Roll Out (1973)★ 7.2/10
- Comedy
- War
Directed by: Hugh A. Robertson, Don Weis, William Wiard, Bruce Bilson, Robert Butler
Written by: Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds, Sheldon Keller, Sid Dorfman, Booker Bradshaw
Drivers and the other largely African-American staff at the U.S. Third Army's Red Ball Express during WWII try to squeeze in a life and a few laughs dealing with the Army and being thousands of miles from hometowns and families.
- Original title
- Roll Out
- Storyline
- In an attempt to cash-in on the success of M*A*S*H, this rarely funny sitcom was stuck into the line-up. Loosely based upon the film "Red Ball Express"(1952) and set during WWII, "Roll Out" attempted to comment on race relations the way M*A*S*H was commenting on Korea.
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 67
- Companies
- 20th Century Fox Television, CBS
- Release dates
- US October 5, 1973