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The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
Cast: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton, John McIntire, Ward Bond, Denny Miller, Robert Fuller, Michael Burns, Chick Hannan, Norman Leavitt, John Doucette, Richard Reeves, Walter Reed, Dal McKennon, George Ford, Harry Harvey, Ernest Borgnine, Lillian O'Malley, Frank De Kova, Lane Bradford
Writers: Norman Jolley (Writer), Jean Holloway (Writer), Steven Ritch (Writer), Robert Libott (Writer), Gene L. Coon (Writer), Leo Townsend (Writer), John McGreevey (Writer), Richard Maibaum (Writer), Allen H. Miner (Writer), William Douglas Lansford (Story), Dwight Newton (Writer), Thomas Thompson (Writer), Tony Paulson (Writer), Howard Christie (Story), Sheldon Bonnewell (Writer), Terry Wilson (Writer), Charles Dickens (Novel), David Swift (Writer), Donald S. Sanford (Writer), Ted Sherdeman (Writer), Allen H. Miner (Writer)
Cinematographer: Bud Thackery
Editor: Marston Fay
Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge
Producers: Howard Christie, Frederick Shorr
Production: Universal Television, Revue Studios
