Woman in the Dark (1934) - full transcript
A paroled prisoner hits a man attacking a woman. He runs away scared that he may have killed him - he did not. From a book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
[ENGINE NOISE]
-Keep your eyes open.
This is only a car,
not a tank, corporal.
Did you hear me, keep
your eyes on the road.
-It's a rough road, sir.
-Nonsense, if you
keep your eyes on it
instead of watching the sky.
[PLANE ENGINE]
-It's only a scout,
major, nothing dangerous.
And you, you idiot,
you're asking for trouble,
behaving like a coward.
Your superior's the
one who will tell
you to take cover,
your superior.
-He saw an enemy plane.
That's enough for me.
-Whatever you say.
-Drive on.
I told the corporal
to keep his eyes open.
And a good thing, our
life is all too short.
Corporal Mueller?
-Jawohl.
-Take it easy, and you'll
earn my appreciation
by staying alert.
Let's go.
-Jawohl.
[THEME MUSIC]
[HORN]
[HORN]
[HORN
[HORN]
-These Normandy peasants
are as thick as mules.
You idiot!
Are you going to move
that thing over or do
I have to clear the
road with my pistol?
[HORN]
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Agh!
-Hurry, Louie, get the
hell off the wagon.
-Come on.
The documents.
-Tell Victor to give us a hand.
[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]
-Victor, go and help.
-Now, give me hand
with the lieutenant.
-This one weighs a ton.
I bet it was all
that good living.
-Victor, get back
up on the wagon.
We'll cover them up.
-I've changed the photographs.
You better be on your way.
Best of luck.
-Let's go.
-Hurry, there's no time to lose.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Halt.
-Put it away.
-Your passing business?
-Come now, you forget.
-What do you mean, forget?
First of all, present
yourself in the correct manner
to officers of the German Army.
-Feldwebel Hansen Larn at
your service, Oberleutnant.
-Very well, what do you want?
-Headquarters phoned me.
There was a report of several
gunshots in the vicinity.
I was only investigating.
And I thought that.
-You mean to say
that, for this, you
halted a couple of officers, eh?
Extraordinary.
I have patience.
But you've strained
patience to the limit.
I should report you.
Now move.
-Jawohl, Herr Oberleutnant.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Drive on, Mueller.
We've lost too
much time already.
Hey, professor, a German
officer never looks back.
-Bother that rule, my
back's a big target
if they were to fire.
-We've go too much to
do to lose you now.
-But you're
assuming, aren't you,
that we'll make it to
this unholy Zeehar.
Before, you did all right.
Now the tough part's ahead.
-Now you wouldn't want
things to be too easy,
would you, professor?
But I agree with you.
I wish us all well.
-Your documents, please.
-All in order.
You will excuse the screening
of superior officers,
but these are my orders, sir.
We are ready to move.
We've been waiting for you
since we received orders
from our Office of Security
to accompany you to Zeehar.
[GERMAN]
Open.
-You see, professor,
the Germans, themselves,
will lead us to Zeehar.
All those months,
planning and worrying
and wondering how we
were going to get in,
and the way it worked out,
it couldn't be easier.
-Then, how to find the exit.
-Park over there, corporal.
This way, major.
-Oberleutnant Opel.
Major.
Follow close behind.
-Mines?
-Mines is hardly the word.
You know what it's called
by the Field Marshall?
You may not believe it, but he
calls it the Devil's Garden.
Not even a cat
could slip through
without blowing itself to hell.
Ah yes, we have one of your
own students here, major.
All he talks about
is the theories
of the great Professor Dreyer.
His name is Captain Mahler.
He'll be delighted to see you.
Follow me, please.
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Colonel Speidel, may
I present Major Dreyer.
-Ah, it's a pleasure, Dreyer.
-Delighted to meet you.
And Oberleutnant von Getz.
-A name I know well, von Getz.
Your father, isn't he
Lieutenant General von Getz?
-Yes, sir.
-Ah, ha ha, I knew
there was a resemblance.
We fought side by side
in Greece, young man.
And as boys, we fought
over your mother.
He won.
-Yes, sir.
-Would you prefer, professor,
to rest a little bit?
It has been a long journey.
Then later, you can
inspect the plant.
-With your permission, colonel,
it the major isn't too tired,
I think that Mahler is quite
anxious to show you his work.
-And I am not the
least bit, tired.
Colonel.
-Thank you, sir.
Then we can go have a look now.
-Excellent, it's
through this door, here.
I'll come with you.
OPEL (OFFSCREEN): Accompany the
corporal to the enlisted men's
quarters.
You're not coming, von Getz?
-Of course.
I wouldn't miss it.
-Come with me.
-Major Dreyer, may
I present to you
our young, technical
genius, Captain Mahler.
He has designed and directed
our project here at Zeehar.
I think you have every right
to be proud of him, after all,
he was your student.
-I know I haven't had the
pleasure of meeting you
before, professor,
but I've always
followed your work and your
books and scientific papers.
In this respect, I consider
myself your student.
May I say how honored I am
to meet you, this first time.
If I've learned anything,
major, you've done it.
I hope that you won't be
too disappointed in what
I've done in Normandy.
-Oh, I'm sure it's
marvelous, young Mahler.
And I wish to say
that I consider you
an exemplary student.
-Ha-heh, you are too
kind to me, professor.
--Mahler!
Mind you own business, will
you, and hold your compliments
till later.
As you'll see, Herr
Professor, it's their funeral.
[BEEPING]
-Have a look, sir.
[BEEPING]
-Right here.
-G1, open the fuel lines.
Contact.
-Not a bad job, is it?
Heh heh.
You might say,
we're planning a war
reception for the Americans,
should they try to land here.
Take a look, von Getz.
-Congratulations, Mahler.
-Thank you, sir.
-Much impressed.
You're quite right,
Colonel Speidel.
If the Allies try to land here,
they haven't got a chance.
[EXPLOSIONS]
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[EXPLOSIONS AND
MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[EXPLOSIONS AND
MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[SHRILL WHISTLE]
SOLDIER (OVER RADIO):
Major Dickinson,
the timing on this one
was dead on 15 seconds.
-Can't make it quicker
than that, captain.
Heh, Fritz really
took a beating.
-You sure did, Don.
But nobody was shooting back.
[LAUGHTER]
-Keep me covered, you guys.
I'm not through
with this one, yet.
Be still.
SOLDIER (OFFSCREEN):
Get him, killer.
-Damn Nazi.
-That's enough, Sergeant Doss.
Knock it off.
Go find some other
way to amuse yourself.
You're too old to
play with dolls.
-Yes, sir.
-That's it, major.
-That's not it.
You've got just 10 seconds
to clear that minefield.
If you don't chop
your time down,
they'll get every one of you.
-Major, we've made
this run eight times
and haven't been
under 15 seconds yet.
-Lower it.
-How many of us do you
figure those Germans
will get per second?
-Too many.
The idea is to
hold your casualty
rate as low as possible.
-Fall in.
-Are you positive
that this setup
is an exact duplicate
of the original?
-Sure, it's an exact duplicate.
All the bunkers on
that coast are alike.
They've been photographed
more often than Rita Hayworth.
-Well look, major,
we're wasting a hell
of a lot of time putting
those pipes together.
We better figure
out some other way.
-I don't care how you do it.
Listen to me, Jack.
That bunker is there, and
it's got to be taken, see.
Cut it to 10 seconds or
you'll get it in the neck.
That's an order, captain.
-Yes, sir.
All right, men, fall in.
Well you heard the
major, one more time.
-You heard Captain Murphy.
-You men, this
isn't a rest camp.
Report to Captain
Murphy immediately.
-All right you guys, shake
a leg out of the truck.
Move it.
-Heard about it?
-The alarm will be
circulated tonight.
Tomorrow, D-Day begins,
and the day after tomorrow,
god willing, we land.
-Yeah, god willing.
-And Omaha beach, the
devil's fountains?
-No news yet, I'm afraid.
