Marie Marchand (played by Marisa Pavan) has watched war tear apart her town and then her dad is killed for being a collaborator. She is in pure hysterics as her father is shot and no one can stop it. She takes off on bicycle wanting to get away quickly from her town. The townspeople are very much against her as they believe her dad was a collaborator. Unfortunately, no one but higher management Americans knew her father was working for the Americans. As usual Lieutenant Hanley and Sergeant Saunders have to deal with the now bitter Marie who feels the Americans were directly responsible for her father's death.
To add insult to injury, Lieutenant Hanley gives the order to bring Marie back for questioning. She agrees to come back for the sake of her dying uncle whom she has found in his burned out home.
On the way back, Hanley changes the orders to search for German artillery and Marie feels she is again being betrayed by the Americans. Both Kirby and Littlejohn think Marie is lying when she states she knows the whereabouts of the German artillery. During the ensuing distress brought on by this latest change, Marie's uncle dies.
Saunders gives Marie a very convincing pitch about how her dad would want her to help pinpoint the German artillery location; so much so that Caje does not have to translate.
Normally I would rate this episode average except for 1), Marisa's extremely strong performance and 2), the superb American artillery scenes toward the end which are among the very best artillery scenes presented in the entire Combat TV series. Combat scenes are excellent also being characterized by pure suspense at times. It's interesting to note Vic Morrow was always very economical when he fired his tommy gun and this episode is no different. In reality, Vic did not like guns.
To add insult to injury, Lieutenant Hanley gives the order to bring Marie back for questioning. She agrees to come back for the sake of her dying uncle whom she has found in his burned out home.
On the way back, Hanley changes the orders to search for German artillery and Marie feels she is again being betrayed by the Americans. Both Kirby and Littlejohn think Marie is lying when she states she knows the whereabouts of the German artillery. During the ensuing distress brought on by this latest change, Marie's uncle dies.
Saunders gives Marie a very convincing pitch about how her dad would want her to help pinpoint the German artillery location; so much so that Caje does not have to translate.
Normally I would rate this episode average except for 1), Marisa's extremely strong performance and 2), the superb American artillery scenes toward the end which are among the very best artillery scenes presented in the entire Combat TV series. Combat scenes are excellent also being characterized by pure suspense at times. It's interesting to note Vic Morrow was always very economical when he fired his tommy gun and this episode is no different. In reality, Vic did not like guns.