Thursday, May 17, 2007

The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol Action TV Series


Casts:
  • Christopher George as Sgt. Sam Troy
  • Justin Tarr as Pvt. Tully Pettigrew
  • Gary Raymond as Sgt. Jack Moffitt
  • Lawrence Casey as Pvt. Mark Hitchcock
  • Eric Braedenas Capt. Hans Dietrich

The Rat Patrol action adventure series based on true to life British Attack Corps on World War II, about the elite 4-man team commandos of 111th Armor Recon connected with the Long Range Desert Group who wreaked havoc against Rommel's Afrika Korps in Second World War.

Impossible Odds.. Impossible tasks... were the missions of the elite force was led by American cncharismatic Sergeant Sam Troy with his team, Private Mark “Hitch” T. Hitchcock, Private Tully Pettigrew and British patrolman Sergeant. Jack Moffitt, riding their modified jeep truck transport in treacherous desert terrain and loaded with heavy .50 caliber machine guns. They wrote great chronicles in their North Africa invasion and joining forces with other allied groups in this irregular-war against German nemesis led by DAK Captain Hauptmann Dietrich.

The Rat Patrol produced two seasons of 58 colored episodes aired from September 1966 to September 1968 on ABC.

The Rat Patrol DVD