Combat! - Season 2 - Eps 2: Bridgehead
Hanley orders Saunders and his squad to take a bridge which is guarded by a heavily fortified house. Nick Adams guest stars as a self-centered wise-cracking private who only cares about saving his own skin. He reveals during the episode that he is a jazz drummer and is soon to be leaving the front to play in an army band entertaining troops and wants to be sure he keeps himself in one piece. In the end he sacrifices his life to complete the mission he ridiculed.
About Combat!
Title: Combat!
First Air Date: 1962-10-02
Last Air Date: 1967-03-14
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 105 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 152
Network: ABC
Genres: War & Politics, Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
Cast
Rick Jason
Lieutenant Gil Hanley
Vic Morrow
Sergeant Chip Saunders
Jack Hogan
William G. Kirby
Pierre Jalbert
Paul "Caje" Lemay
Conlan Carter
Doc
Dick Peabody
Little John
Tom Lowell
Billy Nelson
Steven Rogers
Doc Walton
