The Lieutenant (1963)
Synopsis
Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
First Air Date: 1963-09-14
Last Air Date: 1964-04-18
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 29
Created By: Gene Roddenberry
Networks: NBC
Top Cast
- Gary Lockwood as Lt. William 'Bill' Rice
- Robert Vaughn as Captain Ray Rambridge
- Harold Gould as Lt. Col. Raleigh Wade
- James Gregory as N/A
- John Milford as Sgt. Ben Kagey
- Henry Beckman as N/A
- Sandra Grant as N/A
- Yale Summers as Lt. Barry Everest
- Christopher Connelly as Cpl. Derek Russell
- Mario Roccuzzo as Pvt. Brian Barducci
Seasons
Season 1 (1963)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: A Million Miles From Clary
Stew Sallaway, champion goldbrick at Clary High, could always depend on his buddy Bill Rice to get him out of a jam. Now Stew is a Marine private, and his ailing father asks Rice to have the boy to his platoon.
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Ep. 2: Cool of the Evening
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Ep. 3: The Proud and the Angry
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Ep. 4: Two-Star Giant
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Ep. 5: A Very Private Affair
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Ep. 6: To Take Up Serpents
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Ep. 7: A Touching of Hands
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Ep. 8: Captain Thomson
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Ep. 9: Instant Wedding
Rice is pressed upon by a friend to look after his girl in advance of a year-long posting in the far east without leave. She demands they marry right away, and it falls on Rice to quickly put together a formal Marine wedding ceremony.
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Ep. 10: A Troubled Image
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Ep. 11: Fall From A White Horse
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Ep. 12: Alert
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Ep. 13: The Art of Discipline
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Ep. 14: The Alien
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Ep. 15: O'Rourke
An ex Marine who is also a journalist is assigned to Rice's unit to do an article on the modern Marine core. Rice quickly discovers not is all as it should be in the situation.
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Ep. 16: Gone the Sun
Rice returns to his home town to aid in the burial of a Marine killed in a training accident. He has to deal with the grieving family of the boy as well as the changes that have occurred since he has been away.
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Ep. 17: Between Music and Laughter
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Ep. 18: Interlude
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Ep. 19: Capp's Lady
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Ep. 20: Green Water Green Flag
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Ep. 21: To Set It Right
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Ep. 22: In the Highest Tradition
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Ep. 23: Tour of Duty
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Ep. 24: Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
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Ep. 25: Man with an Edge
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Ep. 26: Operation: Actress
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Ep. 27: Mother Enemy
A young sergeant is being evaluated for officer training, but unexpectedly it's revealed that his mother is a communist agent and she's in town to pitch a rabble-rousing speech at a rally where she will denounce the Marine Corps for not immediately elevating his rank, against his wishes. It falls on Rice to determine what will be done with the sergeant.
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Ep. 28: The War Called Peace
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Ep. 29: To Kill a Man
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