Athan Karras - COMBAT - "THE SNIPER" Clip 1 of 2

1963 Episode
Saunders and his men are welcomed into a French village by crowds of cheering French citizens, happy to be liberated. But then a sniper claims the lives of a new guy to the squad. The men fan out and search for the sniper, who seems to disappear. Not only do the men not find him but they fail to find the gun he has stashed, despite the fact he didn't hide it very far from where the shots came from (about three feet).
Saunders and his men search the town and question local civilians who might be Germans in disguise. They get nowhere and another new guy to the squad is shot and killed. The Lieutenant puts pressure on Saunders to find the sniper. A convoy is coming through soon and it could really wreck havoc.

All sound pretty good? It is. But then here's the big problem: the sniper is a German who disguises himself as a Frenchman. His girlfriend is a French woman whom the whole town apparently dislikes.

Now the French were happy to be free of the Germans. They welcomed Saunders and his men into town...they hated the woman...so...wouldn't maybe at least ONE of them said "Hey, the guy you're looking for is probably that German guy in civilian clothes. He lives under that destroyed old barn." Instead the whole time remains inexplicably silent as Saunders and his men are shot down in the streets. There's a "french surrender" joke in here somewhere.

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Film & Animation

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• COMBAT
• THE SNIPER
• Athan
• Karras

[planthi80]

wish you could post the whole episode!