The Rat Patrol - The Complete Series Cast: Christopher George, Eric Braeden, Gary Raymond, Lawrence Casey
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- DVD Release Date: 05/13/2008
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Although it came at the tail end of a cycle of World War II-themed TV shows, The Rat Patrol is more fondly remembered than most of its predecessors, and not without good reason. Set in North Africa, where Allied forces waged a lengthy struggle against Field Marshal Rommel's Afrika Corps, the series focused on a four-man commando team, the Rat Patrol, working under the auspices of the Long Range Desert Group. The series pilot, "The Chase of Fire Raid" (each episode has the word "raid" in its title), showed Sergeant Sam Troy (Christopher George) and Privates Mark Hitchcock (Lawrence Casey) and Tully Pettigrew (Justin Tarr) of the U.S. Army joining forces with British Sergeant Jack Moffitt (Gary Raymond) in an attempt to find and destroy a cache of German ammunition and fuel hidden at an oasis. Their chief opponent in this and most episodes is Captain Dietrich (The Young and the Restless star Eric Braeden, billed as Hans Gudegast), who over the course of the series comes to respect his fast-moving, quick-striking adversaries. Other highlights in the 30 episodes of the 1966-67 season include "The Fatal Chase Raid," starring future Love Boat star Gavin MacLeod as crafty, cowardly Sergeant Archie Gribs; "The B-Negative Raid," in which Troy infiltrates a German field camp to steal blood for the badly wounded Moffitt; and "The Bring 'Em Back Alive Raid," which finds Troy, in possession of a German scientist, negotiating with Dietrich for the lives of his captured comrades. Well produced and crammed with action, The Rat Patrol delighted late-'60s viewers and holds up surprisingly well four decades after it premiered. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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