Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
Matrixiole
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Hayden Kane
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
sykespj
With 'Combat!' becoming increasingly expensive to produce and WWII dramas in general on the wane, the ABC network decided to try a makeover. Ostensibly inspired by the film 'The Dirty Dozen', 'Garrison's Gorillas' has much more in common with the 1960s series 'Mission: Impossible' than anything else.Within the limitations of the time, 'Combat!' was known for its gritty realism, with most of its stars WWII vets themselves. ABC's historically inept 'Rat Patrol', not surprisingly, showed the network was more interested in ratings than realism. It ran for two seasons... 'Garrison's Gorillas' was lucky to make it through one.From a 2000-Teenies point of view, the series isn't that bad. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be that many good prints of the show getting around. 'Garrison's Gorillas' has good production values, decent acting, and relatively entertaining scripts (and it was shot in colour). Fans of '60s WWII dramas should find it more than passable.
washburnjm
I was 11 when it came out like some here. I was caught up in the opening theme song and Chief. However, watching 5 years of Combat with GG having a similar theme of defeating the Nazis left me lukewarm about the show. It definitely had its great moments, but similar background music to Combat kept me wishing Combat hadn't been canceled. It is now on YouTube and probably most of the episodes you can still see. I don't recall, seeing it was 50 years ago, but I believe I watched most of the episodes. But time to move on from killing more Germans.
Jimmy Yu
Maybe it is a normal TV Programe in the States, but in China, almost everybody know it. It was the second American TV/Movie played in China. Even the famous TV program like prison break, 24 hours could not catch up with it.The character of Actor and Goniff are my best favor. The Chinese dubbing of five person are very good.Although it was played before 20 years, but they still have plenty of fans in China. There is a funny story. In the year of the first play, plenty of insurance cabinet steal cases happened. It was said that the theft were influenced by the TV program.I have bought DVD version, but it is not clear enough. So, does anyone know where can bought the DVD-9 standard disc? Thanks
Lindy-11
I watched this series when it premiered a long time ago. I liked it a lot. Since I was a teen then, it's sort of dream-like to try to remember all of it. I loved the play between the characters. Especially between "The Warden" and the "Con's". This is a much better series to watch than that movie they made with Lee Marvin. In the "Garrison's Gorillas" series, the characters and the play between them was more human and more humane with the convicts trying to win Pardons for working with the Allies against the Germans. I hope one day one of the television stations will re-run this series so I can re-watch and enjoy it again!!!
