Combat! (1966)
Combat!, a one-hour WWII drama series on television, followed a frontline American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe. With mud-splattered realism, the show offered ... See full summary »
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Episode 1 - The Gun
Release Date: 13 Sep. 1966To knock out a German bunker, the squad must drag a cannon over a mile of rough, enemy-infested terrain.
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Episode 2 - The Losers
Release Date: 20 Sep. 1966Saunders and Littlejohn are ordered to destroy an enemy bridge--with the help of four GIs being held for court-martial.
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Episode 3 - Ollie Joe
Release Date: 27 Sep. 1966Saunders's squad is disrupted by Ollie Joe Brown, a young soldier determined to be "GI Perfect."
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Episode 4 - The Brothers
Release Date: 4 Oct. 1966A reconnaissance patrol is jeopardized by two Frenchman vital to the mission: a veteran Resistance fighter and his frightened brother.
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Episode 5 - The Chapel at Able-Five
Release Date: 11 Oct. 1966Alone and blinded, Saunders is at the mercy of a German chaplain.
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Episode 6 - A Child's Game
Release Date: 18 Oct. 1966Saunders' men are ordered to take a farmhouse that is defended by a determined group of teenage German soldiers.
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Episode 7 - The Letter
Release Date: 25 Oct. 1966Saunders rankles his squad members by showing too much concern for a young replacement who bears a disquieting resemblance to the Sergeant's recently-enlisted kid brother.
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Episode 8 - Headcount
Release Date: 1 Nov. 1966Ordered to escort an important group of German prisoners to the rear, Saunders faces heavy odds; the POWs outnumber the GIs 18 to 5.
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Episode 9 - Decision
Release Date: 15 Nov. 1966Saunders is uneasy about Charles Harris, a doctor turned demolitions expert.
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Episode 10 - The Outsider
Release Date: 22 Nov. 1966A GI bitterly recalls the events that put him in the hospital.
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Episode 11 - Conflict
Release Date: 29 Nov. 1966A vital mission is jeopardized by Saunders' own short-tempered squad members, who suffer from raw nerves caused by lack of sleep. Surprisingly, the worst case of this ISN'T Kirby...It's Caje and Littlejohn!
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Episode 12 - Gulliver
Release Date: 6 Dec. 1966Wounded Littlejohn becomes a modern Gulliver.
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Episode 13 - The Bankroll
Release Date: 13 Dec. 1966Kirby starts questioning his own principles when he finds himself risking his neck for a deadbeat.
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Episode 14 - Cry for Help
Release Date: 20 Dec. 1966A captured German medic is forced to choose between duty to his country and his compassion for humanity.
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Episode 15 - The Furlough
Release Date: 27 Dec. 1966In a bomb-scarred London suburb, Saunders spends a furlough helping an orphanage director.
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Episode 16 - Entombed
Release Date: 3 Jan. 1967A mine cave-in forces enemies into an uneasy truce.
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Episode 17 - Gadjo
Release Date: 17 Jan. 1967Saunders tangles with Barbu, a wily gypsy.
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Episode 18 - Anniversary
Release Date: 24 Jan. 1967Suffering from shock, a French Resistance fighter wages a one-man war against the Allies and the Germans.
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Episode 19 - Encounter
Release Date: 31 Jan. 1967Captain Cole [James Daly] is reunited with his son, Jack [James MacArthur], who he hasn't seen in years. Jack is now a reporter who is sent to the front to cover the war. Jack arrives at HQ just as Captain Cole returns from a patrol and it is evident right from the start that his relations with his son are strained. Jack is stopped from going on patrol by his father but eventually manages to join a patrol with Lt Hanley and Captain Cole. The patrol is ambushed by Germans and is pinned down in a farmhouse. Doc is wounded in the first rush and manages to break away into...
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Episode 20 - The Gantlet
Release Date: 7 Feb. 1967Saunders is wounded, hounded by dogs, and finally captured and drugged.
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Episode 21 - The Masquers
Release Date: 14 Feb. 1967German soldiers are infiltrating the Allied lines dressed as Americans and Kirby is caught up in the action when he is involved in an ambush. He takes another soldier, Carl Driskoll [Roger Perry] prisoner not sure whether he is American or a German disguised as an American. They are both then captured by British Cpl. Tommy Behan [Gavin MacLeod], who is totally unsure who to trust. As they move along the road they come across a jeep that has been ambushed. The only survivor is Cpl. Marty Roberts [Nick Adams] who was a prisoner on the jeep. Now totally unsure who is who...
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Episode 22 - A Little Jazz
Release Date: 21 Feb. 1967A group of USO entertainers are on the way to the front when their truck blows a tyre. As their driver is changing the tyre they decide to have a practice unaware that a German patrol is moving in on them. Fortunately, Sgt. Saunders and the squad have also heard them and move in behind the Germans. The driver and accompanying MP are killed in the attack so Saunders decides to take the USO group with him while they finish their job. They work their way forward and come across a mill house which they decide to use as a temporary base. The USO leader Bernie [Dan Duryea] ...
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Episode 23 - Nightmare on the Red Ball Run
Release Date: 28 Feb. 1967A tyrannical sergeant, snipers and a dangerous cargo plague Kirby and Littlejohn as they drive trucks to the front lines.
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Episode 24 - Jonah
Release Date: 7 Mar. 1967While on patrol, Lt Hanley's newest replacement, Hank Dolan [Tom Simcox] is a man who believes he is cursed to cause the deaths of the men around him. A series of mishaps where those with him are killed whilst he is untouched leaves the other patrol members starting to believe he is right. During an attack on a German observation post Dolan is wounded and no one else is hurt making them realise he was not a Jonah.
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Episode 25 - The Partisan
Release Date: 14 Mar. 1967Hanley sends Saunders' patrol to scout for 88s shelling the town they've been ordered to hold. Ambushed by a German squad, Saunders is separated and aided by what appear to be French partisans.