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The Lieutenant (1963–1964)

1 season29 episodes60 min per episode★ 8.2 · 350 votes

• Drama

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.

First aired

September 14, 1963

Last episode

April 18, 1964

Network

NBC

Country of origin

United States