The Fatal Chase Raid

"The Fatal Chase Raid" is the eight episode of the first season of The Rat Patrol. It first aired on October 31, 1966.

Synopsis
The Rat Patrol rescue a bunch of POWs. One of them, Sergeant Gribs (Gavin MacLeod), claims to have crucial information for headquarters. The other POWs say Gribbs is a liar interested only in saving his own hide. Troy's skeptical that Gribs knows anything worthwhile, but he's interested enough to protect him from the other POWs. Gribs is so unlikable that the other POWs wish Troy would just leave the bastard out to die.

Gribs tells Troy to call headquarters and tell them "some heavy hardware" left Benghazi last night. Troy tells Moffitt to send a message about the situation. Moffitt asks whether to send the message plain and clear or encrypt it. Troy chooses the latter, he figures they've got plenty of time.

Gribs dies during a battle with the Germans. The information was good. Troy tells Moffitt to send back a message acknowledging the information came from Gribs.

Main cast

 * Christopher George as Sergeant Sam Troy
 * Gary Raymond as Sergeant Jack Moffitt
 * Hans Gudegast as Captain Hans Dietrich (credit only)
 * Lawrence Casey as Private Mark T. Hitchcock
 * Justin Tarr as Private Tully Pettigrew

Supporting cast

 * Gavin MacLeod as Sergeant Gribs
 * Richard Rust as Tex