Combat - Season 3, Operation 2
Image Entertainment
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DVD Details:
- Starring: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody
- Director: Vic Morrow, Alan Crosland Jr., Bernard McEveety, James Komack, John Peyser
- Format: Box set, Black White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- Rated: NR (Not Rated)
- Studio: Image Entertainment
- Theatrical Release Date: Oct 02, 1962
- DVD Release Date: Mar 29, 2005
- Run Time: 768 minutes
- ASIN: B000777IB0
- UPC: 014381243123
- Sales Rank: 21598
Editorial Review from Description:
One of the television's most popular series, the groundbreaking Combat! offers a gritty, unflinching look at American soldiers battling in Europe during World War II, confronting imposing odds and demonstrating remarkable levels of ingenuity and courage. Vic Morrow and Rick Jason head a stellar cast in the longest-running war series in history, featuring an incomparable list of guest stars from Hollywood's Golden Age as well as top directorial talent. Guest stars include: James Whitmore, Tom Skerritt, Frankie Avalon, Dan Duryea, Robert Loggia, Glenn Cannon, Johnny Crawford, Andrew Prine, Charles Bronson, Chad Everett. Episodes include: A Gift of Hope; A Walk with an Eagle; Birthday Cake; The Cassock; The Town That Went Away; The Convict; The Steeple; More Than a Soldier; The Long Wait; The Tree of Moray; A Cry in the Ruins; Heritage; The Hell Machine; Billy the Kid; Beneath the Ashes; Odyssey
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 Combat - Season 3, Operation 2, 2008-10-07
This set of Combat! is the last outstanding set. Season four is good but the quality begins to drop off. Combat! had been a successful series for ABC, something they didn't have much of in the sixties. But success for Combat! was something that led to its demise. It began when the actors wanted pay increases, which they got. The costs of special effects was increasing as was everything else. In order to maintain the budget other areas had to take cuts. These cuts came from the writers, the directors the quality of guest stars, i.e., guest stars that were fairly established in the business with name recognition.
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br /"Birthday Cake" has some comical moments. Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) is the center of the story. He receives a birthday cake it creates a lot of problems for the squad. "The Cassock" has James Whitmore as the guest star. He's a German officer trapped in a small French town. He ends up masquerading as a priest in order to remain free. As his movements are less restricted he attempts to set off charges he has set in order to slow the Allies advance. "The Town That Went Away" is a comedy relief episode that features Jay Novello. In this episode the French townspeople have changed the direction signs that lead to their town.; it leads to some funny moments. "The Convict" has the squad encountering an escaped French convict. "The Steeple" will remind you of an incident from the film The Longest Day. An American paratrooper is hanging from a church steeple in a German occupied town. "Cry in the Ruins" is an excellent episode. A woman's baby has been trapped beneath debris. Both the American German squads declare an uneasy truth in order to help the woman. "Heritage" has Charles Bronson as the guest star. He's an explosive expert that the squad must escort to his destination. "The Hell Machine" has Frank Gorshin (Pvt. Gavin) as the guest star. Saunders needs Gavin to operate a German tank they have captured but Gavin is a claustrophobic. "Odyssey" was the next to last episode of Combat! for season three. This episode is all Saunders as he tries to pass himself off as a shell shocked German soldier. A German sergeant takes a liking to him tries to help him. The ending is a sad one as sides must be chosen by each character.
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br /There are bonus features with the set. They include a photo gallery; audio commentaries for three episodes, "The Steeple" (Pierre Jalbert), "More Than a Soldier" (Shirl Hendryx) "A Cry in the Ruins" (George Fenady); there's also the notes, oddities bloopers comments by Jo Davidsmeyer on most episodes. The video audio content is excellent.
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