"M*A*S*H" Requiem for a Lightweight (1972)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Hy Averback

Writer:

Robert Klane (written by)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

1 October 1972 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Trapper enters the inter-camp boxing tournament. |

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Ether | Nurse | Colonel | Doctor

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
Wayne Rogers	...	Capt. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre
McLean Stevenson	...	Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake
Loretta Swit	...	Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
Larry Linville	...	Maj. Frank Marion 'Ferret Face' Burns
Gary Burghoff	...	Cpl. Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly
Sorrell Booke	...	Gen. Wilson Spaulding Barker
John Orchard	...	Capt. 'Ugly John' Black
Marcia Strassman	...	Nurse Margie Cutler
William Christopher	...	Lt. Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

William Christopher's first appearance as Father Mulcahy.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the epilogue, Nurse Cutler tells Trapper, "I must say I'm impressed." He responds, "Well, I should hope so," but his mouth is perfectly still.

Quotes:

[Discussing Trapper's opponent in a boxing tournament]
Radar: A guy told me that he was crossing the road, and this jeep came too close to him. He punched it.
Trapper: He punched a jeep?
Radar: He knocked it out.
Trapper: Hawkeye, this guy knocks out jeeps.
Hawkeye: Showboat.

Movie Connections:

References Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)