Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
| Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion | |
|---|---|
 Buster Crabbe with real life son 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. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Agadir, Morocco |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | 13 February 1955 – 7 December 1957 |
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion is an American half-hour black-and-white
American television under the title Foreign Legionnaire.[2]
Production
The first season of the television show was filmed on location in North Africa with many actual Legionnaires and their installations featuring in the show.Camp Darby, near Pisa.[citation needed]
One of the producers of the show was Harry Saltzman.[citation needed] The executive producer was Gilbert A. Ralston. Directors were Marcel Crevenne, Sam Newfield, Pierre Schwab, and Jean Yarbrough. Writers were Jack Andrews, Gene Levitt, and William N. Robson.[3]
Three episodes were spliced together as a film released in the United Kingdom called Desert Outpost (1954) directed by Sam Newfield.[4]
Tie-ins
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- Four issues of an H. J. Heinz Company.
- A playset by Louis Marx and Company containing a metal fort, palm trees, tents, and accessories, and figures of Buster and Cullen Crabbe as well as Legionnaires and Arab figures.
- The Captain Gallant Adventure Game was a 1955 board game.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion.
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ^ a b "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion". Variety. February 16, 1955. p. 31. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ BFI | Film & TV Database | DESERT OUTPOST (1954)
