M*A*S*H

Sometimes You Hear the Bullet

E17    Jan 28, 1973    25m    TV-PG
Frank throws his back out whilst spending the evening with Margaret, and ends up in traction. He promptly applies for the Purple Heart, having been 'technically' wounded at a frontline unit. Tommy Gillis, an old friend of Hawkeye's, is writing a book about the war, and pays him a visit. Later, Tommy is brought into the camp, seriously wounded, and Hawkeye can't save him. A 15-year-old kid is in the hospital to have his appendix out. He joined up to be a hero back home, but Hawkeye has him sent home, giving him Frank's purple heart.
Cast of Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
  • Alan AldaHawkeye Pierce
  • Wayne RogersTrapper
  • McLean StevensonHenry Blake
  • Loretta SwitMargaret Houlihan
  • Larry LinvilleFrank Burns
  • Gary BurghoffRadar O'Reilly
  • William ChristopherFather Mulcahy
  • Ron HowardWendell
  • James T. CallahanTommy Gillis
  • John OrchardCapt. 'Ugly John' Black
  • Lynnette MetteyLt. Nancy Griffin
  • Fred LernerPatient
  • Chuck HicksPatient

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