-Who's on the job?
-An officer named Strobel.
I'd say he's one of our most
capable intelligence men.
And two Frenchmen.
-Strobel?
Do I know him?
-I'm sure you've heard of him.
For quite a number of
years before the war,
he was a well-known
actor on Broadway.
You might say he was sort
of the darling of Broadway.
-I'd prefer to have a
professional for this show.
An actor?
-Don't run him down.
I think a hell of a lot of him.
He'll do his best.
It's about all we can go on.
And he will do his damnedest.
-Please join me in
one more, prosit.
-Prosit.
-Ah, the fountain is having a
full test, tomorrow morning.
I think the professor
and I had better
retire and leave you
gentlemen to your pleasures.
The professor may sure
my room if he so desires.
-I'd be only to glad
to, Captain Mahler.
If i may have your
leave, colonel.
-Please do as you
like, professor.
If they want to
go, we let them go.
After all, it meas two
less to share this nectar.
Prosit.
Prosit.
-Easy, easy.
Stop pulling like that.
Stop, I told you.
Easy.
Stop pulling.
-What's wrong with the dogs?
-Maybe they've
picked up the scent.
-You could be right,
maybe they have.
We'll see.
Let them go.
[WHIMPERING]
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
[WHIMPERING]
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
-I'll get it.
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
-Colonel Speidel speaking.
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
COLONEL SPEIDEL
(OFFSCREEN): Danke.
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
[GUNSHOT]
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
[GUNSHOT]
-Agh.
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Soldier, you'll
stand guard here.
Let nobody in.
Orders from Herr Oberst.
-Jawohl, Herr Oberleutnant.
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Well you must be tired, sir.
Don't you want to go to bed?
-No.
That is, yes.
I've been doing some thinking.
-I hope I haven't
offended you professor.
-Offend me, how?
-Oh, by what I said at dinner.
I didn't mean it be
a personal remark.
-My dear chap, I'm not offended.
You must know how I've stood.
All my life, I've preached
against putting science
at disposition of the insane.
-Let's go professor.
Bring the radio.
-All right.
Are you mad?
What's that for?
-Don't worry, professor.
The rooms are soundproof.
I just experimented.
-You mean you'd kill a man in
cold blood, do you Strobel?
-I can't take a chance.
We'd have them after us
the instant that we left.
I'm sorry, Captain Mahler,
but c'est la guerre.
It's your life or ours.
-Oh.
-Forgive me, Mahler.
There's no need for killing.
He's not problem now.
Satisfied?
-Come on.
Let's go.
Get my driver.
We must leave at once.
Open the door.
What are you waiting for?
That's an order.
Open the door.
-Impossible, oberleutnant.
You've got to have
written permission.
-Ridiculous.
Our orders say that
we must leave at once.
And this should be enough.
-Impossible oberleutnant.
You've got to have
permission on paper.
Those are my orders, sir.
-Open up that door,
private, right now.
-I'm sorry, oberleutnant,
but I can't do it.
OFFICER (OFFSCREEN):
Guard, open up.
Your man, here,
refused to obey orders.
Command phoned just moments ago
with the most urgent request
from General Penzl
to see the major.
-At this hour?
You must have a
special pass to go out.
And only the colonel
can issue you that.
-Colonel Speidel
is in no position
to issue and pass right now.
-You mean that you had
quite a celebration, sir?
-Yeah.
-Very well.
I'll accompany you
to the parking area.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
-Pull the car out, corporal.
-Where are your bags, sir?
-Oh, you see, we
left them behind.
Probably be back in an hour.
-Eh, can you tell me,
then, why the major
needs his boot
jack for that hour.
-Oh, my boot jack.
I, I can't imagine
what I was thinking.
-Now what's this all about
at this time of night?
What is it?
Who are you looking for?
What's happened?
-That one.
-Go, get out of this, Strobel.
[WHISTLE]
-Hey.
After him.
Schnell.
Schnell.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-If he comes this
way, we will get him.
-Ja, ja, jawohl.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Schnell.
After him.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-We're looking for him.
-Not this way, sir.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[SHOUTS]
-That spy, has be
been through here?
-We thought we saw
him, Herr Oberleutnant.
-You can at least
give me a hand.
Why aren't you with
the others, there?
You damn coward.
Schnell!
-Jawohl.
Agh!
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Halt.
This way.
-Argh.
-Ahh.
-Denise?
What are you doing here?
-Be quiet.
Follow me.
-How can we find
him this darkness?
-We better find him.
Feldwebel Siedler
is mad as a hornet.
-Let's try this area over here.
Come on.
-Come.
-He's dead, too.
And this one?
-He's still breathing.
-Then we'll be happy
to take him with us.
-No, he's too badly wounded.
I'm afraid that the
ride would kill him.
-It is quite interesting the
concern you show for him.
He's a spy.
He's a spy, but he's also a man.
Now you remember this,
until further orders,
I am in command here.
-Jawohl, Herr Hauptman.
Then the entire responsibility
is left in your hands.
-I'll try to remember
that, Feldwebel.
Take him to my room.
And be careful with him.
-Come with me.
-We were lucky they
didn't have the dogs.
-Yeah.
Well, wait a minute, you
still haven't told me
what you were doing there?
-The bodies were found
almost immediately.
Jean and Louie were
poor grave diggers.
What's that, a radio?
-Yes.
-You better call headquarters.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello.
Well read me the message.
OK.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Good bye.
Hello.
Get me General
Taylor, immediately.
Yes.
-Is it safe here?
-Safe enough.
You'll have to hide
in the barn, though.
-Ahh, if I have to.
Who else is here?
-Just my father.
-Is he one of us?
-Oh, no, he's very old.
He doesn't want
to fight anymore.
He, He just wants to enjoy
the few years he has and.
-Well, you can't hold
that against him.
-Well, I don't.
That's just the way he is.
DENISE'S FATHER
(OFFSCREEN): Denise!
Denise!
Denise!
Denise!
Is that you?
-Yes!
-Well come in right away.
Something terrible's happened.
The Germans are in a rage.
-Dad, don't worry so much.
Go back in and lie down.
-Lie down, you say.
I'd like to know how you
would like it, to be 75.
And someday you'll understand.
I'll not pay for what they did.
-Lieutenant Strobel
will maintain
constant communications
with headquarters.
Come over here, Jack.
This is it, Zeehar.
And these are the
aerial photographs
that were taken at dawn.
You'll jump tonight.
Now Jack, there
is one farm which
is close to you landing area,
and it's a friendly one.
Lieutenant Strobel
made sure of that.
Now this is a copy
of your landing map.
I want to learn that by heart.
Your take-off time
is 1900 hours.
All set?
I wish you good luck.
-Thank you, major.
We don't need it.
-Captain Murphy, you don't
seem very enthusiastic
about this operation.
-Should I be?
-Good god, man, you'll be
the first American soldier
to set foot in France.
-I've been trying to appreciate
that fact for more than a
month.
I'll be damned if I can.
I know it's a blow
against the Nazis.
We're protecting the free world,
defending the men, on the 29th,
from death by fire.
I'm aware of those facts, major.
-You really think that's
the right attitude
to have before taking off
an operation like this?
-All right, what's
really bothering me
is that this
operation is already
butchered by intelligence.
Can you tell me why, once
that unit was inside,
why they didn't
blow that bunker?
You know damn well that we
haven't got a chance in hell.
-It was their job to
locate the bunker.
And it's your job to blow it.
You can do it, Jack.
We have it worked out
to the last detail.
-You know what they
call this operation?
-Operation Gambit.
-You know what that means?
It's a chess move.
You sacrifice one piece
to protect another.
That is a gambit.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO]
-Who you making sandwiches for?
-Oh, Sergeant Wagner, we
have to keep him happy.
-Yes, but don't over do it.
You know how these Germans are.
They'll eat us out
of house and home
if you give them half a chance.
But you're right.
I don't want any trouble.
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO): And now
for some special messages.
The meadows are green.
