Lieutenant Johnny Reardon and his motley company of troopers defend miles of Arizona frontier against Apaches and cutthroats.Lieutenant Johnny Reardon and his motley company of troopers defend miles of Arizona frontier against Apaches and cutthroats.Lieutenant Johnny Reardon and his motley company of troopers defend miles of Arizona frontier against Apaches and cutthroats.
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- TriviaThis pilot was developed as a proposed 1956 summer replacement series for Our Miss Brooks (1952), However, CBS chose Zane Grey Theatre (1956) instead.
- GoofsIn the credits, the name of the settler played by Bing Russell is given as "Jenner", but in the show he identifies himself as "Jordan".
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Lt. Johnny Reardon: This is the territory - Arizona - 1868. This is the fort, such as it is. These are the men. Ex-mutineers, deserters, Confederate prisoners. But mixed in with these are a handful of the finest regulars on earth, all of them soldiers at $13 a month. My name is Reardon.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Forsaken Westerns: Cavalry Patrol (2017)
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Unsuccessful Western Pilot
This is a b/w outdoor western about a cavalry outfit in 1868 Arizona. It was filmed as a pilot for a 30-minute western series but it wasn't picked up. Zane Grey Theater was picked up instead and it went on to be a long running successful series.
Dewey Martin stars as Lt. Johnny Reardon, commander of G Troop. He leads a cavalry patrol and learns that the supposedly peaceful Apaches are on the warpath. The situations are far flung and the dialogue unbelievable. The resolution of the warpath problem is off the charts unbelievable. Had Cavalry Patrol been picked up as a regular series, the writing would have had to be vastly improved for it to last longer than one season.
The cast is good as there are many familiar face sprinkled in among the troopers and Apaches. Sheb Wooley plays a scout that is quite similar to his Pete Nolan character on Rawhide. Victor Jory and Paul Richards play Apaches.
I just watched this on YouTube on the Forgotten Westerns series. It's worth spending 30 minutes to watch it as a view into what television used to be.
Dewey Martin stars as Lt. Johnny Reardon, commander of G Troop. He leads a cavalry patrol and learns that the supposedly peaceful Apaches are on the warpath. The situations are far flung and the dialogue unbelievable. The resolution of the warpath problem is off the charts unbelievable. Had Cavalry Patrol been picked up as a regular series, the writing would have had to be vastly improved for it to last longer than one season.
The cast is good as there are many familiar face sprinkled in among the troopers and Apaches. Sheb Wooley plays a scout that is quite similar to his Pete Nolan character on Rawhide. Victor Jory and Paul Richards play Apaches.
I just watched this on YouTube on the Forgotten Westerns series. It's worth spending 30 minutes to watch it as a view into what television used to be.
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- hogwrassler
- Jan 2, 2022
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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