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[TV SERIES] Combat!

And so ends Season 1 of the series. Here is a synopsis of the episodes...

1. Forgotten Front -Saunders and Caje must decide fate of German deserter.
Guests: Albert Paulsen, Tom Skerritt

2. Rear Echelon Commandos -Squad gets three replacements -- a cook, a dancer, and a radio announcer.
Guests: Stephen Coit, Arnold Merritt, John Considine

3. Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd -Squad encounters a tank driver who is a failed priest.
Guests: Jeffrey Hunter, Joby Baker, Martin Brandt, Rex Holman, Tony Mordente

4. Any Second Now -Hanley is caught under rubble in church — with unexploded bomb.
Guests: Alex Davion, Donald May, Ellen Willard, Emile Genest, Jacques Roux

5. Far from the Brave -Grady Long (BAR man) is killed, and Saunders assigns job to new man
Guests: Joe Mantell, Fletcher Fist, Dennis Robertson

6. Missing in Action -Squad rescues downed pilot who has been helped by French girl
Guests: Howard Duff, Louis Mercier, Marira Machado, Paul Busch

7. Escape to Nowhere -Hanley is captured, and becomes involved in plot to kill Hitler
Guests: Albert Paulsen, Joyce Vanderveen, Sasha Hardin

8. The Celebrity -Baseball hero joins the squad, but almost (?) gets Billy killed
Guests: Tab Hunter, Joby Baker, Tony Mordente, Dennis Robertson, Virginia Stefan

9. Cat and Mouse -Exhausted Saunders guides another squad into area where his squad died.
Guests: Albert Salmi, Hans Difflipp, William Bryant, Ted Knight

10. I Swear by Apollo -Squad takes refuge in a nunnery with wounded French informer
Guests: Gunnar Hellstrom, John Considine, Maya Van Horn, Arnold Merritt

11. A Day in June -Flashback to D-Day, when Braddock won company pool.
Guests: Max Dommar, Lisa Montell, Dean Stanton, Frankie Ray, Tom Skerritt

12. The Prisoner -Braddock is taken prisoner, and mistaken for a Colonel
Guests: Keenan Wynn, Tom Skerritt, Adam Williams, Walter Koenig

13. Reunion -Saunders helps soldier reunite with his French father -- a collaborator
Guests: Chris Robinson, Emile Genest, Will Kuluva, Angela Clarke, H.Rowland

14. The Medal -Soldier takes credit for destroying tank, when his dead friend did it
Guests: Frank Gorshin, Joe Campanella, Ed Knight, Dennis Robertson, F.Fist

15. Just for the Record -Saunders is captured, and helped to escape by reluctant French woman.
Guests: Micheline Presle, Alf Kjellin, Norman Bowler, James Forrest

16. The Volunteer -Young French boy tags along after squad and saves Hanley's life
Guests: Serge Prieur, Ted Knight, Kurt Lewin, Ed Gilbert, Veronique

17. The Squad -Southerner joins squad on patrol, captures Germans while barefoot.
Guests: Jonathan Bolt, James Callahan, Claude Johnson, John Mayo

18. Next in Command -An anti-social corporal joins squad, and Saunders doesn't trust him [audio]
Guests: Ben Cooper, Fletcher Fist, Bill Harlow, Dennis Robertson

19. The Chateau -Doc and his patients take refuge in chateau that is occupied by Germans
Guests: Dan O'Herlihy, Ben Wright, John Milford, Joan Hackett, Paul Thierry, Frank Sutton

20. Off Limits -Soldier reunites with his bride -- a nurse who has been unfaithful
Guests: Jeremy Slate, William Windom, Peggy Ann Garner, Mark Ryan, Arnold Merritt

21. No Time for Pity -Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage
Guests: Denise Alexander, Gunnar Hellstrom, Michael Davis, Paul Busch

22. Night Patrol -Saunders and squad encounter mysterious Lt. who is living in cave
Guests: Skip Homeier, Bill Harlow, Hans Gudegast

23. Survival -Squad is captured, then escapes, but Saunders is wounded and alone
Guests: Joby Baker, John Siegfried, Donald May, Mike Murphy, Matty Jordan

24. No Hallelujahs for Glory -Squad encounters ambitious female reporter who learns a lesson about war
Guests: Elizabeth Allen, Maurice Marsac, Ted Roter, Angela Clarke

25. The Quiet Warrior -Hanley parachutes into France to bring out important French scientist
Guests: J.D. Cannon, Leno Franchen, Rolfe Sedan, Brendan Dillon

26. Battle of the Roses -Saunders encounters strange French girl and her nurse
Guests: Antoinette Bower, Penny Santon, Fletcher Fist, Bill Harlow

27. Hill 256 -Kirby faces court martial after running from machine gun
Guests: Robert Culp, Curt Conway, Conlan Carter, Liam Sullivan, W.Zuckert

28. The Sniper -Squad takes town, but German sniper begins picking them off one by one.
Guests: Jordan Grant, Gail Kobe, Hans Gudegast, Fletcher Fist, Michel Petit

29. One More for the Road Saunders and squad find orphaned baby and bring it along
Guests: Fletcher Fist, Don Edmonds, Monroe Twins

30. The Walking Wounded -A wounded Saunders encounters a surgeon who has lost his nerve
Guests: Gary Merrill, Geraldine Brooks, Stephen Joyce, Berkeley Harris

31. High Named Today -A GI who seems foolhardy is brave because he thinks he's doomed to die
Guests: Dean Stockwell, Lew Brown, John Apone, Steven Gaynor, Burt Burger

