Product Details

• Actors: Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker, Ivor Francis, Jeannine Riley, Lori Saunders
• Directors: Jack Arnold, Earl Bellamy, Oscar Rudolph
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: St Clair Vision
• DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001GH7GI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,057 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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3.0 out of 5 stars it needed a laugh track!, January 6, 2012

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R. English - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (DVD)

We have this "movie" in a 2004 packaging (from Westlake Entertainment Group), which has a different presentation cover than the one shown here. Nearly all of the write-ups, including the DVD jackets, claim this "movie" to be an editing of 3 episodes taken from the show "Dusty's Trail" (which ran only 1 season of 26 total episodes, from 11 September 1973 through 12 March 1974). However, a careful study of the changes and plot shifts show it to be from 4 EPISODES, not 3. These shows, were initially edited for their original TV network airings to run approximately 21-23 minutes, leaving time for commercials, in a full 30-minute time slot. When all of the commercials and credits are edited out, and only one set of opening and newer closing credits are added, 86-88 minutes running time for the "movie" work out to about 21 minutes per sequence, which is clearly evident in the 4 distinct changes in the story lines. The four episodes, as used, in order, within this "movie", are: "Tomahawk Territory" (Episode 8), "Horse Of Another Color" (Episode 3), "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" (Episode 2), and "The Not So Magnificant Seven" (Episode 1).

Now, having hopefully helped to clear up this long-running mistake, we have to say that while the show surely had its own funny moments, and was clearly similar to "Gilligan's Island", the "movie" could have been helped very much by the insertion of a "laugh track", which would have helped the humor and "nudged" the viewers into laughing along. As funny as the "movie" COULD have been, it needed a laugh track!

R. English
Kansas City, MO

5.0 out of 5 stars Family DVD, December 27, 2011

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This review is from: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (DVD)

If you are a Bob Denver fan this is a great find. It is silly and funny for the whole family.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars gilligan goes west, March 27, 2006

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John D. Page "movie fan" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (DVD)

i have this "movie"(3 episodes of dusty's trail a short lived gilligan's island western clone) as part of a double feature with rescue from gilligan's island and i show it to my boys and they love it. this is 3 episodes not found on the almost complete first season collection. you'll love it or hate it but you will not sit on the fence. if you give it a chance it's silly family fun.