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 Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. Rice is a recent graduate of the United States Naval Academy and had been assigned his first command, that of a rifle platoon. Rice is a young, educated idealist who still has much to learn from an older mentor. Also featured is Captain Raymond Rambridge, Rice's company commander, an up-from-the-ranks officer. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: No Rating | |
Released: | September 14, 1963 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | CBS MGM Television Arena Productions | |
Cast: | Robert Vaughn Gary Lockwood Carmen Phillips Don Penny | |
Crew: | Gene Roddenberry | |
Watcher 1 : Dag nabit, still no resolution. Not sure I'll watch for 4th season. This feels too much li...