The BEST episodes directed by Robert Altman

The Duke
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8.31
10 votes

#1 - The Duke

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 25

Hoss takes on The Duke Of London, an arrogant, abusive bare-knuckle fighter, though his brawn is no match for the Duke's agile skills.

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Bank Run
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8.25
14 votes

#2 - Bank Run

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 19

When they "rob" the bank in Virginia City to save depositors from being cleaned out by its president, Hoss and Joe wind up wanted by the law.

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Survival
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8.07
15 votes

#3 - Survival

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 23

When Lt. Hanley and the squad escape from a POW camp, Saunders is left behind. In enemy territory, his hands badly burned, Saunders weaves a treacherous path back to his own lines.

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The Volunteer
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8.06
17 votes

#4 - The Volunteer

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 16

Thirteen-year-old French boy Gilbert Barole (Serge Prieur) wants to join the squad when he sees their glory after liberating his town. Told that he can't, he follows the squad anyway. When Lt. Hanley is wounded, Caje tells him to take Hanley back to town. They find the Germans have moved back in and are setting a trap. Gilbert must find Sgt. Saunders and tell him about the Germans. Gilbert discovers that soldiering is not all gallantry and glory.

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The Dream Riders
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8.00
9 votes

#5 - The Dream Riders

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 32

To finance his dream of constructing an airship capable of crossing the Atlantic, Ben's old friend plans to rob the Virginia City bank while diverting the citizens' attention with a hot air balloon.

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The Secret
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8.00
9 votes

#6 - The Secret

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 31

Joe is the victim of an elaborate frame-up, accused of murdering a pregnant girl. When Ben is asked if Joe is telling the truth, he replies, "If I were to start doubting my son at this point, everything I've lived and worked for would be lost".

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I Swear by Apollo
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7.93
27 votes

#7 - I Swear by Apollo

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 10

A Frenchman with important information and Pvt. Temple (his last appearance in the series) are injured by a land mine. The squad takes refuge in a convent of cloistered nuns. Hanley was bringing a doctor, but he dies of a heart attack on the way. Saunders and Caje go into the village in search of another doctor, but have to take bold steps to get one.

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Escape to Nowhere
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7.88
26 votes

#8 - Escape to Nowhere

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 7

Lieutenant Hanley is captured and interrogated. General von Strelitz (Albert Paulsen) takes him away for further questioning, but instead calmly kills his chauffeur and forces Hanley to replace him. The General refuses to explain what he's plotting, and Lt. Hanley doesn't appreciate the promotion to Kapitan in the Heer. Things get complicated when von Strelitz involves his daughter, Maria (Joyce Vanderveen).

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Cat and Mouse
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7.86
29 votes

#9 - Cat and Mouse

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 9

A worn out Sgt. Saunders must lead Sgt. Jenkins & his men into an area where he had already seen lots of casualties. Jenkins assumes Saunders is a bad soldier. All are killed except Saunders and Jenkins, who find themselves trapped in a new German command post. Jenkins wants to escape ASAP, then has a surprising change of plan.

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The Rival
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7.85
13 votes

#10 - The Rival

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 28

Jim Applegate, Hoss' rival for the affections of Cameo Johnson, is a member of a vigilante group who lynched an innocent man and his wife.

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Silent Thunder
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7.80
17 votes

#11 - Silent Thunder

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 13

Captivated by the pretty, deaf-mute daughter of a reclusive mountain man, Little Joe teaches the young woman sign language. Thrilled with her newfound ability to communicate, Annie mistakes her gratitude to Little Joe for love, much to the chagrin of Albie, who is determined to have her for his own.

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The Prisoner
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7.78
23 votes

#12 - The Prisoner

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 12

This is Braddock's (Shecky Greene) comedy episode. He is "appropriated" by tough-talking, overbearing Colonel Clyde (Keenan Wynn) as jeep driver. The Colonel insists on driving himself, and his reckless driving results in an accident. Braddock is captured by the Germans, who think he is a Colonel because he is wearing the colonel's coat. At first he resists, but Pvt. Braddock begins to enjoy the role.

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Sam Hill
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7.67
9 votes

#13 - Sam Hill

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 34

Blacksmith Sam Hill fights to keep the land on which his mother is buried, after his drunken father signs the deed over to Colonel Tyson and his private army. Poetic episode written by John T. Kelley and directed by Robert Altman.

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Off Limits
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7.63
16 votes

#14 - Off Limits

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 20

PFC March runs into his wife, Lt. Amelia March, at a field hospital. He asks for a pass to spend time with her. While he is waiting for his pass, Kirby goes AWOL and ends up at the hospital. March must go out on a mission in place of Kirby.

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Rear Echelon Commandos
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7.51
45 votes

#15 - Rear Echelon Commandos

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 2

On the frontline, the squad receives three new replacements straight from rear echelon duty in England. They are Gainsborough (a scared, overweight cook), Temple (an equally scared ex-ballet dancer), and Crown (a radio announcer whose cocky attitude masks his fear). Saunders reluctantly takes these newcomers on a dangerous recon mission and discovers that his survival depends on the ingenuity of these misfits.

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The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch
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7.50
13 votes

#16 - The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch

Bonanza - Season 3 - Episode 7

Hoss and Joe become involved when "Bullethead" Burke vows revenge on an old man he claims cheated him in an investment deal.

Bolt from the Blue
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7.33
3 votes

#17 - Bolt from the Blue

Maverick - Season 4 - Episode 11

Beau Maverick befriends a prospector named Ebenezer Bolt. Maverick is unaware that Bolt is the partner of notorious horse thief Benson January. An angry posse mistakes Beau for January and is determined to hang him. A young lawyer manages to halt the proceedings until Maverick can have a trial. Beau's conviction seems imminent when the lawyer locates a notorious "hanging judge" and a woman whose sister was engaged to January identifies Maverick as the horse thief.

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Forgotten Front
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7.31
68 votes

#18 - Forgotten Front

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 1

When communications with the "Black Rook" patrol that was sent to get the location of a German big gun is suddenly cut off, Saunders and his men ("White Rook") go in to find out what happened. In a dye factory, they find the missing patrol all dead and a hidden German deserter. Saunders must decide if the prisoner lives or dies when the squad makes their escape.

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Any Second Now
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7.28
36 votes

#19 - Any Second Now

Combat! - Season 1 - Episode 4

While in a French town, Hanley takes refuge in a church basement during a bombing raid. An unexploded bomb brings down heavy timbers that trap him beside the bomb, which is still timed to explode. Help arrives in the form of a British demolition expert who is suffering battle fatigue and is angry at Hanley for trying to pick up his girl at a local bar.

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Together
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7.18
26 votes

#20 - Together

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 3 - Episode 15

When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.

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The Young One
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6.80
58 votes

#21 - The Young One

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 3 - Episode 9

A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.