Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

bkoganbing Although Combat lasted longer than the war itself of even greater interest is that Combat which began on D-Day certainly lasted longer than the campaign to retake France and invade Germany. I suppose if you calculate the episodes it might work out to twice a week stories for the theater of war that Lt. Rick Jason and Sergeant Vic Morrow's squad operated in.Jason and Morrow were the stars and the story emphasis alternated between the two of them. Kind of like the way it was with Ward Bond and Robert Horton on Wagon Train. Both these guys were the model of professional, but citizen soldiers.Morrow's casting was interesting. I'm sure he was happy to be a good guy for a change. Mostly Morrow was cast in a nice variety of psychotic and/or thuggish roles. But here he was the dependable leader of men.Combat debuted at the same time as another World War II based series did The Gallant Men. But it was set in the Italian Theater and only lasted a season.Combat was jettisoned by NBC due to Vietnam as more people saw real war reported to them in their living rooms and didn't like it. Still it was a good show. I'd love to see one of the nostalgia channels bring it back.

ShelbyTMItchell Just discovered this show just recently. As it shows the men of the King's Company troop go through war and shows them as humans. Who had to fight a war to win and their mental, emotional, and physical strengths and weaknesses.Even Steven Spielberg loved the show so much, he used this for "Saving Private Ryan." The men lead by Lt Gil Hanley(Rick Jason), and Sgt Chip Saunders(Vic Morrow). As they would be for five years, and 152 episodes. Sorting out dangers while winning a war. That had to be won.How they fought one battle to move to the next. Knowing that they would have to win at all costs. Regardless of consequence.We see the men grow and develop character wise. Especially Saunders, but sadly we did not see that in Hanley. Wished that we would have. Still the show is a balance between man vs war. Showing the human side and showing the emotions that they face. In WWII!

ahod2887 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

eflapinskas The very successful and highly acclaimed series which first aired on TV in 1962. It's main star, Vic Morrow, plays the part of Sgt. Chip Saunders. The other main character, Lt. Hanley, is played by Rick Jason. The Saunders character is somewhat unbelievable in his constant devotion to duty under ALL conditions. The Hanley character is cast a little more believable in that although he is more a "rules" type, like all officers are, he shows a more HUMAN side than Saunders. What really was the success of this series was the involvement of the human kind in various combat conditions and situations. Watching the tactics apllied by both the allies and the Germans is rather ridiculous. It seemed that the Americans were out manuvering the Germans for some reason and Saunders was always sticking out his squads "NECK" by taking unnecessary risks. As a combat veteran myself I would have questioned these leaders tactics as borderline suicide or just plain idiocy although one really sleeps with the other.The show was really about humanity and drama which was aptly displayed. They must have been doing things right or people would not have tuned in every season from 1962 to 1967. My own observation is that when they changed over to color filming 2 things happened. The tactics became more unbelievable and the missions as well.Strangely enough both the lead characters died untimely deaths.