Court Martial (TV series)

Court Martial is an ITC Entertainment and Roncom Productions co-production British crime drama TV series that premiered in 1966.

Court Martial
Genre	Drama
Starring	Bradford Dillman Peter Graves Angela Browne
Theme music composer	Frank Cordell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Robert Douglas Bill Hill
Production locations	Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	ITC Entertainment Roncom Films, Inc.
Original release
Network	ATV Network (England) ABC (U.S.)
Release	8 January (1966-01-08) – 2 September 1966 (1966-09-02)

Premise

Set during World War II, the series details the investigations of a Judge Advocate General's office.

Cast

Main cast

• Peter Graves....Major Frank Whittaker
• Bradford Dillman....Capt. David Young
• Kenneth J. Warren....M/Sgt. John MacCaskey
• Diane Clare.....Sgt. Wendy

Guest cast

• Judi Dench
• Joan Hackett
• Dennis Hopper
• Sal Mineo

Production

The series ran for one 26-episode season, with each episode being 60 minutes. The series was shown on ABC in the United States and ITV in the UK. It won the 1966 British Society of Film and Television (later known as BAFTA) TV award for Best Dramatic Series.

The series had its genesis in a two-part episode of NBC's Kraft Suspense Theatre (also starring Peter Graves and Bradford Dillman), "The Case Against Paul Ryker" [10–17 October 1963], which was later re-edited into a 1968 theatrical feature, Sergeant Ryker.

Directors of individual episodes included Sam Wanamaker and British TV stalwart Peter Graham Scott.

Episode list

1. "La Belle France"
2. "A Date with Celeste"
3. "Flight of the Tiger"
4. "No Wreath for an Angel"
5. "The Liberators"
6. "Operation Makeshift"
7. "Vengeance Is Mine"
8. "Without Spear or Word"
9. "Saviour of Vlarik"
10. "Where There Was No Echo"
11. "All Is a Dream to Me"
12. "The House Where He Lives"
13. "Let Slip the Dogs of War"
14. "Judge Them Gently"
15. "Operation Trojan Horse"
16. "Taps for the Sergeant"
17. "Redress of Wrongs"
18. "The Bitter Wind"
19. "Achilles Heel"
20. "All Roads Lead to Callaghan"
21. "Let No Man Speak"
22. "Silence Is the Enemy"
23. "How Ethical Can You Be"
24. "Shadow of a Man"
25. "The Logistics of Survival"
26. "Retreat from Life"

External links

• "Action TV" page
• Court Martial at IMDb
• Full episodes [1]