Just, wow. Masterful writing, great acting, and a superb job of directing by Vic Morrow. Who is to say which human life is more important than another? If this isn't an antiwar statement, I don't know what is. I watched all of these as a kid, and my buddies and I reenacted them after school and on weekends. Then Vietnam escalated and half our "platoon" went to real war. God bless our troops. I pray for a day that there is no more war.
Combat is the most popular tv program in 1962. Rick jason, vic morrow the best actors of the series and supporting I enjoy watching it. I'm 14 years old at that time. I'm 73 now and still watching it. Brings back memories
The Pill Box is another one of those episodes of Combat that proves beyond a doubt that Combat will always be the greatest TV show ever made and fully illustrates a God given integrity to inspire you for ever, defining what a true hero is.
Excellent show,incredible show the acting from stars,co stars and guest stars excellent been a fan since 1971 but the best part is that whether tv,films,music you grow with it and see so much differently like combat,wild wild west ,mannix,lost in space just about all the fun stuff is so dated yet it's the human element that you appreciate now and as time moves on you,ll continue to grow but that original magic will somehow still be there just like that kid who 1st fell in love with all of these great shows,films and music.
Absolutely true, although clearly you have to suspend belief just a little bit. Every week someone does something that would have earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor, and one of the stars sustains a wound that would have sent him stateside for the duration of the war. But the story lines are great, and the only way they could have done them differently would have been to have a new cast each week, which would have been a real pain. Besides, I got attached to Hanley, Saunders, Kirby, Cage and Little John as a kid! I looked forward to watching them each week, and I am binging through the entire series again right now! Best show ever, in my opinion!
Okey ugokwe Paulinus 🎉I remember this great movie those days @ 70s when I was watching the movie I was thinking about it the like I was in the middle of the war😢
Thanks so very much for sharing these great episodes with us all , I can't begin to tell you what seeing these again means to me , thanks again 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Just viewed this beautiful episode, it's almost perfect. Just one thing though, that German soldier was wearing American combat boots. Thanks for uploading this historical war series.
Compassion that's the main reason our boys go to war. Not for oil, power or wealth. If it were not true we would have taken control of many a country by now.
As a kid of 11 years old at this time, Combat was all about the action, gun fire, bombings, etc. Found the series a few years ago and even though I remember many of the shows, the true meaning of what the shows were really about came to light. Combat is one of the better written, directed shows of all time.
Yes incredible ending couldn't help but feel it remember before the war say 1930 before Hitler took power Hanley could've been in Berlin as kid on college break and stay at the hotel managed/owned by the wounded German and became friendly with him and now in 1944 Hanley is suppose to leave him to die because of Hitler and to some extent for nonsense it just shows the true tragedy of war but also true humanity again excellent show about life,death,people with war as the back drop.
"Sgt Hulka is that You?" Warren Oates, truly a gifted actor. Very underrated in my books. Just playing "Is that who I think it is?" In my head again. Great series thankyou for the uploads👍
This TV series was my main motivation for taking three years of German language training in High school [1967-1970]' a skill set that served me well during my cold war tour of duty in Nuremberg [1976-1979]
I was a boy of 10yrs old when I first saw combat. Really liked that M1 Carbine that Lt. Gil Hanley had and I thought it was a cool looking rifle, told myself I would get one some day, now 50yrs later watching Combat again and have a M1 Carbine.
Thanks also for uploading them. Never knew how great they were when watching in the 60's being 10 - 15 years old. Totally different understanding of Saunders. Only Morrow could have played him.
Thank you for posting Combat, the best show ever, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons, to inspire us to not give up, and to keep going, during this snake venom Nazi take over, even when our God given constitution is trapped in a Pill Box !
I remember the show Combat! but not much more than that, I was born in 61. I do remember the tragic death of Vic Morrow. Now during Covid 2020. I have taken the time to start from the first episode. I do think this s2e17 stands out so far as the best story and single ep. I've seen. Then I see that it's Directed by Vic Morrow himself!
