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Combat! Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1962 - 1963
Episode 1
Forgotten Front
Tue, Oct 2, 1962 60 mins
Searching for a Nazi gun emplacement, the GIs try to pump information from a German deserter who is unsure of his loyalties. Albert Paulsen. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason.
Episode 2
Rear Echelon Commandos
Tue, Oct 9, 1962 60 mins
A worried Saunders leads his war-weary squad and three green replacements on a hazardous mission. Gainsborough: Stephen Coit. Temple: John Considine. Hanley: Rick Jason. Crown: Arnold Merritt.
Episode 3
Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd
Tue, Oct 16, 1962 60 mins
Pinned down by the Germans, Hanley's squad is saved from annihilation by the unexpected appearance of an American tank. Dane: Jeffrey Hunter. Hanley: Rick Jason. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Doc: Steven Rogers. Kelly: Joby Baker. Christy: Rex Holman.
Episode 4
Any Second Now
Tue, Oct 23, 1962 60 mins
An explosion pins Hanley under a fallen beam---right next to a live time bomb. Woodman: Alex Davion. Anne: Elen Willard. Thompson: Donald May. Emile: Emile Genest.
Episode 5
Far from Brave
Tue, Oct 30, 1962 60 mins
The squad is wary about the battle skills of a front-line replacement---a former cook's helper. Joe Mantell. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Caje: Pierre Jalbert.
Episode 6
Missing in Action
Tue, Nov 13, 1962 60 mins
The squad wades deeply into enemy territory to rescue a wing commander who was shot down during a bombing mission. Howard Duff. Hanley: Rick Jason. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Gallarde: Louis Mercer.
Episode 7
Escape to Nowhere
Tue, Nov 20, 1962 60 mins
Hanley is rescued from Nazi captors by General von Sterlitz (Albert Paulsen), a German defector who needs the lieutenant's help to reach Allied lines. Hanley: Rick Jason. Maria: Joyce Vanderveen. Kleist: Sasha Hardin.
Episode 8
The Celebrity
Tue, Nov 27, 1962 60 mins
Saunders tries to discourage the squad's royal treatment of former baseball star Del Packer (Tab Hunter). Hanley: Rick Jason. Billy: Tom Lowell. Kelly: Joby Baker.
Episode 9
Cat and Mouse
Tue, Dec 4, 1962 60 mins
Saunders is ordered to guide a patrol led by Sergeant Jenkins, a hardened soldier who resents outside help. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Bergin: Hans Difflipp. Reed: Frank Behrens. O'Connors: William Bryant.
Episode 10
I Swear by Apollo
Tue, Dec 11, 1962 60 mins
Behind enemy lines, Saunders and his men struggle to keep a critically wounded French partisan alive. Belzer: Gunnar Hellstrom. Bresson: Eugene Borden. Hanley: Rick Jason. Temple: John Considine.
Episode 11
A Day In June
Tue, Dec 18, 1962 60 mins
Saunders's infantry squad participates in the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Braddock: Shecky Greene. Hanley: Rick Jason. Theo: Max Dommar. Caje: Pierre Jalbert.
Episode 12
The Prisoner
Tue, Dec 25, 1962 60 mins
Clad in a colonel's jacket, Private Braddock has a lot of explaining to do when he's captured by the Germans. Clyde: Keenan Wynn. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Caje: Pierre Jalbert.
Episode 13
Reunion
Tue, Jan 1, 1963 60 mins
The squad members witness a reconciliation between GI Paul Villette and his father, a resident of a town liberated by the Americans. Villette: Will Kuluva. Claire: Angela Clarke. Saunders: Vic Morrow.
Episode 14
The Medal
Tue, Jan 8, 1963 60 mins
A mediocre soldier makes a bid for recognition by taking credit for his dead colleague's battlefield heroics. Frank Gorshin. Hanley: Rick Jason. D'Amato: Joseph Campanella. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Kohrs: Ed Knight. Caje: Pierre Jalbert.
Episode 15
Just for the Record
Tue, Jan 15, 1963 60 mins
Rescued by the underground, Saunders is hidden in the apartment of a woman trying to survive by catering to the French partisans and the Nazis. Annette: Micheline Presle. Kurt: Alf Kjellin. Hanley: Rick Jason. Brooks: Norman Bowler.
Episode 16
Volunteer
Tue, Jan 22, 1963 60 mins
An exasperated Hanley finds himself saddled with a 13-year-old orphan who followed his troops into combat---and refuses to leave. Gilbert: Serge Prieur. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Kurt: Ted Knight. Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Kirby: Jack Hogan.
