The Street Urchin Raid

"The Street Urchin Raid" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of The Rat Patrol. It first aired on Christmas 1967.

Synopsis
Sergeant Troy goes to a neutral city in the Spanish Sahara to obtain some secret aerial photographs, but is forced to hide them in a brick wall when he's about to be captured by the Gestapo.

However, Tico (Jean-Michel Michenaud), a street urchin, finds the photographs and tries to sell them to the Germans so they'll give him enough money so he and sister, Sarina (Rika Dialyna), can go back to Madrid. Sarina's skeptical of Tico's idea, and resigned to continue belly dancing for the German "pigs."

When Tico shows the photos to the Germans, they don't take him seriously, but one of them grabs the envelope out of the little boy's hand. Seeing this, Troy makes a ruckus about water, giving Tico an opportunity to grab the envelope and run away.

On his way out, Tico runs into Sergeant Moffitt, who doesn't realize that the brown envelope Tico is carrying contains the much sought after photos. Moffitt, along with Private Hitchcock and Private Pettigrew, is able to rescue Troy. A short conversation leads to Moffitt realizing his mistake in not getting the photos from Tico.

The Gestapo capture Sarina. Captain Dietrich questions Sarina, tries to convince her to help the Germans. Meanwhile, the Rat Patrol capture Gestapo leader Rettig (John Myhers).

A prisoner exchange is arranged: Rettig for Sarina. Dietrich protests that he's getting the short end of the stick, but lives up to the agreement, despite the Gestapo's unwillingness.

Now Tico declares that as a boy he was neutral in the war, but now he's a man and he's on the Americans' side.

Main cast

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

Supporting cast

 * Rika Dialyna as Sarina
 * Nick Dimitri as a guard (uncredited)
 * Tanya Lemani as a belly dancer
 * Jean-Michel Michenaud as Tico
 * John Myhers as Rettig
 * Jon Shank as a guard