Hogan's Heroes/The Great Impersonation

The Great Impersonation
Season 1, Episode 21
Airdate	February 4, 1966
Production Number	5784-22
Written by	Laurence Marks
Directed by	Gene Reynolds
Produced by	Edward H. Feldman
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Hogan's Heroes — Season One

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The Great Impersonation is the twenty-first episode of the first season of Hogan's Heroes.

Starring: Bob Crane (Col. Hogan)

Co-Starring: Werner Klemperer (Col. Klink)

and John Banner (Sgt. Schultz)

with Robert Clary (LeBeau), Richard Dawson (Newkirk), Ivan Dixon (Kinchloe), Larry Hovis (Carter)

Additional Cast: Bert Freed (Major Bernsdorf), James Frawley (Gestapo Captain)

Plot Overview

In a rare episode, Schultz helps Hogan in a plan to free three of his men. LeBeau, Newkirk, and Carter are captured by a German patrol. This happened one evening when the three of them, and Kinchloe, attach a bomb and watch it explode a muntions train. They cheer at the success of this mission, and prepare to go back to camp. Carter, who is in charge of directing the others back to camp, suddenly forgets what direction to go. The others criticize him for getting them lost. Kinchloe walks around to see if he can find their way back to camp. While he is gone, the others are discovered by a German patrol, probably investigating the explosion. They are arrested and takened to Gestapo headquarters. Kinchloe manages to find his way back to camp. He reports to Hogan what had happened. They may not have too much to worry about since the men all have fake identifications. For the time being, LeBeau, Newkirk, and Carter are takened to a prison camp, after being interrogated by the Gestapo. The interrogator becomes suspicious of their story of just wandering around the area of the sabotaged train. He sends them off to a Luft stalog, but will question them later. Hogan and Kinchloe, having found out where their fellow heroes have been taken, decide to use Schultz to free them. Schultz discovered the three heroes missing and, knowing that it would mean the Russian Front for him, does not report this matter to Klink. Hogan informs Schultz of his mens whereabouts. He has a plan to get his men back without Klink knowing that they are missing. Schultz goes along with whatever Hogan's planning. This will require Schultz to look and act like a German Commandant. Hogan and Kinchloe school Schultz in how to act like a German Commandant. After much schooling, Schultz is ready. The plan, needless to say, worked. LeBeau, Newkirk, and Carter are brought out to be returned to Stalog 13. The very next day the Gestapo captain arrives at Stalog 13 in search of the men he had arrested. He, of course, doesn't find them. He had been informed that a man calling himself Colonel Klink came to the previous Stalog and demanded the return of three men. Klink denies any such claim. The captain promises that he will continue the search for those three men.