Combat! The Hunter

A German captain puts his hunting skills to work by capturing Kirby—and stalking Saunders like an animal. Heismann: Alfred Ryder. Saunders: Vic Morrow. Kirby: Jack Hogan. Brunner: Ed Tierney., Wandering far afield from the realism inherent in the series’ earlier episodes, Combat ventures into Pulp Fiction Land with this unacknowleged version of Richard Connell’s short-story classic “The Most Dangerous Game.” Saunders (Vic Morrow) and a wounded Kirby (Jack Hogan) are captured by German captain Erich Heismann (Alfred Ryder), a former big game hunter. To satisfy his sadistic sense of “sportsmanship”, Heissman forces Saunders into a Game of Death–and before long the sergeant is being hunted down like a wild animal!