The Darkest Raid

"The Darkest Raid" is the sixth episode of the second season of The Rat Patrol. It first aired on October 16, 1967.

Synopsis
Sergeant Troy poses as the blind Captain Richter to steal some diamonds that are meant to go to Berlin to help fund the Nazi's war efforts. The real Captain Richter (Bard Stevens) is not actually blind. Colonel Gerschon (Alfred Ryder) suspects that he's dealing with an impostor.

By the way, all the dialogue in this episode is in English, thus sidestepping the issue that Troy doesn't speak German (remember that in several prior episodes Troy has to rely completely on Moffitt to translate German for him).

That night, Sergeant Moffitt cuts off power to the German base. In the dark, Troy successfully finds the safe, opens it and takes the diamonds and escape on a rope.

Back on their jeeps, Troy ties the bag of diamonds to a machine gun.

Main cast

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

Supporting cast

 * Ken Drake as Lt. Klundt
 * Manfred Lating as an orderly
 * Alfred Ryder as Colonel Gershon
 * Bard Stevens as Captain Richter