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"Hogan's Heroes"
The Softer They Fall (1970)
Episode Cast (in credits order)
Bob Crane ... Col. Robert E. Hogan
Werner Klemperer ... Col. Wilhelm Klink
John Banner ... Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz
Robert Clary ... Cpl. Louis LeBeau
Richard Dawson ... Cpl. Peter Newkirk
Ivan Dixon ... Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe
Larry Hovis ... Sgt. Andrew Carter
Leon Askin ... General der Infantrie Albert Burkhalter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jon Cedar ... Second Corporal
Chuck Hicks ... Bruno
Lev Mailer
James Savett ... First Corporal
John Stephenson ... Major Rudel
Frankie Van ... Referee

Battling Bruno, a guard a Stalag 13 has reached the finals of a boxing tournament. He has 13 straight KO wins. He can't counter punch, has bad footwork, timing, and breathing. Kinch serves as his sparring patner and decks him. This sets up a bout between Bruno and Kinch that serves to cover Hogan's activities. The unconscious Bruno wins the match because Hogan threw the towel before a count was started. (Klink would have been sent to the Russian Front had Bruno lost.) Bruno's Gloves were loaded for the fight with Kinch. Frankie Van, the ubiquitous referee of boxing films served in this role as a Nazi named Schmeltzer. If I heard correctly, Bruno's scheduled opponent in the tourney was named Joe Kandinsky. Kinch had been a former Golden Glover. Judges for the fight were Wilhelm Klink, Major Rudel and Captain Stahl.

Sgt. James Kinchloe HW either 2
Battling Bruno HW slugger 0
Joseph Kandinsky HW slugger 0

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