Combat!: Nightmare on the Red Ball Run (1967)
Kirby (Jack Hogan) and Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) volunteer as relief drivers for a "Red Ball Express" squadron headed by an overbearing sergeant (Claude Akins). In an extended sequence reminiscent of the French "new wave" classic The Wages of Fear, the two soldiers find themselves maneuvering a truck loaded with explosives through a gauntlet of German snipers. (Incidentally, the fact that many of the Red Ball Express drivers in WW2 were African-American is barely touched upon in this episode). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Michael Caffey
Synopsis of Combat!: Nightmare on the Red Ball Run
Kirby (Jack Hogan) and Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) volunteer as relief drivers for a "Red Ball Express" squadron headed by an overbearing sergeant (Claude Akins). In an extended sequence reminiscent of the French "new wave" classic The Wages of Fear, the two soldiers find themselves maneuvering a truck loaded with explosives through a gauntlet of German snipers. (Incidentally, the fact that many of the Red Ball Express drivers in WW2 were African-American is barely touched upon in this episode). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Combat!: Nightmare on the Red Ball Run
- Claude Akins - Sgt. Rose
- Paul Busch - German Tank Commander
- William Campbell - Cpl. Sloan
- Beau Vandenecker - Markum
- John Carter - Major
- Director(s):
- Michael Caffey
- Writer(s):
- Dan E. Weisburd
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