The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

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The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

G 08/01/1976 (US) Comedy, Western 1h 26m

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This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy assistant as they attempt to take seven passengers across the prairie. Among the passengers are two wealthy Bostonians, an aspiring showgirl, a teacher, and bachelor. The story is adapted from Dusty's Trail, a television sitcom.

Jack Arnold

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Earl Bellamy

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Oscar Rudolph

Director
Bruce Bilson

Director
Brad Radnitz

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Howard Ostroff

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Sherwood Schwartz

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Ron Friedman

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Elroy Schwartz

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Bob Denver

Dusty
Forrest Tucker

Wagonmaster Callahan
Jeannine Riley

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Lori Saunders

Betsy
Ivor Francis

Brookhaven
Lynn Wood

Mrs. Brookhaven
William Cort

Andy
Eddie Little Sky

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Ernest Esparza III

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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on April 27, 2018

Four Dusty's Trail episodes edited together (aka Gilligan in the Old West)

RELEASED IN 1976, "The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West" is a compilation of four episodes of the Dusty's Trail TV series that ran for one season in 1973-1974. Producer Sherwood Schwartz tried to duplicate his success with Gilligan’s Island by transplanting a similar group of seven people into the wild west: The wagon master (Forrest Tucker), his “little pal” subordinate (Bob Denver), an educated lawyer (Bill Cort), a saloon showgirl (Jeannine Riley), a winsome schoolmarm (Lori Saunders) and a filthy rich older couple... read the rest.

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