We grow too soon old
and to late smart.
-Denise, turn that radio off.
You know it's forbidden to
listen to an enemy program.
I've told you before.
Now why do you do it?
Honestly, you worry too much.
-Well, someone has
to worry around here.
Now what's the matter with you?
Don't you realize that there's a
military ban on that broadcast?
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO):
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
-Denise, shut if off.
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO):
Charles has a new.
-There, it's off.
Are you satisfied?
-Where are you going?
-To take this to
Sergeant Wagner.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-No other message?
-No, major.
-Connect me with General Pemsel.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello.
Oh, it's you, Bering.
What's that you say?
They've just transmitted the
first person of Verlaine.
-A moment ago, sir.
Reports indicate
that the second verse
will be transmitted
within 24 hours.
And I don't have to
tell you, general,
what that holds in store for us.
-The invasion, according
to a great many generals.
We must transmit every
bit of information
to headquarters, Bering.
-But what about
local army units?
Hadn't we better
advise them, sir?
-Just do your job, Major Bering,
and leave the decisions to me.
And for your
information, the opinions
of generals at headquarters
are not always right.
-So it's finally
happening, the invasion
of Normandy, lieutenant.
That means they'll be sending
the paratroopers in tonight.
Do you know exactly where
they're going to land?
-No.
They've informed me, by
radio, about two hours.
-Then we'll be on hand to greet
them just as soon as they land.
-Hm?
We?
Oh, no.
No women allowed.
[COW LOWING]
-Well, what is it?
-Oh, a thousand
excuses, lieutenant.
After all, I didn't know.
She never said a thing, that
naughty little Denise, not
a thing.
-You object?
Perhaps you don't like Germans?
-Oh, on the
contrary, lieutenant,
I consider it a great honor.
-Then get out of here
and don't bother me.
-Just as you say.
[COW LOWING]
-Ahh.
[GASPING] But my
father's gone now.
What are you doing?
-You know, this sounds just
like a line from a play.
I bet you were on the stage.
-I was in a play
at school, once.
-Well honey, this
is dress rehearsal.
-We're just about there.
You better prepare to jump.
-All right, this is it.
-Belay that jump.
We're turning back.
-Hold.
-All right with me.
-Postponed until.
Damn it all.
-What the hell happened?
Why aren't they jumping?
-Captain.
-Shut up, Doss.
-They'll play hearts
all the way home.
-I'm missing five
men and equipment.
That mean anything to you, Doss?
-Not to me.
-Doesn't mean
anything to me either.
We've had it.
-I can tell you what happened.
Don't shoot, Captain Murphy.
I'm an American officer,
so stop and listen to me.
This uniform is only my cover.
I've got news for you.
The Supreme Command has
put off the start of D-Day.
And for you, I'm afraid
the news was sent late.
And you busted my radio.
-Hear that?
D-Day's been postponed.
But we're behind
German lines, alone
and without any equipment.
All we can do is wait
until the invasion starts.
-Who says we should
believe pretty boy?
Why did we do all that
training that we did?
I came here to kill
me some Germans.
Make sure you leave a few
for the invading force, Doss,
that is if there's
going to be one.
We-- I'm in a hell of a mess.
-I've come to help.
-I'm not so sure.
On the double, men.
All right.
Check him out, Doss.
-Who are the National
League champions?
-The Giants.
-And the leading batter?
-Ted Warren.
-Where's Newark?
-In Jersey.
-In Newark, what's the fine
for a double parking ticket?
-Hm?
-Aha.
Heh.
$2.50.
-Who's Charlie
McCarthy's friend?
-Edgar Bergen.
-Junior might not be
fooling us, captain.
-I'm Lieutenant Strobel
to you, sergeant.
Now let's get going.
-Bury your chutes
in the woods, men.
And don't leave any traces.
Come on.
Let's go.
-I'd like to know what the
hell is going on up there.
-It's just a simple
postponement.
-But can you tell me why?
-The meteorological
office has stopped it.
It's no one's fault.
Were you able to stop
the jump in time?
-No.
No.
The message was
late, by seconds.
Murphy and some of his men
were already off the plane.
-I wonder if we can try and
rescue all of those men?
-Let's admit that
Operation Gambit
was doomed to fail
before it began.
It's a shame it's infeasible.
Yet to order others to go in
after them would be suicide.
-You're right.
But I'm a soft-hearted
man and you know it.
I still feel guilty.
-This is it.
You can trust the cows.
-Got a cigarette.
-I've seen better hiding places.
All right, men, don't run off.
-We'll all be safe here.
I'm sure of that.
We left no traces for
the Germans to follow.
-Well maybe you're right.
But I've got a
feeling, somewhere
along the line, we fouled up.
-Why?
-I just don't like it.
-I think the word for
that is pessimism.
-Well, I just don't want to
die among a bunch of cows.
-Ah, good luck.
-Living amongst them may
prove equally undesirable.
-Phew, what a stink.
But then a redneck
like you, Harris, I
bet you feel right at home.
Too bad your sister ain't here.
We could have us a
little roll in the hay.
-I wish you wouldn't talk dirt
about my baby sister, sergeant.
You all know it upsets me.
-Ha, you were
brought up in dirt.
-Tell me, sergeant, you
got nothing else to do
but constantly pick
on this man, huh?
Now you try and
hand me that stuff,
and you're going to pay for it.
-Listen, Foster, I can
take five guys like you.
Can it or I'll
smash that big nose.
-Sure.
Sure.
You might hit it.
But then you'd be
flat on your back.
Embarrassing for you.
-All right, knock
it off you two.
I don't even want
to hear you breathe.
-I'll speak to you later.
-Mm mm.
-I wish Sandoval were here.
-Who the hell is Sandoval?
-A Broadway director.
He turned me down for the
part of a German officer.
I was the wrong
type, too American.
-Look, why don't forget
about Sandoval and Broadway.
What we need is a
radio, one that works.
-That doesn't make
any difference.
-What do you mean?
-We wouldn't be
able to transmit.
The Germans would pick
us up in a minute.
-Hm.
-They're experts, damn it.
-We could sure as hell listen.
How are we going to
know the time for D-Day?
-We'll have to leave
that up to Denise.
She'll pick it up for us.
-The cows are
restless this morning.
Now why should
they be disturbed?
Do you have any
idea why, Denise?
Eh?
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
Now for the. [STATION CHANGING]
The rose has lost its petals.
Mrs. Willis has a new beau.
-Denise, for the love of
god, you'll have them here.
Do you want the Germans?
They'll take the
farm, everything.
What'll happen to us then?
We'll be executed.
Now get away from that radio.
-Get gone.
No.
-I will destroy it
once and for all.
I will.
Damn that radio.
Turn it off, I said.
Damn you.
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO):
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
[CRASH]
[DOGS BARKING]
[WHIMPERING]
[DOGS BARKING]
-This message is genuine.
I believe the bombardment will
commence tomorrow morning.
I just hope the general agrees.
Get me headquarters, schnell.
-Nothing, feldweber.
-Nothing, eh?
Come down here.
And you, you've seen no one?
-No one.
-Should we have seen anyone?
-Silence, Denise.
-Who's she?
-My daughter.
-We've done nothing, so
please remove your soldiers
and let us alone.
-Be quiet, Denise.
Do as I say.
-We happened to find a
parachute near the swamp.
-Who asked you to
offer that information
in front of suspects?
-Please tell him, sergeant,
we would never do a thing.
-Do not think, man.
Have the men looked everywhere?
-Yes, sir.
We found nothing.
-Come with me.
[COWS LOWING]
[COWS LOWING]
-Have the dogs found no tickets?
-Nothing sir.
-The way these cows stink, the
dogs could smell nothing else.
-Your insolence
isn't very funny.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Is it safe now?
-I think so.
-But what were they looking for?
I mean could I have anything
to do with the parachute?
I tell you this, Denise, one
day it'll be the end for me.
-But papa, we'll
be liberated soon.
-Liberated?
