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Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion is an American half-hour black-and-white television series about the French Foreign Legion starring Buster Crabbe in the title role. Crabbe's real-life son Cullen Crabbe played the Legion mascot, with cowboy sidekick Fuzzy Knight playing himself as Legion comedy relief. The series premiered on NBC on 13 February 1955 and ended its first run with the 65th episode shown on 7 December 1957. It was shown for many years in syndication on American television under the title Foreign Legionnaire.
Original Release
02/13/1955 on NBC
US Release
02/13/1955
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Cullen Crabbe | Cuffy Sanders |
| Buster Crabbe | Captain Michael Gallant |
| Fuzzy Knight | Private Fuzzy Knight |
| Fuzzy Knight | Pvt. Fuzzy Knight |
| Buster Crabbe | Capt. Michael Gallant |
| Peter Trent | Colonel |
| Giacomo Rossi Stuart | Sgt. Rousseau |
| Gilles Quéant | Sergeant Duval |
| Gilles Quéant | Sgt. DuVal |
| Daniel Lecourtois | The Colonel |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gallant's New Post | Sunday, 16 September 1956 |
| 2 | Cuffy's Guides | Sunday, 23 September 1956 |
| 3 | The Long Night | Sunday, 30 September 1956 |
| 4 | Cuffy's Present | Sunday, 07 October 1956 |
| 5 | The Flaming Hoop | Sunday, 14 October 1956 |
| 6 | Rodeo | Sunday, 21 October 1956 |
| 7 | Fuzzy's Furlough | Sunday, 28 October 1956 |
| 8 | The Magic Lamp | Sunday, 04 November 1956 |
| 9 | A Private Affair | Sunday, 11 November 1956 |
| 10 | The Informer's Map | Sunday, 18 November 1956 |
| 11 | Cuffy's Good Deed | Sunday, 25 November 1956 |
| 12 | Guns for Sale | Sunday, 02 December 1956 |
| 13 | Shifting Sands | Sunday, 09 December 1956 |
| 14 | The Gift | Sunday, 16 December 1956 |
| 15 | Mystery Man of the Desert | Sunday, 06 January 1957 |
| 16 | Out of Bounds | Sunday, 13 January 1957 |
| 17 | Water | Sunday, 20 January 1957 |
| 18 | Ring of Steel | Saturday, 12 October 1957 |
| 19 | The Third Person | Sunday, 03 February 1957 |
| 20 | One Accident Too Many | Sunday, 10 February 1957 |
| 21 | Dr. Legionnaire | Sunday, 17 February 1957 |
| 22 | Rescue | Sunday, 24 February 1957 |
| 23 | Lone Legionaire | Sunday, 03 March 1957 |
| 24 | Court Martial | Sunday, 10 March 1957 |
| 25 | The Man from Cairo | Sunday, 17 March 1957 |
| 26 | Too Many Suspects | Sunday, 24 March 1957 |
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Directors
Jean Yarbrough, Marcel Cravenne, Sam Newfield, Leslie H. Martinson, Steve Previn, Pierre Schwab
Writers
William N. Robson, Gene Levitt, Jack Andrews, R.D. Walker, John O'Dea, Harold Jack Bloom, Lester Fuller, Lou Morheim, Walter Daniels
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Cullen Crabbe | Cuffy Sanders |
| Buster Crabbe | Captain Michael Gallant |
| Fuzzy Knight | Private Fuzzy Knight |
| Fuzzy Knight | Pvt. Fuzzy Knight |
| Buster Crabbe | Capt. Michael Gallant |
| Peter Trent | Colonel |
| Giacomo Rossi Stuart | Sgt. Rousseau |
| Gilles Quéant | Sergeant Duval |
| Gilles Quéant | Sgt. DuVal |
| Daniel Lecourtois | The Colonel |
| Henry Beckman | Louis |
| Arthur Klein | Da Souza |
| Peter Trent | The Colonel |
| Roger Tréville | The Colonel |
| Fuzzy Knight | Private Fuzzy Knight / Pvt. Fuzzy Knight |
| Jess Hahn | Bartender |
| Buster Crabbe | Captain Michael Gallant / Capt. Michael Gallant |
| Anthony La Penna | Border Officer |
| Gordon Heath | Charlie |
| Sacha Pitoeff | Bartender |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Gilbert Ralston | Executive Producer |
| Michał Waszyński | Producer |
| Gilbert Ralston | Producer |
| Serge Glykson | Producer |
