You just cant say enough good things about this excellent series. I truly believe that Vic Morrow playing the complex character of Sgt. Saunders was the pinnacle of acting in the history of television. Also, it wouldn't have been so good without excellent writing. No series ever portrayed the human story of warfare better than Combat! May all of the superb actors and staff who worked to create it be blessed in heaven.
I agree with you that Combat was a great tv show and I never missed an episode. However I just googled the best dramatic tv shows of the 60s and Ranker rates the best as 1 Star Trek. 2 Fugitive. 3 Mission Impossible. 4 Gunsmoke. Hawaii Five -0 Twilight Zone and Perry Mason follow up in that order. The best tv war shows were : 1 Combat. 2 McHales Navy. 3 The Gallant Men. 4 Twelve O’clock High. All on ABC. Just the facts ma’am …
Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons we need so much in these perilous times, to inspire us on ward and to not quit.
Question : when haven’t there been perilous times ? I mean everyone seems to think that this moment or the last was a perilous time. Until the next one. Jay-Sus when is anyone gonna realize that life comes in cycles and we just should accept that. Otherwise I really enjoyed this episode …
Of course I love this show ( I had some issues with some episodes). One of the things about the Saunder's role is that he did good for people humbly--he never expected to be paid back or thanked. He just did good; and walked away. As a very troubled boy, this brought me light.
Beautiful moment - when Saunders finally gives the Captain that first "Sir" after being told off. Saunders knows that he has succeeded in his objective.
Never got to see this show when it first came out, Boy Scout meeting at the same time and my Dad was the Scoutmaster. He was a WW2 Veteran in three theatres of ops in Europe and ran the scout troop like a military unit. The Saunders character done by Morrow would have been a great inspiration with his strength of character. He would have been a great role model when I was in the Navy. Now at 71 I am watching the show another time around and see so much more than I did last year when I saw it the first time. Young people today might enjoy it, if only they would watch it instead of playing games.
I totally agree about seeing so much more. Crawling around with the neighborhood boys, shooting my "Thompson", and throwing grenades (problably rocks)-now I see the depth of Sarge's character. Loved this show then and even more now.
Hi Brazil my 3rd Combat today, I think I need a weekend pass !! ha! ha! I watch these when I was a Kid, now as an almost 70 year old these Shows are Even better than I remember !
My uncle Joe used to pretend to be a comedic musical conductor waving his arms and bouncing around in his seat and making his mom my grandma laugh out loud. He was pulled out of a boarding line on a transport plane bound for Vietnam because he had served his enlistment. I didn’t know that then but now I know grandma was happy to have her silliest son home and safe. Just reminiscing …
Gary Merrill (Captain August) known already in cinema (All about Eve, Twelve O'Clock High [movie])and married to Bettie Davis for close to 12 years , did frequent appearances in television from the 50's until and upto the 80's. He left us in 1990 at the age of 74. /2021: Geraldine Brooks (Stroock) played in "Cry Wolf 1947 etc. along with many TV rôles until 1976. She died of a heart atttack in 1977. Once again, the force of character of Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow) comes out not just in his own personal bravery but in pushing other people to become moral human beings. Vic Morrow highlights here this admirable strength . A magnificent portrayal an d I think, a Vic Morrow milestone in his acting career. Merci pour le téléchargement.
I'm 62 yrs old one of my favorite TV shows growing up me & 8 brothers watch this with our Father who was a.world war 2 Veteran , every Tuesday night at 7:30pm on ABC also The Wild Wild West starring Robert Conrad & Ross Martin aka James West & Artemus Gordon I Loved both of these shows good ole days
@@garywalkersr2386 I'm 75 y.o and I remember watching this show for years, and eventually I made it into the army and went to South Vietnam where I served in a combat unit (Airborne Pathfinder Detachment). There's not one episode of Combat that doesn't reflect on what it's like to be in a war zone. Vic Morrow, Rick Jason and all of those who played their roles so well have left indelible footprints for future generations of Combat viewers. God bless them all.
You wonder how they ever got those vehicles even in 1963. That was 18 years after the war. But they did what they can't do today. Write a good program.
@@starshiptrooper7670 That's unfortunate becuase this was insane war like this planet ever seen in modern history. No vulgar launguge either, those 2 things make this unrealistic. Watch Saving Private Ryan, that's realistic! This is very well made don't get me wrong but it needed a bit more realism like i mentioned
@@m42037 Ken, I agree with you 100%. Platoon is another good movie. Back in the early 60s this was a different world. Married couples were shown in different beds. Showing her belly button on I Dream of Jeannie (Barbra Eden) was not cool. Combat's good for what it is.
