The Gallant Men Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Gallant Men

First aired: Oct/05/1962
Writer: Halsted Welles
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Bill Quinn (Colonel), Sharon Hugueny (Rosa), William Windom (Jake Miller), Robert Fortier (Captain Jergens)

Landing with Allied invasion forces at Salerno, Italy in 1942, war correspondent Conley Wright joins an infantry unit commanded by the inexperienced Captain Jim Benedict. The unit's first assignment: capture the heavily defended San Pietro.

2 :01x02 - Retreat to Concord

First aired: Oct/12/1962
Writer: William Bruckner
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Peter Breck (Henry Draper), Donald Zimmerman (Medic), Carlo Tricoli (Italian Man), Victor Salinas (Pietro), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Anna Bruno Lena (Felicia), Iphigenie Castiglioni (Signora Cirasella)

The company moves into the town of Nieto for a mopping-up operation and are then ordered to hold the town against a German advance.

3 :01x03 - And Cain Cried Out

First aired: Oct/19/1962
Writer: Ken Pettus
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Tom Gilson (Private Barlow), John Alonzo (Sgt. Morales), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Donald Zimmerman (Medic), Ross Evans (German Officer), Robert Conrad (Griff Benedict), Robert Fortier (Major Jergens)

Captain Benedict is none too thrilled when he learns that his newest platoon sergeant is his estranged younger brother.

4 :01x04 - The Ninety-Eight Cent Man

First aired: Oct/26/1962
Writer: Richard Adams
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Dal Jenkins (Medical Orderly), Frank DeKova (Legrini), Chana Eden (Elena), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Robert Fortier (Major Jergens), Rudy Solari (Armitore)

Wounded and captured behind enemy lines, Private D'Angelo must withstand harsh interrogation and not give away information about his comrades.

5 :01x05 - One Moderately Peaceful Sunday

First aired: Nov/02/1962
Writer: Montgomery Pittman
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Edward Tierney (Schasheitlin), Walter Linden (Brock), Peter Morgenstern (Stuckart), Rudy Dolan (Sgt. Hensel), Robert Fortier (Major Jergens), Don Kelly (Corporal Smith), John Dehner (Captain Rauch)

Private Gibson is the only survivor of a German ambush and he's trapped behind enemy lines.

6 :01x06 - Lesson for a Lover

First aired: Nov/09/1962
Writer: Richard Landau, Jerry Davis
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Eddie Durkin (Lt. Ravetch), Fred Villani (Fabio), Marianna Hill (Maria Carducci), Dennis Cross (Captain Brogan), John van Dreelen (Francioso Cardinale)

Sent to the hospital with a case of psychosomatic blindness, Lt. Kimbro tries to help a young woman who's in trouble.

7 :01x07 - And the End of Evil Things

First aired: Nov/16/1962
Writer: David Lang
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Buck Kartalian (Joey Lopuschok), Peter Hellman (German Lieutenant), Tom Gilson (Private Barlow), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Stephen Lander (Corporal Schloss), Eric Braeden (Radio Operator)

Kimbro wants to go to the aid of a dying soldier who is calling out for help but Benedict refuses to let him for fear that it would put the entire squad in danger.

8 :01x08 - Some Tears Fall Dry

First aired: Nov/23/1962
Writer: Don Tait
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Rita Lynn (Diva), Jim Secrest (Lt. Thompson), Yale Summers (Officer), Joey Russo (Italian Lad #2), Ralph Manza (Cafe Proprietor), Gail Kobe (Kathleen Palmer), Robert Fortier (Major Jergens), Rudy Carrella (Italian Lad #1)

Wright gets into an argument with a female war correspondent who wants to file a story that would possibly compromise military security.

9 :01x09 - Fury in a Quiet Village

First aired: Nov/30/1962
Writer: Stephen Lord
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Lisa Seagram (Angela), Stefan Schnabel (Marshall Kleindorf), Doug Lambert (Private Lindstrom), Malachi Throne (Colonel Shunesberg), Richard Angarola (Father Gefolia), Walter Janowitz (Captain Hefler)

It's almost too quiet when the company arrives in a village that was supposedly evacuated by the Germans. Then the real reason for the stillness is discovered--a group of Germans have stayed behind and they're holding the village's children hostage.