32. No Trumpets, No Drums -Caje feels guilty after accidentally killing a French girl's father
Guests: Andrea Darvi, Ted Roter, Billy Beck, Jean Del Val, Nicky Blair
 
1. Bridge at Chalons Saunders and squad help crusty Sgt. Turk blow up bridge.
Guests: Lee Marvin, Lee Krieger, Rance Howard, Kurt Landon, Mathias Ultz

First aired: September 17, 1963
Episode 1, Season 2
Written by Bob & Esther Mitchell
Directed by Ted Post

 
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2. Bridgehead New guy causes trouble as squad suffers heavy casualties taking bridge.
Guests:Nick Adams, Noam Pitlik, Fred Harris, Richard Jury, Paul Busch

First aired: September 24, 1963
Season 2, Episode 2
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Bernard McEveety

 
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3. Masquerade German infiltrators try to get to Battalion HQ -- but can't fool Saunders
Guests:James Coburn, Rocky Marciano, Dan Stafford, George Keymas

First aired: October 1, 1963
Season 2, Episode 3
Written by Anthony Wilson
Produced by Gene Levitt

 
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4. The Long Way Home, Part 1
Saunders and the men are captured by a sadistic SS Colonel who wants information.
Guests:Richard Basehart, Simon Oakland, Jim Sikking, Sasha Hardin, Arnold Merritt, Glenn Cannon, Arthur Batanides, Michael McDonald

Part 1: First aired: October 8, 1963
Season 2, Episode 4
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Ted Post

 
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6. The Wounded Don't Cry Saunders is skeptical of a captured German medic who wants to get plasma.
Guests:Karl Boehm, Leonard Nimoy, Oscar Beregi, Peter Hellman

First aired: October 22, 1963
Season 2, Episode 6
Written by James Landis
Directed by James Komack

 
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7. Doughboy Saunders is "captured" by a confused WWI veteran
Guests:Eddie Albert, Paul Busch, Alida Valli, Mike McDonald, Hans Gudegast

First aired: October 29,1963
Season 2, Episode 7
Story by Gene Levitt
Directed by Tom Gries

 
8. Glow Against the Sky Billy is wounded, and the squad is trapped in a German-occupied town.
Guests:Kurt Krueger, Bill Sargent, Warren Spahn, Kurt Landen, Bobby Hyatt

First aired: November 5,1963
Season 2, Episode 8
Written by Kay Lenard and Jess Carneol
Directed by Sutton Roley

 
9. The Little Jewel Young French boy tags along, but squad fears he has betrayed them.
Guests:Michel Petit, Ed Tierney, Paul Busch, Mindas Misuilis, Dieter Jacobi

First aired:November 12,1963
Season 2, Episode 9
Written by Shirl Hendryx
Directed by John Peyser

 
10. A Distant Drum A wounded Hanley is helped by a French girl and her mother.
Guests:Denise Darcel, Holly McIntire, Sasha Hardin, Charles de Vries

First aired:November 19,1963
Season 2, Episode 10
Written by Kay Lenard and Jess Carneol
Directed by John Peyser

 
11. Anatomy of a Patrol The squad races the Germans to reach downed observation plane.
Guests:James Caan, Jeff Davis, William Smith, William Sargent, Mark DeVries

First aired: November 26, 1963
Season 2, Episode 11
Written by Bob and Esther Mitchell
Directed by Bernard McEveety

 
12. Ambush Woman whose father was unjustly killed knows location of enemy gun.
Guests:Marisa Pavan, Charles Macaulay, Michael Pataki, Kort Falkenburg

First aired: December 24,1963
Season 2, Episode 12
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Sutton Roley

 
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13. Barrage Saunders is wounded while searching for enemy gun, is aided by deserter
Guests:Alf Kjellin, John Crawford, Frank Kellmond, Tom Pace, Mathias Ultz

First aired: December 10,1963
Season 2, Episode 13
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by Sutton Roley

 
14. Thunder from the Hill Hanley at odds with a resistance fighter who wants to raid an ammo dump.
Guests:Peter Whitney, Robert Carricart, John Heris, Ben Wright

First aired: December 17,1963
Season 2, Episode 14
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by John Peyser

 
15. The Party Caje, Kirby, and Billy plan a party with some French girls
Guests:Danielle DeMetz, Danielle Aubrey, Biff Elliot, Andrea Darvi

First aired: December 24,1963
Season 2, Episode 15
Written by Edward J. Lakso
Directed by John Peyser

 
16. Gideon's Army Squad finds concentration camp full of Polish prisoners
Guests:Milton Selzer, Richard Jaeckel, Albert Szabo, Peter Hellman

First aired: December 31,1963
Season 2, Episode 16
Written by Charles B. Smith
Directed by John Peyser

 
17. The Pillbox Hanley and wounded man are trapped in bunker with Germans
Guests:Warren Oates, Albert Paulsen, Paul Busch, Joseph Turkel

First aired: January 7, 1964
Season 2, Episode 17
Teleplay by Don Tait
Story by Ted Pettus
Directed by Vic Morrow

 
19. Eyes of the Hunter Saunders doesn't trust survivor of a patrol, who is now guiding him
Guests:Ed Nelson, Hans Difflipp, William Smith, Joe Sirola, Erik Holland

First aired 21-Jan-1964
Season 2, Episode 19
Written by Esther and Bob Mitchell
Directed by Bernard McEveety

 
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