"M*A*S*H" Give 'Em Hell, Hawkeye (1981)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Charles S. Dubin

Writer:

Dennis Koenig (written by)

TV Series:

"M*A*S*H" (1972)

Original Air Date:

16 November 1981 (Season 10, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Hawkeye writes a protest letter to President Truman complaining about the war and the senseless tasks they have to do like camp beautification. |

Plot Keywords:

Letter | Gardening | Nurse | Colonel | Doctor

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 27

6:00 PM

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Give 'Em Hell, Hawkeye

#10.4

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Mike Farrell	...	Captain B.J. Hunnicut
Harry Morgan	...	Colonel Sherman T. Potter
Loretta Swit	...	Major Margaret Houlihan
David Ogden Stiers	...	Major Charles Winchester
Jamie Farr	...	Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger
William Christopher	...	Father Francis Mulcahy
Stefan Gierasch	...	Colonel Ditka
Lance Toyoshima	...	Kim Han
Ed Vasgersian	...	Captain Broz
John Lavachielli	...	Young Turk
Xander Berkeley	...	Marine
Kellye Nakahara	...	Lieutenant Kellye Yamato
Mae Hi	...	Sun Ki

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

There are many shows where a character writes to an off-stage friend or relative, but this is only one of two shows where a character, Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, writes to a real person, President Harry S. Truman.

Goofs:

Continuity: One plot throughout this episode has Hawkeye writing a letter to President Truman. Near the end, he seals the letter and gives it to Nurse Kellye to mail. At the end of the scene before the last commercial, Hawkeye is seen in the Swamp, still writing the letter.

Quotes:

Lt./Capt. Father Francis J. Mulcahy: I just received this letter from my superior at HQ.
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: I didn't know there was a "Father Superior".

Movie Connections:

References Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)