The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From
- Episode aired Mar 10, 1967
- TV-PG
- 26m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
185
YOUR RATING
The presence of a masterful escape-artist POW threatens to destabilize Hogan's set-up at Stalag 13.The presence of a masterful escape-artist POW threatens to destabilize Hogan's set-up at Stalag 13.The presence of a masterful escape-artist POW threatens to destabilize Hogan's set-up at Stalag 13.
Roy Goldman
- Prisoner of War
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point near the start of the show, Carter is seen with his hair closely shaven. This is because shortly before this scene was filmed, Larry Hovis made a guest appearance as a Marine on Gomer Pyle, USMC. This show was also on CBS, and the outside scenes were filmed in the same back lot as Hogan's Heroes, about 500 feet away from the Hogan's Heroes set.
- GoofsIn the intro, Carter and LeBeau are about to go on a sabotage mission, but before they can leave, the mission is scrubbed. When Carter takes his hat off in anger, his head is almost clean-shaven. The next day, there appears to be quite a bit of hair visible around his hat - particularly his sideburns and around the back of his neck.
- Quotes
Col. Wilhelm Klink: [Burkhalter arrives] Ah, General Burkhalter, it is so good to see you again. You know this is really a marvelous surprise. We haven't had a friendly chat for some time.
General der Infanterie Albert Burkhalter: We haven't had a friendly chat at any time.
Featured review
Auspicious Debut Augers Well for Davenport's Future
With an assured blend of narrative plausibility, abundant humor, and quiet menace, Bill Davenport makes an auspicious debut as a "Hogan's Heroes" scriptwriter with "The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From," which, thanks to a notorious escape artist, British Sergeant Malcolm Flood (Mickey Manners), not only threatens an operation planned by the Heroes, Colonel Hogan's intelligence and sabotage unit working covertly from German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag 13, but could threaten camp commandant Colonel Klink's perfect no-successful-escape record--which in turn could jeopardize Hogan's operation should Klink be transferred and a more competent commandant replace him.
By now, the need to keep Klink in place is a constant concern, and Davenport's lively script takes the premise head-on with Flood, who has become notorious for escaping from several other POW camps, which is why General Burkhalter and Colonel Stieffer (Edward Knight), the SS officer in charge of the detachment bringing Flood to Stalag 13, are dumping the problem in Klink's lap--with dire consequences should he fail to keep Flood contained.
Flood's arrival, and the increased scrutiny and security it brings, in turn impinges upon the Heroes' crucial rendezvous with Allied intelligence agent Huebler (Karl Bruck), who is collecting vital information on German submarine pens. But Flood, who tried to slip the Germans' clutches as soon as he entered Stalag 13, leaving hapless Sergeant Schultz hilariously hamstrung in the process, has a compelling reason for his continual escapes: A Harry Houdini wannabe before the war, Flood was hardly knocking 'em dead as an escape artist on the entertainment circuit, but his wartime track record of truly deadly escapes--the ammunition in those submachine guns brandished by Stieffer's SS detachment are hardly blanks--can only bolster his celebrity after the war.
Trying to reason with Flood, Hogan becomes increasingly challenged to hold him in camp, but the boy just can't help it--Flood's just gotta be free to do as he pleases, even if it means tricking Sergeant Carter into Hogan's footlocker in another knee-slapping routine. (Apparently, Davenport didn't get the memo that Carter is the most gullible of the Heroes. Or maybe he did?) In desperation, who can Hogan turn to? Klink, of course, who is just as desperate to avoid a one-way ticket to the Russian Front as Bob Crane and Werner Klemperer play off each other in scenes well-framed by director Edward Feldman, also the series' producer.
Despite an atrocious attempt at a cockney accent, Manners, who looks like a taller, thinner Dustin Hoffman, delivers a breezy performance as the devil-may-care troublemaker, particularly in his scene with Larry Hovis--watch his expressions as Carter unwittingly offers up the avenue for Flood's escape. Davenport's script does belabor a couple of the gags, and Knight, by now brought in to deliver a German believable as a steely-eyed heavy, could have filled that time with some more menace, perhaps during the resolution, which could have used a stronger punch, but the cheeky humor of the final shot in "The Most Escape-Proof Camp" augers well for Davenport's future.
By now, the need to keep Klink in place is a constant concern, and Davenport's lively script takes the premise head-on with Flood, who has become notorious for escaping from several other POW camps, which is why General Burkhalter and Colonel Stieffer (Edward Knight), the SS officer in charge of the detachment bringing Flood to Stalag 13, are dumping the problem in Klink's lap--with dire consequences should he fail to keep Flood contained.
Flood's arrival, and the increased scrutiny and security it brings, in turn impinges upon the Heroes' crucial rendezvous with Allied intelligence agent Huebler (Karl Bruck), who is collecting vital information on German submarine pens. But Flood, who tried to slip the Germans' clutches as soon as he entered Stalag 13, leaving hapless Sergeant Schultz hilariously hamstrung in the process, has a compelling reason for his continual escapes: A Harry Houdini wannabe before the war, Flood was hardly knocking 'em dead as an escape artist on the entertainment circuit, but his wartime track record of truly deadly escapes--the ammunition in those submachine guns brandished by Stieffer's SS detachment are hardly blanks--can only bolster his celebrity after the war.
Trying to reason with Flood, Hogan becomes increasingly challenged to hold him in camp, but the boy just can't help it--Flood's just gotta be free to do as he pleases, even if it means tricking Sergeant Carter into Hogan's footlocker in another knee-slapping routine. (Apparently, Davenport didn't get the memo that Carter is the most gullible of the Heroes. Or maybe he did?) In desperation, who can Hogan turn to? Klink, of course, who is just as desperate to avoid a one-way ticket to the Russian Front as Bob Crane and Werner Klemperer play off each other in scenes well-framed by director Edward Feldman, also the series' producer.
Despite an atrocious attempt at a cockney accent, Manners, who looks like a taller, thinner Dustin Hoffman, delivers a breezy performance as the devil-may-care troublemaker, particularly in his scene with Larry Hovis--watch his expressions as Carter unwittingly offers up the avenue for Flood's escape. Davenport's script does belabor a couple of the gags, and Knight, by now brought in to deliver a German believable as a steely-eyed heavy, could have filled that time with some more menace, perhaps during the resolution, which could have used a stronger punch, but the cheeky humor of the final shot in "The Most Escape-Proof Camp" augers well for Davenport's future.
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