"Tiger," a female underground agent, is arrested while trying to document some secret German bases and is held in Paris for questioning. So Hogan and LeBeau become stowaways aboard Klink's s... Read all"Tiger," a female underground agent, is arrested while trying to document some secret German bases and is held in Paris for questioning. So Hogan and LeBeau become stowaways aboard Klink's staff car and head for Paris to free her."Tiger," a female underground agent, is arrested while trying to document some secret German bases and is held in Paris for questioning. So Hogan and LeBeau become stowaways aboard Klink's staff car and head for Paris to free her.
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- TriviaThis was Nita Talbot's first appearance in the recurring role of Marya, the White Russian.
- GoofsAfter Hogan and LeBeau go to Paris, Captain Gruber increases security at Stalag 13, including nightly bed checks. There is no way that Hogan, as the ranking prisoner of war, would not be found missing, causing Gruber to raise an alarm.
- Quotes
Kinchloe: [Klink is calling Stalag 13 to found out if Col. Hogan is missing. Colonel Hogan's remaining crew intercept the call] Newkirk, Klink's on the phone from Paris. I got him on here, bypassed his office.
Newkirk: [imitating their substitute kommandant] Capt. Gruber here. Jawol, Kommandant Klink. How's your stay in Paris?
[pause]
Newkirk: You thought you saw Col. Hogan? Impossible, Kommandant. He's here right outside the office.
[another pause]
Newkirk: You want to talk with him? Yes, Herr Kommandant, I'll have him brought to the phone.
[takes the phone away from his head and covers the mouthpice]
Newkirk: [normal voice] Get Colonel Hogan in Paris, fast!
Kinchloe: Suppose he's not in?
Newkirk: He ruddy well better be in!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hogan's Heroes: Is General Hammerschlag Burning? (1967)
Make no mistake: put your credulity on hold. When Stalag 13 commandant Colonel Klink takes a week-long furlough in Paris, with Sergeant Schultz driving him there, Colonel Hogan, leader of the Heroes, and Corporal LeBeau come along for the ride. Yes, with the hardly-willing help of an anguished Schultz, the two prisoners of war stow away atop Klink's staff car and promptly abscond with it once in Paris.
Their reason is compelling: The Gestapo has captured Tiger (Arlene Martel), a crucial underground linchpin Powell introduced in the second-ever "Hogan's Heroes" episode ("Hold That Tiger"), and taken her for interrogation by Colonel Backscheider (John Dehner) in Paris, forcing Hogan and LeBeau to spring her before she reveals the Heroes' operation--or is killed in the process.
To that end, Hogan poses as "Frank Durkin," an escaped American POW from Stalag 13--so much for Klink's perfect no-escape record--turned black marketeer, to engage Backscheider, ruthless, corrupt, and a pseudoscientist engaged in phrenology (the reading of bumps on the skull) and other occult arcana in which many Nazis actually believed.
The key to besting Backscheider is Marya (Nita Talbot), the White Russian astrologer having an affair with him, who is more Mata Hari than Madame Tarot. By making Marya a White Russian, Powell created his greatest character in terms of complexity and ambiguity: White Russians were anti-communists of various stripes ranging from liberals to czarists; some collaborated with the Nazis even after Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. This led to fascinating questions about her loyalties starting with her first appearance here as Hogan and LeBeau encounter her in a "White Russian café."
Moreover, industry veteran Talbot absolutely commands the scene as for one moment "Hogan's Heroes" rises to feature-film quality --set designer Hub Braden even gives a "Casablanca"-like feel to the café, complete with a black piano player--with Talbot oozing intrigue, danger, and sexuality that earned her repeat visits to the series.
Similarly, supporting stalwart Dehner transcends the fatuous arrogance Powell had written for his Backscheider, becoming a formidable foe for Hogan while he runs roughshod over hapless Klink, believing that the Gestapo had commandeered his staff car, yet still able to mug for the camera. Unfortunately, Martel is wasted, merely a damsel in distress to kick off the plot, the only flaw in Powell's compelling first part of "A Tiger Hunt in Paris."
- darryl-tahirali
- Mar 20, 2022