10 :01x10 - Signals for an End Run

First aired: Dec/07/1962
Writer: Berne Giler, David Giler
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: John Karlen (Lieutenant Tyrell), Mala Powers (Dina), Victor Romito (Partisan), Rodolfo Acosta (Lupo), Eduardo Ciannelli (Bassano)

Sgt. McKenna unwittingly imperils the squad when he gets the hots for an Italian babe.

11 :01x11 - Robertino

First aired: Dec/14/1962
Writer: Herman Groves
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Renzo Cesana (Father Rossi), Eve Marlowe (Maria), Walter Friedel (Major Strasser), Dieter Jacoby (German Sentry), Peter Soli (Robertino), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders)

An Italian boy becomes attached to Lucavitch after he's caught stealing food from the unit.

12 :01x12 - Advance and Be Recognized

First aired: Dec/29/1962
Writer: James O'Hanlon, George O'Hanlon
Director: Robert Totten
Guest star: Larry D. Mann (Captain Baer), Mignon Gret (Maria), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Terry Becker (Gilmartin), Pamela Gary (Nina Papetto), Jack Reitzen (Itzo)

While on leave, D'Angelo falls in love and gets involved with black marketeers.

13 :01x13 - To Hold Up a Mirror

First aired: Jan/05/1963
Writer: Charles Smith
Guest star: Pat Woodell (Gina), Uta Braun (Ilze Taurins), Dolores Quinton (Italian Woman), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Paul Carr (Pvt. Joe Salford), Karl Held (Major Woelfel), Gary Campbell (Mike Wooster)

Benedict and members of his squad hideout in an Italian farmhouse in order to avoid an enemy patrol. Things are complicated by the fact that a German major they're holding prisoner is looking for a way to give away their position.

14 :01x14 - Boast Not of Tomorrow

First aired: Jan/12/1963
Writer: Ken Pettus
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Paul Micale (Matteo), Laura Devon (Lt. Diane Kirkland), John Baer (Lt. Latham), John Daheim (Sgt. Flannery), Ray Montgomery (Major Brennan), Genevieve Griffin (Major Phyllis Taylor)

While on leave in Naples, Benedict is puzzled when a nurse has no reaction after hearing that her fiancee has been reported MIA.

15 :01x15 - The Dogs of War

First aired: Jan/19/1963
Writer: Jason Wingreen, Ken Pettus
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Barry Cahill (Sgt. Briggs), Dianne Foster (Contessa), Guy Stockwell (Medic), Barnaby Hale (Captain Harrison)

Captain Benedict meets a smokin' hot Italian countess who may or may not be working for the Germans.

16 :01x16 - The Bridge

First aired: Jan/26/1963
Writer: Herman Groves
Guest star: Ernest Sarracino (Signor Dinetti), Jana Taylor (Carla), James Almanzar (Antonio), Anthony Becket (Emil Buckner), Peter Brown (Lt. Hodges), George Murdock (Sergeant Varney)

Two demolitions experts join the squad on a mission to blow up a bridge but one of them is the Italian engineer who built the object and he might be sabotaging their efforts because he doesn't want to see his work destroyed.

17 :01x17 - The Leathernecks

First aired: Feb/02/1963
Writer: Ken Pettus
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Martin Brandt (Jacob Schneider), Armand Alzamora (Corporal Mazzini), Doug Lambert (Private Loomis), David Brandon (Lt. Harper), Don Kelly (Captain Barlow), George Murdock (Pfc. Cagel), Philip Carey (Sgt. Barragan)

Amazingly, war correspondent Wright gets himself a transfer to the Pacific Theatre of the war so that he can search for his MIA brother and witnesses a battle hardened Marine breaking in a young commanding officer.