@@starshiptrooper7670 And Mary Ann on Gilligans Island? You see her belly? That was the 60s. Shit sex n Hippies was crazy by the mid 60s, this show was on till 67, girls were walking around half naked in 67 lol. A girl in a mini skirt bends over boom!! Wow! I don't think all shows in the 60s were like that, i think there's no blood (not much anyway) in Combat due to cost and time.
Sigh. Thank you. I waited and waited for someone to post this ep. I've since gotten my own set of DVD's, but still, I'm grateful. I'm out of my mind crazy about Vic Morrow, and this ep is one of my top three favorites. 38:39 "I've been shot at before." One of the coolest lines ever. So matter-of-factly. And "Captain, if you run fast enough you can catch up to that halftrack." Ya gotta love Saunders.
Hell yeah! World War II was just the backdrop for this magnifient series about human character. There were many flaws, but---compared with the absolute garbage we are subjected to today, who gives a damn?
I can't do that, I shoot stills and videos, I automatically scrutinize every show I watch. As well as being an amateur WWII historian for about 45 years. Composition, continuity, everything. And yet, I can still enjoy it for what it is, even when the mortar shells make noise, the Germans use WWI or American Browning MG's, when the squad's all bunched up ripe for a single lucky arty/mortar/grenade kill, etc. In other words, you can actually do both. ;)
I watched this show as a kid, starting around when I was 9, and at that early age realized what a great show it was with thought-provoking stories. I was always captivated by Vic Morrow's acting and others who appeared on the show and did great jobs like Robert Duvall, James Coburn and James Whitmore. But other great television series soon followed like 12 O'clock High, the Outer Limits and Star Trek. Now it seems there is nothing but pure garbage on. Thanks to those who ensure there is still quality shows to watch, even as old as this is.
The Day The Music died in TV was the first episode of "Survivor," followed by Swamp folks shooting 'gators, people whispering gossip to each other, and last, but not least, naked people chased by ants trying to sleep in the jungle.
Its miraculous that Saunders and all the other guys hair never gets matted/flat after wearing that heavy helmet it is always nice and combed and fluffy..hmm
there are several issues with scene to scene continuity. Heavy rain ine one scene, but dry as a bone in the next scene. but I always have loved this show.
After that fighting Combat opening, I immediately thought this episode would be a 'Jacob's Ladder' style dream sequence. Saunders unconscious from his wounds pitting his Soldier Nature/will to live vs his unconscious Ready To Die subconscious. Kept expecting at the very end that Saunders would wake up himself on the table in the field hospital, with the doc and nurse saying, 'We thought we'd lost you.'
Gary Marrill ( 1915-1990 ) had played the physician As an old fantasy fan i recognised him from some of those shows like THE TWILGHT ZONE, OUTER LIMITS and ONE STEP BEYOND The seasoned actor also has played in a lot of movies by now almost forgotten. Ir is worthwhile to look up a few of them by chance
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. And so does this masterful episode of Combat. Extraordinary.
Let's not forget Sgt. Schultz of Hogan's Heroes. John Banner was a real Sgt. in US Army Air Corps during WW2, and lost his family in the holocaust. RIP to both men, and R Lee Ermey.
According to Wikepedia Rick Jason served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1943 to 1945. Jason also visited American troops serving in Vietnam on several USO tours in the late 60s and early 70s. He killed himself in the year 2000 a week after a reunion with the cast of Combat.
In the scene where Sgt. Saunders machine guns the four Germans, the Thompson in his hands changes from a Model 1921AC with Lyman adjustable sight to Model 1928A1 with a "L" stamped rear sight and back. Both guns were M-G-M props. Incidentally, when Saunders shoots the Germans, no bullets strike the ambulance (no bullet holes).
@@lelandsmith2320 he even got the kraut in the drivers set without hitting anything else. I can forgive all of that stuff. They don’t make them like they used to.
Wow just think, we have exchanged courage,discipline and heroism for diversity, equality and inclusion. What a better country we have. The new People’s Republic of America. Glad I’m old. Fewer days ahead than behind.
I like how it ended. The squad thought all along Saunders was recuperating safely in the hospital, in the mean time in reality he had just gone through hell.
Stellar performance between two brilliant actors 4:38, Saunders is almost speechless as he notices his travelling companion, and her stunning response is subtle but brilliant as king Vic recovers at the sight of her beauty, pure gold....
