While Sgt. Saunders and his squad are celebrating with villagers of a just-liberated village, a woman cries for help for her father to the soldiers. Out of the blue, someone shots her father and he dies. Marie Marchand decides to leave the village to move to her uncle's house in a nearby village despising the American soldiers. While riding her bicycle, she accidentally witnesses the German soldiers hiding their tank to fire at the village. Meanswhile Lt. Hanley is informed that Marie's father was an American agent and the Intelligence needs to talk to her. He assigns Saunders to seek her out and bring her back to the village. Marie finds her uncle's house bombed out and he dying. When Saunders and his squad arrive at the house, she negotiates to return to the village and to inform the location of the German artillery provided the Americans take care of her uncle. But when he dies, she questions why she should tell the German's location to Saunders.
"Ambush" is another dramatic episode of "Combat!" with the story of a doctor that the villagers believe he is a German collaborator and kills him, but he is indeed an American agent. His bitter daughter learns a secret and questions whether she should tell to Sgt. Saunders or not. The performance of Marisa Pavan is impressive and strong for a woman in those years. The action scenes are impressive with perfect timing of the cast and the explosions. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Emboscada" ("Ambush")
"Ambush" is another dramatic episode of "Combat!" with the story of a doctor that the villagers believe he is a German collaborator and kills him, but he is indeed an American agent. His bitter daughter learns a secret and questions whether she should tell to Sgt. Saunders or not. The performance of Marisa Pavan is impressive and strong for a woman in those years. The action scenes are impressive with perfect timing of the cast and the explosions. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Emboscada" ("Ambush")
