Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956)
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956)
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Cast & Crew.
Philip Carey
Lieutenant Michael Rhodes
Warren Stevens
Lieutenant William Storm
Patrick Whyte
Colonel Standish
Michael Carr
Daffadar Noor Ali / Noor Ali
Douglas Heyes
Writer
Lou Krugman
Mohammed Akbar
Mel Welles
Faziz / Manu Dass
Paul Picerni
Jaffar Kul Sidri / Latiff Faroze
Reginald Singh
Daffadar Lal Singh
Abraham Sofaer
Balwant Dari
Queenie Leonard
Frank De Kova
Joanna Barnes
John Hubbard
Leon Askin
Eugene Iglesias
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1956
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes26
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC during its 1956-57 season.
In a period in which much of the programming on U.S. television consisted of Westerns, Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers could best be described as an "Eastern". It consisted of the adventures of a fictional regiment of the famed real-life cavalry of the British Indian Army. The leading characters were the 77th's officers: the commander, Colonel Standish (Patrick Whyte) and two of his lieutenants, William Storm (Warren Stevens) and Michael Rhodes (Phil Carey). Rhodes was portrayed as a Canadian, purportedly because the actor portraying him, a native of New Jersey, could not be coached to produce a credible English accent.
George Archainbaud earned a nomination from the Directors Guild of America as well from the Emmys in 1957 for his direction of the episode "The Traitor," which first aired Nov. 19, 1956.The series failed in the ratings opposite Lassie on CBS and ended its run after six months on the air.It was sponsored by General Foods.