Carter's Army

Carter's Army
The movie cover for Carter's Army, which was released on DVD as Black Brigade.
Also known as Black Brigade
Genre Drama
War
Written by Aaron Spelling
David Kidd
Directed by George McCowan
Starring Stephen Boyd
Roosevelt Grier
Robert Hooks
Susan Oliver
Richard Pryor
Music by Fred Steiner
Country of origin United States
Original language English
Production
Executive producers Aaron Spelling
Danny Thomas
Producers Aaron Spelling
Shelley Hull
Cinematography Archie R. Dalzell
Editor George W. Brooks
Running time 70 minutes
Production company Thomas/Spelling Productions
Original release
Network ABC
Release
  • January 27, 1970

Carter's Army is a 1970 American made-for-television war drama film starring a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Rosey Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gunn. The film originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 27, 1970.

The film would be released on DVD under the title Black Brigade.

Plot

A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of securing an important hydro dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allied advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These African-Americans had been relegated to cleaning latrines and therefore have little real military training, but Captain Beau Carter has no choice. He leads the rag-tag unit to secure the dam and the men reveal themselves as heroic.

Cast

Production

It was shot on location in Mount Pinos.