Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

A brisk, old-fashioned adventure serial with cavalry charges, stiff-upper-lip heroics, and simple moral tales.

Created by

Douglas Heyes

Genres

Action & adventure

Starring

Philip Carey, Warren Stevens, Patrick Whyte

Overview

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC during its 1956-57 season. In a period in which much of the programming on U.S. television consisted of Westerns, Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers could best be described as an "Eastern". It consisted of the adventures of a fictional regiment of the famed real-life cavalry of the British Indian Army. The leading characters were the 77th's officers: the commander, Colonel Standish and two of his lieutenants, William Storm and Michael Rhodes. Rhodes was portrayed as a Canadian, purportedly because the actor portraying him, a native of New Jersey, could not be coached to produce a credible British accent.

How it feels

Earnest, campy, tense and warm. Brisk and fine in the background.

About

War, loyalty, justice, colonialism

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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