Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955)

Name: Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
Genre: Adventure
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Fuzzy Knight, Buster Crabbe, Cullen Crabbe

Adventure

Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion was a 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.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (125 votes)
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): The Roku Channel · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Season 1 (1955)

5.85 avg 6 episodes 6.2 → 6.3 27 min avg

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
10	The Prayer Rug	6.2	5
15	Revenge	6.0	7
20	The Dagger of Judah	6.3	6
27	The Ransom	5.3	8
28	The Legion Is Our Home	5.0	6
36	The Boy Who Found Christmas	6.3	23

Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955)

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