That may be... But what about inhumane feelings? At first thought, I would have left him there. on second thought, I would have dragged him by his heels. On third thought, I would have built a travois, out of two poles, and those sturdy German raincoats, lashing whatever one handed, THEN dragged him. You can drag him all day, you couldn't carry him for more than 1/4 mile. This, from a US Army Infantry sergeant, who had Sgt. Saunders' job for 5 years. This makes for good TV, though.
Don't normally like the all Rick Jason episodes, but this was an excellent one. With two excellent actors in Warren Oates and Albert Paulsen in co-starring roles. This is so much better than the utter PC garbage on TV today.
I love Combat! for the fact that unlike so many other WWII dramas, they used real German language. When I was in High School in the '60s, one of the reasons I studied the German language was so I could comprehend the speech in Combat.
Tuesday 7:30-8:30 PM was my holy hour in those days. Inviolable except for an infrequent grade-school night program. Even then the lost episode might be recouped during the summer rerun season.
I'm glad after reading comments here I know em not alone now @67 i been watching & rewatching combat series BTW my dad was a member of USAFE in the Pacific who fought back to back w/ GIs here in the 🇵🇭 Phil happy 4th of July👍👍👍
1963. Morrow and Jason must have been good friend to share the spotlight, and so well, helping to make the other to achieve more, on a regular basis. Jason is undervalued by critics but he was an excellent actor and Morrow a directing talent. Shame they didn't do more after Combat. But it must have been a grueling five years. Perhaps Morrow's fatigue was not pure acting.
My little brother & I would play combat, my father hated it. He served in WW2 in Borneo, many years later my partner said it was probably to life like for him.
Of all the experiences of the human condition that exemplify what it means to be human, war is the most defining experience. Kill or be killed. Live...or let die. No other television show about war brought the bayonet closer before our eyes than Combat.
The fake cows in the beginning are pretty hilarious. Combat! is the best presentation of serious moral action (usually demonstrated by Saunders) in a TV series, in 50 years.
This episode: The Pillbox, is not to be confused with the epic 2-part 'Hills Are For Heroes' (season 4) in which the Germans defend from two bunkers. This is also the first episode directed by Vic Morrow.
Vic! ''They served and defended those lives they did not live. For they in their day; were they.'' ~Every American Soldier Yesterday & Today -11b4p 1/504 '74.
Albert Paulsen Played In 4 Combat Episodes: - Retribution (1966) ... Col. Bruener - The Pillbox (1964) ... Dorfmann - Escape to Nowhere (1962) ... Gen. Von Strelitz - Forgotten Front (1962) ... Carl Dorfmann
the great rick Jason and warren oates,oates did it a lot of westerns,war,anything I like him in two lane blacktop,he was everywhere in the 60's and 70's
Warren Oakes always had a knack for playing crazy people. Rick Jason faced a moral delima, which cost Starks life. I'm not sure any of us faced with this could have made that same decision.
Best war movies ever I'm hooked watching allo the episodes so utterly believable fantastic w ell done to all that made it possibly🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Loved Warren Oates in Race with the Devil, 75. With Lara Parker from Dark Shadows, Angelique. Loretta Swit, Mash and Peter Fonda, Easy Rider, 69. Albert Paulson starred in the classic Missiles of October with William Devane 74. Argentina,s most famous actor spoke 5 langauges. He played the Soviet ambassador to Washington.
Good episode. They don't write stuff like this anymore for tv...but what do I know...I don't watch tv shows. Maybe they do and I don't know it. Hey, Jason pretty strong to pick up men and carry them like that.
I noticed that too! Warren Oates must’ve weighed heavier than Jason. This seems to be the only episode where a soldier was carried like that. That was Morrow’s idea and we have no idea now why. I can imagine during rehearsal (there must’ve been at least one) Jason’s face turning white trying to carry a grown man close to his own weight and maybe the giggles of the crew at the sideline. But in the actual episode Jason was able to carry the man easily. Was that a dummy doll you think? But that wasn’t important anymore. Morrow’s genius of conveying wordless but powerful messages - a Morrow trademark - struck through in the ending of this episode.
