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I had just enlisted in the Army National Guard in Nov. 1963, when the show "Temple Houston" had just gone on the air. When I was in basic training, we didn't see any television for nearly two months, but I contracted measles, 6 weeks into it & was sent to Walson Army Hospital. While I was being checked in, the orderlies were watching t.v., (the first show that I had seen) & it was "Temple Houston"! I only saw a few shows but liked it very much & was sorry that it was not given a fair chance to succeed! It's ironic that the real Houston died at 45 of a cerebral hemorrhage & Jeffrey Hunter also died about the same age of a similar ailment! I guess Life follows Fiction"

Yes, the movie "Hitler, Dead or Alive",was sub-par for that time period's genre, but I believe that the basic theme could be currently remade, with success! Using an all-star cast & more expensive sets, this "B" movie plot could capture a new audience, since World War II movies have become in fashion again, in recent years! I also think a film, like the "Dirty Dozen" was also influenced by it!

If you look at numerous 'war' films, actually made during WW II, they were done quickly & cheaply, to capitalize on the times.

Even the great "Casablanca", made in 1943, was done mostly on back-lots & to take advantage of the recent 'action' there, so please look at "Hitler, Dead or Alive" through the eyes of war audiences, who had no television & were anxious to see anything about world events!