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Combat!
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
- Cast:
- Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC
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Seasons
Season 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Main Event
1965-09-14 · 60mSaunders' latest green replacements are a boxer and his cocky fight manager, Murphy, who wants to run both the war and Saunders.
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E02
Episode 2
The First Day
1965-09-21 · 60mThe squad, worn-out and exhausted, receives four green replacements. The story follows these four teenagers as they attempt to survive their first day on the front line.
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E03
Episode 3
S.I.W.
1965-09-28 · 60mKirby rejoins the squad in the field, bringing with him a new replacement, Kalb. Kalb is already known to Fleming. Fleming believes Kalb is a coward who ran at Omaha Beach and has been running ever since.
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E04
Episode 4
The Linesman
1965-10-05 · 60mA hostile signal corps sergeant, McClosky, balks at having Saunders as escort on a mission to lay wire.
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E05
Episode 5
The Farmer
1965-10-12 · 60mWaiting for the battle, Noah plants the crops of an evacuated French farmer. His love for the land and farming overshadow his obligations as a soldier.
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E06
Episode 6
Evasion
1965-10-19 · 60mIn an ancient castle that the Germans are using as a POW camp, Hanley's fellow prisoners provide him with a fake Albanian uniform for his escape attempt.
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E07
Episode 7
Hear No Evil
1965-10-26 · 60mSgt. Saunders, alone and deafened by a grenade, tries to make his way back to American lines.
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E08
Episode 8
Crossfire
1965-11-02 · 60mSaunders returns from patrol with one of his squad, a decorated veteran of Omaha Beach, under arrest.
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E09
Episode 9
9 Place Vendee
1965-11-11 · 60mAfter losing a superior officer in the field, Hanley goes alone to locate a wounded intelligence officer in German Held territory.
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E10
Episode 10
The Old Men
1965-11-16 · 60mThe Squad is saddled with three over-aged replacements: an injured vet of the Italian campaign who refuses to accept that he is incapable of fighting as he did as a youth, a homesick family man, and a politician with senatorial ambitions.
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E11
Episode 11
Soldier of Fortune
1965-11-23 · 60mAn explosion destroys the cellar of a German communication center where Saunders, Marsh, and Wallace were tapping lines. Trapped beneath a beam and fearing he will be left behind, Marsh uses information he has overheard as insurance for a safe return to American lines.
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E12
Episode 12
The Casket
1965-11-30 · 60mSaunders, trying to get a wounded Kirby to a hospital crosses an elderly mother determined to give her son proper burial.
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E13
Episode 13
Luck with Rainbows
1965-12-07 · 60mHanley, Little John, and Kirby attempt to salvage film from a crashed reconnaissance plane. They are interrupted by a British Major who commandeers the film and abandons the squad as Germans approach.
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E14
Episode 14
Breakout
1965-12-14 · 60mFacing a German advance, Saunders and squad are ordered to destroy a valley of construction equipment, to keep it out of the hands of the Germans.
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E15
Episode 15
Finest Hour
1965-12-21 · 60mCaje forces a Frenchman to aid him and a wounded Hanley. The Frenchman takes them to a German occupied chateau where the countess must tend to his wounds while keeping his presence a secret.
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E16
Episode 16
The Raider
1965-12-28 · 60mHanley is captured by the infamous SS Captain Reichhardt. Saunders captures Reichhardt's men but does not learn the location on Hanley.
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E17
Episode 17
The Mockingbird
1966-01-04 · 60mThree days before a German advance, a spy posing as a downed American flyer is sent to secure information on the French resistance.
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E18
Episode 18
The Good Samaritan
1966-01-11 · 60mMarsini the sole survivor of an ill fated patrol blames Saunders for the fate of his fellows since Saunders has orders to keep his position and could not render aid
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E19
Episode 19
Retribution
1966-01-18 · 60mAfter his sister's fiance is killed by an SS Colonel, Kirby goes after the colonel.
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E20
Episode 20
Counterplay
1966-01-25 · 60mAn impostor masquerades as a French resistance fighter to lead Saunders squad on a mission.
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E21
Episode 21
Nothing to Lose
1966-02-01 · 60mVinnick, a tough G.I. with no regard for danger, clashes with Burke, a soldier who covers his own cowardice with big talk.
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E22
Episode 22
Ask Me No Questions
1966-02-08 · 60mA German Lieutenant posing as an American sergeant is placed among arriving American prisoners, including Saunders. Mastin learns locations of key American units.
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E23
Episode 23
The Ringer
1966-02-15 · 60mA suspicious straggler joins the squad and behaves erratically, endangering the lives of Saunders and company.
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E24
Episode 24
The Flying Machine
1966-02-22 · 60mHanley flies in a rickety observation plane with a wisecracking pilot. Returning from their mission they see a German convoy and fly in for a closer look.
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E25
Episode 25
Hills Are For Heroes (1)
1966-03-01 · 60mIn this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.
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E26
Episode 26
Hills Are for Heroes (2)
1966-03-08 · 60mIn this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.
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E27
Episode 27
Gitty
1966-03-15 · 60mThe squad find a young girl at the convent they are using as OP. Saunders has to try & tell the girl her father is dead. When they are attacked by the Krauts.
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E28
Episode 28
One at a Time
1966-03-22 · 60mAfter his men are all killed by Saunders' squad, a wounded German escapes and vows to kill Saunders' men, one at a time.
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E29
Episode 29
A Sudden Terror
1966-03-29 · 60mHanley tries to save a terrified soldier caught in quicksand.
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E30
Episode 30
Run, Sheep, Run
1966-04-05 · 60mIn his first battle, Pvt. Corey freezes. Afterworld, the squad commends him for his actions, believing he destroyed a machine gun nest.
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E31
Episode 31
The Leader
1966-04-12 · 60mSaunders has to return to HQ for a meeting - leaving Kirby in charge. At first being left in charge starts going to his head, But! after Caje is wounded and the phone lines are cut. Things change fast, At first Kirby starts thinking what would Sarge do. But! with a little encouragement from Doc, He stops thinking what would Sarge do but what would Kirby do to get out of this
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Rick Jason
Lieutenant Gil Hanley
Vic Morrow
Sergeant Chip Saunders
Jack Hogan
William G. Kirby
Pierre Jalbert
Paul "Caje" Lemay
Conlan Carter
Doc
Dick Peabody
Little John
Tom Lowell
Billy Nelson
Steven Rogers
Doc Walton