Carter's Army

*Black Brigade*
Black Brigade
	The movie cover for Carter's Army, which was released on DVD as Black Brigade.
Genre	Drama; War
Written by	Aaron Spelling; David Kidd
Directed by	George McCowan
Starring	Stephen Boyd; Roosevelt Grier; Robert Hooks; Susan Oliver; Richard Pryor
Music by	Fred Steiner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Spelling; Danny Thomas
Producers	Aaron Spelling; Shelley Hull
Cinematography	Archie R. Dalzell
Editor	George W. Brooks
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Thomas/Spelling Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 27, 1970;

Carter's Army is a 1970 American made-for-television war drama film starring a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Rosey Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gunn. The film originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 27, 1970.^[1]

The film would be released on DVD under the title Black Brigade.

Plot[]

A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of securing an important hydro dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allied advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These African-Americans had been relegated to cleaning latrines and therefore have little real military training, but Captain Beau Carter has no choice. He leads the rag-tag unit to secure the dam and the men reveal themselves as heroic.

Cast[]

Stephen Boyd as Captain Beau Carter
Robert Hooks as Lieutenant Edward Wallace
Susan Oliver as Anna Renvic
Rosey Grier as Jim "Big Jim"
Moses Gunn as Private "Doc" Hayes
Richard Pryor as Private Jonathan Crunk
Glynn Turman as Private George Brightman
Billy Dee Williams as Private Lewis
Paul Stewart as General Clark

Production[]

It was shot on location in Mount Pinos.^[2]

References[]

^ Hooks Finds Time for a Hitch in 'Mr. Carter's Army': HOOKS Knapp, Dan. Los Angeles Times 15 Sep 1969: e1.
^ INSIDE TV: Filming Under Way for 'Mr. Carter's Army' Los Angeles Times 15 Aug 1969: d20

External links[]

Black Brigade at IMDb
Carter's Army at AllMovie
Carter's Army is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Hooks Finds Time for a Hitch in 'Mr. Carter's Army': HOOKS Knapp, Dan. Los Angeles Times 15 Sep 1969: e1.

[2] INSIDE TV: Filming Under Way for 'Mr. Carter's Army' Los Angeles Times 15 Aug 1969: d20

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Black Brigade
The movie cover for Carter's Army, which was released on DVD as Black Brigade.
Genre	Drama War
Written by	Aaron Spelling David Kidd
Directed by	George McCowan
Starring	Stephen Boyd Roosevelt Grier Robert Hooks Susan Oliver Richard Pryor
Music by	Fred Steiner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Spelling Danny Thomas
Producers	Aaron Spelling Shelley Hull
Cinematography	Archie R. Dalzell
Editor	George W. Brooks
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Thomas/Spelling Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 27, 1970 (1970-01-27)