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Combate

Season One Episodes (1962-63)(one-line descriptors written by Nancy

Durgin)Based on the pilot episode, ABC put Combat! on its fall schedule along with their other World War II drama,

The Gallant Men. But ABC wanted changes, the first of which was to replace Robert Pirosh as producer.

Wisely retreating to the safety of the movie wars, Pirosh was the first of many production staff that would be

casualties to Combat!Robert Blees was among several applicants interviewed for series producer. When offered the job, he had

only one condition: that they also sign Robert Altman to direct every other episode. This was so Altman couldprepare one episode while the next was being shot. Blees had worked often with Altman on the anthology

series "Life in a Small Town" and been very impressed with his ability. I think I discovered Bob Altman,says Robert Blees. He'd never done any 'A' project up until then.

Combat! aired Tuesday nights at 7:30 pm opposite NBCs Laramie and CBSs Marshal Dillon and The

Lloyd Bridges Show. The first season episodes show a progression of events that trace the history of the

Normandy campaign. Events of season one cover D-Day, Falaise, the assassination attempt on Hitler, and the

battle around Avranches. There was a time continuity to the first season as the squad drew closer to the

liberation of Paris. The show also showed a consistency of casting throughout most of the first season. Thesquad was not peopled with ever changing faces. Under Altman, the same actors reappeared as the same

characters from week to week: Crown, Baker, Davis, Brockmeyer, and others became friendly faces that we

came to know. And others, such as Temple and Kelly, we got to know and then see fall to the war. It was a

unique continuity for its time and helped create the feeling of a real squad.

A Day in June Flashback to D-Day, when Braddock won company pool.

Guests: Max Dommar, Lisa Montell, Dean Stanton, Frankie Ray, Tom Skerritt(U)

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

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

The Squad Southerner joins squad on patrol, captures Germans while barefoot.

Guests: Jonathan Bolt, James Callahan, Claude Johnson, John Mayo,...

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

Forgotten Front Saunders and Caje must decide fate of German deserter.

Guests: Albert Paulsen, Tom Skerritt

Missing in Action Squad rescues downed pilot who has been helped by French girlGuests: Howard Duff, Louis Mercier, Marira Machado, Paul Busch(U),...

Rear Echelon Commandos Squad gets three replacements -- a cook, a dancer, and a radio

announcer.Guests: Stephen Coit, Arnold Merritt, John Considine

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...

The Prisoner Braddock is taken prisoner, and mistaken for a Colonel

Guests: Keenan Wynn, Tom Skerritt, Adam Williams, Walter Koenig,...

Escape to Nowhere Hanley is captured, and becomes involved in plot to kill Hitler

Guests: Albert Paulsen, Joyce Vanderveen, Sasha Hardin, Roger Til...

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

Far from the Brave Grady Long (BAR man) is killed, and Saunders assigns job to new man

Guests: Joe Mantell, Fletcher Fist, Dennis Robertson

The Quiet Warrior Hanley parachutes into France to bring out important French scientist

Guests: J.D. Cannon, Leno Franchen, Rolfe Sedan, Brendan Dillon,...

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

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

I Swear by Apollo

Squad takes refuge in a nunnery with wounded French informer

Guests: Gunnar Hellstrom, John Considine, Maya Van Horn, Arnold Merritt,...

The Walking Wounded

A wounded Saunders encounters a surgeon who has lost his nerve

Guests: Gary Merrill, Geraldine Brooks, Stephen Joyce, Berkeley Harris,...

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,...

The Volunteer Young French boy tags along after squad and saves Hanley's life

Guests: Serge Prieur, Ted Knight, Kurt Lewin, Ed Gilbert, Veronique,... Survival Squad is captured, then escapes, but Saunders is wounded and alone

Guests: Joby Baker, John Siegfried, Donald May, Mike Murphy, Matty Jordan

No Time for Pity Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage

Guests: Denise Alexander, Gunnar Hellstrom, Michael Davis, Paul Busch,...

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

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

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

No Hallelujahs for Glory Squad encounters ambitious female reporter who learns a lesson about war

Guests: Elizabeth Allen, Maurice Marsac, Ted Roter, Angela Clarke,... Battle of the Roses

Saunders encounters strange French girl and her nurse

Guests: Antoinette Bower, Penny Santon, Fletcher Fist, Bill Harlow

Hill 256 Kirby faces court martial after running from machine gun

Guests: Robert Culp, Curt Conway, Conlan Carter, Liam Sullivan, W.Zuckert,...

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,...

One More for the Road Saunders and squad find orphaned baby and bring it along

Guests: Fletcher Fist, Don Edmonds, Monroe Twins

High Named Today

A GI who seems foolhardy is brave because he thinks he's doomed to dieGuests: Dean Stockwell, Lew Brown, John Apone, Steven Gaynor, Burt Burger

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

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