The Rat Patrol

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The Rat Patrol

is airing on ABC during the 1966-1968 seasons, chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of Allied commandos patrolling the North African desert and targeting Field Marshal Rommel’s Afrika Korps. The team uses chutzpah and a modified truck armed with a .50-caliber machine gun to attack, harass and wreak havoc on the vaunted Afrika Korps.

7 Women

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Seven Women

is about a group of American female missionaries living in China circa 1935. The women take in Britons fleeing a cholera epidemic, and they ward off a Mongol warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors. Enter a female doctor, who smokes, wears pants and disdains religion. The doctor offers herself to the warload in exchange for letting the other ladies go free.

Hold On!

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Hold On!

Hold On! is a musical comedy that begins with American school children voting to name the next Gemini space capsule after the British rock band, “Herman’s Hermits.” NASA sends a bumbling scientist to follow the band’s tour and determine whether the musicians are worthy of such an honor. An aspiring actress chases the band, and bandmates bemoan the lack of normalcy in their lives.

Namu the Killer Whale

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Namu The Killer Whale

Namu The Whale shows the relationship between a marine biologist and an orca whale, who is wounded by fisherman and left to die in a shallow cove. The biologist both nurses and studies the whale called Namu. The biologist soon realizes the whale is not a fearsome killer, but a lonely animal needing companionship. But local salmon fisherman think Namu threatens their livelihood, and one hothead sets out to kill the whale.