As of July 2026, The Rat Patrol Season 1 aired in 1966 with 32 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Rat Patrol Season 1

1966 32 Episodes Action & Adventure · War & Politics ⭐ 7/10

If you want action that respects the story underneath it, The Rat Patrol Season 1 is available on streaming right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 21 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Christopher George brings a physicality to the role that elevates every sequence. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, The Rat Patrol Season 1 is worth clearing space for. The choreography in The Rat Patrol Season 1 serves the story instead of interrupting it. Season 1 of The Rat Patrol includes 32 episodes. It aired from September 1966 to May 1967. This season stars Christopher George, Gary Raymond and Eric Braeden. Christopher George and Gary Raymond lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1966. What separates The Rat Patrol Season 1 from disposable action entertainment is character work that survives the explosions. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

For viewers who want their entertainment to move fast and not waste a scene, The Rat Patrol Season 1 respects your time. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Christopher George anchors the chaos with real screen presence. Every set piece here is doing more than one job at once.

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🎬 The Rat Patrol Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
The Chase of Fire Raid
1966-09-12
The British 8th Army sends their desert expert -- Jack Moffitt -- to the Rat Patrol for one very special mission. But Sergeant Troy (the American head of the unit) is very uneasy about this new addition. Moffitt tells Troy that the Germans have buried ammunition and petrol at an abandoned oasis whic...
E2
The Life Against Death Raid
1966-09-19
During a desert battle, Hitchcock is badly wounded. Troy decides to risk taking him to a nearby German field hospital as their own hospital is too far away. Upon arriving at the hospital he and Moffitt nearly pull off the masquerade, except for a paranoid patient -- Captain Friedrich -- who tells ev...
E3
The Wildest Raid of All
1966-09-26
As a prequel to capturing General Ernest von Helmreich, the Rat Patrol gets itself captured. They plan to use the general to stop an upcoming attack. However the general manages to attract the attention of a distant Nazi search party and the Rat Patrol ends up trapped in a ravine, cut off. To escape...
E4
The Kill or Be Killed Raid
1966-10-03
Dietrich is presented with an old scrap of parchment which shows an ancient water source deep in the desert. Allied intelligence sends Moffitt to find the map before it can be translated; he must get it by masquerading as a German and Troy has orders to shoot him should he find the information (and ...
E5
The Chain of Death Raid
1966-10-10
The Patrol captures a German truck at the end of a partially destroyed convoy. In the process, though, Troy and Dietrich end up alone in the desert -- a stand-off until Arab slave traders arrive and capture both, hauling them deeper into the southern desert on the first leg of the slave trail. Troy ...
E6
The Do or Die Raid
1966-10-17
A large Panzer unit has a map showing a strategic oasis occupied by the Eighth Armored. U.S. Intelligence wants the map exchanged for a phony one which would show the oasis as empty. Accompanied by a veteran map expert, Sgt. Griffin, Troy and his men start into the German HQ. At midnight, using bows...
E7
The Blind Man's Bluff Raid
1966-10-24
During a skirmish with the Germans, Troy suffers a concussion from an explosion. He ends up alone and lost in the desert. By the time he is found he has a terrible case of sunblindness. Unknown to Troy, though, his ""rescue"" has been by a German unit that is pretending to be Americans so they can c...
E8
The Fatal Chase Raid
1966-10-31
The Patrol manages to ambush a German unit that is carrying US POWs. Three of these POWs are apparently out to kill each other. Sgt. Gribs -- whose cowardliness caused his men to become captured -- is fighting against Tex and Eddie -- who want revenge. Gribs bargains with Troy for protection, tellin...
E9
The Blow Sky High Raid
1966-11-07