I guess Saunders finally got new style boots he wanted buy, in the episode the "squad"side ties, also 2nd time tangled in barbwire, episode the "medal". Love this show, the best.
Rick Jason's suicide is an incredibly sad footnote to Combat! It asserts yet again that we need to keep a close eye on our friends and when we see despair we have to act. It's like the guy in the back of the ambulance. Without a watchful 'friend' he dies. We just can't walk away and let this happen.
@@edoedo8686 focus on meditation for peace of mind and stop thinking about things you can't do anything about. Treat yourself to thoughts speak to people with positive thoughts and respect. Take care you're in charge of your Life
I suffered through depression several years ago. I never left home, showered, checked my mail, ate decent, or talked to anyone for over 3 weeks. I finally got the courage to tell my doctor and his nurse during a visit. I thought they would ship me off to the loony bin. But instead treated depression as an illness. I was fine within a few days. Communication is the key.
Another great show from my growing up years.So many lessons to learn from this show. Morals, character, guts, and so much more. Ill take the shows I grew up on in the 60's & 70's over any of this crap on T.V now days!!!
Dark German humor on pre-invasion Normandy Coast, "if you see a black airplane in the sky it's British, if you see a white airplane it's American, if you don't see a plane it the Luftwaffle!"
The nurse of lieutenant was so beautiful that my eyes seemed to be blind. The actor as the wounded only lied down on the bed without any words or action.
Vic Morrow directed a spaghetti Western with James Garner called " A Man called Sledge " . Not many knew that not even me till I saw it recently and saw it on the credits .
That is exactly right and very well put. He has all of that McQueen cool and maybe a little tougher. He's got the New York swagger that McQueen didn't have. Steve McQueen was born in the very building I work in believe it or not. St Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, IN.
@@quentinburns8298 i worked with his uncle in a paper box factory in north kansas city,national folding carton when i was 18,we were having lunch,and i said marty you look alot like steve mcqueen,he said i ought to he's my nephew,marty mcqueen,true story,the world is a damn small place actually
The Walking Dead was simply superb, as all the Combat episodes. The writers were of an elite class who wrote these masterpieces, as was the director(s). COMBAT-- nothing like it since. When I was 14, I thought this was all there was in all the world-- being a solider. Not I'm well over 60, and still love Combat, and always will!
The whole series is just that. I have been watching Combat since the late 1990's, and the the cast and writing alone just make it worth seeing these episodes over and over again.
L.A. Wood , i remember watching an old WW2 show, not sure it was combat, then spent most of my first decade as an adult in the military, so didnt watch much tv. But i think ive seen all the combat episodes now.
It might be a bit annoying to some that the Germans and French speak their native language but I think it adds realism. And by using gestures they usually give us a good idea what they are referring to. When it is important they have one of the GI's translate for us.
If it always were " THE NATIVE LANGUAGE ! To often it is just Gibberish of bad pronounced words and odd phrases. Rarely there are actors in doing a good foreign language job.
Come on! The Germans aren't dumb enough to get the Ambo unstuck without checking the barn!!! And then get hosed by Saunders like a bunch of punks! LOL!
Ok .... i think I need to come back to this one, if someone can explain this to me: why, when he's wounded, is he completely on his own to get to an aid station?! Scratching my head.
There weren't many girls in combat but he did fall in love with Carol Lawrence in a season 5 episode but she got killed the episode took place in london
I think the sarge really impressed the nurse when he wasted those Nazi bastards after they got his vehicle unstuck. I think he has been itching to play doctor and nurse with her or maybe a spirited game of hide the sausage.
Never saw this when I was a kid, but think it is very good, the soldiers look real, one small thing though, think they could have dropped some of the music. Wasn’t needed, because this was such a good show. Excellent acting. Good action and good dialogue. 👍
The Character Sgt Saunders proves once again that he via circumstances is forced to take control of a situation, he violates chain of command in order to save all concerned.
Keep in mind that the chain of command is different when you’re dealing with non-combat personnel. Medical personnel, military chaplains, etc, are not in that chain no matter what their grade. The senior guy there is E-5 Chip Saunders.
I love Combat my only beef is when the actors speak French or German I just wish there were sub titles. Everyone Stay Safe during these difficult times and watch out for each other :) Peace
That's Sarge, always helping and thinking of others. "That could be me in the back...." so you damn well better help, too. But to be fair, he admired the krauts for helping free the truck.....then blasted them to hell.
