The misadventures of the staff and neighbors of a remote U.S. Army outpost in the Wild West.
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S1.E19
While the men of F Troop are undergoing their annual physicals word comes that the Mexican bandit El Diablo is at large. It turns out that he and Corporal Agarn are cousins and look exactly alike. ...
S2.E22
Count Sforza, an emigrant from Transylvania, arrives in town. He comes in a hearse, has pale skin and has a crow he calls "Brother." The men of F-Troop suspect he may be a vampire, given the count's ...
S1.E14
Captain Parmenter is determined to find the Hekawi's whiskey supply that O'Rourke has stashed at the fort.
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| Forrest Tucker | ... | Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| Larry Storch | ... | Cpl. Randolph Agarn / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| Ken Berry | ... | Capt. Wilton Parmenter / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| Melody Patterson | ... | Wrangler Jane Angelica Thrift 65 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| James Hampton | ... | Hannibal Dobbs / ... 65 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| Frank DeKova | ... | Chief Wild Eagle / ... 63 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| Bob Steele | ... | Trooper Duffy 63 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
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Ben Frommer | ... | Smokey Bear / ... 52 episodes, 1965-1967 |
| Don Diamond | ... | Crazy Cat / ... 50 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
| Joe Brooks | ... | Trooper Vanderbilt 47 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
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Ivan Bell | ... | Trooper Duddleson / ... 46 episodes, 1965-1967 |
| Jimmie Horan | ... | Trooper Hogan / ... 39 episodes, 1965-1967 | |
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Becoming a hero by accidentally leading a cavalry charge the wrong way, Captain Wilton Parmenter is given command of Fort Courage. The Fort's crafty Sergeant O'Rourke has a deal with the local Hekawe Indians to market their wares to the tourists. They must sometimes pretend to be enemies (and the Shugs really are enemies). Jane is out to marry the innocent Parmenter. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Melody Patterson (Wrangler Jane Angelica Thrift) was only 16 when she auditioned for the part, not really expecting to get it. When she found out that she got it, she and her mother put off telling the show's producers her real age until just before shooting started. See more »Goofs
The medal pinned on Parmenter's chest in the title sequence -- supposedly the Medal of Honor -- is in fact a modern-day Silver Star, first awarded in 1942. See more »Connections
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F Troop was without a doubt a victim of it's own genius and thus in my mind ranks as the SINGLE greatest example of a television show that was way ahead of it's time. Perhaps, too far ahead. As correctly pointed out in previous comments, the show ran for two seasons on ABC from 1965 to 1967. One season in black and white, the other in color. 66 episodes were produced and every one of them was a comedic masterpiece. Despite poor ratings and eventual cancellation, the show went on to become extremely popular in syndicated reruns and develope a large cult following. So what happened? Here is my opinion. At the time F Troop made it's debut, Television was still in it's infancy and America was use to either the "family" sitcoms such as "Donna Reed", "Beaver", "Ozzie and Harriet", etc... Or, the "idiot" sitcoms such as "Gilligan", "Bewitched" or "Jeannie". The nation was not ready for, nor did the understand the "Satire" comedy. Two came out in 1965. One worked, the other didn't. "Get Smart" was a satire of the secret agent phenomenon which was sweeping the country. America could relate to that because of "James Bond" and the cold war so "Get Smart" was a success. Plus you had the great talents of Don Adams and a superb show to boot! But a satire on the American west? The nation didn't get it or take to it thus "Troops" fate was sealed. Despite the fact that the show is brilliant, the chracters are funny and endearing and the writing was superb and ahead of it's time, America just didn't get it. Only when times changed in the 70's and 80's and the show was in syndication did America start getting the humor and understanding what satire really meant. "F-Troop" paved the way for satires like "Police Squad" and "The Naked Gun". To this day the humor is fresh and funny and even relevant. I have seen episodee hundreds of times and still laugh and still find things I didn't notice before. And hats off to Televisions most underrated physical comic, Ken Berry. I urge anyone to find this show on video and enjoy it for the classic and genius that it is.