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To Set It Right
21st episode of the 1st season of The Lieutenant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"To Set It Right" is the 21st episode of the American military drama television series The Lieutenant, produced for broadcast on NBC. Written by Lee Erwin, it featured a guest cast that included Dennis Hopper, Don Marshall, Woody Strode and the acting debut of Nichelle Nichols. The series followed the lives of members of the United States Marine Corps stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. In this episode, after a racist altercation between Cpl. Peter Devlin who is white (Dennis Hopper), and Pvt. Ernest Cameron who is Black (Don Marshall), Lt. William Rice (Gary Lockwood) attempts to settle their issues by first arranging a boxing match and then forcing them to work together on a march. Notable about the episode are love expressed by a Black couple and frank discussions of surviving day-to-day in a racist world, something that was unheard of on television at the time.
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![]() Publicity photo for "To Set It Right", featuring Gary Lockwood, Dennis Hopper and Don Marshall | |||
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 21 | ||
Directed by | Vincent McEveety | ||
Written by | Lee Erwin | ||
Produced by | Norman Felton Del Reisman Gene Roddenberry | ||
Original air date | February 22, 1964 (1964-02-22) (intended) | ||
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The Pentagon, who had previously aided the production of the series, protested the depiction of the Marine Corps as having racist members.