This episode illustrates why combat veterans didn't talk about their experiences. They saw men in terrible emotional and physical anguish, and despite best efforts, could not save them. They had awful choices to make, whether to kill prisoners in an effort to save themselves. War is random and violent. People sit in their easy chairs, quick to judge, and often not sympathetic. How to explain it all? Better not to try.
My father would not watch with me. He never kept me from watching it but he just wouldn't. I'd like to think he would have enjoyed it but I don't think he would have.
@@colleenmengel1337 Real war is visceral. No amount of training prepares you for actual battle. Some of the toughest men crack under fire. There's no glory in seeing body parts and hearing screaming and that's what real war is like. A lot of veterans don't see it as entertainment no matter how it's depicted. Incidentally the actor who played the English speaking German soldier was also in the very first episode of this series.
Incredible scene,episode and series one of the best ever best war and among the best drama series.however like wildwildwest,mannix,lost in space ,adam12,hawaii50 combat had quite a large female following because the show was beyond macho heroics but it was about people some women it never had many female characters,but everyone could relate especially males of all ages.the war took place and the series ran 1962 to 1967 when men werestill men and women were still women and for us guys how beautiful and special and yes strong women were and men were leading or in back was a real manly man bringing up the rear and for males women and men were the best of both worlds the wonder and uniqueness,and greatness of women and the simple magic of being a male and for us men born of women but must become a man.we men and only men are blessed were cherish the best of both worlds something women will never take from us because they can't not won't but can't understand and even if they do they can never ever enter the wonderful world and magic of womb and penis envy that will always belong to us one sex born of the other sex and both are sacred(female and male)to men.thats why women tune men out the male is very abstract,alien almost to the female men are the ones who commit by biology to the female and the male men have given up their lives for women,children old folks and other men we men worship and cherish both genders because the fetus starts out as female for 2 months(that's why you have so many male to female transgendar)but it's dad's y chromosome that makes us male and we get an x chromosome from mom females only have 2 x chromosome so we own our masculinity to dad but of course our very existence to mom,females can't say that about dad again the male is very abstract to the female almost invisible but for men were blessed with both womb and penis envy the female and male is very real to men very primal almost and very sacred and very worthy of worship and respect.
It's art,entertainment not about accuracy.did anybody ever really die then the whole series is fake it's about people especially at this time 1963.ww2 over only 17 years.
S2E17: The Pillbox. Very interesting. The script is well written but is meant for Lieutenant Hanley (Rick Jason) as the inner moral conflict would have been resolved in a blink of an eye if it were Sgt. Saunders in the same position. As it is, Vic Morrow is directing. Lieutenant Hanley usually does not hold up well in moral conflicts but in the last scene, he redeems himself by finally hearing the cries of Dorfman (Albert Paulsen) and shows some degree of humanity in taking him to some first aid station. Interesting to see Lt. Hanley show interest and compassion in the wounded soldier initially but any idea of being taken prisoner is out of the question. We have already seen Sgt. Saunders surrender the whole squad when the occasion requires it. Great to see Warren Oates here known in the Wild Bunch, In the Heat of the Night and towards the end in Stripes. Like Vic Morrow, he left us in 1982 at the age of 53. Albert Paulsen (Dorfman) despite his German accent came from Equador and played mostly on TV in various series and at least 3 times in Combat. Albert Paulsen left us in 2004 at almost 79 years of age. Merci pour le téléchargement.
Iain Schofield Albert Paulsen was one of the greatest actors American film ever had. He had an accent that could be portrayed as German or Spanish. Very versatile actor as good as Robert Duvall!! I'll never understand why he isn't as famous or as highly regarded. Rest in peace Mr. Paulsen.
+Yann Schonfeld Albert Paulsen was from Argentina. Spoke 4-5 languages. Appeared on Hawaii-5/0 many times. Once as a KGB agent. Once a Pimp murderer. Usually a nasty opponent for Steve McGarret.
I liked this ep a lot, even though it quickly took a turn I wasn't expecting. When the 3 Germans entered the pillbox and were unaware of the Americans in hiding, I expected Hanley to pop up and open fire. With his weapon ready, with total surprise, and at point-blank range he should have been able to take them all.
