Sasha Harden Movies
- 1966
A wounded Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) awakens to find that he's been kidnapped by four scruffy French children. As a means of survival, the enterprising youngsters intend to "sell" Littlejohn to the highest bidder, just as they've done with several other American and German prisoners in the past. Despite its title, this is not a "cute" episode by any means: the scene in which one of the children grabs a gun and kills an intruder is one of the most harrowing in the series' history. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1965
Wounded in combat, Saunders (Vic Morrow) awakens to find himself dressed in a German uniform. In order not to give himself away to the Germans surrounding him, Saunders pretends to have been rendered speechless by shell-shock. In his laborious efforts to make his way back to the American lines, Saunders has some memorable encounters with the "enemy", among them a big-hearted German sergeant (Bert Freed) and an embittered German doctor (Ivan Triesault). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
Wounded and left for dead by his grieving comrades, Hanley (Rick Jason) manages to make his way through occupied territory to a small farmhouse. Unfortunately, the two occupants--a woman named Annette (Denise Darcel) and her daughter Louise (Holly McIntire)--refuse to let him inside, fearing reprisals from the Germans. Before long, an enemy search party shows up looking for Hanley, who ends up risking his own safety for the sake of the terrified women. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
In the conclusion of a two-part story, Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow) and several other American soldiers are still being held prisoner by sadistic SS officer Capt. Steiner (Richard Basehart). Though a mass escape attempt by Saunders fails, one of his men, Pvt. Billy Nelson (Tom Lowell) manages to break free and to alert Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason) of the situation. Meanwhile, Steiner subjects a mild-mannered GI named Gates (Woodrow Parfrey) to unspeakable tortures to get him to reveal vital information--but Gates is made of far sterner stuff than he appears to be. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1963
In the first episode of a two-part story, Saunders (Vic Morrow) and his men attempt to cross over a hill festooned with German soldiers. They have only advanced a few yards when they are captured by Captain Steiner (Richard Basehart), a sadistic SS officer. Herded into Steiner's headquarters, Saunders, the squad, and two other prisoners, Sgt. Akers (Simon Oakland) and Pvt. Gates (Woodrow Parfrey) are ordered to reveal secret Allied information--with the assurance that Steiner "has ways" of making them talk! Featured in a small role is James Sikking, better known in later years as SWAT leader Howard Hunter on Hill Street Blues. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1962
Captured by the Germans, Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason) braces himself for interrogation by General Von Strelitz (Albert Paulsen). Much to his surprise, Hanley is ordered to accompany Von Strelitz in his staff car--whereupon the General kills his aide and forces Hanley to take the dead man's place. The mismatched duo end up at a nightclub, where Von Strelitz' daughter Maria (Joyce Vanderveen) is working as a singer. It is soon revealed Von Strelitz was in on the recent plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and with his daughter's help he hopes to escape to the American lines. But even with Hanley's reluctant assistance, the road to freedom is fraught with peril--especially when the defecting General comes up against a group of French freedom fighters who have no qualms about shooting first and asking questions later! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1962
Pvt. Braddock (Shecky Greene) is strongarmed into serving as jeep driver for Froggy Clyde (Keenan Wynn, a brash, bullying American colonel. Circumstances dictate that Braddock don Clyde's field jacket--at which point he is mistaken for the colonel and captured by the Germans, who hope to exchange him for imprisoned Nazi general Hoffman. The canny Clyde decides to go through with the prisoner exchange, adding a wry twist of his own. The episode's highlight finds the opportunistic Braddock rather enjoying the preferential treatment that he receives from the German as a captured "officer." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1959
Director Samuel Fuller skillfully intercuts footage of the German death camps with scenes from this thought-provoking drama about a forbidden, post-war love affair. David (James Best) is a G.I. stationed in Germany with the American Military Government. He falls in love with Helga (Susan Cummings), a young German woman, and she reciprocates his feelings. But their romance is not condoned by either culture and made all the more difficult because a troublesome gang of neo-Nazis is on the rampage, killing, stealing, and helping war criminals evade capture. Helga's younger brother is a member of the gang who suddenly breaks down when he attends the Nuremburg trials and sees footage on the death camps. That changes his mind and he is ready to help the American military, and maybe the relationship between his sister and David as well. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Best, Susan Cummings, (more)
- 1957
Writer-director Samuel Fuller applies his kino-fist to this raw-boned war drama -- one of the first American films to deal with Vietnam. The film concerns the battle between the Vietnamese and the Chinese, through the efforts of a small band of soldiers to locate and destroy a hidden communist arms depot. Gene Barry stars as Sgt. Johnny Brock, the cynical leader of the patrol, who is an American Korean War veteran. Leading the expedition to find the munitions dump is the half-Asian Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson), Brock's ex-wife. One of Brock's less-endearing qualities is his rabid racism -- he can't accept the fact that their five-year-old son is completely Oriental in appearance. The other members of the patrol are also haunted by past memories -- Goldie (Nat "King" Cole) is a veteran of Korea and World war II who hates war and wants to see peace at all costs; Corporal Pigalle (George Givot) is an ex-French gendarme who doesn't like taking orders; and Private Andreades (Gerald Milton), is a hard-nosed Greek expatriate. When the patrol arrives at the compound, they are greeted by Major Cham (Lee Van Cleef), the communist commander who immediately falls in love with Lucky Legs -- complicating the situation immensely. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, (more)
