Combat! episode reviews by Jo
Davidsmeyer
(117) The MockingbirdRATING: 22 bayonets Teleplay by Esther and Bob MitchellStory by by Rev. Thomas A. Conway CPPS Directed by John Peyser First aired 04-Jan-1966 Episode 17 of Season 4 Guest Stars John Agar and Jeremy Slate |
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Three days before a German advance, a
spy, posing as a downed American flyer, is sent to secure information on the French
resistance. The staged plane crash, though, attracts Hanley instead of the resistance. The
spy changes plans when he learns the Intelligence officer that Hanley is escorting has
valuable information about the German attack plan.
REVIEW:
Jeremy Slate, in his second Combat!
appearance, plays Lt. Asher, a German posing as an American aviator. As Asher, Slate
skillfully plots, charms, and murders his way through this suspenseful story.
Pierre Jalbert and Jeremy Slate have a remarkable chemistry. On paper, their scenes in the monastery would seem ordinary, but together, in front of the camera, these two sizzle. A shame they had no further interaction. Their brief exchange has the same resonance and charisma as Morrow and Coburn's verbal duel in "Masquerade." The story drags in the third and fourth acts, with too much filler of walking through the woods and sloshing through the rain. NOTES, ODDITIES, AND BLOOPERS:· Caje wears pinky ring on his right hand in some scenes.· When moving the wounded within the monastery, the barrel of Caje's M1 strikes one of the monks in the head, causing him to rub it. · Another partisan clergy who does not blink or show charity to three Germans killed in front of him. · The monastery entrance is the same used for the convent entrance in " One More for the Road."· Action of story takes place eight miles behind the enemy lines near Boussac. CAST: Rick Jason as Lt. HanleyVic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders [does not appear] Guest Star Jack Hogan as Kirby Jacques Roux as Gautier Fan comments about this episode - add your own comment!
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