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HERE I AM AT 67 AND STILL ENJOYING COMBAT!!!
62 and doing the same thing!
@@montana_guy8001 66 here!
67 as well
here I am at 78 still enjoying combat
Just, wow. Masterful writing, great acting, and a superb job of directing by Vic Morrow. Who is to say which human life is more important than another? If this isn't an antiwar statement, I don't know what is. I watched all of these as a kid, and my buddies and I reenacted them after school and on weekends. Then Vietnam escalated and half our "platoon" went to real war. God bless our troops. I pray for a day that there is no more war.
rgr that Archie. I have a signature: here's to when we no longer need generals.
Combat is the most popular tv program in 1962. Rick jason, vic morrow the best actors of the series and supporting I enjoy watching it. I'm 14 years old at that time. I'm 73 now and still watching it. Brings back memories
And combat supporting cast good too
@@edisoncrisostomo7017 Especially that Kirby, he's a little hardheaded and funny character; makes me laugh.
@@edisoncrisostomo7017so many memories watch in black anda white tv..this time..wonderful life at the time if can turn back..wow
Each episode is like a little movie. Great directing, great actors, great plots! I'm on 27 of 157 episodes now. Thanks for posting these!!!
Not many quality shows like this anymore; great acting, and drama!
Rick Jason's best performance in the series. He and Warren Oates were fantastic in this episode!
Rick Jason was great and handsome as well. I love watching him
Special affects are amazing. And imagine not a computer in sight.
Of COURSE there were no computers!!!
When Stark said, "I'm going home", I gave a Halleluyah. Great episode.
One of the best shows ever on the air!!!!!!!
He'll yeah!
The Pill Box is another one of those episodes of Combat that proves beyond a doubt that Combat will always be the greatest TV show ever made and fully illustrates a God given integrity to inspire you for ever, defining what a true hero is.
Excellent show,incredible show the acting from stars,co stars and guest stars excellent been a fan since 1971 but the best part is that whether tv,films,music you grow with it and see so much differently like combat,wild wild west ,mannix,lost in space just about all the fun stuff is so dated yet it's the human element that you appreciate now and as time moves on you,ll continue to grow but that original magic will somehow still be there just like that kid who 1st fell in love with all of these great shows,films and music.
Absolutely true, although clearly you have to suspend belief just a little bit. Every week someone does something that would have earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor, and one of the stars sustains a wound that would have sent him stateside for the duration of the war. But the story lines are great, and the only way they could have done them differently would have been to have a new cast each week, which would have been a real pain. Besides, I got attached to Hanley, Saunders, Kirby, Cage and Little John as a kid! I looked forward to watching them each week, and I am binging through the entire series again right now! Best show ever, in my opinion!
Directed by Vic Morrow, what a masterpiece!
He sure was a talent!
As always from Vic.
I think if Vic Marrow had not been killed in that avoidable helicopter crash, he might have lived on to bee a great director.
Rick Jason PLAYED that role! This was one of my favorite episodes! That ending was so poignant and unforgettable .
Excellent Performance! brought me to tears...
The lieutenant found his humanity at the end❤
Okey ugokwe Paulinus 🎉I remember this great movie those days @ 70s when I was watching the movie I was thinking about it the like I was in the middle of the war😢
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great job by warren oates in this episode
1 was 9 years old when this came on....My dad watched it all the time...I love it too...Thanks
Just viewed this beautiful episode, it's almost perfect. Just one thing though, that German soldier was wearing American combat boots.
Thanks for uploading this historical war series.
A man's character, is sometimes tested when hatred and compassion cross paths with each other!
This was MUST SEE TV back in the day. My buddies would spend the entire week reenacting every episode before starting over again the next week.
The best TV series about war ever. 👍
Great show Vic morrow should still be with us
Compassion that's the main reason our boys go to war. Not for oil, power or wealth. If it were not true we would have taken control of many a country by now.
We played army also ...making our own shooting noises, and using dirt clods for grenades..
