The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant

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.

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

Videos

Production Companies

MGM Television

MGM Television

Arena Productions