NBC airs the 28th episode of the military drama The Lieutenant, created and produced by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and starring Gary Lockwood (2001: a space odyssey) and Robert Vaughn (The Man From UNCLE). Vic Tayback and Denver Pyle (The Dukes Of Hazzard) guest star. 
By virtue of having taken a single course in electronic countermeasures at Annapolis, Lt. Rice is given an assignment that gives him great pause: posing as a civilian contractor at a top secret Navy missile development base, he’s supposed to discover and report back on any espionage that he finds taking place. One scientist in particular, Denning, loudly objects to the somewhat overbearing security measures put in place by the base’s Major Morrissey, and Rice has to stand by uncomfortably as these tensions eventually lead to Denning’s arrest for mishandling classified information. But is Denning really a spy, or is Major Morrissey abusing the regulations over their personal differences?
written by Anthony Wilson
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
music by Jeff AlexanderCast: Gary Lockwood (Lt. William Rice), Donna Anderson (Laura Ann Morrissey), Lloyd Bochner (Alexander Denning), Richard Chambers (Larry Quillan), Tom Drake (Sgt. Lester Curtis), Robert La Varre (Sergeant), Ed Long (Frank Hoving), John Marley (George Bardel), Denver Pyle (Major Matthew Morrisey), Lt. Col. Clement J. Stadler (Lt. Col. Everett Watts), Vic Tayback (Cpl. Peter Garth)
Notes: The word “Vietnam” is uttered for the first and only time in the entire series; the following (and final) episode, To Kill A Man, reverted to the practice of referring to less-specific “southeast Asia”. Lt. Col. Clement J. Stadler USMC (1913-2003), appearing here in a speaking part, was the show’s technical advisor, a function he also served on the films Hell To Eternity (1960) and Ambush Bay (1966). This was his only credited on-screen role.
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