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Overland Trail
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Overland Trail

1960
Overland Trail
Overland Trail

Overland Trail

7.5 | en | Western

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP17  The Most Dangerous Gentleman
Jun. 05,1960
The Most Dangerous Gentleman

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EP16  The Reckoning
May. 29,1960
The Reckoning

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EP15  The Escort Detail
May. 22,1960
The Escort Detail

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EP14  The Baron Comes Back
May. 15,1960
The Baron Comes Back

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EP13  Sour Annie
May. 08,1960
Sour Annie

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EP12  First Stage to Denver
May. 01,1960
First Stage to Denver

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EP11  Mission into Mexico
Apr. 24,1960
Mission into Mexico

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EP10  Fire in the Hole
Apr. 17,1960
Fire in the Hole

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EP9  The Vigilantes of Montana
Apr. 03,1960
The Vigilantes of Montana

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EP8  Lawyer in Petticoats
Mar. 27,1960
Lawyer in Petticoats

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EP7  Daughter of the Sioux
Mar. 20,1960
Daughter of the Sioux

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EP6  All the O'Mara Horses
Mar. 13,1960
All the O'Mara Horses

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EP5  Westbound Stage
Mar. 06,1960
Westbound Stage

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EP4  The High Bridge
Feb. 28,1960
The High Bridge

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EP3  West of Boston
Feb. 21,1960
West of Boston

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EP2  The O'Mara Ladies
Feb. 14,1960
The O'Mara Ladies

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EP1  Perilous Passage
Feb. 07,1960
Perilous Passage

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Released: 1960-02-07 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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.

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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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