You just cant say enough good things about this excellent series. I truly believe that Vic Morrow playing the complex character of Sgt. Saunders was the pinnacle of acting in the history of television. Also, it wouldn't have been so good without excellent writing. No series ever portrayed the human story of warfare better than Combat! May all of the superb actors and staff who worked to create it be blessed in heaven.
I agree with you that Combat was a great tv show and I never missed an episode. However I just googled the best dramatic tv shows of the 60s and Ranker rates the best as 1 Star Trek. 2 Fugitive. 3 Mission Impossible. 4 Gunsmoke. Hawaii Five -0 Twilight Zone and Perry Mason follow up in that order. The best tv war shows were : 1 Combat. 2 McHales Navy. 3 The Gallant Men. 4 Twelve O’clock High. All on ABC. Just the facts ma’am …
I love this series better as an adult than when I was a child.
Binge watching. Remarkable show. 30+ episodes and each one better than almost anything on TV today.
True!
It's okay to say it not almost it's better than anything on TV today at all ever
@randall2020 Calm down Randall, he is comparing a 60s show with drama and dialog to "modern" drivel with boobs (not that I mind boobs ;
Yeah calm down Randall
Absolutely agree Marty Jr. 👍
The Band of Brothers of our day!!!! Excellent series.
Watching Combat after all these years, is as if watching it for the first time. Love this show.
Me too! The best tv series ever made. Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons we need so much in these perilous times, to inspire us on ward and to not quit.
Question : when haven’t there been perilous times ? I mean everyone seems to think that this moment or the last was a perilous time. Until the next one. Jay-Sus when is anyone gonna realize that life comes in cycles and we just should accept that. Otherwise I really enjoyed this episode …
I remember watching Combat in the 60's. Brings back memories. I enjoy the older shows also.
Of course I love this show ( I had some issues with some episodes). One of the things about the Saunder's role is that he did good for people humbly--he never expected to be paid back or thanked. He just did good; and walked away. As a very troubled boy, this brought me light.
When I was a kid I had the Mattel Thompson machine gun cap gun. It used rolls of caps. When we played guns we would shoot and holler, "I got you!"
@@jamesbetker6862 I remember it--I really wanteď one. It was at Woolworth's San Diego. I tried to steal it, got caught.
@@edoedo8686 You should have known better,
@@edoedo8686 what happened
Beautiful moment - when Saunders finally gives the Captain that first "Sir" after being told off. Saunders knows that he has succeeded in his objective.
this was my favorite TV series in 1963-64,65, I was 8,9, 10 through those years, best thing on TV at the time...
Never got to see this show when it first came out, Boy Scout meeting at the same time and my Dad was the Scoutmaster. He was a WW2 Veteran in three theatres of ops in Europe and ran the scout troop like a military unit. The Saunders character done by Morrow would have been a great inspiration with his strength of character. He would have been a great role model when I was in the Navy.
Now at 71 I am watching the show another time around and see so much more than I did last year when I saw it the first time. Young people today might enjoy it, if only they would watch it instead of playing games.
I remember it being on at 730p PST on Tuesdays (ABC). Right after mom cooked dinner & after my dad gave me a bath!
I totally agree about seeing so much more. Crawling around with the neighborhood boys, shooting my "Thompson", and throwing grenades (problably rocks)-now I see the depth of Sarge's character. Loved this show then and even more now.
Great show. Combat: the best tv series ever made. Greetings from Brazil.
Hello brazil! From an american in nevada.
Hi Brazil my 3rd Combat today, I think I need a weekend pass !! ha! ha! I watch these when I was a Kid, now as an almost 70 year old these Shows are Even better than I remember !
Hello brasil!!! From an american in nevada. You have a great country!
Bolsonaro seems like a great Presidente. I wish Brazil well!
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Cute little baby last episode (ep.29), cute little doggie in this one--Sgt. Saunders is a big softie at heart!
The doggies nice but the girl's dang good look'in!
I can watch the episodes of this series over and over. Don't make shows like this anymore. Great cast and guest stars.
I really love this show! The theme song with the explosions and the announcer with gravely voiced saying COMBAT! brings back a lot of good memories!