Will you quit using
words like that.
You never know who's listening.
-Oh.
Ooh.
Lieutenant, what
happened to you?
How did you get in there?
It wasn't my fault.
You must have to
clean your uniform.
Such a good uniform.
There, there it is now.
You can always
depend on me, sir.
Oh.
-I knew war was hell.
But I didn't think I'd end
up in a pile of cow shit.
You better hide those
jumpsuits in the straw.
-The Gerries.
-Do you always
sleep with your gun?
-Yeah.
-There's only one
man in this outfit
stupid enough to leave
his parachute in the open.
-Gee, sarge, there
ain't no telling.
[SMACK]
-Dumb rebel.
-And I say the man is innocent.
If you say only the
dumbest man in the outfit
could have fouled
up like that, then I
say you're the one
who left the chute.
-You have a big beak.
And you're going have it
flattened out for you, Foster.
-Mm mm.
-Foster, put that knife away.
I said that's enough.
-Are you mad, the
German's so close?
-I gave you an order.
That means now.
We're not a dummy
run any longer.
Get back into the
barn on the double.
-But I don't understand.
-Hey, bury this, too.
-It stinks worse than a skunk.
-All right, let's go.
Everybody inside the barn.
-You know, when I tell my
kids what war was really like,
you think they're
going to believe me?
-Oh, this is nothing.
We'll probably land
in a sewer next time.
-And my daddy always said cow
dung was good for the asthma.
[LAUGHTER]
-Station two men as lookouts.
-Foster, over there.
And you, Wells, take the window.
-I'm sorry, captain,
but it was the only way
to keep the dogs from
sniffing you out.
-Well, they didn't find us.
That's what counts.
I don't think anyone minded.
-Someone explain, tell me.
Who are all these men?
-Don't worry.
-We're archangels
of liberty, grandpa.
Don't smell too good, but
you're to blame for that.
A little bit of [INAUDIBLE]
can do wonders for your cows.
[LAUGHTER]
This makes collab,
collaborators or us.
I'm an enemy of no one.
But I, I can't risk my life
and the life of my daughter.
You and your men must get out.
-It's OK, pop, we'll pull out
just as soon as it gets dark.
-You'll get what's coming.
-Papa.
-I mean what I say, Denise.
You want war, have war.
But I'll have no part of it.
I'm just an old man.
Get out of here, understand.
-I must say, the old
boy isn't showing
too much enthusiasm
for liberation.
-You're young.
You have no idea.
-He's really a strong man.
When he was a boy, he fought.
-The simple way I look at
it, he ain't got any guts.
-Shut up, sergeant.
If if weren't for this
girl, you wouldn't be alive.
-If I am a coward,
American, that is my affair.
You haven't any right
to do this to us.
You must go.
You must leave us,
right now, understand?
-We'll leave when
it's dark, Maturin.
I promise.
-Very well, I warned you.
-Where are you going, papa?
-Where do you think I'm going?
I must do it.
Someone has got to do it.
And what do they care?
They'll only be prisoners.
But the Germans will shoot us.
-No they won't.
I'll save them the trouble.
-No.
Don't.
You mustn't.
He's a harmless old man.
No!
No!
-That's enough, Doss.
You can shove your orders.
You're out of uniform.
Don't tell me.
-Put that knife away,
relax, and shut up.
-If you want me to
give this blade up,
you'll have to make me.
-I said get a hold of yourself.
-This unit, it's my family.
And if I have to, I'll
even rip his belly-- agh!
-Now get this into
your thick skulls.
There's only one man in command
of this unit and that's me.
I give the orders.
You carry them out.
As long as I'm alive,
that's the way it is.
This concludes you, lieutenant.
-Yeah, and with that,
the little, old one
found a little old thing with
wheels on, and he's taking off.
-After him.
He mustn't get away.
-One shot.
-You'll have the whole
German Army on us.
-Captain, hurry,
we can catch him.
I know the shortcut.
-Get the men back inside
and shut the door.
-Fall back in the barn.
I told.
Wait a minute.
-We can cut across this side.
We have to hurry.
Here he comes.
[SOUND OF CAR ENGINE]
-Down, get down!
-Wait.
Stop.
Stop.
I have information for you.
They forced their
way on my property.
I have nothing to do with it.
I'm an old man.
I do no harm, I
want you to know.
Ah, it's the crazy one.
Shoot him.
Kill him.
Don't let him get me.
Shoot him.
Please.
Please.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Argh.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Gah.
-Let me go.
Ahh.
Papa!
Papa!
Papa!
Papa.
You must believe me,
how could I know.
I didn't know.
-We'll get it.
Let's get this place cleaned up.
We can't.
We haven't any time.
DENISE (OFFSCREEN):
Please, papa.
-This is the main road.
DENISE (OFFSCREEN):
They took everything.
-All right.
-Denise.
-All right, grab the.
-Papa.
Ahh.
-It won't be long before
they find those bodies.
And it's for sure we can't
stay on at Denise's farm.
So we better find
ourselves a new place.
What do you think?
-I'm beginning to think
you're a die-hard optimist.
-Denise, we have to go now.
There's nothing more we can do.
I'm sorry.
You know that, don't you?
-[SOBBING]
-We haven't got enough trouble,
now he has to fall in love.
-From the look on your face,
those orders concern me.
And your battle is already
finished, eh, Captain Mahler.
-Yes, professor.
I'm to hand you over to the SS.
-Then I must impose and
beg you for one favor more.
Mon ami, would you?
-Your cyanide pills?
Hm.
I found them, and
I'm keeping them.
-It's my death.
-You're a Nobel Prize
winner, Professor Aubernet.
You have too much to
give to the world.
It would be stupid
to die like that.
-If it'll make you
happy, I'll live
until I'm murdered
by your Gestapo.
-The fact that I'm wearing
a German officer's uniform
doesn't mean I'm
not a human being.
I'll make you a deal.
I'll give you your
pills, but only
when I'm absolutely
convinced that you're right.
-This is far enough.
Spread out.
-Mama always said
don't walk in water.
It's bad for the dogs.
-Dogs is the name of the
game, so they won't smell us.
-Nothing.
You sure you got that
message straight, Denise?
-They transmitted the last
second verse. [SPEAKING FRENCH]
-Well, lady, that doesn't
mean a thing to me.
-It signifies that the Allies
will land tomorrow morning.
-If Denise is
wrong, we've had it.
-But I am not wrong.
-Then why don't we
hear any planes?
It's past midnight.
If you're waiting for the
rest of your men, don't.
They aren't coming.
The big brass probably think
we've been taken prisoner.
They won't be dropping any
more men here, captain.
-It isn't the most
strategic position,
but we can hold up here
until the invasion begins.
-You mean that
Operation Gambit is out?
-Way out.
-I guess it is.
Unless we want to try it alone.
Maybe it's professional
pride, but there's
nothing worse for an actor than
to blow his first night because
of the electricians
pulling a strike.
-I know, Strobel.
You took a hell of a risk
getting inside that bunker.
You know the layout.
We all know the risk
the 29th is taking.
But you're forgetting
one, simple thing.
Explosives.
You see that door is
three inches thick.
Figure it out.
-I think I know where we
could find explosives.
The castle at Houtenay
is full of ammunition.
-Hear that?
Well, captain?
-On your feet, men.
Up and off it.
Now, you men have
been wanting to see
a French castle, French girls.
You're going to get your chance.
We have a job to do
in the next village.
So get your equipment.
Ron, you line them up.
-It's not far, only
a few minutes away.
-All set, captain.
-You're not coming.
-But why?
-You've done enough.
Just listen to me.
Now you know as
well as I do what,
what the mission
means to the invasion.
I'll come back.
I promise.
MURPHY (OFFSCREEN):
Let's go, lieutenant.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
-The building over there.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN] Halt!
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]?
-Jawohl, Herr Oberleutnant.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
[MUFFLED CRIES]
-Uhn!
[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]
-OK.
-Achtung!
