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The Rat Patrol(1966)

Action & AdventureWar & Politics
First Air Date: 1966-09-12
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.2
Votes: 20
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 58

The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps".

Top Cast

Christopher George
Christopher George
Sgt. Sam Troy
Gary Raymond
Gary Raymond
Sgt. Jack Moffitt
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden
Capt. Hans Dietrich

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 32
E01
The Chase of Fire Raid

Air Date: 1966-09-12

30m

The British 8th Army sends their desert expert -- Jack Moffitt -- to the Rat Patrol for one very special mission. But...

E02
The Life Against Death Raid

Air Date: 1966-09-19

30m

During a desert battle, Hitchcock is badly wounded. Troy decides to risk taking him to a nearby German field hospital...

E03
The Wildest Raid of All

Air Date: 1966-09-26

30m

As a prequel to capturing General Ernest von Helmreich, the Rat Patrol gets itself captured. They plan to use the gen...

E04
The Kill or Be Killed Raid

Air Date: 1966-10-03

30m

Dietrich is presented with an old scrap of parchment which shows an ancient water source deep in the desert. Allied i...

E05
The Chain of Death Raid

Air Date: 1966-10-10

30m

The Patrol captures a German truck at the end of a partially destroyed convoy. In the process, though, Troy and Dietr...

E06
The Do or Die Raid

Air Date: 1966-10-17

30m

A large Panzer unit has a map showing a strategic oasis occupied by the Eighth Armored. U.S. Intelligence wants the m...

E07
The Blind Man's Bluff Raid

Air Date: 1966-10-24

30m

During a skirmish with the Germans, Troy suffers a concussion from an explosion. He ends up alone and lost in the des...

E08
The Fatal Chase Raid

Air Date: 1966-10-31

30m

The Patrol manages to ambush a German unit that is carrying US POWs. Three of these POWs are apparently out to kill e...

E09
The Blow Sky High Raid

Air Date: 1966-11-07

30m

A very prized Germany radar station must be destroyed before a flight of bombers comes over. To do it, the Rat Patrol...

E10
The Moment of Truce Raid

Air Date: 1966-11-14

30m

Fanatical Arabs -- wanting to end the war on their land -- attack both the Rat Patrol and the German convoy that Diet...

E11
The Deadly Double Raid

Air Date: 1966-11-21

30m

Moffitt and Tully allow themselves to be captured so that they can get information from Craig -- an American POW -- a...

E12
The Gun Runner Raid

Air Date: 1966-11-28

30m

An Arab convoy, disguised as Americans, traps and captures the Rat Patrol. The convoy's leader is Ned Cunningham, an ...

E13
The Lighthouse Raid

Air Date: 1966-12-05

30m

Tully and Moffitt transport a liberated French underground general to a rendezvous in a deserted lighthouse. Hitchcoc...

E14
The Daredevil Rescue Raid

Air Date: 1966-12-12

30m

German artillery traps 2000 Allied soldiers and their only chance of rescue is an Allied armored attack. The necessar...

E15
The Last Harbor Raid (1)

Air Date: 1966-12-19

30m

After each Allied bombing of their harbor, the Germans use Allied POWs to rebuild it. HQ sends the Rat Patrol to libe...

E16
The Last Harbor Raid (2)

Air Date: 1966-12-26

30m

Moffitt and Hitch (dressed as Germans) find Bertaine's daughter and tell her of her father's death. Then they take he...

E17
The Last Harbor Raid (3)

Air Date: 1967-01-02

30m

The plan is for the fishing fleet to bring out the prisoners, Dunkirk-fashion. However, a Nazi patrol boat has interc...

E18
The One That Got Away Raid

Air Date: 1967-01-09

30m

Gustav Luden (Jack Colvin), a radio operator, wants to defect, so he sends secret information to the Americans on a f...

E19
The Two for One Raid

Air Date: 1967-01-16

30m

Valuable German ammo has been dropped by parachute to an Arab farmhouse, and the Rat Patrol is sent to destroy it. On...

E20
The Last Chance Raid

Air Date: 1967-01-23

30m

The Patrol's radio is wrecked and Troy is unable to warn HQ of a large Nazi anti-tank outfit waiting in ambush. Troy ...

E21
The B Negative Raid

Air Date: 1967-01-30

30m

Moffitt is seriously wounded in a raid on a German convoy. The Patrol is far from help and so Troy decides to obtain ...

E22
The Exhibit A Raid

Air Date: 1967-02-06

30m

Troy and Hitchcock capture Col Beckmann, an infamous Nazi POW camp commander. Beckmann denies that he is the man. In ...

E23
The Holy War Raid

Air Date: 1967-02-13

30m

Using a fake (German) Rat Patrol, Dietrich abducts an Arab holy man that he will then "rescue" so that the Arabs will...

E24
The Two Against Time Raid

Air Date: 1967-02-20

30m

Using a telephoto lens, Moffitt and Troy photograph a map inside Captain Dietrich's office from the roof of the adjoi...

E25
The Wild Goose Raid

Air Date: 1967-02-27

30m

The Brits and the Americans are planning a high-level meeting in a desert town. On the day prior to the event, the Pa...

E26
The Bring 'Em Back Alive Raid

Air Date: 1967-03-13

30m

Troy raids German HQ and kidnaps Dr. Schneidermann. At the same time Moffitt, Tully and Hitch are captured by Captain...

E27
The Take Me to Your Leader Raid

Air Date: 1967-03-20

30m

The Patrol stumbles on a German staff car but before they can attack it, the driver and a guard are killed by a third...

E28
The Double or Nothing Raid

Air Date: 1967-03-27

30m

Moffitt is about to be executed for "espionage against the Third Reich" when suddenly the Patrol comes to his rescue....

E29
The Hour Glass Raid

Air Date: 1967-04-03

30m

After capturing Dr. Anderson, a skilled Allied physician, Dietrich ends up turning over his staff car in a ravine (du...

E30
Mask-a-Raid

Air Date: 1967-04-10

30m

Lieut. Klinger, a wounded Luftwaffe ace, is the only German who can ID the location of the Allied troops standing rea...

E31
The Fire and Brimstone Raid

Air Date: 1967-04-24

30m

Troy and his men plant explosives in a German ammo depot and while trying for a hasty getaway run into Dietrich, who ...

E32
The Delilah Raid

Air Date: 1967-05-01

30m

A young French Resistance fighter--Michele--survives the Patrol's quick assault on a small German convoy. She explain...

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