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M*A*S*H :: The Life You Save (09x20)

Episode Information

Title:

The Life You Save

Episode #:

09x20

Production Number:

Z418

Original Airdate:

Monday May 04th, 1981

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Episode Crew
Director:	Alan Alda
Writer:	John Rappaport Alan Alda

Episode Summary

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When Charles is almost killed by sniper fire, he begins to develop a philosophical obsession with death. Colonel Potter assigns everyone in the unit supervisory tasks they can't do well but must learn. Hawkeye's in charge of the food, B.J. the laundry, Charles the motor pool and Margaret is in charge of morale!

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Dennis Troy	played	Dennis	Recurring (12th appearance)
•G. W. Bailey	played	Rizzo	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Gwen Farrell	played	Nurse Able	Recurring (11th appearance)
•Shari Saba	played	Nurse	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Val Bisoglio	played	The Cook	Recurring (first appearance)
•Andrew Parks	played	Dying Soldier
•Arthur Taxier	played	Surgeon
•Jack Kearney	played	Soldier
•Jim Knaub	played	Pt. Markham
•Jin Boeke	played	Sergeant Chiaverini
•Meshach Taylor	played	Orderly
•Paul Ventura	played	Soldier
•Wayne Morton	played	Enlisted Man

Main Cast

•Alan Alda	played	Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
•Loretta Swit	played	Major Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan
•Jamie Farr	played	Corporal/Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger
•William Christopher	played	Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy
•Harry Morgan	played	Colonel Sherman T. Potter
•Mike Farrell	played	Captain B.J. Hunnicut
•David Ogden Stiers	played	Major Charles Emerson Winchester III