I regularly watched "The Gallant Men" on Friday nights during its one-season run, and the show wasn't too bad, but I had a few nit-picks...
Its been stated that the soldiers in the series were supposed to be in the 36th ("Texas") Infantry Division, but they wear the 5th Army shoulder patch instead of the 36th's "T-Patch."
The "Lieutenant Kimbro" (Robert Ridgely) character over-acted way too often with an almost comic, grit-teethed, over-the-top intensity, and the "Pvt. D'Angelo" (Eddie Fontaine) character was way too corny with his occasional mournful ballad-and-show-bizzy singing. Also way too much (unrealistic) inter-action with good-looking Italian female civilians.
A watchable and looked-forward-to show for the 9 & 10-year-old I was back in 1962, but obviously inferior to compared to "Combat!" It had a great, short theme under the opening titles, which is curiously missing from any rebroadcasts or clips of the show I've seen on modern media.
Its been stated that the soldiers in the series were supposed to be in the 36th ("Texas") Infantry Division, but they wear the 5th Army shoulder patch instead of the 36th's "T-Patch."
The "Lieutenant Kimbro" (Robert Ridgely) character over-acted way too often with an almost comic, grit-teethed, over-the-top intensity, and the "Pvt. D'Angelo" (Eddie Fontaine) character was way too corny with his occasional mournful ballad-and-show-bizzy singing. Also way too much (unrealistic) inter-action with good-looking Italian female civilians.
A watchable and looked-forward-to show for the 9 & 10-year-old I was back in 1962, but obviously inferior to compared to "Combat!" It had a great, short theme under the opening titles, which is curiously missing from any rebroadcasts or clips of the show I've seen on modern media.