As a kid of 11 years old at this time, Combat was all about the action, gun fire, bombings, etc. Found the series a few years ago and even though I remember many of the shows, the true meaning of what the shows were really about came to light. Combat is one of the better written, directed shows of all time.
Directed by Vic Morrow.... didn't know or expect but awesome.
It's one of the best episodes in the series. That's saying a lot considering how good most of the other episodes were.
Vic directed it.
Yes incredible ending couldn't help but feel it remember before the war say 1930 before Hitler took power Hanley could've been in Berlin as kid on college break and stay at the hotel managed/owned by the wounded German and became friendly with him and now in 1944 Hanley is suppose to leave him to die because of Hitler and to some extent for nonsense it just shows the true tragedy of war but also true humanity again excellent show about life,death,people with war as the back drop.
An episode with that great action Actor . .. Warren Oates appearing . Wahooo ! Combat ! You make my day . .!!
Directed by Vic Marrow too
@@markdurham5062 Vic Morrow
"Sgt Hulka is that You?" Warren Oates, truly a gifted actor. Very underrated in my books.
Just playing "Is that who I think it is?" In my head again. Great series thankyou for the uploads👍
Lee Marvin and Warren Oakes...both the real article!
This TV series was my main motivation for taking three years of German language training in High school [1967-1970]'
a skill set that served me well during my cold war tour of duty in Nuremberg [1976-1979]
Wow, you should REALLY get out of the house more lol there are FAR more inspiring experiences in life beyond watching a TV show out there, pal. ✌ 🤣
Perhaps you can consider writing a mini biography on Nuremberg for future generation reference.
@@twstf8905 that show was/is worth staying home to watch!!!
@@twstf8905 Admit it. The show is over your head.
Another underrated actor. Warren Oates.
TWO LANE BLACKTOP,no one could've played that part but him
Warren Oates was born to act!
To me he"ll be remembered for the being in the Wild Bunch.
Better than the movies today still excites me love this war episodes👍🏼
I was a boy of 10yrs old when I first saw combat. Really liked that M1 Carbine that Lt. Gil Hanley had and I thought it was a cool looking rifle, told myself I would get one some day, now 50yrs later watching Combat again and have a M1 Carbine.
LOL congrats. I've acquired a couple Carbines and a Garand and some 1911s but still campaigning for a Thompson...
Thanks for posting the full uninterrupted episodes. I'm really enjoying them:)
Great show...too bad there aren't any classics like this around anymore. Really enjoying these, thanks. :)
Every episode a classicxxxxxxx
Thanks also for uploading them. Never knew how great they were when watching in the 60's being 10 - 15 years old. Totally different understanding of Saunders. Only Morrow could have played him.
I was 5-6 when it came on
No one else could have played Sarge better than Vic. No one!!!
The best episode ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful!!!! Actors, direction by the unforgettable Vic Morrow!!!
They only needed a blown out pillbox to shoot the whole episode and it was fantastic.Great job by vic Morrow as director.Fantastic writing.
Am really enjoying all these combats. Thank you....
Thank you for posting Combat, the best show ever, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons, to inspire us to not give up, and to keep going, during this snake venom Nazi take over, even when our God given constitution is trapped in a Pill Box !
What a great story about human kindness.
Edmund00, I disagree. I think Hanley did what he thought was BEST and Sgt. Saunders might have done the same thing.
What a great show !
Vic Morrow was an artist.
first time i ever saw 'blood' in one of these episodes -- COMBAT is a fantastic and treasured tv series
Yh
9
I would come home from school and could not wait to watch this show! it was my fav !
Never missed an episode when I was growing up!
This has to be one of the best Combat episodes... good work Vic! 👍👍
Vic really knew what he was doing!!! SUITS were jealous of Vic.
If you priority is to let your man die to spare enemy soldiers. Silly Hollywood morality play.
@@lelandsmith2320What a toxic comment from you.
I remember the show Combat! but not much more than that, I was born in 61. I do remember the tragic death of Vic Morrow. Now during Covid 2020. I have taken the time to start from the first episode. I do think this s2e17 stands out so far as the best story and single ep. I've seen. Then I see that it's Directed by Vic Morrow himself!
