I Swear by Apollo
- Episode aired Dec 11, 1962
- 1h
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
119
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Behind enemy lines, Saunders and his men struggle to keep a critically wounded French partisan alive.Behind enemy lines, Saunders and his men struggle to keep a critically wounded French partisan alive.Behind enemy lines, Saunders and his men struggle to keep a critically wounded French partisan alive.
John A. Neris
- Frenchman
- (as John Neris)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaPrivate Temple, played by John Considine, was introduced in the episode Rear Echelon Commandos (1962). Considine will return as Lennon in the the episode The Losers (1966).
- GoofsThe German doctor wears around his neck the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, but he wears part of the award upside down. The crossed swords should be next to the Iron Cross and not the wearer's neck.
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Hippocratic Oath
Sgt. Saunders and his squad are taken a French partisan with vital information to the Allied intelligence through a mine field. Out of the blue, one mine blows up and wounds the Frenchman and Pvt. Wayne Temple. Saunders and his squad brings the wounded men to a convent with weir silent nuns and only the Mother Superior is allowed to speak and let them stay in the convent. Saunders requests a doctor by radio since the Frenchman cannot be moved and Lt. Hanley and his men bring a doctor to operate the partisan. However the doctor has a heart attack after the long walking and Saunders and Caje head to the local hospital to seek out a doctor. When Dr. Belzer undresses his coat, they realize that he is a German officer. Further, he overhears the Frenchman speaking about his information in delirium. What will prevail: his oath or the war?
Directed by Robert Altmn, "I Swear by Apollo" is an engaging episode of "Combat!". The plot shows creepy nuns that seem to be unaware of the war outside the convent burying a sister in the beginning and the irony of the death of the American doctor. But the best line is in the end, when Saunders asks about the Hippocratic Oath to Dr. Belzer that replies with a question whether Saunders would have created such a mess if the Frenchmen did not have important information. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Eu Juro por Apolo" ("I Swear by Apollo")
Directed by Robert Altmn, "I Swear by Apollo" is an engaging episode of "Combat!". The plot shows creepy nuns that seem to be unaware of the war outside the convent burying a sister in the beginning and the irony of the death of the American doctor. But the best line is in the end, when Saunders asks about the Hippocratic Oath to Dr. Belzer that replies with a question whether Saunders would have created such a mess if the Frenchmen did not have important information. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Eu Juro por Apolo" ("I Swear by Apollo")
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 1.33 : 1
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