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Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.: The Complete 1st Season
TitleGomer Pyle U.S.M.C.: The Complete 1st Season
Year1964
Time760 mins
GenreComedy
DirectorGary Nelson; John Erman
EditionSeason 1
FormatDVD
ActorSuzanne Benoit as Jane Harper; Jim Dawson as Vern Williams; Alan Dexter as Sergeant Atwater; Jerry Dexter as Corporal Johnson; Ross Elliott as General Wells; Yvonne Fedderson as Corporal Peters; Peter Hansen as Lieutenant Colonel Van Pelt; Tom Hatten as Captain Hathaway; Ray Kellogg as Sergeant Moran; Charles Lane as General Richards; Lois Roberts as Rosemary; Pippa Scott as Captain Martin; Mark Slade as Private Swanson; Joe E. Tata as Joey; Richard Tyler as Private Hemsley
RatingNR (Not Rated)
CinematographyJohn Finger
LanguageEnglish
PlotGolll-eeeee! The '60s' favorite TV country bumpkin, Gomer Pyle, won the hearts of viewers on The Andy Griffith Show, and spun off in to his own wildly popular series, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.. As the eternally cheery and clueless Gomer, Jim Nabors gives a comic tour de force performance as a newbie Marine under the command of the short-tempered Sgt. Carter, played with demonic fervor by Frank Sutton. Are Pyle and Sgt. Carter bitter foes or comedic sidekicks? 'Surprise, surprise, surprise'--the secret to their chemistry was that the actors and characters were both, inseparable and adorable in their signature ways. The scrapes Gomer gets into are fairly routine and never exactly threaten national security, but Nabors' guileless delivery makes viewers tune in for more; the belly laughs are real. The boxed set includes engaging audio commentary by Nabors, who clearly still holds a lot of affection for his hapless alter-ego, as well as all 30 first-season episodes, and the pilot, which actually
ProducerEdward H. Feldman; Jack Elinson
WriterGarry Marshall; Harvey Miller
SubtitlesEnglish (Closed Captioned)
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.: The Complete 1st Season