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Movie
The Black Brigade
Synopsis
WWII story about a white captain (Stephen Boyd) in charge of a black battalion. Crunk: Richard Pryor. Wallace: Robert Hooks. Anna: Susan Oliver. Big Jim: Roosevelt Grier. Doc: Moses Gunn. Brightman: Glynn Turman. Lewis: Billy Dee Williams. A.k.a. "Carter's Army.", With The Mod Squad sweeping the Tuesday night TV ratings in 1968, producers Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas hoped to get another multiracial adventure series on the air A.S.A.P. Carter's Army was the 72-minute pilot for this project. Set during World War II, the film stars Stephen Boyd as an Army captain who doesn't exactly dislike African Americans-it's just that he holds no special fondness for them. Naturally, Boyd is assigned an all-black company, and is forced to share his command with lieutenant Robert Hooks. Despite seething racial tensions, everyone pulls together to destroy an enemy dam. Originally telecast January 27, 1970, Carter's Army failed to spawn the planned series.