18 :01x18 - Next of Kin

First aired: Feb/09/1963
Writer: Ken Pettus
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Stanley Adams (Nicolo Borelli), Doris Dowling (Cristina), Victoria Vetri (Teresa Borelli), Al Lettieri (Arturo)

D'Angelo helps liberate his mother's native Italian village only to learn that his favorite uncle was a German collaborator.

19 :01x19 - Operation Secret

First aired: Feb/16/1963
Writer: Richard Landau
Guest star: Albert Paulsen (General Kile), Vito Scotti (Giadenza), George Gaynes (Major Neumann), Justin Smith (Major Nemo), Tommy Farrell (Sgt. Motley), Julie Van Zandt (Nurse), Maria Machado (Contessa Loren)

Wright discovers the details of a spy mission when he pieces together the events that caused the death of an American officer months before.

20 :01x20 - The Warriors

First aired: Feb/23/1963
Writer: Richard Landau
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Adam Williams (McQueen), William Beckley (Lt. Wells), Med Flory (Ayres), John McLiam (Bolt), James Best (Pvt. Hook), James Doohan (Blogden)

Separated from their unit, Wright, D'Angelo, and Gibson get trapped with an odd mixture of stragglers.

21 :01x21 - One Puka Puka

First aired: Mar/02/1963
Writer: David Lang
Guest star: Frank Atienza (Cowboy), Mako (Frank Fakuda), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders), Brian Avery (German POW), David Cadiente (Murphy), George Takei (Ochi), Poncie Ponce (Lt. O'Hara)

Sgt. McKenna encounters an undisciplined group of soldiers at a forward observation post. He's contemptuous of them at the beginning but then changes his tune when he sees them in action.

22 :01x22 - Ol´ Buddy

First aired: Mar/09/1963
Writer: William Koenig
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Anthony Becket (Lt. Bauman), Sheldon Allman (Machen), Kevin Hagen (Sgt. Stein), Ed Gilbert (Forgetz), Charles H. Radilak (Buhler), Booth Colman (German Captain), Sandy Kevin (Private Saunders)

Lucavich and Hanson have an argument but things change when Hanson fails to return from a patrol behind enemy lines.

23 :01x23 - A Taste of Peace

First aired: Mar/16/1963
Writer: Ken Pettus
Guest star: Glenn Cannon (Lefty Morgan), Mario Siletti (Alfredo Palli), Charles Smith (Lt. Tuttle), Julie Adams (Meg Thorpe), Harlan Warde (Major McGowan), Charlie Briggs (Eddie Ross), DeForest Kelley (Colonel Davenport)

After being wounded in combat, Benedict gets an offer to transfer to a position in the Allied Military Government instead of returning to his unit. Complicating the matter is a smoking hot female Captain.

24 :01x24 - The Crucible

First aired: Mar/23/1963
Writer: Don Tait
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Ed Nelson (Major Ross), Jean Del Val (Old Man), John Alonzo (Corporal Marsh), Suzi Carnell (Phoebe Pfeiffer), Morgan Jones (Lt. Col. Gates)

A field surgeon, who's an old rival of Benedict from their collegiate days, opposes his efforts to extract vital information from a wounded German prisoner.

25 :01x25 - Tommy

First aired: Mar/30/1963
Writer: James O'Hanlon, George O'Hanlon
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Don Matheson (Emcee), David Frankham (Collier), George O'Hanlon (Harry Cooper), Francine York (Angela), Andre Philippe (French Soldier), Dorothy Provine (Joyce Adams)

A USO troupe has arrived to entertain the troops and to Benedict's surprise and joy their lead singer is a former galpal of his. Unfortunately, she has no interest in re-kindling their romance preferring only the wounded men.

26 :01x26 - A Place to Die

First aired: Jun/01/1963
Writer: Herman Groves
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Robert Fortier (Major Jergens), Argentina Brunetti (Mother Superior), Reva Rose (Sister Margaret), Victoria Vetri (Sister Catherine), Michael Parks (Billy Ray Melford), Felix Reinsch (Major Erhardt)

A wounded soldier, who professes to despise all Italians, takes refuge in a convent where an Italian nun tries to persuade him to accept treatment from her.