Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

1956
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

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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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP26  The Inconstant Moon
Apr. 14,1957
The Inconstant Moon

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EP25  Akbar the Great
Apr. 07,1957
Akbar the Great

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EP24  Ten Thousand Rupees
Mar. 31,1957
Ten Thousand Rupees

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EP23  The Glass Necklace
Mar. 24,1957
The Glass Necklace

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EP22  The Pit of Fire
Mar. 17,1957
The Pit of Fire

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EP21  The Courtship of Colonel Standish
Mar. 10,1957
The Courtship of Colonel Standish

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EP20  The Relentless Man
Mar. 03,1957
The Relentless Man

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EP19  The Enemy
Feb. 24,1957
The Enemy

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EP18  Test of a Titan
Feb. 17,1957
Test of a Titan

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EP17  The Imposter
Feb. 10,1957
The Imposter

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EP16  The Barbarian
Feb. 03,1957
The Barbarian

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EP15  Cecil of Kabul
Jan. 27,1957
Cecil of Kabul

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EP14  Silent Trumpet
Jan. 20,1957
Silent Trumpet

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EP13  The Gentle Vise
Jan. 13,1957
The Gentle Vise

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EP12  The Maharani
Jan. 06,1957
The Maharani

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EP11  Golden Ring
Dec. 30,1956
Golden Ring

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EP10  Shadow of the Idol
Dec. 23,1956
Shadow of the Idol

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EP9  The Handmaiden
Dec. 16,1956
The Handmaiden

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EP8  The Weakling
Dec. 09,1956
The Weakling

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EP7  The Challenge of Chundra Singh
Dec. 02,1956
The Challenge of Chundra Singh

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EP6  The Stepping Stone
Nov. 25,1956
The Stepping Stone

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EP5  The Traitor
Nov. 18,1956
The Traitor

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EP4  The Steel Bracelet
Nov. 11,1956
The Steel Bracelet

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EP3  The Hostage
Nov. 04,1956
The Hostage

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EP2  The Pawn
Oct. 28,1956
The Pawn

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EP1  The Regiment
Oct. 21,1956
The Regiment

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Released: 1956-10-21 | Released Producted By: Screen Gems Television , Lancer Productions Limited Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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.

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Cast

Philip Carey , Warren Stevens

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bkoganbing Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers was a television series that lasted for a year and starred Philip Carey and Warren Stevens as a pair of young lieutenants assigned to said regiment and their exploits holding the crown jewel of the British Empire for their Queen. Their commanding officer was Patrick Whyte who actually was in the Indian army during the final days of the British Raj.Other than that the series never got closer to India than the Indian elephants and tigers at the San Diego Zoo. It was shot here in the USA for that year it ran. A decade later the television series Maya which actually was shot in India was canceled frankly because of the expense of location shooting.Not to say that some decent films weren't done about the Raj in America. One could mention Lives Of A Bengal Lancer, The Charge Of The Light Brigade, Gunga Din all of which have their fans. All of them good as they are never quite got the British experience in India, let alone the Indian experience of having them there quite right.Those were all A pictures and Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers was a television series and would have qualified as B films back in the day. The native Indians were treated a lot like our American Indians and Carey and Stevens could have been in our frontier cavalry. I noticed the name of George Archaimbaud as a director of episodes of the show and Archaimbaud was a well known director of B westerns, a lot of the Hopalong Cassidys for instance. That should tell you all you need to know.I haven't seen any episodes in decades, at least since the Sixties when it passed out of syndication. I remember as a kid just enjoying it as a western where the cavalry wore helmets and the Indians wore turbans. At least the officers wore helmets.