My uncle Joe used to pretend to be a comedic musical conductor waving his arms and bouncing around in his seat and making his mom my grandma laugh out loud. He was pulled out of a boarding line on a transport plane bound for Vietnam because he had served his enlistment. I didn’t know that then but now I know grandma was happy to have her silliest son home and safe. Just reminiscing …
Best pyrotechnics in a weekly t.v. series ever. Best folding of newsreel footage with acting ever. No CGI
Gary Merrill (Captain August) known already in cinema (All about Eve, Twelve O'Clock High [movie])and married to Bettie Davis for close to 12 years , did frequent appearances in television from the 50's until and upto the 80's. He left us in 1990 at the age of 74. /2021: Geraldine Brooks (Stroock) played in "Cry Wolf 1947 etc. along with many TV rôles until 1976. She died of a heart atttack in 1977. Once again, the force of character of Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow) comes out not just in his own personal bravery but in pushing other people to become moral human beings. Vic Morrow highlights here this admirable strength . A magnificent portrayal an d I think, a Vic Morrow milestone in his acting career. Merci pour le téléchargement.
I'm 62 yrs old one of my favorite TV shows growing up me & 8 brothers watch this with our Father who was a.world war 2 Veteran , every Tuesday night at 7:30pm on ABC also The Wild Wild West starring Robert Conrad & Ross Martin aka James West & Artemus Gordon I Loved both of these shows good ole days
@@garywalkersr2386 I'm 75 y.o and I remember watching this show for years, and eventually I made it into the army and went to South Vietnam where I served in a combat unit (Airborne Pathfinder Detachment).
There's not one episode of Combat that doesn't reflect on what it's like to be in a war zone.
Vic Morrow, Rick Jason and all of those who played their roles so well have left indelible footprints for future generations of Combat viewers.
God bless them all.
Watching this show again, takes me back in time, when I would be waiting eagerly for the next episode.
Can never forget the moment's. Great shows.
That nurse was actress who played the nurse died young at 51.
Loved the whole cast in this episode. Geraldine Brooks also passed away too soon.
"If you dont make a stand ? Then long after this is over you'll still be fighting a War." Wow. What an amazing line.
The line was also used in the first episode.
One of my top ten episodes. Saunders struggling to be a human being first and a soldier second.
You wonder how they ever got those vehicles even in 1963. That was 18 years after the war. But they did what they can't do today. Write a good program.
Great writing and acting. They did this without relying on crude humor, explicit sex, or political innuendo unlike the garbage on tv today.
Exactly. Not much blood either, if any.
@@starshiptrooper7670 That's unfortunate becuase this was insane war like this planet ever seen in modern history. No vulgar launguge either, those 2 things make this unrealistic. Watch Saving Private Ryan, that's realistic! This is very well made don't get me wrong but it needed a bit more realism like i mentioned
@@m42037 Ken, I agree with you 100%. Platoon is another good movie. Back in the early 60s this was a different world. Married couples were shown in different beds. Showing her belly button on I Dream of Jeannie (Barbra Eden) was not cool. Combat's good for what it is.
@@starshiptrooper7670 And Mary Ann on Gilligans Island? You see her belly? That was the 60s. Shit sex n Hippies was crazy by the mid 60s, this show was on till 67, girls were walking around half naked in 67 lol. A girl in a mini skirt bends over boom!! Wow! I don't think all shows in the 60s were like that, i think there's no blood (not much anyway) in Combat due to cost and time.
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Sigh. Thank you. I waited and waited for someone to post this ep. I've since gotten my own set of DVD's, but still, I'm grateful. I'm out of my mind crazy about Vic Morrow, and this ep is one of my top three favorites.
38:39 "I've been shot at before." One of the coolest lines ever. So matter-of-factly. And "Captain, if you run fast enough you can catch up to that halftrack." Ya gotta love Saunders.
Yeah! And the other from the Private.........."Sergeant, don't you think you're being a little hard on the Captain?"
@@mach1gtx150 I'll take "Lines you'd never hear from a Private to a Sergeant about a Captain" for $1000, Alex.
elflingskitten Where were You shot ? In the head Or the ass ! This show is as realistic as a super An comic book
This episode I remember all these years from the original network broadcast only because of Geraldine's hair, it was "wild" for 1963.
Yeah it was very goodlooking woman she was in a mannix season 2 1968 episode got to see her red hair.
My wife and I have become Combat addicts since watching the first couple of episodes.
Such a good story! This show always had a lesson for life. It's hard to believe the programming on today's shows
I sure am glad I'm able to watch and enjoy the videos on here without having to scrutinise every little scene for flaws.
Hell yeah! World War II was just the backdrop for this magnifient series about human character. There were many flaws, but---compared with the absolute garbage we are subjected to today, who gives a damn?
