Decision
- Episode aired Nov 15, 1966
- 1h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
81
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Saunders is uneasy about Charles Harris, a doctor turned demolitions expert.Saunders is uneasy about Charles Harris, a doctor turned demolitions expert.Saunders is uneasy about Charles Harris, a doctor turned demolitions expert.
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Louie Elias
- Adams
- (as Louis Elias)
Buddy Pantsari
- G.I.
- (as David 'Buddy' Pantsari)
Hank Brandt
- American Colonel
- (uncredited)
Walt Davis
- German Officer
- (uncredited)
Angelo De Meo
- German Spotter
- (uncredited)
- …
Steven Marlo
- GI
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsThe platoon blows up what is supposed to be a concrete bunker. However, the debris that falls after the explosion is mostly wooden planks.
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Lousy, rushed ending spoils a fine Franciscus performance
James Franciscus brings a thoughtful personality to "Combat!", quite different from the hard-edged character usually cast as guest stars. With his blond hair and attractive features, I imagined him coming back to the show as an arrogant German officer in a future role, but the series was canceled.
He plays a doctor (from a family tradition of doctors) who's become a demolitions expert, assigned to Vic's squad to blow up a German communications outpost. He turns out to be a softie, averse to killing people, even the enemy. Vic simply can't put up with that attitude, as he's got a job to do a war to help win, and needs a team player, not a prima donna.
The mission is accomplished successfully, but they're assigned to another, and one wonders whether James will shape up. After a skirmish with the Germans, can James perform an emergency tracheotomy on a wounded soldier or is he too scared of causing the man's death?
The acting is good, but the segment has an unsatisfying pat ending.
He plays a doctor (from a family tradition of doctors) who's become a demolitions expert, assigned to Vic's squad to blow up a German communications outpost. He turns out to be a softie, averse to killing people, even the enemy. Vic simply can't put up with that attitude, as he's got a job to do a war to help win, and needs a team player, not a prima donna.
The mission is accomplished successfully, but they're assigned to another, and one wonders whether James will shape up. After a skirmish with the Germans, can James perform an emergency tracheotomy on a wounded soldier or is he too scared of causing the man's death?
The acting is good, but the segment has an unsatisfying pat ending.
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- lor_
- Nov 4, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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