Captain Gallant Of The Foreign Legion. Court Martial 1957. Starring Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight.

Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion is an American half-hour black-and-white television adventure series about the French Foreign Legion starring Buster Crabbe. Crabbe's real life son Cullen Crabbe plays the Legion mascot. Fuzzy Knight adds comedy talent to the series. In this episode Captain Gallant is asked to defend a legionnaire who is being court martialed for murder. The story unfolds on the courtroom, and you will never guess who the real killer is. Stars Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight, and Cullen "Cuffy" Crabbe. Starring: Buster Crabbe, with: Fuzzy Knight, introducing: Cullen "Cuffy" Crabbe. Guest Cast includes Jack Rossi, Peter Trent, Emiliano Carrere, Peter Meersman, Gianna Segale, and Franco Fantasia. The show was syndicated under the title Foreign Legionnaire. Airdate March 10, 1957. Transferred from 16mm b-w film.

[@dariowiter3078]

Wow! Another very obscure television series from the 1950s! 🙂

[@fromthesidelines]

In later syndication {the episodes not sponsored by H.J. Heinz}, repeats were titled "FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE".

[@marstondavis]

Looks like Buster Crabbe needed some quick cash when he did this hokey tv show. May have been filmed in Italy.

[@fromthesidelines]

On the contrary- Buster made a considerable amount of money from this series (it lasted 65 episodes over two seasons). He filmed it in Morocco and Italy, and was able to work his son "Cuffy" into it.

[@MoviecraftInc]

Correct..it was a very popular, and profitable, series.