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.
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Richard Donner
Director
John Ford
Director
Virgil W. Vogel
Director
Sidney Lanfield
Director
Richard Whorf
Director
Jerry Hopper
Director
Herschel Daugherty
Director
Mark Stevens
Director
Richard Bartlett
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Allen H. Miner
Director
R.G. Springsteen
Director
Dick Moder
Director
Frank Arrigo
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Richard Maibaum
Writer
Terry Wilson
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