TV series

Garrison's Gorillas

1967–1968 · 1 season

A brisk, old-fashioned wartime adventure with a likable crew of rogues, light tension and easy episodic thrills.

Overview: Garrison's Gorillas is an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced. It was inspired by the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen, which featured a similar scenario of training Allied prisoners for World War II military missions. Garrison's Gorillas was canceled at the close of its first season and replaced by The Mod Squad in 1968. It managed to gather a cult following in China in the 1980s.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, light and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: War, crime, loyalty, betrayal
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
crime
loyalty
betrayal
survival
Places: big city
countryside
military
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none