Combat - Season 4, Conflict 2 |  | Directors: Alan Crosland Jr., Bernard McEveety, Georg Fenady, James Komack, John Peyser
Actors: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Eddie Albert, Jack Hogan, Paul Busch
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 707 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 014381243321
UPC: 014381243321
EAN: 0014381243321
ASIN: B0007WFY3O
Theatrical Release Date: October 2, 1962
Release Date: May 24, 2005
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Fifteen episodes of the fourth season of the television series featuring an American infantry squad fighting in Europe during World War II.
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 Combat - Season 4, Conflict 2 October 9, 2008
Harry Brewer (S'port, La.)
The final volume of the black & white episodes is this one. This is the last set that anyone needs as season five does a nosedive. There are only 15 episodes in this set. Combat!, like all other television shows, was cutting back in the number of episodes being produced. One of the greatest things about this series was no one ever looked clean or neat. It was war, man, & the producers made it look that way.
"The Old Men" has Simon Oakland as the guest star. Saunders' squad gets three replacements, all of them older than usual. "The Good Samaritan" poses the question: Do you help someone or do you run to survive? It's not that simple though. It's not a question of cowardice or bravery. Marsini (Tom Simcox) earlier had lost a squad when he called radioed for help but Saunders didn't respond because he had orders to protect a bridge but the bridge was never attacked. In this episode both must decide at different times whether to leave the other behind. This is the kind of episode that made Combat! above average. It wasn't just a war show, it was an interesting drama also that asked questions that weren't always easily answered. "Retribution" features Kirby in a prominent role. His sister's fiance has been killed by an SS Colonel & Kirby seeks revenge. "Counterplay" is a suspenseful drama has Saunders' squad escorting a radar expert. They're searching for a German radar site that must be destroyed. But the Frenchman that's guiding them is really an undercover German officer. Those Germans sure are a wily bunch! "Nothing to Lose" features Sal Mineo & Tom Skerritt as guest stars. Vinnick (Mineo) & Burke (Skerritt) don't like the other. Vinnick taunts Burke about being a coward which causes a lot of problems for Saunders. In "The Ringer" Saunders has been captured & is placed with a group of soldiers in a temporary camp. Claude Akins guest stars as an American but he's really a German officer planted to get information. Will the Germans never learn? "Run, Sheep, Run" has Dwayne Hickman as the guest star. Corey (Hickman) has caused the death of a fellow soldier after an act of cowardice. He tries to cover up his act but the squad has captured a German who was a witness; to make matters worse, the German speaks English & tries to coerce Corey into helping him escape. "The Leader" was the final episode of season four. Saunders has put Kirby in charge of the squad while he's away at HQ. Everything goes wrong that can go wrong leaving Kirby to make some major decisions. He keeps trying to figure out what Saunders would do but this isn't working well. It isn't until Kirby decides what HE will do is the only thing that will work.
The set contains bonus features that include: Notes, Oddities & Bloopers by Jo Davidsmeyer for most episodes; a photo gallery; & audio commentaries on four episodes, "Hills Are for Heroes, Part 1" (Michael Caffey), "Hills Are for Heroes, Part 2" (Michael Caffey), ""The Ringer" (Michael Caffey) & "The Leader" (Georg Fenady).
The audio & video are restored & excellent. This is the last really good installment of Combat!
 Combat! June 29, 2008
B. Northam (Houston, TX)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Combat - Season 1, Campaign 1
While this review is about the ENTIRE series, i only included a link to the first Season. This was a well made T.V. series circa 1960's The production was so good that they were constantly going over budget in special effects. It is well acted and each weekly installment is like a small WWII movie. There are a few episodes that it is evident that they were over budget and trying to make up by doing a "head not much action" show. This series was doomed by two significant things. #1 It doesn't play well in color. You can tell the difference in CA and Europe in color, but in B&W it really plays well. Only Season 5 is in color and while not bad by today's standards, it just isn't as good in color. #2 This series was on during the height of the vietnam protests. War was very unpopular. Had it been on later (like MASH)it probably would have done better. It doesn't endorse war, but neither is it an obvious statement against it. It is just a bunch of guys doing their job in very hard circumstances; much like our current heros are doing. If you like war movies, you will love these. Their realism and insight are uncanny. One final word. Rick Jansen never really became the star most thought he would during these shows. Vic Morrow however is a star in the making. His James Dean appearence and rough demeanor show the star he could have been had he not been tradgically killed. His directing is also a special bonus as you will see in later episodes. The special effects, stories, action and acting are mush better than anything you will see this season on television. You can also see Telly Savalas, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Red Buttons, and a host of stars at there best.
Great Series - Combat! January 9, 2007
Jody Freeman (St. Louis, MO United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hours of wonderful entertainment, makes a person feel like they're there.
Combat 4 conflict 2 March 17, 2006
alayne marie (California, USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
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Outstanding, one of the best. I'm collecting the whole series gradually, as I think it will become a collector's item some day. This was one of the best series made during that time frame. Great. Excellent *****
Combat's Peak Season August 15, 2005
Kevin R. Austra (Delaware Valley, USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Season 4 is arguably the best of COMBAT!'s five seasons. In Season 4 we find three of the best episodes in the series: The two part "Hills are for Heroes" and "The Leader." The two part episode "Hills are for Heroes" could easily have been a theatrical feature-length film. In another of his directorial efforts, Vic Morrow was able to capture additional emotional dimensions of Lt. Hanley and the rest of the squad.
COMBAT! found its stride during its fourth year. By that time, the stories revolved around the characters rather than adding superfluous misadventures with French resistance and other dramatic vehicles to add fluff to the story. Even though Saunders' squad, and Hanley's platoon, had taken four years to battle their way through France, each episode appears as fresh as if the D-Day invasion had taken place the episode prior.
Earlier I mentioned another great episode, "The Leader" contained in the Season 4 set. For those who have ever been in a leadership position, military or otherwise, "The Leader" encapsulates the leadership challenge when someone is unexpectedly put into a leadership position. In this particular episode, we find that Kirby, normally laziest complainer in the squad, is thrust into a life or death position of authority over his peers. His evolution throughout this episode is common to anyone undertaking the difficult path from supervisor to leader.
Yes, you would not be incorrect in tossing arm chair criticisms at COMBAT! for the non-Norman California countryside, recognizable MGM sets, and un-1944-ish German uniforms. In doing so, remember that this is 1960s television action-adventure at its best. As a kid growing up in the 1960s, COMBAT! locations and sets certainly appeared more like Europe than did our suburban neighborhoods -- where we played COMBAT! Somehow diving for cover behind my dad's car never had the same dramatic feel of Sergeant Saunders doing something similar on an MGM backlot location.
Basically, if you could only see your way to buying a single season of COMBAT!, this is the season to buy. The two Season 4 volumes are still in black and white and have the gritty feel of war movies like HELL IS FOR HEROES, ATTACK, MEN IN WAR, GO FOR BROKE, and BATTLEGROUND.
As an adult, it is unfashionable to run around the neighborhood playing Army. Watching COMBAT! is the next best thing.
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