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Phil Silvers

MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko

Harvey Lembeck

Cpl. Rocco Barbella

Paul Ford

Col. John T. Hall
(credit only)

Allan Melvin

Cpl. Steve Henshaw

Walter Cartier

Pvt. Claude Dillingham

Herbie Faye

Cpl. Sam Fender
(as Herby Faye)

Bernard Fein

Pvt. Gomez
(as Bernie Fein)

Mickey Freeman

Pvt. Fielding Zimmerman

Maurice Gosfield

Pvt. Duane Doberman

Jack Healy

Pvt. Mullen

Karl Lukas

Pvt. Stash Kadowski

Billy Sands

Pvt. Dino Papparelli

Maurice Brenner

Pvt. Irving Fleischman

P. Jay Sidney

Pvt. Palmer

Sally Mansfield

Jean

Grant Richards

Steve

Danny Dayton

Chester

Tige Andrews

Pvt. Gander
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This episode discloses that Pvt. Duane Doberman (Maurice Gosfield) hails from Allentown, PA. and that Cpl. Sam Fender (Herbie Faye) was a tailor before he joined the Army.

Goofs
Bilko's cap badge is missing in the first half of the episode.

Quotes
MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko: The National Indemnity Insurance Co., $500, accident?
Pvt. Duane Doberman: Five years ago, I was hit by a cab.
MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko: [Hugging him] Good boy!

Bilko Turns The Tables To Help Doberman

Doberman receives a check for $500. Everyone in the platoon now is his friend including Bilko, of course. But when Doberman volunteers to give Ernie the check for safekeeping because he trusts him, Bilko is genuinely touched and is now looking out for the slobby solider's best interests.

Unfortunately, the next day Doberman goes to a hotel in town to meet Bilko where the sergeant is going to help with new clothes and make the private a new man. Before Bilko can meet him, however, Doberman loses the $500 to three con artists, who fleece naive soldiers with a rigged poker game. Bilko, familiar with these tactics, shows up at the hotel the next day and pretends he's one of these dupes, to con the con men and get Doberman's money back.

You can guess who gets fleeced next! In all, a "decent" episode but not as good as I had hoped it would be with its premise.