Combat! A Little Jazz (Season 5, Episode 22)
TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Drama, War

Combat!

A Little Jazz (Season 5, Episode 22)

TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Drama, War

A group of USO entertainers are on the way to the front when their truck blows a tyre. As their driver is changing the tyre they decide to have a practice unaware that a German patrol is moving in on them. Fortunately, Sgt. Saunders and ...See moreA group of USO entertainers are on the way to the front when their truck blows a tyre. As their driver is changing the tyre they decide to have a practice unaware that a German patrol is moving in on them. Fortunately, Sgt. Saunders and the squad have also heard them and move in behind the Germans. The driver and accompanying MP are killed in the attack so Saunders decides to take the USO group with him while they finish their job. They work their way forward and come across a mill house which they decide to use as a temporary base. The USO leader Bernie [Dan Duryea] is making life difficult for Saunders and generally proving very difficult to handle. Battalion radio Saunders and tell them to hold their position as they are sending transport for the USO group. As they are consolidating their position their scout reports that a German patrol is moving in. They manage to kill the German scouts but are pinned down by the Germans heavy machine gun. Bernie decides to take matters into his own hands and, unbeknown to the others, raises a white flag. The German commander, Lt. Knubel [Hank Brandt] sent two of his men in to accept the surrender and, when they approach, they are shot down. Brandt is furious and sends for reinforcements. Saunders tells Bernie that his stupid action will cost them all their lives as the Germans will now take no prisoners. The other members of the group including Hank [Noah Beery Jnr] who has been wounded, Zac [Dennis Hopper] and Woody [Robert Easton] tell Bernie that he did the wrong thing. Hank, out of his mind, wanders out towards the shot Germans and is killed. The squad is running low on ammunition and Saunders and Kirby sneak out to retrieve ammunition and grenades from one of the dead Germans just as an attack is launched. As they fight back reinforcements from battalion arrive and relive them but it is too late for Woody who has died from a wound. Written by Stevo15 See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Vic Morrow Sgt. Saunders Sgt. Saunders See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Rick Jason Lt. Hanley (credit only) Lt. Hanley (credit only) See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Dan Duryea Bernie Wallace Bernie Wallace See fewer	Too Late for Tears (1949)
Jack Hogan Kirby Kirby See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Pierre Jalbert Caje Caje See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Dick Peabody Littlejohn Littlejohn See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Conlan Carter Doc Doc See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Noah Beery Jr. Hank Davis (as Noah Beery) Hank Davis (as Noah Beery) See fewer	The Rockford Files (1974)
Dennis Hopper Zack Fielder Zack Fielder See fewer	Easy Rider (1969)
Joe Maross Will Will See fewer	Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Robert Easton Woody Jones Woody Jones See fewer	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Hank Brandt German Lt. Knubel German Lt. Knubel See fewer	Kingpin (1996)
Michael Masters German Sgt. (as Mike Masters) German Sgt. (as Mike Masters) See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Paul Busch German Cpl. #2 German Cpl. #2 See fewer	Wings of Desire (1987)
Walt Davis German Cpl. #1 (as Walt Goodrich) German Cpl. #1 (as Walt Goodrich) See fewer	Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Angelo De Meo Driver (uncredited) Driver (uncredited) See fewer	Dead & Buried (1981)