@@williamrmcintosh4343 Roger that!
I can't do that, I shoot stills and videos, I automatically scrutinize every show I watch. As well as being an amateur WWII historian for about 45 years. Composition, continuity, everything. And yet, I can still enjoy it for what it is, even when the mortar shells make noise, the Germans use WWI or American Browning MG's, when the squad's all bunched up ripe for a single lucky arty/mortar/grenade kill, etc. In other words, you can actually do both. ;)
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The older I get the better this old TV show gets.
@J Obamastein Or just everything else is just getting worse ;
3 May will be 65....still watching...
I love this show. Probably the closest accurate portrayal of the War.
Burt Kennedy directing--a craftsman who made it look easy and always came up with quality stuff.
I watched this show as a kid, starting around when I was 9, and at that early age realized what a great show it was with thought-provoking stories. I was always captivated by Vic Morrow's acting and others who appeared on the show and did great jobs like Robert Duvall, James Coburn and James Whitmore. But other great television series soon followed like 12 O'clock High, the Outer Limits and Star Trek. Now it seems there is nothing but pure garbage on. Thanks to those who ensure there is still quality shows to watch, even as old as this is.
The Day The Music died in TV was the first episode of "Survivor," followed by Swamp folks shooting 'gators, people whispering gossip to each other, and last, but not least, naked people chased by ants trying to sleep in the jungle.
@@williamrmcintosh4343 And believe it or not, it has just gotten worse.
"Sargent, don't you think you are being a little hard on the Captain"................. Classic.
Its miraculous that Saunders and all the other guys hair never gets matted/flat after wearing that heavy helmet it is always nice and combed and fluffy..hmm
there are several issues with scene to scene continuity. Heavy rain ine one scene, but dry as a bone in the next scene. but I always have loved this show.
@@michaelfountain1477 yeah me to even with all the inconsistencies and mistakes.
2020 quarantine. Better than whats on TV.
After Combat, gotta binge on Rat Patrol next👍
After that fighting Combat opening, I immediately thought this episode would be a 'Jacob's Ladder' style dream sequence. Saunders unconscious from his wounds pitting his Soldier Nature/will to live vs his unconscious Ready To Die subconscious. Kept expecting at the very end that Saunders would wake up himself on the table in the field hospital, with the doc and nurse saying, 'We thought we'd lost you.'
Too many dime-store psychology courses 4u. It wasn't that deep back in '63, and it's way too deep today.
I thought it was a dream sequence too. They didn't really explain how he came to be walking on that road by himself.
Gary Marrill ( 1915-1990 ) had played the physician As an old fantasy fan i recognised him from some of those shows like THE TWILGHT ZONE, OUTER LIMITS and ONE STEP BEYOND
The seasoned actor also has played in a lot of movies by now almost forgotten. Ir is worthwhile to look up a few of them by chance
Vic Morrow, you are a legend....
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. And so does this masterful episode of Combat. Extraordinary.
"Chip" Saunders, America's most famous sergeant!
Never knew his first name
don't forget R Lee Ermey
Let's not forget Sgt. Schultz of Hogan's Heroes. John Banner was a real Sgt. in US Army Air Corps during WW2, and lost his family in the holocaust. RIP to both men, and R Lee Ermey.
The doctor also played in the movie, 12 o'clock high. Another great movie and series.
According to Wikepedia Rick Jason served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1943 to 1945. Jason also visited American troops serving in Vietnam on several USO tours in the late 60s and early 70s. He killed himself in the year 2000 a week after a reunion with the cast of Combat.
In the scene where Sgt. Saunders machine guns the four Germans, the Thompson in his hands changes from a Model 1921AC with Lyman adjustable sight to Model 1928A1 with a "L" stamped rear sight and back. Both guns were M-G-M props. Incidentally, when Saunders shoots the Germans, no bullets strike the ambulance (no bullet holes).
Interesting catch. You are an example of why I always love reading the comments after a RUclips viewing...
The sarge was a crack shot.
No, but I think he got the radiator and block.
@@michaelmutphy9077 an unaimed crack shot?
@@lelandsmith2320 he even got the kraut in the drivers set without hitting anything else. I can forgive all of that stuff. They don’t make them like they used to.
Courage . . . discipline . . . heroism. All in this episode.
Wow just think, we have exchanged courage,discipline and heroism for diversity, equality and inclusion. What a better country we have. The new People’s Republic of America. Glad I’m old. Fewer days ahead than behind.