I never knew about this series of TV movies ( even i am a movie watcher guy !), just found it by accident ,thank you for posting this, very well done.
This show is old school. But good as hell. Watch rat patrol.
If the last 2 minutes of this episode does not invoke a feeling in you you
are not human.
That may be... But what about inhumane feelings? At first thought, I would have left him there. on second thought, I would have dragged him by his heels. On third thought, I would have built a travois, out of two poles, and those sturdy German raincoats, lashing whatever one handed, THEN dragged him. You can drag him all day, you couldn't carry him for more than 1/4 mile. This, from a US Army Infantry sergeant, who had Sgt. Saunders' job for 5 years. This makes for good TV, though.
Combat isn't about war anymore star trek is about space travel it's about people and life,death war has nothing to do with it.
Don't normally like the all Rick Jason episodes, but this was an excellent one. With two excellent actors in Warren Oates and Albert Paulsen in co-starring roles. This is so much better than the utter PC garbage on TV today.
Vic Morrow directed this episode and knowing Jason's strengths and timing
probably helped in putting it together.
That's because of Vic. Vic brought out the best of everyone. This is when you say Rick show his acting skills!!!
Agreed.
Sarge directs another excellent episode!
YUP
Rick did an amazing performance!!!!!!
Conlan Carter, Dick Peabody, I absolutely LOVE THEM ALL!!
Warren Oates. I’m use to seeing him on horses. Something that most people don’t know about Vic morrow: he hated guns!
I love Combat! for the fact that unlike so many other WWII dramas, they used real German language. When I was in High School in the '60s, one of the reasons I studied the German language was so I could comprehend the speech in Combat.
Vic Morrow one of the best actors ever!!!!
Yes, indeed he does!!!
The bodies were no light weight to pick up and carry. Another great directing job .
Tom hanks produced this great combat drama as well as being on active duty in special forces. One of the very best for certain.
Tuesday 7:30-8:30 PM was my holy hour in those days. Inviolable except for an infrequent grade-school night program. Even then the lost episode might be recouped during the summer rerun season.
I'm glad after reading comments here I know em not alone now @67 i been watching & rewatching combat series BTW my dad was a member of USAFE in the Pacific who fought back to back w/ GIs here in the 🇵🇭 Phil happy 4th of July👍👍👍
1963. Morrow and Jason must have been good friend to share the spotlight, and so well, helping to make the other to achieve more, on a regular basis. Jason is undervalued by critics but he was an excellent actor and Morrow a directing talent. Shame they didn't do more after Combat. But it must have been a grueling five years. Perhaps Morrow's fatigue was not pure acting.
You'll be glad to know they were indeed best friends all during the filming.
Maybe they were just professional everything about that?
Ben Lee Thank
Vic would have done a lot more if it wasn't for the incompetence of the crew and dlrector Landis .
@@warrenbates2949 Every episode had a different director. Vic Morrow directed this one not sure what you mean?
My little brother & I would play combat, my father hated it. He served in WW2 in Borneo, many years later my partner said it was probably to life like for him.
Warren Oates. A great career.
Of all the experiences of the human condition that exemplify what it means to be human, war is the most defining experience. Kill or be killed. Live...or let die. No other television show about war brought the bayonet closer before our eyes than Combat.
Warren Oates was a good actor.
The fake cows in the beginning are pretty hilarious. Combat! is the best presentation of serious moral action (usually demonstrated by Saunders) in a TV series, in 50 years.
This episode: The Pillbox, is not to be confused with the epic 2-part 'Hills Are For Heroes' (season 4) in which the Germans defend from two bunkers. This is also the first episode directed by Vic Morrow.
Vic!
''They served and defended those lives they did not live.
For they in their day; were they.''
~Every American Soldier Yesterday & Today
-11b4p 1/504 '74.
Albert Paulsen Played In 4 Combat Episodes:
- Retribution (1966) ... Col. Bruener
- The Pillbox (1964) ... Dorfmann
- Escape to Nowhere (1962) ... Gen. Von Strelitz
- Forgotten Front (1962) ... Carl Dorfmann
Warren Oates! First time credited with that name. Should of got a damn Oscar for this.
