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Overland Trail

Overland Trail

Overland Trail

1960-02-07 | en

Doug McClure William Bendix Mary Tyler Moore

Western

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EP1 Perilous Passage

Feb. 07,1960

Perilous Passage

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EP2 The O'Mara Ladies

Feb. 14,1960

The O'Mara Ladies

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EP3 West of Boston

Feb. 21,1960

West of Boston

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EP4 The High Bridge

Feb. 28,1960

The High Bridge

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EP5 Westbound Stage

Mar. 06,1960

Westbound Stage

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EP6 All the O'Mara Horses

Mar. 13,1960

All the O'Mara Horses

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EP7 Daughter of the Sioux

Mar. 20,1960

Daughter of the Sioux

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EP8 Lawyer in Petticoats

Mar. 27,1960

Lawyer in Petticoats

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EP9 The Vigilantes of Montana

Apr. 03,1960

The Vigilantes of Montana

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EP10 Fire in the Hole

Apr. 17,1960

Fire in the Hole

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EP11 Mission into Mexico

Apr. 24,1960

Mission into Mexico

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EP12 First Stage to Denver

May. 01,1960

First Stage to Denver

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EP13 Sour Annie

May. 08,1960

Sour Annie

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EP14 The Baron Comes Back

May. 15,1960

The Baron Comes Back

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EP15 The Escort Detail

May. 22,1960

The Escort Detail

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EP16 The Reckoning

May. 29,1960

The Reckoning

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EP17 The Most Dangerous Gentleman

Jun. 05,1960

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Overland Trail was a short lived television western about the adventures of an earthy stage coach line superintendent and his young partner as they strive to keep the stage routes open and safe. William Bendix played Frederick Thomas "Fred" Kelly, the superintendent of the fictitious Overland Stage Company. Doug McClure appeared as Frank "Flip" Flippen, Kelly's associate in the business.

Overland Trail Audience Reviews

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

bkoganbing Overland Trail premiered in 1960 which was the height of an era when westerns were just dominating prime time viewing. It was an entertaining sort and it starred William Bendix who was never bad in anything as a gruff and hearty supervisor of the Overland Stage Lines and his young sidekick Doug McClure. Bendix was a troubleshooter and usually had to shoot some trouble that McClure got in. McClure was an orphan kid who Bendix raised and taught the business. Apparently McClure learned the facts of life on his own because he was constantly getting involved with one female or another. With those California surfer boy looks, McClure was to guarantee a young audience.Which sadly never materialized. Bendix who made radio and television history as the ever put upon Chester A. Riley in The Life Of Riley just went back to feature films. As for McClure he found television immortality in The Virginian and any number of action/adventure films in his life.Overland Trail never found its audience. I remember it being on Sunday night and Sunday nights had Steve Allen, Ed Sullivan, Maverick and Lassie on so it was a tough field.Bendix always hawked the virtues of the Concord stages that Overland Stage used. I can still hear him saying the title quote in one of the episodes.

thedoctorrr William Bendix starred in this show as Fred Kelly who worked for the Overland stage company along with Doug McClure as Frank 'Flip' Flippen. Flip was raised by Indians and had a reckless streak in him which the gruff Kelly tries to keep in check. The episodes I've seen are very entertaining and are a sort of mix of The Tales Of Wells Fargo but with some of the humour of Laredo. It's the banter between the older, gruff Bendix and the very youthful McClure which makes this quite a fun show. For example, Flip isn't as tied to the job as Kelly and sometimes has notions of leaving the job- in one episode to get married! Kelly isn't above conning Flip into taking 'one last job' for the company which always leads to him staying on. The show had a short run, lost in the glut of TV westerns, although the trend was past its peak. An entertaining show nonetheless.

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