Combat! Hills Are for Heroes: Part 1 (Season 4, Episode 25)
TV Episode | Action, Drama, War

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Combat!

Hills Are for Heroes: Part 1 (Season 4, Episode 25)

TV Episode | Action, Drama, War

This two part Combat! episode is the quintessential story of the futility of war as viewed through the eyes of surviving infantrymen. An American division of troops is making an assault all along their lines. At the platoon level, Lt. ...See moreThis two part Combat! episode is the quintessential story of the futility of war as viewed through the eyes of surviving infantrymen. An American division of troops is making an assault all along their lines. At the platoon level, Lt. Hanley is ordered to take a strategic hill that overlooks a needed road, and the hill is protected by two concrete bunkers with German machine guns and infantry in each bunker. Saunders gets hit in his thigh in the first assault on the bunkers while several other GIs are killed. Hanley asks for artillery support, but his company commander tells Hanley he will have to take the hill without artillery support. Hanley tries several different strategies to take the hill, but each time the men go up the hill, the overwhelming fire from the bunkers stop them, and each time they leave a few more dead GIs on the hill. (see "Hills Are For Heroes - Part 2 for continuation of storyline) Written by David Wile See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Rick Jason Lt. Hanley Lt. Hanley See fewer	Combat! (1962)
Vic Morrow Sgt. Saunders Sgt. Saunders See fewer	Combat! (1962)
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)
Paul Carr Kleinschmidt Kleinschmidt See fewer	Akira (1988)
Joseph Walsh Einstein Einstein See fewer	California Split (1974)
Anthony D. Call Morgan (as Anthony Call) Morgan (as Anthony Call) See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Michael Forest Company Commander Company Commander See fewer	Ninja Scroll (1993)
Walt Davis Tank Commander (uncredited) Tank Commander (uncredited) See fewer	Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Steven Marlo Radio Operator (uncredited) Radio Operator (uncredited) See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Earl Parker Chester (uncredited) Chester (uncredited) See fewer	Target: Harry (1969)
Ross Sturlin American soldier role (uncredited) American soldier role (uncredited) See fewer	Combat! (1962)