Combat!
| Combat! | |
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 Rick Jason and Vic Morrow in Combat! |
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| Format | War Drama |
| Starring | Rick Jason Vic Morrow Pierre Jalbert Jack Hogan Dick Peabody Conlan Carter |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 152 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 46 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | October 2, 1962 – August 29, 1967 |
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| IMDb profile | |
Combat! was an American television program that aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in "Combat!" was a stylized bayonet.
Created by Robert Pirosh , the show covered the lives of a squad of American soldiers in France[1] during World War II and starred Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan, Conlan Carter, Shecky Greene, and Dick Peabody. In the first season, the then little-known Ted Knight and Frank Gorshin made appearances. Notable guest stars in the second season included Lee Marvin, James Coburn, Richard Basehart, Eddie Albert, Nick Adams, James Caan, and Leonard Nimoy (as a U.S. soldier/German translator), and Baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn (as a German guard). Mike Farrell (coincidentally for this later M*A*S*H doctor, as a medic) also guest-starred. The program was produced by Robert Blees, Robert Altman (briefly), Richard Caffey, Gene Levitt, and Richard Maibaum. The executive producer was Selig J. Seligman. Ten episodes were directed by Altman, who went on to make M*A*S*H and other acclaimed films.
Combat! ran for five seasons, of which the first four are in black and white, with a move to color for the final season.
Worldvision Enterprises (via CBS Paramount Television) owns American television distribution rights to the series, while Disney-ABC Domestic Television has international rights--original producer and copyright holder Selmur Productions was once a division of ABC Films, now CBS Paramount Television.
DVD releases
Image Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD (Region 1). They released each season in two-volume sets in 2004 and 2005. On December 6, 2005, Image Entertainment released a 40-disc boxed set featuring all 152 episodes. Each season set as well as the complete series set features various extras including commentaries, oddities, bloopers, and photo galleries.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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| Season 1 - Campaign 1 | 16 | August 20 2004 |
| Season 1 - Campaign 2 | 16 | August 20 2004 |
| Season 2 - Mission 1 | 16 | November 30 2004 |
| Season 2 - Mission 2 | 16 | November 30 2004 |
| Season 3 - Operation 1 | 16 | March 29 2005 |
| Season 3 - Operation 2 | 16 | March 29 2005 |
| Season 4 - Conflict 1 | 16 | May 24 2005 |
| Season 4 - Conflict 2 | 15 | May 24 2005 |
| Season 5 - Invasion 1 | 12 | August 30 2005 |
| Season 5 - Invasion 2 | 13 | August 30 2005 |
| The Battle Box (Complete Series) | 152 | December 6 2005 |
External links
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