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The Lieutenant

1h

Drama

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.

Production Companies

MGM Television

Arena Productions

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

A Million Miles From Clary

1. A Million Miles From Clary

1h

14th Sep 1963

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.

Cool of the Evening

2. Cool of the Evening

1h

21st Sep 1963

The Proud and the Angry

3. The Proud and the Angry

1h

28th Sep 1963

Two-Star Giant

4. Two-Star Giant

1h

5th Oct 1963

A Very Private Affair

5. A Very Private Affair

1h

12th Oct 1963

To Take Up Serpents

6. To Take Up Serpents

1h

19th Oct 1963

A Touching of Hands

7. A Touching of Hands

1h

26th Oct 1963

Captain Thomson

8. Captain Thomson

1h

2nd Nov 1963

Instant Wedding

9. Instant Wedding

1h

9th Nov 1963

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.

A Troubled Image

10. A Troubled Image

1h

16th Nov 1963

Fall From A White Horse

11. Fall From A White Horse

1h

30th Nov 1963

Alert

12. Alert

1h

14th Dec 1963

The Art of Discipline

13. The Art of Discipline

1h

21st Dec 1963

The Alien

14. The Alien

1h

28th Dec 1963

O'Rourke

15. O'Rourke

1h

4th Jan 1964

Gone the Sun

16. Gone the Sun

1h

18th Jan 1964

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.

Between Music and Laughter

17. Between Music and Laughter

1h

25th Jan 1964

Interlude

18. Interlude

1h

1st Feb 1964

Capp's Lady

19. Capp's Lady

1h

8th Feb 1964

Green Water Green Flag

20. Green Water Green Flag

1h

15th Feb 1964

To Set It Right

21. To Set It Right

1h

22nd Feb 1964

In the Highest Tradition

22. In the Highest Tradition

1h

29th Feb 1964

Tour of Duty

23. Tour of Duty

1h

7th Mar 1964

Lament for a Dead Goldbrick

24. Lament for a Dead Goldbrick

1h

14th Mar 1964

Man with an Edge

25. Man with an Edge

1h

21st Mar 1964

Operation: Actress

26. Operation: Actress

1h

28th Mar 1964

Mother Enemy

27. Mother Enemy

1h

4th Apr 1964

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.

The War Called Peace

28. The War Called Peace

1h

11th Apr 1964

To Kill a Man

29. To Kill a Man

1h

18th Apr 1964

First air date

14th Sep 1963

Last air date

18th Apr 1964

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks