Retribution
- Episode aired Jan 18, 1966
- 1h
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
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Kirby embarks on a personal vendetta against an SS colonel who killed his sister's fiancé.Kirby embarks on a personal vendetta against an SS colonel who killed his sister's fiancé.Kirby embarks on a personal vendetta against an SS colonel who killed his sister's fiancé.
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Walt Davis
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
George Sawaya
- German soldier
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIt looked like the German colonel toward the end grabbed two helmets. He did not grab two helmets from the dead G.I. It was a liner and steel pot that had fallen apart. His first trip out the door he got the M-1 and the helmet liner. The second time out he threw the steel pot in the door befire dragging the body inside.
- GoofsAfter Kirby is rescued and he and the rescuers are escaping, Doc runs down the hill to catch up with them. He is wearing the radio on his back and it has antenna showing. As he catches up to the others, the antenna is missing in a long-shot, then is back in a closeup.
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Poor example of audience manipulation
An oddball segment puts Kirby in the spotlight, as the mission concerns a certain SS colonel (played by Albert Paulsen), who it turns out ended up killing the fiance of Kirby' sister. This means war!
I managed to get the picture of the Combat! Writers Room erupting at the pitch for this particular nutty script out of my mind, and managed to sit through the show. As usual, level-headed Vic has to somehow get his soldier calmed down and not going off seeking, you guessed it, retribution!
Hanging an entire episode on this dumb gimmick is a big mistake: I couldn't get interested at all in what follows. Creating an evil SS man is all too easy, while the other extreme (see: "Hogan's Heroes") is nauseating. So I'm afraid the series' prolific writer Ed Lakso painted himself into a corner, with Kirby captured and having to go one on one with Paulsen. I suppose watching Paulsen do his smug routine is typical audience manipulation, but I definitely did not enjoy it.
I managed to get the picture of the Combat! Writers Room erupting at the pitch for this particular nutty script out of my mind, and managed to sit through the show. As usual, level-headed Vic has to somehow get his soldier calmed down and not going off seeking, you guessed it, retribution!
Hanging an entire episode on this dumb gimmick is a big mistake: I couldn't get interested at all in what follows. Creating an evil SS man is all too easy, while the other extreme (see: "Hogan's Heroes") is nauseating. So I'm afraid the series' prolific writer Ed Lakso painted himself into a corner, with Kirby captured and having to go one on one with Paulsen. I suppose watching Paulsen do his smug routine is typical audience manipulation, but I definitely did not enjoy it.
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- lor_
- Sep 14, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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