Dusty's Trail
Dusty's Trail
NR | 11 September 1973 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
    Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
    Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
    Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
    bcbcbc-52866 Utter mind-numbing crap Utter mind-numbing crap Utter mind-numbing crap Utter mind-numbing crap Utter mind-numbing crap Utter mind-numbing crap Utter mind-numbing crap
    DKosty123 Some folks remember the Tucker Automobile which was a dud introduced with pretty models and sold less than 200 cars before bankruptcy? This is Sherwood Schwartz equal to it in sitcom land. You have the looker - Laurie Saunders of Petticoat Junction, the actor in Forrest Tucker, and the zany wackier of Bob Denver in a lost western sit com. Only this one makes The Guns of Will Sonnett look like Shakespeare.They forgot to invite the writers into the casting party and the scripts show it. There is a group of full episodes on You Tube now so you can judge it for yourself. In a way I hope the whole show which looks like it ran on ABC - not the Nursery school- gets put on there just to find out if there is a really funny episode. I suspect there is not but that is the only way to find out.
    playtrombone This show was Gilligan's Island set in the old West. Instead of being shipwrecked on a deserted island, they are a group separated from a wagon train and lost in the wilderness.Every character in Gilligan's Island has a direct counterpart in Dusty's Trail. Of course, the title character is played in both series by Bob Denver. The Skipper is replaced by the wagon master, Forrest Tucker. There is a rich married couple, farm girl, and smart guy in each group. And this series substitutes a saloon hall girl for an actress to round out the group of seven.Just as the castaways in Gilligan's Island spent every episode trying to get off the island, in Dusty's Trail, they try to find their way out of the wilderness, and failing every time. Just the same, the episodes are amusing, although they seem a little watered-down for us Gilligan's Island fanatics. We only watch this series to see Bob Denver in his usual antics.
    Rockstar-5 From the producer of "Gilligan's Island" (considered in many quarters to be the dumbest T.V. show in history but fondly remembered), Sherwood Schwartz, came this almost plot-by-plot, character-by-character copy, "Dusty's Trail". With not one note of originality, each character was lifted from "Gilligan's Is- land" and placed in the old west. Bob Denver (Gilligan in the original series) played inept assistant wagon master Dusty, For- rest Tucker played Callahan (the Skipper character) the wagon master, and the rest of the characters: Mr. and Mrs. Brookhaven, the stuffy, wealthy Bostonians (Howells). Lulu, the saloon girl (Ginger). Betsy, the wholesome schoolteacher (Mary Ann). Andy, a regular guy type (Professor).The plot involved Dusty ineptly causing a Conestoga wagon to become separated from the rest of the wagon train and having to bumble their way, lost toward California. Everything was directly ripped-off from Schwartz's successful "Gilligan's Island" which at least had the distinction of being a network series. "Dusty's Trail" was a first-run syndicated show so the budgets were almost non-existent, making the series not only unfunny but also cheap and embarrassing looking.Television at its' worst!