The Lieutenant
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Drama
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 29
avg.Runtime | 60 min
First EP | 1963-09-14
Last EP | 1964-04-18
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Rating : 6
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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.
Produced by
MGM Television
Arena Productions
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1963-09-14
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A Million Miles From Clary
1963-09-14
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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Cool of the Evening
1963-09-21
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The Proud and the Angry
1963-09-28
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Two-Star Giant
1963-10-05
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A Very Private Affair
1963-10-12
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To Take Up Serpents
1963-10-19
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A Touching of Hands
1963-10-26
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Captain Thomson
1963-11-02
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Instant Wedding
1963-11-09
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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A Troubled Image
1963-11-16
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Fall From A White Horse
1963-11-30
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Alert
1963-12-14
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The Art of Discipline
1963-12-21
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The Alien
1963-12-28
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O'Rourke
1964-01-04
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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Gone the Sun
1964-01-18
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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Between Music and Laughter
1964-01-25
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Interlude
1964-02-01
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Capp's Lady
1964-02-08
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Green Water Green Flag
1964-02-15
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To Set It Right
1964-02-22
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In the Highest Tradition
1964-02-29
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Tour of Duty
1964-03-07
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Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
1964-03-14
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Man with an Edge
1964-03-21
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Operation: Actress
1964-03-28
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Mother Enemy
1964-04-04
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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The War Called Peace
1964-04-11
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To Kill a Man
1964-04-18
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