The BEST episodes directed by Burt Kennedy
#2 - The Celebrity
Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 8
Del Packer (Tab Hunter), a famous baseball star who was drafted into the army, is a replacement in the squad. While Kelly tries to make money by setting up a baseball game with a neighboring outfit, Billy—a devoted baseball fan—is awestruck by his hero. However, Packer has his own demons to fight, and while the others are too star-struck to notice that something may be wrong, Saunders isn't.
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#3 - Far from the Brave
Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 5
Pvt. Grady Long, Saunders' friend and the squad's B.A.R. (Browning Automatic Rifle) man, is killed. Kirby expects Saunders will give him the B.A.R., but Saunders decides to give it to the new man, Pvt. Delaney (Joe Mantell), a cook that had qualified on the B.A.R. in basic training. After Delaney is killed, Saunders finds his reasoning for giving it to him didn't matter.
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#4 - Next In Command
Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 18
Corporal Cross (Ben Cooper) is the newest addition to the squad. For once, the new man is a veteran, but he is tormented by a fatal mistake he'd made on another hill. That mistake has crippled him, stripping away not just his ability to fire a rifle, but also his ability to be a soldier. Although not part of the main plot, Dick Peabody has a very strong episode as Littlejohn.
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#5 - Mixed Doubles
Magnum, P.I. - Season 3 - Episode 10
Practising to take part in an upcoming Pro-Am tennis tournament, Magnum is assigned by Robin Masters to protect a spoilt young champ who is receiving death threats. Thomas finds his patience tested by the girl's bratish behaviour, but is pleased that the tournament sees him reunited with an old flame - who is the girl's main competitor, and thus the prime suspect...
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#6 - Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd
Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jeffrey Hunter stars as tanker Sgt. Dane, a man mad at the world, mad at the war, and mad at God. He's not too thrilled with Hanley and Saunders, either. During a German advance, Hanley and squad are cut off behind enemy lines. They are saved from an ambush by the appearance of Dane and his tank. But Dane’s recklessness and anger takes on a savage edge and they discover the secret he can’t live with: that he’s a failed priest now turned killer.
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#7 - Erika
How the West Was Won - Season 1 - Episode 2
Zeb finds Luke with the Simonites but before Luke is strong enough to leave, Zeb must take the opportunity to find a friend who has started a vendetta against an Indian tribe. Luke has taken a liking for the lifestyle of the Simonites and especially for the young and beautiful Erika who has looked after him. He therefore contemplates the option of becoming a Simonite.
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#8 - The Walking Wounded
Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 30
Saunders becomes one of the walking wounded and falls under the mercies of three broken souls more deeply wounded than he: a beautiful nurse, a doctor who has lost his nerve, and a driver who never had any nerve.
#9 - Woman from White Wing
The Virginian - Season 1 - Episode 2
Three men, who are prison escapees, come to Shiloh looking for Judge Garth. One of those men (Barry Sullivan) turns out to be Betsy Garth's real father, a fact unknown to Betsy. The man aims to reclaim his daughter and receive compensation, believing the Judge abandoned him purposefully in the wasteland some years before.
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#10 - Betty Grable Flies Again
Simon & Simon - Season 3 - Episode 10
WWII pilot wants to find his long lost B-25.