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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Young Rebels' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Young Rebels':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 20, 1970: Father And I Went Down To Camp
Season 1, episode 1
W: Harve Bennett   D: George McCowan

With Will Geer (Mayor Larkin), Frank Converse (Robert Larkin), Lawrence Dane. Series set during the American Revolution about the activites of three young members of the Yankee Doodle Society, a secret organization that fights the British with sabotage, propaganda and espionage. While covering the retreat of the Continental Army, Jeremy, Isak and Henry encounter and help wounded General Lafayette and his aide.

September 27, 1970: The Ring Of Freedom
Season 1, episode 2

With Will Geer (Mayor Larkin), Larry Linville (Reverend Wells). Young patriots Jeremy, Izak and Henry lead a plan to recover the Liberty Bell from the British before they can melt it down for cannon.

October 4, 1970: The Blood Of An Englishman
Season 1, episode 3

With John Colicos (Col. John Steele), Tom Troupe (Capt. Philip Steele), Brad Davis (Joshua). Jeremy infiltrates a British camp to kidnap a doctor to treat Izak, wounded in an attack on the same encampment.

October 11, 1970: To Hang A Hero
Season 1, episode 4
W: Frank Telford   D: Harry Falk

With Brandon de Wilde (Nathan Hale), Kirk Mee (Samuel Hale), Ivor Barry (Lord Howe), Bill Ewing (Garvie). The hangman's rope awaits Izak when he is captured during an attempt by the trio of patriots to contact Nathan Hale in occupied New York City.

October 18, 1970: Fort Hope
Season 1, episode 5
W: Guerdon Trueblood   D: E.W. Swackhamer
Jeremy and Isak provoke the British into throwing them in the prison where an American agent is held.

October 25, 1970: Suicide Squad
Season 1, episode 6

With Steve Ihnat (Nobby Whipple), Myron Healey (George Washington), Paul Carr (Tim Catlin), Frank Marth (Gustav Schmidlapp), Clive Clerk (Jonno Devery). Learning that British soldiers in Continental Army uniforms have slipped through American lines on a mission to assassinate General Washington, the young rebels try to find the infiltrators before they can reach Valley Forge.

November 1, 1970: Alias Ben Todd
Season 1, episode 7

With Lee Purcell (Maggie Todd), Rick Gates (Ben Todd), Patrick Horgan (Lt. Hasting). Posing as a British agent in a scheme to deliver false information, Jeremy faces exposure and possible death when one of the real spies escapes from Lafayette's camp.

November 8, 1970: The Hostages
Season 1, episode 8

With Gordon Jump (Robert Carroll), Eric Braeden (Major Zanker), Eric Christmas (John Coates), Roy Dean (Sergeant), David Frankham (Major Morgan). Jeremy and Elizabeth find themselves among 10 hostages who are threatened with hanging unless someone reveals the identity of Capt. Yankee Doodle.

November 15, 1970: Age Of Independence
Season 1, episode 9
W: John Wilder   D: Lou Antonio

With Will Geer (Mayor Larkin), David Soul (John Marshall), Mitch Vogel (Tad Garrett). A Continental Army officer on a recruiting mission asks Jeremy, Isak and Henry to join up, not knowing about their undercover work. When they refuse, they're branded cowards.

November 22, 1970: Stalemate
Season 1, episode 10

With Terence Scammell (Lieutenant Martin), Harvey Jason (Corporal Davies), John Orchard (Sergeant Atkins). A scheme to destroy British supplies backfires when a man-made landslide traps the Yankee Doodlers in a cave with four Tory soldiers.

November 29, 1970: Valley Of The Guns
Season 1, episode 11
W: Jerry Ziegman   D: Earl Bellamy

With Monte Markham (William Billings). Jeremy, Isak and Henry join William Billings' choral group to obtain intelligence on two cannons the British are using to control a valley.

December 6, 1970: Dangerous Ally
Season 1, episode 12
W: Frank Telford   D: Harry Falk

With Richard Kelton (Edward), Michael Allison (Major Southwick), Morgan Jones (Sergeant Evans). Henry is arrested after his cousin wages an indiscriminate campaign of terror against the British.

December 20, 1970: The Infiltrator
Season 1, episode 13
W: Frank Telford   D: Harry Falk

With Elizabeth Baur (Rachel), Stephen Young (Irish), Todd Susman (Jonathan), Bernard Fox (General Carleton). The British plant a sply in the Yankee Doodle Society.

December 27, 1970: Unbroken Chains
Season 1, episode 14
W: Anthony Lawrence   D: Marc Daniels

With Paul Winfield (Pompey), Sasha Harden (Lt. Col. Schieffler), Michael Allinson (Capt. Southwick), Chris Howard (Scout). The Yankee Doodlers uncover a British spy -- Isak's brother -- who is ordered executed by Lafayette.

January 3, 1971: To Kill A Traitor
Season 1, episode 15
W: Peter Allan Fields   D: George McCowan

With Gary Lockwood (Conway), J.B. Douglas (Corbin), Ben Wright (Col. Daniels). Jeremy journeys to Philadelphia to save the life of a fellow spy who turns out to be a double agent. (Last show of the series.)


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