The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963–1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. 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. The series was released on DVD in two half-season sets by the Warner Archive Collection on August 14, 2012.

Drama

Seasons

1. A Million Miles From Clary

Air Date: 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.

2. Cool of the Evening

Air Date: 1963-09-21

3. The Proud and the Angry

Air Date: 1963-09-28

4. Two-Star Giant

Air Date: 1963-10-05

5. A Very Private Affair

Air Date: 1963-10-12

6. To Take Up Serpents

Air Date: 1963-10-19

7. A Touching of Hands

Air Date: 1963-10-26

8. Captain Thomson

Air Date: 1963-11-02

9. Instant Wedding

Air Date: 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.

10. A Troubled Image

Air Date: 1963-11-16

11. Fall From A White Horse

Air Date: 1963-11-30

12. Alert

Air Date: 1963-12-14

13. The Art of Discipline

Air Date: 1963-12-21

14. The Alien

Air Date: 1963-12-28

15. O'Rourke

Air Date: 1964-01-04

16. Gone the Sun

Air Date: 1964-01-18

17. Between Music and Laughter

Air Date: 1964-01-25

18. Interlude

Air Date: 1964-02-01

19. Capp's Lady

Air Date: 1964-02-08

20. Green Water Green Flag

Air Date: 1964-02-15

21. To Set It Right

Air Date: 1964-02-22

22. In the Highest Tradition

Air Date: 1964-02-29

23. Tour of Duty

Air Date: 1964-03-07

24. Lament for a Dead Goldbrick

Air Date: 1964-03-14

25. Man with an Edge

Air Date: 1964-03-21

26. Operation: Actress

Air Date: 1964-03-28

27. Mother Enemy

Air Date: 1964-04-04

28. The War Called Peace

Air Date: 1964-04-11

29. To Kill a Man

Air Date: 1964-04-18

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Rating

6.0/10

Release Date

1963-09-14

Episodes

29 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Gary Lockwood

Lt. William 'Bill' Rice

Robert Vaughn

Captain Ray Rambridge

Videos

Production Companies

MGM Television

Arena Productions