The Americaner!
[GROANS]
SOLDIER (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN].
-That's it.
Let's go.
SOLDIER (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN].
[SCREAMS,_MACHINE_GUN_FIRE]
-On the double.
Let's go.
-Over there.
-Hyup.
-Give me a hand with this.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Over this way.
-All right, move it then.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Argh.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Ahhh!
-Get over there!
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_CRIES]
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-All right, let's move.
-Yeah.
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_SCREAMS]
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_SCREAMS]
-Ahh, argh.
[GASPING BREATHS]
-Ahh!
-This is our course.
We have 12 355s in the War
Sprite 9 381s from the Romulus.
That's enough to blow a
cruiser out of the water.
-Except a cruiser is 400
feet long, commander.
And it's a hell of a lot wider.
-Compared to the
dome of that bunker,
having a diameter
of just nine feet?
Damn it, anyway,
if we hit it, we
deserve to get the
croix de guerre.
-Hey, my hands are shaking.
Give me one good reason why
my hands should be shaking?
-You're not the only one.
-There.
-That should blow a hole in it.
-Ah, captain, well,
everything looks all right.
And, uh, don't worry
about that mine field.
We'll make it.
-Hell, Strobel, you've
been through it and back.
We'll follow you, once
we get by the wire.
-Think these cans
of beans are going
to blow that big,
old door, captain?
-And more just like it.
Move out.
-Come on.
And don't drop it, OK?
[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]
-It's almost dawn.
It'll be light fairly soon.
We could sure use some tanks.
-The ambulance has
arrived at lookout one.
Jah, jah.
Jawohl.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN] Is the
prisoner ready for transport?
-Jawohl, Herr Feldwebel.
-Very good.
Come.
-Captain, are we
thinking the same thing?
-They've got to come out again.
-What the hell's
happening now, Bering?
I have reports that the
partisans are attacking.
-It would appear that they were
not partisans, Herr General.
You see, sir, one
of the attackers
was found dead in
a US Army uniform.
Obviously, General
Eisenhower has
condemned his men to suicide.
They can't do much harm.
Only ther must be
a reason why they
would suddenly
send paratroopers.
-Of course.
I understand.
They want Zeehar.
Yes, I know the bunker's
heavily guarded.
But they'll do
anything to get to it.
You must do your best.
In the meantime, I'll
send you reinforcements.
-Feldwebel.
[GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
-Inside.
Inside.
Shut the door.
[SPEAKING GERMAN].
[EXPLOSIONS,_MACHINE_GUN_FIRE]
-Leave the door, professor.
You've got to listen to me.
-Hngh.
-Schnell, inside.
Hurry.
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_SHOUTS]
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_EXPLOSIONS]
-Come on.
-Agh!
-Agh.
-Argh.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE,
EXPLOSIONS, SCREAMS]
-Help, here.
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_EXPLOSIONS]
-Argh!
-Schnell.
Schnell.
-Aaah!
-All right.
-Ready?
Go.
-Ohh!
-Agh!
What are you hit, the leg?
-Yeah.
It's OK,
-Let's go.
-Ohh!
[SCREAMS]
-Ahh!
-Ohh!
-Over there.
Give me a grenade.
Go on, move.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
Quick.
-You're OK, Ryan?
-Yes, sir.
I'm fine.
-Well, Captain Murphy.
You'll have to admit,
it was spectacular show.
-Well, Strobel, I believe
you can say that we made it.
I must say, I never.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-When the door blows,
get in there, quick.
[SCREAMS]
[EXPLOSIONS]
-Don't shoot.
We're Americans.
-Glad to see you guys.
But you just might as well start
heading for Paris, lieutenant.
The war's over here.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Keep your eyes open.
This is only a car,
not a tank, corporal.
Did you hear me, keep
your eyes on the road.
-It's a rough road, sir.
-Nonsense, if you
keep your eyes on it
instead of watching the sky.
[PLANE ENGINE]
-It's only a scout,
major, nothing dangerous.
And you, you idiot,
you're asking for trouble,
behaving like a coward.
Your superior's the
one who will tell
you to take cover,
your superior.
-He saw an enemy plane.
That's enough for me.
-Whatever you say.
-Drive on.
I told the corporal
to keep his eyes open.
And a good thing, our
life is all too short.
Corporal Mueller?
-Jawohl.
-Take it easy, and you'll
earn my appreciation
by staying alert.
Let's go.
-Jawohl.
[THEME MUSIC]
[HORN]
[HORN]
[HORN
[HORN]
-These Normandy peasants
are as thick as mules.
You idiot!
Are you going to move
that thing over or do
I have to clear the
road with my pistol?
[HORN]
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Agh!
-Hurry, Louie, get the
hell off the wagon.
-Come on.
The documents.
-Tell Victor to give us a hand.
[GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]
-Victor, go and help.
-Now, give me hand
with the lieutenant.
-This one weighs a ton.
I bet it was all
that good living.
-Victor, get back
up on the wagon.
We'll cover them up.
-I've changed the photographs.
You better be on your way.
Best of luck.
-Let's go.
-Hurry, there's no time to lose.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Halt.
-Put it away.
-Your passing business?
-Come now, you forget.
-What do you mean, forget?
First of all, present
yourself in the correct manner
to officers of the German Army.
-Feldwebel Hansen Larn at
your service, Oberleutnant.
-Very well, what do you want?
-Headquarters phoned me.
There was a report of several
gunshots in the vicinity.
I was only investigating.
And I thought that.
-You mean to say
that, for this, you
halted a couple of officers, eh?
Extraordinary.
I have patience.
But you've strained
patience to the limit.
I should report you.
Now move.
-Jawohl, Herr Oberleutnant.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Drive on, Mueller.
We've lost too
much time already.
Hey, professor, a German
officer never looks back.
-Bother that rule, my
back's a big target
if they were to fire.
-We've go too much to
do to lose you now.
-But you're
assuming, aren't you,
that we'll make it to
this unholy Zeehar.
Before, you did all right.
Now the tough part's ahead.
-Now you wouldn't want
things to be too easy,
would you, professor?
But I agree with you.
I wish us all well.
-Your documents, please.
-All in order.
You will excuse the screening
of superior officers,
but these are my orders, sir.
We are ready to move.
We've been waiting for you
since we received orders
from our Office of Security
to accompany you to Zeehar.
[GERMAN]
Open.
-You see, professor,
the Germans, themselves,
will lead us to Zeehar.
All those months,
planning and worrying
and wondering how we
were going to get in,
and the way it worked out,
it couldn't be easier.
-Then, how to find the exit.
-Park over there, corporal.
This way, major.
-Oberleutnant Opel.
Major.
Follow close behind.
-Mines?
-Mines is hardly the word.
You know what it's called
by the Field Marshall?
You may not believe it, but he
calls it the Devil's Garden.
Not even a cat
could slip through
without blowing itself to hell.
Ah yes, we have one of your
own students here, major.
All he talks about
is the theories
of the great Professor Dreyer.
His name is Captain Mahler.
He'll be delighted to see you.
Follow me, please.
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Colonel Speidel, may
I present Major Dreyer.
-Ah, it's a pleasure, Dreyer.
-Delighted to meet you.
And Oberleutnant von Getz.
-A name I know well, von Getz.
Your father, isn't he
Lieutenant General von Getz?
-Yes, sir.
-Ah, ha ha, I knew
there was a resemblance.
We fought side by side
in Greece, young man.
And as boys, we fought
over your mother.
He won.
-Yes, sir.
-Would you prefer, professor,
to rest a little bit?
It has been a long journey.
Then later, you can
inspect the plant.
-With your permission, colonel,
it the major isn't too tired,
I think that Mahler is quite
anxious to show you his work.
-And I am not the
least bit, tired.
Colonel.
-Thank you, sir.
Then we can go have a look now.
-Excellent, it's
through this door, here.
I'll come with you.
OPEL (OFFSCREEN): Accompany the
corporal to the enlisted men's
quarters.
