M*A*S*H {MASH}: THE GENERAL FLIPPED AT DAWN {THIRD SEASON PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy programs about the men and women of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H) stationed behind the lines during the Korean War. In this episode, the M*A*S*H unit is threatened when Gen. Steele, a visiting commander whose sanity is questionable, gives orders that could imperil the lives of the hospital personnel and patients. Gen. Steele commands the entire unit to move to the front lines in order to reduce the amount of time that injured soldiers must wait for treatment. When Hawkeye protests this needlessly dangerous move, he is charged with insubordination by the general. The subsequent trial is marked by testimony, legal arguments, and Gen. Steele's impromptu song-and-dance numbers. Commercials deleted.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Alan Alda.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: September 10, 1974 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:26:03
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:28485
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Korean War - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1972-1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Gene Reynolds … Producer
- Larry Gelbart … Producer, Director, Developed by
- Burt Metcalfe … Associate Producer
- Everett Greenbaum … Writer
- Jim Fritzell … Writer
- Robert Altman … Based on the film by
- Richard Hooker … Based on the novel by
- Johnny Mandel … Theme Music by
- Alan Alda … Cast, Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
- Wayne Rogers … Cast, Capt. John "Trapper John" McIntyre
- McLean Stevenson … Cast, Col. Henry Braymore Blake
- Loretta Swit … Cast, Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
- Larry Linville … Cast, Maj. Frank Burns
- Gary Burghoff … Cast, Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
- Harry Morgan … Cast, Gen. Steele
- Jamie Farr … Cast, Cpl. Max Klinger
- William Christopher … Cast, Father Francis Mulcahy
- Lynnette Mettey … Cast, Nurse Baker
- Theodore Wilson … Cast, Marty Williams
- Brad Trumbull … Cast, Col. Atkins
- Dennis Erdman … Cast, Harrison