The Raider
- Episode aired Dec 28, 1965
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Hanley is captured by a brutal SS officer, Captain Reichhardt.Hanley is captured by a brutal SS officer, Captain Reichhardt.Hanley is captured by a brutal SS officer, Captain Reichhardt.
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Martin E. Brooks
- Corporal MacGowan
- (as Martin Brooks)
Ray McGrath
- Tim
- (as Raymond McGrath)
Jerry Carter
- Wounded German
- (as Gerald Carter)
William Stone Mahoney
- German #2
- (as William Mahoney)
Wally K. Berns
- German #6
- (as Wally Berns)
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- GoofsWhen Saunders and Caje burst into the building to rescue Lt. Hanley and a couple other officers, Hanley and the officers show no reaction of surprise. They just watch the action.
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Saunders 1 Gestapo 0 !!
"The Raider" is a story about American versus German intelligence. When Lieutenant Hanley is captured by Captain Reichhardt and his SS Raiders, White Rook must rescue him.
Reichhardt normally takes no enlisted prisoners but when he violates his own rule, a single clue is provided as to the general direction the SS Raiders are heading. After tracking the SS Raiders down, White Rook along with the White Pawn squad, put on a real show of force.
Saunders & Corporal MacGowan (well played by Martin E. Brooks) create blunt conflict and in so doing throw the Germans off balance. "The Raider" is full of what made audiences admire and respect Vic Morrow as Sergeant Saunders. One might think the southern expression "Get Er' Done" came from watching Saunders in action from week to week.
Director John Peyser did a fine job with this episode; especially a mid-episode barrage, which is among the best display of firepower in the entire Combat TV series. Close-ups capture genuine fear in the SS men.
Writers' Lenard & Carneol did their homework on military intelligence in putting "The Raider" together. The plot is excellent and the extent to which the Germans speak English is frightening, as though you could never feel secure the language would shield what you were saying in the company of Germans.
"The Raiders" will keep you thinking and guessing. And watching the Germans get a taste of American big city culture during the final stages is also very amusing.
Reichhardt normally takes no enlisted prisoners but when he violates his own rule, a single clue is provided as to the general direction the SS Raiders are heading. After tracking the SS Raiders down, White Rook along with the White Pawn squad, put on a real show of force.
Saunders & Corporal MacGowan (well played by Martin E. Brooks) create blunt conflict and in so doing throw the Germans off balance. "The Raider" is full of what made audiences admire and respect Vic Morrow as Sergeant Saunders. One might think the southern expression "Get Er' Done" came from watching Saunders in action from week to week.
Director John Peyser did a fine job with this episode; especially a mid-episode barrage, which is among the best display of firepower in the entire Combat TV series. Close-ups capture genuine fear in the SS men.
Writers' Lenard & Carneol did their homework on military intelligence in putting "The Raider" together. The plot is excellent and the extent to which the Germans speak English is frightening, as though you could never feel secure the language would shield what you were saying in the company of Germans.
"The Raiders" will keep you thinking and guessing. And watching the Germans get a taste of American big city culture during the final stages is also very amusing.
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- jmarchese
- Oct 24, 2014
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