Episode
Combat!: Finest Hour
Overview
Caje forces a Frenchman to aid him and a wounded Hanley. The Frenchman takes them to a German occupied chateau where the countess must tend to his wounds while keeping his presence a secret.
Details
- Series
- Combat!
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1965-12-21
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Finest Hour is Episode 15 in Season 4 of Combat!. It aired on 1965-12-21. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 14: Breakout
Facing a German advance, Saunders and squad are ordered to destroy a valley of construction equipment, to keep it out of the hands of the Germans.
Episode 16: The Raider
Hanley is captured by the infamous SS Captain Reichhardt. Saunders captures Reichhardt's men but does not learn the location on Hanley.
More episodes from this season
Episode 13: Luck with Rainbows
Hanley, Little John, and Kirby attempt to salvage film from a crashed reconnaissance plane. They are interrupted by a British Major who commandeers the film and abandons the squad as Germans approach.
Episode 17: The Mockingbird
Three days before a German advance, a spy posing as a downed American flyer is sent to secure information on the French resistance.
Episode 12: The Casket
Saunders, trying to get a wounded Kirby to a hospital crosses an elderly mother determined to give her son proper burial.
Episode 18: The Good Samaritan
Marsini the sole survivor of an ill fated patrol blames Saunders for the fate of his fellows since Saunders has orders to keep his position and could not render aid
Episode 11: Soldier of Fortune
An explosion destroys the cellar of a German communication center where Saunders, Marsh, and Wallace were tapping lines. Trapped beneath a beam and fearing he will be left behind, Marsh uses information he has overheard as insurance for a safe return to American lines.
Episode 19: Retribution
After his sister's fiance is killed by an SS Colonel, Kirby goes after the colonel.
Episode 10: The Old Men
The Squad is saddled with three over-aged replacements: an injured vet of the Italian campaign who refuses to accept that he is incapable of fighting as he did as a youth, a homesick family man, and a politician with senatorial ambitions.
Episode 20: Counterplay
An impostor masquerades as a French resistance fighter to lead Saunders squad on a mission.
Episode 9: 9 Place Vendee
After losing a superior officer in the field, Hanley goes alone to locate a wounded intelligence officer in German Held territory.
Episode 21: Nothing to Lose
Vinnick, a tough G.I. with no regard for danger, clashes with Burke, a soldier who covers his own cowardice with big talk.