Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
| Return of the Beverly Hillbillies | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Paul Henning |
| Directed by | Robert M. Leeds |
| Starring |
Buddy Ebsen Donna Douglas Nancy Kulp Ray Young Imogene Coca Werner Klemperer |
| Music by |
Billy May Earl Scruggs |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Al Simon Ron Beckman |
| Producer(s) | Paul Henning |
| Cinematography | Frank Phillips |
| Editor(s) | Richard Greer |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | CBS Entertainment Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 6, 1981 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Beverly Hillbillies |
Return of the Beverly Hillbillies is a 1981 American made-for-television comedy film based on the 1962–1971 sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies starring original cast members Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas and Nancy Kulp reprising their respective roles of Jed Clampett, Elly May Clampett and Jane Hathaway, along with newcomers Werner Klemperer as C.D. Medford, Ray Young as Jethro Bodine and Imogene Coca as Granny's 100-year-old mother; noticeably absent from the cast were Irene Ryan (Granny) and Raymond Bailey (Mr. Drysdale), who had both died in 1973 and 1980 respectively, and Max Baer Jr. (the original Jethro), who declined to participate.
The film was produced and written by original series creator Paul Henning and was intended as a pilot for a proposed revival of the series, but this never materialized. Return of the Beverly Hillbillies premiered as The CBS Tuesday Night Movie on October 6, 1981.
Ten years after the original series, Jed Clampett has returned to his roots to live in a backwoods cabin in the town of Bug Tussle rather than living alone at his Beverly Hills mansion after having voluntarily divided his massive fortune between daughter Elly May and nephew Jethro Bodine, both of whom have remained on the West Coast (Jethro is now a successful Hollywood producer running his own movie studio and Elly May has opened a zoo for her beloved critters). Jane Hathaway, once the personal secretary of banker Mr. Milburn Drysdale of the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills, is now a Washington bureaucrat working for the Department of Energy.
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