S. Davis
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Melanie Vincz as Lavinia -
Brian Libby as Ward S. Davis
Crew
- Supervising Producer: Robert L. Jacks (as Robert Jacks)
- 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 Story Editor: Martin Roth
- Executive Script Consultant: Bruce Howard
- Creative Consultant: Gy Waldron
- Associate Producers: Skip Ward and Wes McAfee
- Director of Photography: Arthur R. Botham (as Arthur Botham)
- Art Director: Al Rohm
- Title Song Composed and Sung by: Waylon Jennings
- Music by: Fred Werner
- Unit Production Manager: Wes McAfee
- 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: Nicholas Batchelor
- Supervising Editor: Russell Livingstone (as Russ Livingstone)
- Editor: Jamie Caylor, A.C.E.
- Music Editor: Abby Treloggen (as Abby M. Treloggen)
- Sound Editor: Al Cavigga
- Sound: Victor Goode
- Set Decorator: Tom Bugenhagen
- Property: Beverly Hadley
- Special Effects: Larry L. Fuentes (as Larry Fuentes)
- Makeup: Paul Stanhope Jr. (as Paul Stanhope)
- Hair Stylist: Virginia Darcy
- Men's Costume Supervisor: Bob Christenson
- Women's Costume Supervisor: Susanna Sandke
- "Flash" Owned and Trained by: Alvin Mears
- 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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