You're not coming, von Getz?
-Of course.
I wouldn't miss it.
-Come with me.
-Major Dreyer, may
I present to you
our young, technical
genius, Captain Mahler.
He has designed and directed
our project here at Zeehar.
I think you have every right
to be proud of him, after all,
he was your student.
-I know I haven't had the
pleasure of meeting you
before, professor,
but I've always
followed your work and your
books and scientific papers.
In this respect, I consider
myself your student.
May I say how honored I am
to meet you, this first time.
If I've learned anything,
major, you've done it.
I hope that you won't be
too disappointed in what
I've done in Normandy.
-Oh, I'm sure it's
marvelous, young Mahler.
And I wish to say
that I consider you
an exemplary student.
-Ha-heh, you are too
kind to me, professor.
--Mahler!
Mind you own business, will
you, and hold your compliments
till later.
As you'll see, Herr
Professor, it's their funeral.
[BEEPING]
-Have a look, sir.
[BEEPING]
-Right here.
-G1, open the fuel lines.
Contact.
-Not a bad job, is it?
Heh heh.
You might say,
we're planning a war
reception for the Americans,
should they try to land here.
Take a look, von Getz.
-Congratulations, Mahler.
-Thank you, sir.
-Much impressed.
You're quite right,
Colonel Speidel.
If the Allies try to land here,
they haven't got a chance.
[EXPLOSIONS]
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[EXPLOSIONS AND
MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[EXPLOSIONS AND
MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[SHRILL WHISTLE]
SOLDIER (OVER RADIO):
Major Dickinson,
the timing on this one
was dead on 15 seconds.
-Can't make it quicker
than that, captain.
Heh, Fritz really
took a beating.
-You sure did, Don.
But nobody was shooting back.
[LAUGHTER]
-Keep me covered, you guys.
I'm not through
with this one, yet.
Be still.
SOLDIER (OFFSCREEN):
Get him, killer.
-Damn Nazi.
-That's enough, Sergeant Doss.
Knock it off.
Go find some other
way to amuse yourself.
You're too old to
play with dolls.
-Yes, sir.
-That's it, major.
-That's not it.
You've got just 10 seconds
to clear that minefield.
If you don't chop
your time down,
they'll get every one of you.
-Major, we've made
this run eight times
and haven't been
under 15 seconds yet.
-Lower it.
-How many of us do you
figure those Germans
will get per second?
-Too many.
The idea is to
hold your casualty
rate as low as possible.
-Fall in.
-Are you positive
that this setup
is an exact duplicate
of the original?
-Sure, it's an exact duplicate.
All the bunkers on
that coast are alike.
They've been photographed
more often than Rita Hayworth.
-Well look, major,
we're wasting a hell
of a lot of time putting
those pipes together.
We better figure
out some other way.
-I don't care how you do it.
Listen to me, Jack.
That bunker is there, and
it's got to be taken, see.
Cut it to 10 seconds or
you'll get it in the neck.
That's an order, captain.
-Yes, sir.
All right, men, fall in.
Well you heard the
major, one more time.
-You heard Captain Murphy.
-You men, this
isn't a rest camp.
Report to Captain
Murphy immediately.
-All right you guys, shake
a leg out of the truck.
Move it.
-Heard about it?
-The alarm will be
circulated tonight.
Tomorrow, D-Day begins,
and the day after tomorrow,
god willing, we land.
-Yeah, god willing.
-And Omaha beach, the
devil's fountains?
-No news yet, I'm afraid.
-Who's on the job?
-An officer named Strobel.
I'd say he's one of our most
capable intelligence men.
And two Frenchmen.
-Strobel?
Do I know him?
-I'm sure you've heard of him.
For quite a number of
years before the war,
he was a well-known
actor on Broadway.
You might say he was sort
of the darling of Broadway.
-I'd prefer to have a
professional for this show.
An actor?
-Don't run him down.
I think a hell of a lot of him.
He'll do his best.
It's about all we can go on.
And he will do his damnedest.
-Please join me in
one more, prosit.
-Prosit.
-Ah, the fountain is having a
full test, tomorrow morning.
I think the professor
and I had better
retire and leave you
gentlemen to your pleasures.
The professor may sure
my room if he so desires.
-I'd be only to glad
to, Captain Mahler.
If i may have your
leave, colonel.
-Please do as you
like, professor.
If they want to
go, we let them go.
After all, it meas two
less to share this nectar.
Prosit.
Prosit.
-Easy, easy.
Stop pulling like that.
Stop, I told you.
Easy.
Stop pulling.
-What's wrong with the dogs?
-Maybe they've
picked up the scent.
-You could be right,
maybe they have.
We'll see.
Let them go.
[WHIMPERING]
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
[WHIMPERING]
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
-I'll get it.
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
-Colonel Speidel speaking.
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
COLONEL SPEIDEL
(OFFSCREEN): Danke.
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
[GUNSHOT]
-[SINGING_IN_GERMAN]
[GUNSHOT]
-Agh.
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Soldier, you'll
stand guard here.
Let nobody in.
Orders from Herr Oberst.
-Jawohl, Herr Oberleutnant.
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Well you must be tired, sir.
Don't you want to go to bed?
-No.
That is, yes.
I've been doing some thinking.
-I hope I haven't
offended you professor.
-Offend me, how?
-Oh, by what I said at dinner.
I didn't mean it be
a personal remark.
-My dear chap, I'm not offended.
You must know how I've stood.
All my life, I've preached
against putting science
at disposition of the insane.
-Let's go professor.
Bring the radio.
-All right.
Are you mad?
What's that for?
-Don't worry, professor.
The rooms are soundproof.
I just experimented.
-You mean you'd kill a man in
cold blood, do you Strobel?
-I can't take a chance.
We'd have them after us
the instant that we left.
I'm sorry, Captain Mahler,
but c'est la guerre.
It's your life or ours.
-Oh.
-Forgive me, Mahler.
There's no need for killing.
He's not problem now.
Satisfied?
-Come on.
Let's go.
Get my driver.
We must leave at once.
Open the door.
What are you waiting for?
That's an order.
Open the door.
-Impossible, oberleutnant.
You've got to have
written permission.
-Ridiculous.
Our orders say that
we must leave at once.
And this should be enough.
-Impossible oberleutnant.
You've got to have
permission on paper.
Those are my orders, sir.
-Open up that door,
private, right now.
-I'm sorry, oberleutnant,
but I can't do it.
OFFICER (OFFSCREEN):
Guard, open up.
Your man, here,
refused to obey orders.
Command phoned just moments ago
with the most urgent request
from General Penzl
to see the major.
-At this hour?
You must have a
special pass to go out.
And only the colonel
can issue you that.
-Colonel Speidel
is in no position
to issue and pass right now.
-You mean that you had
quite a celebration, sir?
-Yeah.
-Very well.
I'll accompany you
to the parking area.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
-Pull the car out, corporal.
-Where are your bags, sir?
-Oh, you see, we
left them behind.
Probably be back in an hour.
-Eh, can you tell me,
then, why the major
needs his boot
jack for that hour.
-Oh, my boot jack.
I, I can't imagine
what I was thinking.
-Now what's this all about
at this time of night?
What is it?
Who are you looking for?
What's happened?
-That one.
-Go, get out of this, Strobel.
[WHISTLE]
-Hey.
After him.
Schnell.
Schnell.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-If he comes this
way, we will get him.
-Ja, ja, jawohl.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Schnell.
After him.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-We're looking for him.
-Not this way, sir.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
[SHOUTS]
-That spy, has be
been through here?
-We thought we saw
him, Herr Oberleutnant.
-You can at least
give me a hand.
Why aren't you with
the others, there?
You damn coward.
Schnell!
-Jawohl.
Agh!
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Halt.
This way.
-Argh.
-Ahh.
-Denise?
What are you doing here?
-Be quiet.
Follow me.
-How can we find
him this darkness?
-We better find him.
Feldwebel Siedler
is mad as a hornet.
