Good story, Not enough for a whole film

best movie i've ever seen.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I used to love watching re-runs of this with my dad, who was a veteran himself. However, we did get quite a few laughs from the tactics used. I don't know why so many people are praising the realism of the combat situations. Some were credible, but there were more than a few errors or WTF moments and ideas done to death. For instance, they were ALWAYS unlucky enough to be laying somewhere that the entire German army needed to stop by, and would get trapped. I don't think anyone in the whole squad knew how to flank anything, except for the Sarge. They would just run straight at the Germans until all guest stars were dead. They all got wounded so many times that each would have had 200 purple hearts LOL. There were so many episodes where the guest star guys would just run out in the open to attack a MG nest, or the Germans would suddenly stand up so they could get hit easily. The "squad" was more of a fire team, at best. They were on recon missions, usually, but really? Only 3-4 men out that deep in enemy territory? They were always talking loudly on patrols, for the sake of the script. However, overall, it was a great show for the time, and did show a lot of other real things that happened. It still remains a classic, just funny at times.

Combat! have not seen it since 1966/1967. But I remember it as a most realistic, exciting and emotional TV series developed by Hollywood at the time. As a 10 year old I was fascinated by the exploits of SGT Saunders and the squad of sometimes, dirty, dazed, exhausted and fallible soldiers battling through the country side and villages of post D-Day France and NOT glorifying War. I remember, the sound of the Artillery rounds "soaring" in over head! the classic Black & White look and the great sound and music. There was lots of action. However, the show focused on the individual soldier and how he dealt with the war at a personal level and as part of a team (the squad). I agree with those above that there were some brilliant episodes. There were also a some unbelievable ones like the time Saunders fought a Tank single handed to save the guest star who was down the road with a flat tire. Even my mother thought that episode was unbelievable. However, the majority contained terrific scripts, superb direction, some great-acting and believable characters. Yes,the guest stars nearly all got killed and in real War the guys in the squad would have been killed or injured on many occasions, but hey its Hollywood! In the scheme of Hollywood TV entertainment Combat is a true TV classic. It set a high standard in Direction, script's, acting, and production values. The series regulars were superb in their roles. Vic Morrow (SGT Saunders),Rick Jason (LT Hanley), Jack Hogan (Kirby & his BAR), Piere Jalbert(Caje), Dick Peabody (Littlejohn) and Conlan Carter(Doc). "Caje, take the point". Yep, and the the Germans seemed to actually speak German. So what if they were plastic copies, and they were so easily blown out of their trenches and half-tracks. The thing was we didn't know what they were saying? Whatever it was, it was bad news for the Squad. I believe that Jack Hogan, who played Kirby is still around, well done mate, good job! Regards Pete H,Sydney Australia

This series was a top rated one for ABC. It is easy to see why. Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, & the regular cast were talented actors. The series also got a lot of support from top notch guest stars as well.The production qualities of this show were better than a lot of series. Somehow the action sequences would always look fresh. We'd always believe our heroes would come out and they always did thanks to so clever script writing. Amazingly, a large battery of script writers would always make things flow somehow.This show gave us some heroes to look up too when we were kids who were regular GI's instead of wearing capes & flying. The Pvts & Sgts were the heroes, not the brass. The thing I have noticed in reruns I have seen recently is that sometimes the scripts did get a little stretched. This series almost ran as long as the entire World War 2.The setting is in France & the Germans are always the enemy. If our regulars got wounded, the medics would always have them fixed up for the next episode. I'd also bet more ammunition was used filming this show than any other hit series.This series glorified war & was prior to efforts to show how horrible war really was. What is interesting is that it doesn't really get into the type of partisan political views shown later in MASH. This show rarely gets preachy letting the actions speak. That is why this show is so good. The US Military served as consultants to the program.

I have all 5 seasons and wouldn't trade them for love or money. These shows gave what my Dad and Brothers said a close look at the horror of war any war. Weather called 1,2 or 100 yrs war, civil, where people died ,old, young, babies ,kids. people just trying to do a days work on their land to feed their families are killed for just being their and each war is to be the one to end all wars but the next one is in line like in a bating cage one after the other. Important people say nice things about the dead and about their bravery all true but then when all go home glad it wasn't their son or daughter the family of the one just buried goes home to cry and cry and cry and I could go on forever couldn't I. Then things go back to what's normal for those who still smile until the next WAR the next speech the next banner to be waved and the new Graveyard services and the circle rolls over more who serve and those who Love them. But if you watch Combat you will see just what I've been saying in each episode. They were very well written and I will keep watching them because war never changes only the faces of its DEAD.Sincerely; Big Mike H.,Ivanhoe,Ca.