The ending is what made us better!
Great moral lesson for me back when I was 7 years old. Great inspiration also.
Really enjoying this series.
Great episode directed by Vic Morrow.
the great rick Jason and warren oates,oates did it a lot of westerns,war,anything I like him in two lane blacktop,he was everywhere in the 60's and 70's
Wild Bunch, Blue Thunder, and lots of TV shows as a guest star. Looks at brother "Clem you're just lying there, got yourself kilt, you big dummy." LOL
Warren Oats was a great character actor.👍👍👍
I love the show, but I've seen Vic shot minimum 5 times.. I joined for a man like that. Thanks to God I'm still here. Good show, thanks.
How strong minded Rick Jason is. A Grown Man.
Anytime Vic directs that's when you see good acting from Rick.
Superb! One of the best.
Vic Morrow directing! Iconic photography.
The ending is a real tearjerker!
Warren Oakes always had a knack for playing crazy people. Rick Jason faced a moral delima, which cost Starks life. I'm not sure any of us faced with this could have made that same decision.
Such as Jod Hakes on Gunsmoke. Oates was a good character actor. LHS
Best war movies ever I'm hooked watching allo the episodes so utterly believable fantastic w ell done to all that made it possibly🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
''They served and defended those lives they did not live.
For they in their day; were they.''
~Every American Soldier Yesterday & Today
A powerful episode.
I didn't know Vic Morrow directed episodes too!!!
Loved Warren Oates in Race with the Devil, 75. With Lara Parker from Dark Shadows, Angelique. Loretta Swit, Mash and Peter Fonda, Easy Rider, 69. Albert Paulson starred in the classic Missiles of October with William Devane 74. Argentina,s most famous actor spoke 5 langauges. He played the Soviet ambassador to Washington.
I think that is Warren Oates, ( the wounded soldier) great actor, he played in the gunsmoke
series.
Strong episode.
Thanks for these.
The ending is beyond imagination. Genius.
Isn't it though.
Warren Oates was one of the best.
Great Vic! Haré Krišna!
Thank you Jesus. He's the only way to our First Father Yaweh!!! Miss you Vic.
Good episode. They don't write stuff like this anymore for tv...but what do I know...I don't watch tv shows. Maybe they do and I don't know it. Hey, Jason pretty strong to pick up men and carry them like that.
I noticed that too! Warren Oates must’ve weighed heavier than Jason. This seems to be the only episode where a soldier was carried like that. That was Morrow’s idea and we have no idea now why. I can imagine during rehearsal (there must’ve been at least one) Jason’s face turning white trying to carry a grown man close to his own weight and maybe the giggles of the crew at the sideline. But in the actual episode Jason was able to carry the man easily. Was that a dummy doll you think? But that wasn’t important anymore. Morrow’s genius of conveying wordless but powerful messages - a Morrow trademark - struck through in the ending of this episode.
Wow, what an episode.
That is Warren Oates getting some experience for his future role as Sergeant Hulka (Stripes, 1981).
i wonder if any thought had ever been given to having audie murphy appear on an episode
Pretty sure that would've been beneath Sir Audie.
Oates was a good actor.
This episode illustrates why combat veterans didn't talk about their experiences. They saw men in terrible emotional and physical anguish, and despite best efforts, could not save them. They had awful choices to make, whether to kill prisoners in an effort to save themselves. War is random and violent. People sit in their easy chairs, quick to judge, and often not sympathetic. How to explain it all? Better not to try.
Man, isn’t that the truth.
Amen brother!
My father would not watch with me. He never kept me from watching it but he just wouldn't. I'd like to think he would have enjoyed it but I don't think he would have.
@@colleenmengel1337 Real war is visceral. No amount of training prepares you for actual battle. Some of the toughest men crack under fire. There's no glory in seeing body parts and hearing screaming and that's what real war is like. A lot of veterans don't see it as entertainment no matter how it's depicted. Incidentally the actor who played the English speaking German soldier was also in the very first episode of this series.