-Let's try this area over here.
Come on.
-Come.
-He's dead, too.
And this one?
-He's still breathing.
-Then we'll be happy
to take him with us.
-No, he's too badly wounded.
I'm afraid that the
ride would kill him.
-It is quite interesting the
concern you show for him.
He's a spy.
He's a spy, but he's also a man.
Now you remember this,
until further orders,
I am in command here.
-Jawohl, Herr Hauptman.
Then the entire responsibility
is left in your hands.
-I'll try to remember
that, Feldwebel.
Take him to my room.
And be careful with him.
-Come with me.
-We were lucky they
didn't have the dogs.
-Yeah.
Well, wait a minute, you
still haven't told me
what you were doing there?
-The bodies were found
almost immediately.
Jean and Louie were
poor grave diggers.
What's that, a radio?
-Yes.
-You better call headquarters.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello.
Well read me the message.
OK.
Yeah.
Thanks.
Good bye.
Hello.
Get me General
Taylor, immediately.
Yes.
-Is it safe here?
-Safe enough.
You'll have to hide
in the barn, though.
-Ahh, if I have to.
Who else is here?
-Just my father.
-Is he one of us?
-Oh, no, he's very old.
He doesn't want
to fight anymore.
He, He just wants to enjoy
the few years he has and.
-Well, you can't hold
that against him.
-Well, I don't.
That's just the way he is.
DENISE'S FATHER
(OFFSCREEN): Denise!
Denise!
Denise!
Denise!
Is that you?
-Yes!
-Well come in right away.
Something terrible's happened.
The Germans are in a rage.
-Dad, don't worry so much.
Go back in and lie down.
-Lie down, you say.
I'd like to know how you
would like it, to be 75.
And someday you'll understand.
I'll not pay for what they did.
-Lieutenant Strobel
will maintain
constant communications
with headquarters.
Come over here, Jack.
This is it, Zeehar.
And these are the
aerial photographs
that were taken at dawn.
You'll jump tonight.
Now Jack, there
is one farm which
is close to you landing area,
and it's a friendly one.
Lieutenant Strobel
made sure of that.
Now this is a copy
of your landing map.
I want to learn that by heart.
Your take-off time
is 1900 hours.
All set?
I wish you good luck.
-Thank you, major.
We don't need it.
-Captain Murphy, you don't
seem very enthusiastic
about this operation.
-Should I be?
-Good god, man, you'll be
the first American soldier
to set foot in France.
-I've been trying to appreciate
that fact for more than a
month.
I'll be damned if I can.
I know it's a blow
against the Nazis.
We're protecting the free world,
defending the men, on the 29th,
from death by fire.
I'm aware of those facts, major.
-You really think that's
the right attitude
to have before taking off
an operation like this?
-All right, what's
really bothering me
is that this
operation is already
butchered by intelligence.
Can you tell me why, once
that unit was inside,
why they didn't
blow that bunker?
You know damn well that we
haven't got a chance in hell.
-It was their job to
locate the bunker.
And it's your job to blow it.
You can do it, Jack.
We have it worked out
to the last detail.
-You know what they
call this operation?
-Operation Gambit.
-You know what that means?
It's a chess move.
You sacrifice one piece
to protect another.
That is a gambit.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING ON RADIO]
-Who you making sandwiches for?
-Oh, Sergeant Wagner, we
have to keep him happy.
-Yes, but don't over do it.
You know how these Germans are.
They'll eat us out
of house and home
if you give them half a chance.
But you're right.
I don't want any trouble.
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO): And now
for some special messages.
The meadows are green.
We grow too soon old
and to late smart.
-Denise, turn that radio off.
You know it's forbidden to
listen to an enemy program.
I've told you before.
Now why do you do it?
Honestly, you worry too much.
-Well, someone has
to worry around here.
Now what's the matter with you?
Don't you realize that there's a
military ban on that broadcast?
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO):
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
-Denise, shut if off.
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO):
Charles has a new.
-There, it's off.
Are you satisfied?
-Where are you going?
-To take this to
Sergeant Wagner.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-No other message?
-No, major.
-Connect me with General Pemsel.
[PHONE RINGING]
-Hello.
Oh, it's you, Bering.
What's that you say?
They've just transmitted the
first person of Verlaine.
-A moment ago, sir.
Reports indicate
that the second verse
will be transmitted
within 24 hours.
And I don't have to
tell you, general,
what that holds in store for us.
-The invasion, according
to a great many generals.
We must transmit every
bit of information
to headquarters, Bering.
-But what about
local army units?
Hadn't we better
advise them, sir?
-Just do your job, Major Bering,
and leave the decisions to me.
And for your
information, the opinions
of generals at headquarters
are not always right.
-So it's finally
happening, the invasion
of Normandy, lieutenant.
That means they'll be sending
the paratroopers in tonight.
Do you know exactly where
they're going to land?
-No.
They've informed me, by
radio, about two hours.
-Then we'll be on hand to greet
them just as soon as they land.
-Hm?
We?
Oh, no.
No women allowed.
[COW LOWING]
-Well, what is it?
-Oh, a thousand
excuses, lieutenant.
After all, I didn't know.
She never said a thing, that
naughty little Denise, not
a thing.
-You object?
Perhaps you don't like Germans?
-Oh, on the
contrary, lieutenant,
I consider it a great honor.
-Then get out of here
and don't bother me.
-Just as you say.
[COW LOWING]
-Ahh.
[GASPING] But my
father's gone now.
What are you doing?
-You know, this sounds just
like a line from a play.
I bet you were on the stage.
-I was in a play
at school, once.
-Well honey, this
is dress rehearsal.
-We're just about there.
You better prepare to jump.
-All right, this is it.
-Belay that jump.
We're turning back.
-Hold.
-All right with me.
-Postponed until.
Damn it all.
-What the hell happened?
Why aren't they jumping?
-Captain.
-Shut up, Doss.
-They'll play hearts
all the way home.
-I'm missing five
men and equipment.
That mean anything to you, Doss?
-Not to me.
-Doesn't mean
anything to me either.
We've had it.
-I can tell you what happened.
Don't shoot, Captain Murphy.
I'm an American officer,
so stop and listen to me.
This uniform is only my cover.
I've got news for you.
The Supreme Command has
put off the start of D-Day.
And for you, I'm afraid
the news was sent late.
And you busted my radio.
-Hear that?
D-Day's been postponed.
But we're behind
German lines, alone
and without any equipment.
All we can do is wait
until the invasion starts.
-Who says we should
believe pretty boy?
Why did we do all that
training that we did?
I came here to kill
me some Germans.
Make sure you leave a few
for the invading force, Doss,
that is if there's
going to be one.
We-- I'm in a hell of a mess.
-I've come to help.
-I'm not so sure.
On the double, men.
All right.
Check him out, Doss.
-Who are the National
League champions?
-The Giants.
-And the leading batter?
-Ted Warren.
-Where's Newark?
-In Jersey.
-In Newark, what's the fine
for a double parking ticket?
-Hm?
-Aha.
Heh.
$2.50.
-Who's Charlie
McCarthy's friend?
-Edgar Bergen.
-Junior might not be
fooling us, captain.
-I'm Lieutenant Strobel
to you, sergeant.
Now let's get going.
-Bury your chutes
in the woods, men.
And don't leave any traces.
Come on.
Let's go.
-I'd like to know what the
hell is going on up there.
-It's just a simple
postponement.
-But can you tell me why?
-The meteorological
office has stopped it.
It's no one's fault.
Were you able to stop
the jump in time?
-No.
No.
The message was
late, by seconds.
Murphy and some of his men
were already off the plane.
-I wonder if we can try and
rescue all of those men?
-Let's admit that
Operation Gambit
was doomed to fail
before it began.
It's a shame it's infeasible.
Yet to order others to go in
after them would be suicide.
-You're right.
But I'm a soft-hearted
man and you know it.
I still feel guilty.
-This is it.
You can trust the cows.
