| Combat! episode reviews by Jo Davidsmeyer Episodes are rated from 0 to 4 bayonets
(121) Nothing to LoseRating: RATING: 3 bayonetsWritten by Richard Wendley |
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SynopsisVinnick, a tough G.I. with no regard for danger, clashes with Burke, a soldier who covers his own cowardice with big talk. Vinnick risks his life to save Kirby, earning him a Bronze Star recommendation from Hanley and hatred from Burke. Burke's anger erupts into blows and gunfire. Hanley arrests Vinnick when he receives word that Vinnick is wanted for murder. He escapes and the squad is ordered to bring him back, dead or alive.
Review
Jack Hogan is excellent playing a Kirby who sees himself in this troubled tough guy — and is frightened by what he sees. If life had dealt him a different hand, Kirby might have wound up like Vinnick. Hogan and Mineo's scenes work far better than Skerritt's, due more to a script that gives the Burke character little depth. Dick Peabody has a striking scene as a Littlejohn troubled to be hunting down someone wearing the same uniform as he. ABOUT FILMING COMBAT!: Jack Hogan remembers working with director Georg Fenady and the pranks they would play on set. "They used to bring the tour busses by on the back lot and people would get off the bus. Georg was so funny, but he'd treat us like absolute dogs. And he'd come storming over to the trailer yelling 'Come on you guys, come out of there! I told you!' And we'd come out throwing helmets, throwing belts down, saying we'll never work on this damn show again, and stalk off and the tour people would just look around in amazement." Notes, Oddities, and Bloopers
Cast CreditsRick Jason as Lt. Hanley Guest Star Jack Hogan as Kirby
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