The Rear Guard

Aug 10, 1976 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Aug 10, 1976
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Rear Guard
  • Release
    Aug 10, 1976
  • en
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Overview

The Rear Guard was a 1976 pilot episode for an American adaptation of the British situation comedy Dad's Army. Set in World War II, The Rear Guard followed a band of men in the American Civil Defense who were part of an auxiliary force in the event of an invasion of the USA. The episode was an adaptation of "The Deadly Attachment", in which a German U-Boat crew are placed under the supervision of the platoon. The pilot was aired on Tuesday the 10 August 1976, broadcast simultaneously on American Broadcasting Company channel 7 and 8. However it was not popular and never made it past its pilot to become a series. As it was a failure, the original tapes the show was recorded on were wiped. However copies of the show are in the possession of the show's director Hal Cooper and other producers that were associated with the show.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Herman Rush

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Lou Jacobi

    Sergeant Max Raskin

  2. Cliff Norton

    Captain Nick Rosatti

  3. Eddie Foy Jr.

    Bert Wagner

  4. John McCook

    Don Crawford

  5. Dennis Kort

    Bobby Henderson

  6. Arthur Peterson

    Mr. Muldoon

  7. Jim Connell

    Father Fitzgerald

  8. James McCallion

    Colonel Walsh

  9. Conrad Janis

    German Captain

  10. Ronda Copland

    Marsha Wilson

  11. Dave Morick

    Frank Sanicola

  12. Don Diamond

    Foster

  13. Claude Earl Jones

    Krupinsky

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 13 / Crews : 3

Season 1 ( 1976-08-10)

Pilot

Episode: 1
Aug 10, 1976 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Aug 10, 1976
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title The Rear Guard
en

Overview

The Rear Guard was a 1976 pilot episode for an American adaptation of the British situation comedy Dad's Army. Set in World War II, The Rear Guard followed a band of men in the American Civil Defense who were part of an auxiliary force in the event of an invasion of the USA. The episode was an adaptation of "The Deadly Attachment", in which a German U-Boat crew are placed under the supervision of the platoon. The pilot was aired on Tuesday the 10 August 1976, broadcast simultaneously on American Broadcasting Company channel 7 and 8. However it was not popular and never made it past its pilot to become a series. As it was a failure, the original tapes the show was recorded on were wiped. However copies of the show are in the possession of the show's director Hal Cooper and other producers that were associated with the show.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Herman Rush

    Producer