The Rear Guard
10/08/1976
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.
TV Show Information
Lou Jacobi
as Sergeant Max Raskin
Cliff Norton
as Captain Nick Rosatti
Eddie Foy Jr.
as Bert Wagner
John McCook
as Don Crawford
Dennis Kort
as Bobby Henderson
Arthur Peterson
as Mr. Muldoon
Jim Connell
as Father Fitzgerald
James McCallion
as Colonel Walsh
Conrad Janis
as German Captain
Ronda Copland
as Marsha Wilson
Dave Morick
as Frank Sanicola
Don Diamond
as Foster
Claude Earl Jones
as Krupinsky
