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LIEUTENANT, THE: TO SET IT RIGHT {UNAIRED EPISODE} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas concerning the lives of marines stationed at Camp Pendleton. In this episode, a black recruit is placed in a platoon with a white high school adversary. Lt. Rice attempts to alleviate racial tensions by talking to both men, allowing them to fight out their hostilities in the boxing ring, and by teaming them in a grueling climb up a treacherous cliff. Commercials deleted.
(Date shown was the intended airdate; the episode was pulled from the schedule after protests regarding its racial themes, and the series was canceled shortly thereafter.)
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: February 22, 1964 Saturday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:26
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T78:0377
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; African-American Collection - Drama; U S Marine Corps; Racism - Drama
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1963-1964
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Norman Felton … Executive Producer
- Gene Roddenberry … Producer, Created by
- Del Reisman … Associate Producer
- Vincent McEveety … Director
- Lee Erwin … Writer
- Jeff Alexander … Music by
- Gary Lockwood … Cast, Lt. Bill Rice
- Robert Vaughn … Cast, Capt. Raymond Rambridge
- Dennis Hopper … Cast, Cpl. Peter Devlin
- Don Marshall … Cast, Pvt. Ernest Cameron
- John Milford … Cast, Sgt. Kagey
- Woody Strode … Cast, Sgt. Logan Holt
- Nichelle Nichols … Cast, Norma Bartlett
- Preston Pierce … Cast, Ptv. Peter Vronsky
- Linc Wilson … Cast, Pvt. Winston Barlow
- Ed McReady … Cast, Mr. Taylor