Incredible scene,episode and series one of the best ever best war and among the best drama series.however like wildwildwest,mannix,lost in space ,adam12,hawaii50 combat had quite a large female following because the show was beyond macho heroics but it was about people some women it never had many female characters,but everyone could relate especially males of all ages.the war took place and the series ran 1962 to 1967 when men werestill men and women were still women and for us guys how beautiful and special and yes strong women were and men were leading or in back was a real manly man bringing up the rear and for males women and men were the best of both worlds the wonder and uniqueness,and greatness of women and the simple magic of being a male and for us men born of women but must become a man.we men and only men are blessed were cherish the best of both worlds something women will never take from us because they can't not won't but can't understand and even if they do they can never ever enter the wonderful world and magic of womb and penis envy that will always belong to us one sex born of the other sex and both are sacred(female and male)to men.thats why women tune men out the male is very abstract,alien almost to the female men are the ones who commit by biology to the female and the male men have given up their lives for women,children old folks and other men we men worship and cherish both genders because the fetus starts out as female for 2 months(that's why you have so many male to female transgendar)but it's dad's y chromosome that makes us male and we get an x chromosome from mom females only have 2 x chromosome so we own our masculinity to dad but of course our very existence to mom,females can't say that about dad again the male is very abstract to the female almost invisible but for men were blessed with both womb and penis envy the female and male is very real to men very primal almost and very sacred and very worthy of worship and respect.
Wait wat?? Vic morrow(sgt sanders) was the director of this episode
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Couldn't help but notice the German wearing boots like Saunders when Hanley carried him out of bunker.
His wore out and took them off a ded American soldier ?
Phoniest episode yet by far. He should have ambused them right after they entered the bunker, secured a rifle and left with his wounded soldier.
It's art,entertainment not about accuracy.did anybody ever really die then the whole series is fake it's about people especially at this time 1963.ww2 over only 17 years.
S2E17: The Pillbox. Very interesting. The script is well written but is meant for Lieutenant Hanley (Rick Jason) as the inner moral conflict would have been resolved in a blink of an eye if it were Sgt. Saunders in the same position. As it is, Vic Morrow is directing. Lieutenant Hanley usually does not hold up well in moral conflicts but in the last scene, he redeems himself by finally hearing the cries of Dorfman (Albert Paulsen) and shows some degree of humanity in taking him to some first aid station. Interesting to see Lt. Hanley show interest and compassion in the wounded soldier initially but any idea of being taken prisoner is out of the question. We have already seen Sgt. Saunders surrender the whole squad when the occasion requires it.
Great to see Warren Oates here known in the Wild Bunch, In the Heat of the Night and towards the end in Stripes. Like Vic Morrow, he left us in 1982 at the age of 53.
Albert Paulsen (Dorfman) despite his German accent came from Equador and played mostly on TV in various series and at least 3 times in Combat. Albert Paulsen left us in 2004 at almost 79 years of age. Merci pour le téléchargement.
Iain Schofield trying to ruin it for everyone dick?
Iain Schofield Albert Paulsen was one of the greatest actors American film ever had. He had an accent that could be portrayed as German or Spanish. Very versatile actor as good as Robert Duvall!!
I'll never understand why he isn't as famous or as highly regarded. Rest in peace Mr. Paulsen.
Et merci pour l'information.
+Yann Schonfeld Albert Paulsen was from Argentina. Spoke 4-5 languages. Appeared on Hawaii-5/0 many times. Once as a KGB agent. Once a Pimp murderer. Usually a nasty opponent for Steve McGarret.
Yann Shofield, thank you for your clear, precise and accurate descriptions of so many of the episodes.
I liked this ep a lot, even though it quickly took a turn I wasn't expecting. When the 3 Germans entered the pillbox and were unaware of the Americans in hiding, I expected Hanley to pop up and open fire. With his weapon ready, with total surprise, and at point-blank range he should have been able to take them all.
He DID take them all. He spared the captives.
Lt. Hanley is the man. He has that commanding voice to where he sounds like he should be ordering Colonels around.
Sgt. Hulka!!!! Are Newest, Bestist Big Toe!!!