Combat! reviews by Jo Davidsmeyer
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(106) The Raider
RATING: 3-1/2 bayonets
Guest stars:
Martin Brooks, Leonard Nimoy
Written by Kay Lenard and Jess
Carneol
Directed by John Peyser
First aired 28-Dec-1965
Episode 16 of Season 4
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SYNOPSIS:
Hanley is captured by the infamous
S.S. Captain Reichhardt. Saunders captures Reichhardt's men, but does not learn the
location of Hanley. Corporal MacGowan, anxious to even a score with the Germans, wants to
use sterner interrogation methods. He disagrees with Saunders' plan to flush the captain
and the information.
REVIEW:
It's Saunders to the rescue in
"The Raider," going above-and-beyond to rescue his Lieutenant from the clutches
of a Nazi super-man who specializes in collecting American officers.
Scriptwriters Kay Lenard and Jess Carneol get the silliness out of the way up front:
the crack SS unit surrenders to a small force of Americans and an SS officer submits to
posing as an enlisted man. Accepting the initial premise, viewers are now set for a great
episode where Saunders must out-think and out-wit the Nazi superman. And, he does it
brilliantly! No patented pep talks in this episode, just cool thinking, good planning, and
an indication of just how far Saunders will go to save Hanley.
NOTES, ODDITIES, AND BLOOPERS:
· The scene where the German soldiers are looking to their
leader, some of the shots are printed backwards to make the profiles face in the correct
direction. The give-away is that the insignia and helmet buckles are on the wrong side.
· When Hanley's jeep crashes,
it is upright. When the platoon members arrive, the jeep is on its side.
· Caje is wearing a wedding
band and a pinky ring in one scene.
· Opening jeep sequence is
lifted from "Vendetta."
The jeep wheels in those sequences are striped; the wheels in the jeeps used in "The
Raider" are not.
· German uniforms are
one-size-fits-all.
CAST:
Rick Jason as Lt. Hanley
Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders
Guest Star
Martin Brooks as Corporal MacGowan
Jack Hogan as Kirby
Pierre Jalbert as Caje
Conlan Carter as Doc
Raymond McGrath as Tim
Don Knight as German Sgt.
George Sawaya as G.I. #1
Gerald Carter as Wounded German
Edgar Winston as German #1
William Mahoney as German #2
Gil Peterson as German #4
Roger Gentry as German #5
Wally Berns as German #6
Peter Church as German Corporal
Raymond Mayo as G.I. Officer #2
John Tarangelo as G.I. Officer #1
Leonard Nimoy as Pvt. Baum
and
George Backman as Capt. Reichhardt
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