A Klink, a Bomb and a Short Fuse
All goes well when Hogan's gang steals Klink's code book from his safe, photographs the contents, and returns it to its proper place. But there's a small hitch - Carter forgets to load the camera with film.
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"The explosive premise driving "A Klink, a Bomb and a Short Fuse" ultimately fizzles in Phil Sharp's contrivance-laden script that epitomizes 1960s situation comedy: sustained wackiness that carries the narrative toward a punchline payoff. Playing it strictly as farce, Sharp emphasizes the buffoonish qualities of the German jailers Sergeant Schultz and especially Stalag 13 commandant Colonel Klink, whose obsequiousness toward visiting General Burkhalter induces wincing at fifty paces, although it is the incompetence of one of the Heroes that sets this dubious narrative in motion...."
💡 Did You Know?
In WWII the British, the Americans and the Germans frequently used delay action aerial bombs. These would have delays from a few seconds to a few weeks. Some were rigged to go off if anyone tried to move or defuse the bomb. Construction crews in London still unearth several unexploded German bombs every year.
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All goes well when Hogan's gang steals Klink's code book from his safe, photographs the contents, and returns it to its proper place. But there's a small hitch - Carter forgets to load the camera with film.