Overland Trail (TV series) explained

Alt Name:	Overland Stage
Genre:	Western
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	17
Executive Producer:	Nat Holt
Producer:	Samuel A. Peeples
Camera:	Single-camera
Runtime:	60 mins.
Channel:	NBC

Overland Trail is an American Western television series starring William Bendix and Doug McClure which aired on NBC from February 7 to June 6, 1960.

Synopsis

Bendix portrayed Frederick Thomas "Fred" Kelly, fictitious superintendent of the Overland Stage Company. McClure appeared as Frank "Flip" Flippen, Bendix's young associate.^[1]

Overland Trail aired opposite Lassie and Dennis the Menace on CBS and Walt Disney Presents and Maverick on ABC. Overland Trail left the air on September 11, 1960, after summer rebroadcasts. It was replaced by the last season of NBC's Shirley Temple's Storybook.^[2]

Notable guest stars

Notable guest stars included:

• Mario Alcalde
• John Anderson
  • Claude Akins Lynn Bari
• Rayford Barnes
  • Whitney Blake Russ Bender
  • James Best Chet Brandenburg
• Robert Bray
• John Carradine
• Steve Conte
• Walter Coy
• Frank Dekova
• Alan Dexter
• Don Dubbins
• Frank Ferguson
• Dianne Foster
• Kelton Garwood
• Robert Griffin
• Ron Hayes
• Rex Holman
• Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
• Lang Jeffries
• Ray Kellogg
• Werner Klemperer
• Robert Loggia
• BarBara Luna
• Barton MacLane
• Ted Mapes
• John Marley
• Lucy Marlow
• Ken Mayer
  • Mercedes McCambridge Sean McClory
• John McIntire
• Denny Scott Miller
• Gerald Mohr
• Mary Tyler Moore
• Read Morgan
• Jimmy Noel
• Gregg Palmer
• Slim Pickens
  • • Andrew Prine Judson Pratt Denver Pyle
• Gilman Rankin
• Karen Sharpe
• Quentin Sondergaard
• Boyd Stockman
• Kelly Thordsen
• Eddy Waller
• Adam West
• Peter Whitney
• Robert J. Wilke
• Tony Young

Home media

On February 14, 2012, Timeless Media Group released Overland Trail- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Alex McNeil, Total Television New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 634
2. McNeil, Total Television, appendix
3. Web site: Overland Trail - 'The Complete Series' Announced: Date, Cost, Details and Packaging. Lamber. David. November 14, 2011. tvshowsondvd.com. January 14, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119083041/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Overland-Trail-The-Complete-Series/16207. January 19, 2012.