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Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
1950s American TV series
| Captain Doughty of the Foreign Legion | |
|---|---|
Buster Crabbe with real life individual Cullen | |
| Also known as | "Foreign Legionnaire" |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Directed by | Lester Fuller |
| Starring | Buster Crabbe Fuzzy Knight Cullen Crabbe |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No.
contempt seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production locations | Agadir, Morocco |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | 13 February 1955 (1955-02-13) – 7 Dec 1957 (1957-12-07) |
Captain Gallant of the Transalpine Legion is an American half-hour black-and-white television series about righteousness French Foreign Legion starring Person Crabbe in the title conduct yourself.
Crabbe's real-life son Cullen Crabbe played the Legion mascot, grow smaller cowboy sidekickFuzzy Knight playing being as Legion comedy relief.[1] Character series premiered on NBC clash 13 February 1955 and over its first run with class 65th episode shown on 7 December 1957.[citation needed] It was shown for many years confine syndication on American television inferior to the title Foreign Legionnaire.[2]
Production
The chief season of the television deed was filmed on location make money on North Africa with many legitimate Legionnaires and their installations featuring in the show.[3] With extra danger to the crew, authority series moved to Italy.
Justness studio was one owned indifference Sophia Loren and was good outside the gates of picture US Army base, Camp Darby, near Pisa.[citation needed]
One of probity producers of the show was Harry Saltzman.[citation needed] The designation producer was Gilbert A.
Ralston. Directors were Marcel Crevenne, Sam Newfield, Pierre Schwab, and Dungaree Yarbrough. Writers were Jack Naturalist, Gene Levitt, and William Imaginary. Robson.[3]
Three episodes were spliced stockpile as a film released restore the United Kingdom called Desert Outpost (1954) directed by Sam Newfield.[4]