Episode 17
The Squad
Tue, Jan 29, 1963 60 mins
Moseby Lovelace, a green recruit from the Deep South, is quick to criticize "Yankee" combat methods. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Reischer: James Callahan.
Episode 18
Next in Command
Tue, Feb 5, 1963 60 mins
The squad is rescued from a German tank by bazooka-wielding Corporal Cross (Ben Cooper), a hardened soldier who spurns their expressions of gratitude. Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Doc: Steven Rogers. Kirby: Jack Hogan. Littlejohn: Dick Peabody.
Episode 19
The Chateau
Tue, Feb 12, 1963 60 mins
Lost behind enemy lines, Doc Walton and his wounded charges are captured by a brutal German major. Richter: Dan O'Herlihy. Braddock: Shecky Greene. De Gontran: Ben Wright. Gabrielle: Joan Hackett.
Episode 20
Off Limits
Tue, Feb 19, 1963 60 mins
A dusty road crawling with enemy soldiers becomes the scene of a reunion between Cpl. Andy March and his wife, an Army nurse. Amelia: Peggy Ann Garner. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Anders: William Windom. Kirby: Jack Hogan.
Episode 21
No Time for Pity
Tue, Feb 26, 1963 60 mins
The Nazis threaten to kill the French villagers they're holding hostage if the Americans attack a vital German observation post. Rick Jason. Kessler: Gunnar Hellstrom. Annette: Denise Alexander. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Caje: Pierre Jalbert.
Episode 22
Night Patrol
Tue, Mar 5, 1963 60 mins
Behind enemy lines, Saunders's men meet Joe Kranz, an American lieutenant who is fighting his own private war. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Kirby: Jack Hogan. Littlejohn: Dick Peabody. Nelson: Tom Lowell.
Episode 23
Survival
Tue, Mar 12, 1963 60 mins
In enemy territory, a badly burned Saunders weaves a treacherous path back toward his own lines. Hanley: Rick Jason. Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Littlejohn: Dick Peabody.
Episode 24
No Hallelujahs for Glory
Tue, Mar 19, 1963 60 mins
Hanley's men cross into no man's land in search of a headstrong woman photographer bent on completing a pictorial essay. Elizabeth Allen. Hanley: Rick Jason. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Nelson: Tom Lowell. Jacques: Maurice Marsac.
Episode 25
The Quiet Warrior
Tue, Mar 26, 1963 60 mins
Hanley is tapped for an important intelligence mission in occupied France. Slocum: J.D. Cannon. Marie: Leno Francen. Williams: Brendan Dillon.
Episode 26
Battle of the Roses
Tue, Apr 2, 1963 60 mins
In a war-torn village, Saunders's squad finds a girl sitting in a garden that has escaped the bombardment---and she refuses to leave. Vic Morrow. Jeanine: Antoinette Bower. Celeste: Penny Stanton. Hanely: Rick Jason. Nelson: Tom Lowell.
Episode 27
Hill 256
Tue, Apr 9, 1963 60 mins
A charge of cowardice in battle brings Kirby before a court-martial---where he faces the death penalty if convicted. Metcalf: Robert Culp. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Dugan: Curt Conway. Hendricks: Liam Sullivan.
Episode 28
The Sniper
Tue, Apr 16, 1963 60 mins
In a liberated French village, Saunders and his men hunt a sniper who is preying on the squad members. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Littlejohn: Dick Peabody. Kirby: Jack Hogan.
Episode 29
One More for the Road
Tue, Apr 23, 1963 60 mins
The GIs tackle the unaccustomed role of baby sitters when they find an abandoned infant behind enemy lines. Saunders: Vic Morrow Caje: Pierre Jalbert. Brockmeyer: Fletcher Fist. Stroback: Don Edmonds. Kirby: Jack Hogan. Littlejohn: Dick Peabody.
Episode 30
Walking Wounded
Tue, Apr 30, 1963 60 mins
Saunders clashes with an Army doctor who has dedicated himself to preserving his own skin at the expense of a critically wounded soldier. August: Gary Merrill. Ann: Geraldine Brooks. Lee: Berkeley Harris.
Episode 31
High Named Today
Tue, May 7, 1963 60 mins
A reputed one-man army throws a scare into the GIs, who are afraid that his reckless bravery will kill them. Dean Stockwell. Hanley: Rick Jason. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Caje: Pierre Jalbert.
Episode 32
No Trumpets, No Drums
Tue, May 14, 1963 60 mins
Caje's effectiveness as a soldier is impaired when he becomes deeply disturbed after accidentally killing a French civilian. Pierre Jalbert. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Hanley: Rick Jason. Kirby: Jack Hogan. Littlejohn: Dick Peabody. Doc: Steven Rogers.
