"M*A*S*H"
The General Flipped at Dawn (1974)

Director:

Larry Gelbart

Writers:

James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)

TV Series:

"M*A*S*H" (1972)

Original Air Date:

10 September 1974 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

A visiting general, appearing to be more eccentric than the usual army brass and a stickler for regulations, tries to move the camp closer to the front and court martial Hawkeye before they discover that he's completely loony. |

Plot Keywords:

Crazy General | Dramedy | Corporal | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Sergeant

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Wayne Rogers	...	Army Capt. "Trapper John" McIntyre
McLean Stevenson	...	Lt. Col. Henry Blake
Gary Burghoff	...	Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
Larry Linville	...	Maj. Frank Burns
Loretta Swit	...	Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Harry Morgan	...	Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele
Jamie Farr	...	Cpl. Maxwell "Max" Q. Klinger
William Christopher	...	Lt. Father Francis J. Mulcahy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennis Erdman	...	Harrison
Lynette Mettey	...	Nurse Baker
Brad Trumbull	...	Colonel Atkins
Teddy Wilson	...	Warrent Officer Martin 'Marty' Williams (as Theodore Wilson)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: [after General Steele dances out of a court marshal hearing singing a song] I take it we don't have to leave.
Lt. Col. Henry Blake: Only the general does.
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: Yeah, in a rubber truck.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)