Every body dies young
I like how it ended. The squad thought all along Saunders was recuperating safely in the hospital, in the mean time in reality he had just gone through hell.
Stellar performance between two brilliant actors 4:38, Saunders is almost speechless as he notices his travelling companion, and her stunning response is subtle but brilliant as king Vic recovers at the sight of her beauty, pure gold....
Grant, why the commie pic??? Those in WWII would have fought against him. He was a low life! Read your history!
The greatest war dramas ever made, for sure!
For TV, anyway; come to think of it, I'm having a hard time thinking of a better war drama in the movies, as well !
I guess Saunders finally got new style boots he wanted buy, in the episode the "squad"side ties, also 2nd time tangled in barbwire, episode the "medal". Love this show, the best.
Rick Jason's suicide is an incredibly sad footnote to Combat! It asserts yet again that we need to keep a close eye on our friends and when we see despair we have to act. It's like the guy in the back of the ambulance. Without a watchful 'friend' he dies. We just can't walk away and let this happen.
o wow i dident know that i never heard that before . thats so sad !
Yes...so true. Hey, depression is a killer. I have my struggles and at times I walk a fine line...
@@edoedo8686 how are you doing ? Keep on going the problems have to pass eventually . God bless ..
@@edoedo8686 focus on meditation for peace of mind and stop thinking about things you can't do anything about. Treat yourself to thoughts speak to people with positive thoughts and respect.
Take care you're in charge of your Life
I suffered through depression several years ago. I never left home, showered, checked my mail, ate decent, or talked to anyone for over 3 weeks. I finally got the courage to tell my doctor and his nurse during a visit. I thought they would ship me off to the loony bin. But instead treated depression as an illness. I was fine within a few days. Communication is the key.
Some guys have all the luck, some guys sure do & Im glad that the little dog make it.
Another great show from my growing up years.So many lessons to learn from this show. Morals, character, guts, and so much more. Ill take the shows I grew up on in the 60's & 70's over any of this crap on T.V now days!!!
That is the truth!
It’s a shame to Vic MARROW Died but I respect his legacy God bless you Vic
Sanders taking out a cigarette and gets shot, almost out of the movie Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne.
seen reruns of this in the 90s, good show
God I love this show , have since I was a kid
I was watching this with headphones and just realised it's like a radio show. Really conceptualised prior to TV.
yes, reminds me of listening to the Lone Ranger at my grandmother's house.
Dark German humor on pre-invasion Normandy Coast, "if you see a black airplane in the sky it's British, if you see a white airplane it's American, if you don't see a plane it the Luftwaffle!"
Ha, ha! The Germans were outstanding combat soldiers, and our guys had their hands full the whole way.
Haha..
Has anyone noticed how they seem to swap out top billing for Rick and Vic every episode?
Got to take turns.
The nurse of lieutenant was so beautiful that my eyes seemed to be blind.
The actor as the wounded only lied down on the bed without any words or action.
he says hold it let them get it out first hahaha i love this show !!!
Vic Morrow directed a spaghetti Western with James Garner called " A Man called Sledge " . Not many knew that not even me till I saw it recently and saw it on the credits .
i agree, Vic Morrow always commands your attention on the screen-very underated actor
when the camera rolls he is right up there with STEVE MCQUEEN as far as cool goes,RIP VIC
Yep! RIP both
Vic and Elvis made a movie
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That is exactly right and very well put. He has all of that McQueen cool and maybe a little tougher. He's got the New York swagger that McQueen didn't have. Steve McQueen was born in the very building I work in believe it or not. St Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, IN.
@@quentinburns8298 i worked with his uncle in a paper box factory in north kansas city,national folding carton when i was 18,we were having lunch,and i said marty you look alot like steve mcqueen,he said i ought to he's my nephew,marty mcqueen,true story,the world is a damn small place actually
These shows actually show you, that you don't need blood and gore to understand the horror of war..
The Walking Dead was simply superb, as all the Combat episodes. The writers were of an elite class who wrote these masterpieces, as was the director(s). COMBAT-- nothing like it since. When I was 14, I thought this was all there was in all the world-- being a solider. Not I'm well over 60, and still love Combat, and always will!
The whole series is just that. I have been watching Combat since the late 1990's, and the the cast and writing alone just make it worth seeing these episodes over and over again.
L.A Bobby van. Wood
L.A. Wood , i remember watching an old WW2 show, not sure it was combat, then spent most of my first decade as an adult in the military, so didnt watch much tv. But i think ive seen all the combat episodes now.
