Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
The show tells the story of two lieutenants, Michael Rhodes and William Storm, assigned to the 77th Bengal Lancers in India during the late 19th century. Colonel Standish is the commanding officer of the regiment.
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"Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers was a television series that lasted for a year and starred Philip Carey and Warren Stevens as a pair of young lieutenants assigned to said regiment and their exploits holding the crown jewel of the British Empire for their Queen. Their commanding officer was Patrick Whyte who actually was in the Indian army during the final days of the British Raj. Other than that the series never got closer to India than the Indian elephants and tigers at the San Diego Zoo. It was shot here in the USA for that year it ran. A decade later the television series Maya which actua..."
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The Fort Oghora exterior set (HQ of the lancers) was constructed at Vasquez Rocks for the show at a cost of $182,000, as documented in a 1957 article in TV Guide. The set remained standing for more than a decade at that site, and appeared in numerous subsequent productions, particularly TV episodes such as Valley of Death (1961), Alias Joe Cartwright (1964), The Night of the Sudden Plague (1966), Arena (1967), and Trek (1967). It was finally demolished in the early 1970s by Los Angeles County, which owns the property. A visitor parking lot now sits where the fort once was.
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The show tells the story of two lieutenants, Michael Rhodes and William Storm, assigned to the 77th Bengal Lancers in India during the late 19th century. Colonel Standish is the commanding officer of the regiment.