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The Rear Guard
Created by	Jimmy Perry David Croft
Written by	Jimmy Perry David Croft Arthur Julian
Directed by	Hal Cooper
Starring	Lou Jacobi Cliff Norton Eddie Foy Jr. John McCook Dennis Kort Arthur Peterson Jim Connell James McCallion
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	1 (Pilot)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	10 August 1976 (1976-08-10)

The Rear Guard is a 1976 pilot episode for an American adaptation of the British situation comedy Dad's Army.

The pilot was aired on Tuesday, 10 August 1976 by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). However, it was not commissioned as a series. As it was considered a failure, the original tapes were wiped. However copies of the show are in the possession of the show's director Hal Cooper and other producers that were associated with the show.

Plot

Set in World War II, The Rear Guard followed a band of men in the American Civil Defense (c. 1942) who were part of an auxiliary force in the event of an invasion of the United States. The episode was an adaptation of "The Deadly Attachment", in which a German U-Boat crew are placed under the supervision of the platoon.

Characters

As The Rear Guard was a remake of Dad's Army, it included many of the same characters under alternative names. Here is a list of the characters and their original counterparts:

Captain Nick Rosatti (Captain Mainwaring) – played by Cliff Norton
Sergeant Max Raskin (Sergeant Wilson) – played by Lou Jacobi
Bert Wagner (Lance Corporal Jones) – played by Eddie Foy Jr.
Don Crawford (Private Walker) – played by John McCook
Bobby Henderson (Private Pike) – played by Dennis Kort

The characters of Privates Godfrey and Frazer were not included in the remake.

References

https://archive.today/20120630225102/http://www.btinternet.com/~m.brown1/rear.htm Dave Homewood's Guide to The Rear Guard

External links

The Rear Guard at IMDb

Dad's Army

Characters

Episodes

Adaptations & spinoffs

Merchandise

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Episodes
Series 1	"The Man and the Hour" "Museum Piece" "Command Decision" "The Enemy Within the Gates" "The Showing Up of Corporal Jones" "Shooting Pains"
Series 2	"Operation Kilt" "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage" "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker"†‡ "Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret" "A Stripe for Frazer"†‡ "Under Fire"†‡
Series 3	"The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones" "Battle School" "The Lion Has 'Phones" "The Bullet Is Not for Firing" "Something Nasty in the Vault" "Room at the Bottom" "Big Guns" "The Day the Balloon Went Up" "War Dance" "Menace from the Deep" "Branded" "Man Hunt" "No Spring for Frazer" "Sons of the Sea"
Series 4	"The Big Parade" "Don't Forget the Diver" "Boots, Boots, Boots" "Sgt – Save My Boy!" "Don't Fence Me In" "Absent Friends" "Put That Light Out!" "The Two and a Half Feathers" "Mum's Army" "The Test" "A. Wilson (Manager)?" "Uninvited Guests" "Fallen Idol"
Series 5	"Asleep in the Deep" "Keep Young and Beautiful" "A Soldier's Farewell" "Getting the Bird" "The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones" "If the Cap Fits..." "The King Was in His Counting House" "All is Safely Gathered In" "When Did You Last See Your Money?" "Brain Versus Brawn" "A Brush with the Law" "Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel" "Time on My Hands"
Series 6	"The Deadly Attachment" "My British Buddy" "The Royal Train" "We Know Our Onions" "The Honourable Man" "Things that Go Bump in the Night" "The Recruit"
Series 7	"Everybody's Trucking" "A Man of Action" "Gorilla Warfare" "The Godiva Affair" "The Captain's Car" "Turkey Dinner"
Series 8	"Ring Dem Bells" "When You've Got to Go" "Is There Honey Still for Tea?" "Come In, Your Time Is Up" "High Finance" "The Face on the Poster"
Series 9	"Wake Up Walmington" "The Making of Private Pike" "Knights of Madness" "The Miser's Hoard" "Number Engaged" "Never Too Old"
000!!Specials	"Santa on Patrol"† "Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages" "Cornish Floral Dance"† "Battle of the Giants!" "Broadcast to the Empire" "My Brother and I" "The Love of Three Oranges"
† Missing episode has been reconstructed using animation. ‡ Missing episode has been recreated with new cast

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