Great characters and stories RIP
Hahaha I was wondering if they'd give the dog a last scene 🐶
put it in 4 wheel drive! the ambulance has a front differential so thusly 4 wheel drive.
you dont mess with "The Sarge".....Ever
Amazing how much the terrain looks more like California than France, isn't it?
man they dont make tv shows like they used to i am only 16 and my dad told me about it and now i cant stop watching them
@Marki Faux SFTU Vladimir, no one asked you
It might be a bit annoying to some that the Germans and French speak their native language but I think it adds realism. And by using gestures they usually give us a good idea what they are referring to. When it is important they have one of the GI's translate for us.
If it always were " THE NATIVE LANGUAGE ! To often it is just Gibberish of bad pronounced words and odd phrases. Rarely there are actors in doing a good foreign language job.
The beautiful Geraldine Brooks was a guest star on many series such as The Outer Limits, Mr. Novak, Get Smart, Mannix, etc.
Yeah she looked good in mannix in color.
The speech for having to endure attrition and moralize out of the length of life. Keep it to good people.
Saunders should have nailed that...now, you known any WWII GI would have poked that...
Thank you.
Come on! The Germans aren't dumb enough to get the Ambo unstuck without checking the barn!!! And then get hosed by Saunders like a bunch of punks! LOL!
I dunno....in Combat! the krauts do lots of dumb things. They can't shoot worth a hoot, either. No wonder they lost the war!
Are there any contemporary screenwriters
With the insight into human nature and behavior
As there visibly was in the story writing of Combat?
Yes, --- you !!
OTRO CLASICO DEL GENIAL VIC MORROW...(Q.E.P.D.)
Vic Morrow tragically lost his life in the 80's in a freak accident on the set of the Twilight Zone movie.
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Michael Mitchell don't forget about the two children, thanks to the Director...
@@JamesBond-ml3zp Was it the director or inept pyro techs?
@@bailey9r I won't even watch that stinking movie! I get pissed every time I tried.
@@shadowwolf7622 I never have either, never even tried. Feel like it would be like watching one of those sick "faces of death" videos.
Ok .... i think I need to come back to this one, if someone can explain this to me: why, when he's wounded, is he completely on his own to get to an aid station?! Scratching my head.
Saunders never gets the girl.
There weren't many girls in combat but he did fall in love with Carol Lawrence in a season 5 episode but she got killed the episode took place in london
I think the sarge really impressed the nurse when he wasted those Nazi bastards after they got his vehicle unstuck. I think he has been itching to play doctor and nurse with her or maybe a spirited game of hide the sausage.
Michael Romine hahahaha
She did have a nice turd cutter
Give that nurse the olive drab weenie!
He sure healed fast.
sarge got attached to that old dodge ambulance....and rightfully so
Modern tv dont hold a shit on this series. You can keep your special effects Hollywood.... this you cant compete with
If your stuck, go into the barn and get some planks to put under the tires. Duh! Aaarrgghh!!!
Never saw this when I was a kid, but think it is very good, the soldiers look real, one small thing though, think they could have dropped some of the music. Wasn’t needed, because this was such a good show. Excellent acting. Good action and good dialogue. 👍
25:09 Best offer Saunders had yet.
The Character Sgt Saunders proves once again that he via circumstances is forced to take control of a situation, he violates chain of command in order to save all concerned.
and got very lucky
Keep in mind that the chain of command is different when you’re dealing with non-combat personnel. Medical personnel, military chaplains, etc, are not in that chain no matter what their grade. The senior guy there is E-5 Chip Saunders.
I have clipped a lot of barbed wire and this movie must be cutting barbed spaghetti!
I love Combat my only beef is when the actors speak French or German I just wish there were sub titles. Everyone Stay Safe during these difficult times and watch out for each other :) Peace
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Great show just visited Franklin Canyon in LA just to see where many episodes were filmed . Just above Beverley Hills in the San Monica mts
She's a living doll.
These were the real Band Of Brothers.
Sgt. Saunders finally has an ammo pouch for his extra Thompson magazines on his right rear hip, but it appears to be a British pouch ...
The f.. king best episode I've ever seen.
Sarge helps ppl the only way he knows how, blasting krauts..
That's Sarge, always helping and thinking of others. "That could be me in the back...." so you damn well better help, too. But to be fair, he admired the krauts for helping free the truck.....then blasted them to hell.
Your darn toot'in!