Many of the main characters from the Moonrunners movie and from the The Dukes of Hazzard TV series correspond to each other. The following table gives an overview over these character correspondencies.
| Moonrunners | The Dukes of Hazzard | ||||
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| Image | Character (Actor) |
Remarks | Image | Character (Actor) |
Remarks |
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Jesse Hagg (Arthur Hunnicutt) |
owner of the Hagg Farm, uncle of Grady and Bobby |  |
Jesse Duke (Denver Pyle) |
owner of the Duke Farm, uncle of Bo, Luke and Daisy |
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Grady Hagg (James Mitchum) |
nephew of Jesse, cousin of Bobby |  |
Bo Duke (John Schneider) |
nephew of Jesse, cousin of Luke and Daisy |
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Bobby Lee Hagg (Kiel Martin) |
nephew of Jesse, cousin of Grady |  |
Luke Duke (Tom Wopat) |
nephew of Jesse, cousin of Bo and Daisy |
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Beth Ann Eubanks (Chris Forbes) |
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Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach) |
niece of Jesse, cousin of Bo and Luke | |
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Jake Rainey (George Ellis) |
Boss |  |
Jefferson Davis Hogg (Sorrell Booke) |
Boss |
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Reba Rainey (Joan Blackman) |
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Lulu Coltrane Hogg (Peggy Rea) |
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Rosco Coltrane (Bruce Atkins) |
Sheriff |  |
Rosco Purvis Coltrane (James Best) |
Sheriff |
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Cooter Pettigrew (Bill Gribble) |
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Cooter Davenport (Ben Jones) |
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Cooter's brother (Phil Pleasants) |
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Jeeter Davenport (Ben Jones) |
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Balladeer (Waylon Jennings) |
narrator of the story |  |
Balladeer (Waylon Jennings) |
narrator of the story |
Other correspondencies are:
- The car of the cousins: Grady Hagg's car Traveller, named after General Robert E. Lee's horse Traveller, corresponds to Bo Duke's car General Lee, named after the general himself.
- Shiloh County, where the Hagg Farm, the home of the Hagg family, is located, corresponds to Hazzard County, where the Duke Farm, the home of the Duke Family is located.