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Series · 1963–1964Ended

The Lieutenant

7.0·1 season·29 episodes·60 min avg.

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.

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A Million Miles From Clary
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Sep 14, 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.

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Cool of the Evening
Cool of the Evening
Sep 21, 1963
03
The Proud and the Angry
The Proud and the Angry
Sep 28, 1963
04
Two-Star Giant
Two-Star Giant
Oct 5, 1963
05
A Very Private Affair
A Very Private Affair
Oct 12, 1963
06
To Take Up Serpents
To Take Up Serpents
Oct 19, 1963
07
A Touching of Hands
A Touching of Hands
Oct 26, 1963
08
Captain Thomson
Captain Thomson
Nov 2, 1963
09
Instant Wedding
Instant Wedding
Nov 9, 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.

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A Troubled Image
A Troubled Image
Nov 16, 1963
11
Fall From A White Horse
Fall From A White Horse
Nov 30, 1963
12
Alert
Alert
Dec 14, 1963
13
The Art of Discipline
The Art of Discipline
Dec 21, 1963
14
The Alien
The Alien
Dec 28, 1963
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O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Jan 4, 1964

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
Gone the Sun
Jan 18, 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.

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Between Music and Laughter
Between Music and Laughter
Jan 25, 1964
18
Interlude
Interlude
Feb 1, 1964
19
Capp's Lady
Capp's Lady
Feb 8, 1964
20
Green Water Green Flag
Green Water Green Flag
Feb 15, 1964
21
To Set It Right
To Set It Right
Feb 22, 1964
22
In the Highest Tradition
In the Highest Tradition
Feb 29, 1964
23
Tour of Duty
Tour of Duty
Mar 7, 1964
24
Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
Lament for a Dead Goldbrick
Mar 14, 1964
25
Man with an Edge
Man with an Edge
Mar 21, 1964

Rice loses his girlfriend to a Naval Academy football All-American, who also happens to be the nephew of the colonel.

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Operation: Actress
Operation: Actress
Mar 28, 1964
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Mother Enemy
Mother Enemy
Apr 4, 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.

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The War Called Peace
The War Called Peace
Apr 11, 1964
29
To Kill a Man
To Kill a Man
Apr 18, 1964

Cast

2 credited
Gary Lockwood
Lt. William 'Bill' Rice
Robert Vaughn
Captain Ray Rambridge

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