A very prized Germany radar station must be destroyed before a flight of bombers comes over. To do it, the Rat Patrol is given a new, special kind of explosives. Troy is apprehensive about carrying this dangerous cargo, which can explode with the slightest of bumps. Dietrich learns of the mission an...
E10
The Moment of Truce Raid
1966-11-14
Fanatical Arabs -- wanting to end the war on their land -- attack both the Rat Patrol and the German convoy that Dietrich leads, trapping both in a small desert fortress. This forces the two teams into a truce. One of the Germans -- a liasion to the Arabs -- tries to talk Dietrich into betraying the...
E11
The Deadly Double Raid
1966-11-21
Moffitt and Tully allow themselves to be captured so that they can get information from Craig -- an American POW -- about Rommel's new battle plans. However, Marston, another POW, tells them that Craig died. Dr. Phillips -- the camp medic -- supposedly has some information about the plan, though. Wh...
E12
The Gun Runner Raid
1966-11-28
An Arab convoy, disguised as Americans, traps and captures the Rat Patrol. The convoy's leader is Ned Cunningham, an ex-Yank hero turned gunrunner. He sells now to the highest bidder, no matter which side. He feels that the Rat Patrol is costing him too much business and so is going to eliminate the...
E13
The Lighthouse Raid
1966-12-05
Tully and Moffitt transport a liberated French underground general to a rendezvous in a deserted lighthouse. Hitchcock stands lookout, disguised as a German guard. Troy, though, is held captive inside the lighthouse -- betrayed by Mathias. Moffitt tries to reach him but ends up unconscious. In the e...
E14
The Daredevil Rescue Raid
1966-12-12
German artillery traps 2000 Allied soldiers and their only chance of rescue is an Allied armored attack. The necessary equipment, though, can only reach them in time via an ancient road which is now hidden by sand, a road only Moffitt's father can find. On the way to the landing site, Moffitt's fath...
E15
The Last Harbor Raid (1)
1966-12-19
After each Allied bombing of their harbor, the Germans use Allied POWs to rebuild it. HQ sends the Rat Patrol to liberate the POWs and halt the harbor's usefulness. Troy must coordinate his plans with Major Indrus (John Anderson), an American who is inside the camp. They use an explosive-laden boat ...
E16
The Last Harbor Raid (2)
1966-12-26
Moffitt and Hitch (dressed as Germans) find Bertaine's daughter and tell her of her father's death. Then they take her home - after they tell her who they really are. They also tell her that they need to use the fishing fleet to accomplish their mission. Meanwhile, Troy secretly meets with American ...
E17
The Last Harbor Raid (3)
1967-01-02
The plan is for the fishing fleet to bring out the prisoners, Dunkirk-fashion. However, a Nazi patrol boat has intercepted the boats. The fishermen believe that Marinanne is a collaborator. Sgt. Troy, though, disagrees and he's right. Marianne talks the fishermen into cooperating, and the prisoners ...
E18
The One That Got Away Raid
1967-01-09
Gustav Luden (Jack Colvin), a radio operator, wants to defect, so he sends secret information to the Americans on a frequency that the Rat Patrol listens to. The Patrol goes in after him. They get inside the German base and, once there, find that Luden is being questioned by the Gestapo.
E19
The Two for One Raid
1967-01-16
Valuable German ammo has been dropped by parachute to an Arab farmhouse, and the Rat Patrol is sent to destroy it. On destroying the building, Troy discovers that there is no ammo--but there is a confused teenage boy. The boy proves out to be the son of a German commander. Troy is going to kill the ...
E20
The Last Chance Raid
1967-01-23
The Patrol's radio is wrecked and Troy is unable to warn HQ of a large Nazi anti-tank outfit waiting in ambush. Troy knows that El Jebel has a huge radio broadcast unit and heads there. Troy, Moffitt and the others make their way into the radio room and prepare to broadcast their warning to the Brit...

🎭 Cast of The Rat Patrol Season 1

Christopher George
Christopher George
Sgt. Sam Troy
Gary Raymond
Gary Raymond
Sgt. Jack Moffitt
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden
Capt. Hans Dietrich
Lawrence P. Casey
Lawrence P. Casey
Pvt. Mark Hitchcock
Justin Tarr
Justin Tarr
Pvt. Tully Pettigrew
Morgan Jones
Morgan Jones
Capt. Boggs

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