The Rear Guard
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.
Year: 1976
Genre: Comedy
Country: United States of America
Studio: ABC
Director: Jimmy Perry, David Croft
Cast: Lou Jacobi, Cliff Norton, Eddie Foy Jr., John McCook, Dennis Kort, Arthur Peterson
Crew: Hal Cooper (Director), Arthur Julian (Writer), Herman Rush (Producer)
First Air Date: Aug 10, 1976
Last Air date: Aug 10, 1976
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 1 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 2.1841
Language: English
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