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MGM Press Release: The Rat Patrol Complete Series Giftset

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THE RAGTAG SOLDIER TEAM RETURNS

THE RAT PATROL
The Complete Series Giftset

The Collectible Set Featuring All 58 Episodes Marches
Onto DVD May 13th From MGM Home Entertainment

Los Angeles, CA – Rumbling back into action, “The Rat Patrol” Complete Series Giftset deploys onto DVD May 13, 2008 from MGM Home Entertainment. Available just in time for Father’s Day, this seven-disc set includes all 58 adventure filled episodes of the action-packed dramatic series chronicling the adventures of four commandos fighting in the African Desert. Lead by bold Sergeant Sam Troy (Christopher George, Chisum, The Immortal), The Rat Patrol was comprised of a misfit team of men including Sergeant Jack Moffitt (Gary Raymond, Moonraker, The Greatest Story Ever Told), the intellectual British archeologist expert, Private Mark “Hitch” Hitchcock (Lawrence Casey, “Knots Landing”) a demolition specialist and Private Tully Pettigrew (Justin Tarr, Massacare Harbor), the group’s mechanical wizard. The four maneuvered tanks across the barren badlands of Africa during World War II to battle the German Army’s Africa Corps, led by Hauptmann Hans Dietrich (Eric Braeden, “The Young and The Restless”). Inspired by and loosely modeled on the Long Range Desert Group, a British Army unit during World War II and The Rat Patrol was first war program to be broadcast in color. Filmed on location in the deserts of Spain, the series featured props and vehicles utilized in big budget World War II films, which gave the show a visual authenticity. “The Rat Patrol” Complete Series Giftset will be available for $49.98 U.S./$59.98 Canada. Prebook is April 16, 2008.

SERIES SYNOPSIS:
Four elite Allied commandos of 111th Armor Recon team up as they blaze across the North African deserts to fight Field Marshal Rommel’s vaunted Africa Corps during WW II. Outfitted with Jeeps, machine guns and bravery, “The Rat Patrol” conducted raids into enemy territory.

“The Rat Patrol” Complete Series Giftset DVD Special Features:
“The Rat Patrol” Complete Series Giftset episodes are compiled on a seven-disc set and are featured in full screen format on dual layered discs. In addition, both English and Spanish subtitles area available.

Disc 1
o The Chase of Fire Raid
o The Life Against Death Raid
o The Wildest Raid of All
o Kill or be Killed Raid
o The Chain of Death Raid
o The Do or Die Raid
o The Blind Mans Bluff Raid
o The Fatal Chase Raid

Disc 2
o The Blow Sky High Raid
o The Moment of Truce Raid
o The Deadly Double Raid
o The Gun Runner Raid
o The Lighthouse Raid
o The Dare-devil Rescue Raid
o The Last Harbor Raid-Episode 1
o The Last Harbor Raid-Episode 2

Disc 3
o The Last Harbor Raid-Episode 3
o The One That Got Away Raid
o Two for One Raid
o The Last Chance Raid
o The B Negative Raid
o The Exhibit A Raid
o The Holy War Raid
o The Two Against Time Raid

Disc 4
o The Wild Goose Raid
o Bring Em Back Alive Raid
o Take Me To Your Leader Raid
o The Double or Nothing Raid
o The Hour Glass Raid
o Mask A Raid
o The Fire and Brimstone Raid
o The Delilah Raid

Disc 5
o The Truce at Aburah Raid
o The David and Goliath Raid
o The Trial by Fire Raid
o The Darers Go First Raid
o The Love Thine Enemy Raid
o The Darkest Raid
o The Death Do Us Part Raid
o The Do-Re-Me Raid

Disc 6
o The Kingdom Come Raid
o The Hide-and-Go-Seek Raid
o The Violent Truce Raid
o The Life-for-a-Life Raid
o The Fifth Wheel Raid
o The Two if by Sea Raid
o The Street Urchins Raid
o The Pipeline to Disaster Raid

Disc 7
o The Boomerang Raid
o The Fatal Reunion Raid
o The Decoy Raid
o The Tough-and-Go Raid
o The Field of Death Raid
o The Double Jeopardy Raid
o The Hickory, Dickory, Dock Raid
o The Tug-of-War Raid
o The Never-Say-Die Raid
o The Kill at Koorlea Raid



“The Rat Patrol” Complete Series Giftset
Price: $49.98 U.S./$59.98 Canada
Order Due Date: April 16, 2008
Street Date: May 13, 2008
U.S. Rating: NR
Canadian Rating: NR
Total Run Time: 600 minutes
Catalog Number: M110796
Language: English
Subtitles: English/Spanish
Closed Captioned: Yes
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Re: MGM Press Release: The Rat Patrol Complete Series Giftset

This seems like a strange one to repackage as the series only lasted two seasons, and I'd imagine that most folks who really wanted to get "The Rat Patrol" probably already have the two previous single season releases. I'd rather see MGM dig a little deeper into their vaults and release some of the Ziv Television classics like "Sea Hunt" and "Highway Patrol," as well as the Jack Lord cult series "Stoney Burke." MGM doesn't have the biggest television library, but they certainly have some more gems that could be mined rather than these repackagings of "The Rat Patrol," "The Outer Limits" (original series), and "The Magnificent Seven."
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Re: MGM Press Release: The Rat Patrol Complete Series Giftset

Multi-Season MGM shows still waiting
Bat Masterson
Boston Blackie
Everglades
Flipper- New Series
Hollywood and the Stars
Hollywood Squares (a best of would be great)
I Led Three Lives
In The Heat Of The Night
Mothers In Law
Patty Duke Show
Science Fiction Theater
Thirtysomething

Animation -MGM Shows
Super Six
Lionhearts
Plus More Depatie animated shorts (Tijuana Toads, Mister Jaw, More Inspector Roland & Fatfink)

One season MGM Shows
Debbie Reynolds Show
Dirty Dozen
It's About Time
My Mother The Car
Paper Dolls
Pruitts Of Southhampton
Nightmare Café
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

Shows that are not finished
Fame
Flipper - 1960 series
Green Acres
Mr Ed
New Outer Limits
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