-Got a cigarette.
-I've seen better hiding places.
All right, men, don't run off.
-We'll all be safe here.
I'm sure of that.
We left no traces for
the Germans to follow.
-Well maybe you're right.
But I've got a
feeling, somewhere
along the line, we fouled up.
-Why?
-I just don't like it.
-I think the word for
that is pessimism.
-Well, I just don't want to
die among a bunch of cows.
-Ah, good luck.
-Living amongst them may
prove equally undesirable.
-Phew, what a stink.
But then a redneck
like you, Harris, I
bet you feel right at home.
Too bad your sister ain't here.
We could have us a
little roll in the hay.
-I wish you wouldn't talk dirt
about my baby sister, sergeant.
You all know it upsets me.
-Ha, you were
brought up in dirt.
-Tell me, sergeant, you
got nothing else to do
but constantly pick
on this man, huh?
Now you try and
hand me that stuff,
and you're going to pay for it.
-Listen, Foster, I can
take five guys like you.
Can it or I'll
smash that big nose.
-Sure.
Sure.
You might hit it.
But then you'd be
flat on your back.
Embarrassing for you.
-All right, knock
it off you two.
I don't even want
to hear you breathe.
-I'll speak to you later.
-Mm mm.
-I wish Sandoval were here.
-Who the hell is Sandoval?
-A Broadway director.
He turned me down for the
part of a German officer.
I was the wrong
type, too American.
-Look, why don't forget
about Sandoval and Broadway.
What we need is a
radio, one that works.
-That doesn't make
any difference.
-What do you mean?
-We wouldn't be
able to transmit.
The Germans would pick
us up in a minute.
-Hm.
-They're experts, damn it.
-We could sure as hell listen.
How are we going to
know the time for D-Day?
-We'll have to leave
that up to Denise.
She'll pick it up for us.
-The cows are
restless this morning.
Now why should
they be disturbed?
Do you have any
idea why, Denise?
Eh?
RADIO OPERATOR (OFFSCREEN):
Now for the. [STATION CHANGING]
The rose has lost its petals.
Mrs. Willis has a new beau.
-Denise, for the love of
god, you'll have them here.
Do you want the Germans?
They'll take the
farm, everything.
What'll happen to us then?
We'll be executed.
Now get away from that radio.
-Get gone.
No.
-I will destroy it
once and for all.
I will.
Damn that radio.
Turn it off, I said.
Damn you.
ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO):
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
[CRASH]
[DOGS BARKING]
[WHIMPERING]
[DOGS BARKING]
-This message is genuine.
I believe the bombardment will
commence tomorrow morning.
I just hope the general agrees.
Get me headquarters, schnell.
-Nothing, feldweber.
-Nothing, eh?
Come down here.
And you, you've seen no one?
-No one.
-Should we have seen anyone?
-Silence, Denise.
-Who's she?
-My daughter.
-We've done nothing, so
please remove your soldiers
and let us alone.
-Be quiet, Denise.
Do as I say.
-We happened to find a
parachute near the swamp.
-Who asked you to
offer that information
in front of suspects?
-Please tell him, sergeant,
we would never do a thing.
-Do not think, man.
Have the men looked everywhere?
-Yes, sir.
We found nothing.
-Come with me.
[COWS LOWING]
[COWS LOWING]
-Have the dogs found no tickets?
-Nothing sir.
-The way these cows stink, the
dogs could smell nothing else.
-Your insolence
isn't very funny.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-Is it safe now?
-I think so.
-But what were they looking for?
I mean could I have anything
to do with the parachute?
I tell you this, Denise, one
day it'll be the end for me.
-But papa, we'll
be liberated soon.
-Liberated?
Will you quit using
words like that.
You never know who's listening.
-Oh.
Ooh.
Lieutenant, what
happened to you?
How did you get in there?
It wasn't my fault.
You must have to
clean your uniform.
Such a good uniform.
There, there it is now.
You can always
depend on me, sir.
Oh.
-I knew war was hell.
But I didn't think I'd end
up in a pile of cow shit.
You better hide those
jumpsuits in the straw.
-The Gerries.
-Do you always
sleep with your gun?
-Yeah.
-There's only one
man in this outfit
stupid enough to leave
his parachute in the open.
-Gee, sarge, there
ain't no telling.
[SMACK]
-Dumb rebel.
-And I say the man is innocent.
If you say only the
dumbest man in the outfit
could have fouled
up like that, then I
say you're the one
who left the chute.
-You have a big beak.
And you're going have it
flattened out for you, Foster.
-Mm mm.
-Foster, put that knife away.
I said that's enough.
-Are you mad, the
German's so close?
-I gave you an order.
That means now.
We're not a dummy
run any longer.
Get back into the
barn on the double.
-But I don't understand.
-Hey, bury this, too.
-It stinks worse than a skunk.
-All right, let's go.
Everybody inside the barn.
-You know, when I tell my
kids what war was really like,
you think they're
going to believe me?
-Oh, this is nothing.
We'll probably land
in a sewer next time.
-And my daddy always said cow
dung was good for the asthma.
[LAUGHTER]
-Station two men as lookouts.
-Foster, over there.
And you, Wells, take the window.
-I'm sorry, captain,
but it was the only way
to keep the dogs from
sniffing you out.
-Well, they didn't find us.
That's what counts.
I don't think anyone minded.
-Someone explain, tell me.
Who are all these men?
-Don't worry.
-We're archangels
of liberty, grandpa.
Don't smell too good, but
you're to blame for that.
A little bit of [INAUDIBLE]
can do wonders for your cows.
[LAUGHTER]
This makes collab,
collaborators or us.
I'm an enemy of no one.
But I, I can't risk my life
and the life of my daughter.
You and your men must get out.
-It's OK, pop, we'll pull out
just as soon as it gets dark.
-You'll get what's coming.
-Papa.
-I mean what I say, Denise.
You want war, have war.
But I'll have no part of it.
I'm just an old man.
Get out of here, understand.
-I must say, the old
boy isn't showing
too much enthusiasm
for liberation.
-You're young.
You have no idea.
-He's really a strong man.
When he was a boy, he fought.
-The simple way I look at
it, he ain't got any guts.
-Shut up, sergeant.
If if weren't for this
girl, you wouldn't be alive.
-If I am a coward,
American, that is my affair.
You haven't any right
to do this to us.
You must go.
You must leave us,
right now, understand?
-We'll leave when
it's dark, Maturin.
I promise.
-Very well, I warned you.
-Where are you going, papa?
-Where do you think I'm going?
I must do it.
Someone has got to do it.
And what do they care?
They'll only be prisoners.
But the Germans will shoot us.
-No they won't.
I'll save them the trouble.
-No.
Don't.
You mustn't.
He's a harmless old man.
No!
No!
-That's enough, Doss.
You can shove your orders.
You're out of uniform.
Don't tell me.
-Put that knife away,
relax, and shut up.
-If you want me to
give this blade up,
you'll have to make me.
-I said get a hold of yourself.
-This unit, it's my family.
And if I have to, I'll
even rip his belly-- agh!
-Now get this into
your thick skulls.
There's only one man in command
of this unit and that's me.
I give the orders.
You carry them out.
As long as I'm alive,
that's the way it is.
This concludes you, lieutenant.
-Yeah, and with that,
the little, old one
found a little old thing with
wheels on, and he's taking off.
-After him.
He mustn't get away.
-One shot.
-You'll have the whole
German Army on us.
-Captain, hurry,
we can catch him.
I know the shortcut.
-Get the men back inside
and shut the door.
-Fall back in the barn.
I told.
Wait a minute.
-We can cut across this side.
We have to hurry.
Here he comes.
[SOUND OF CAR ENGINE]
-Down, get down!
-Wait.
Stop.
Stop.
I have information for you.
They forced their
way on my property.
I have nothing to do with it.
I'm an old man.
I do no harm, I
want you to know.
Ah, it's the crazy one.
Shoot him.
Kill him.
Don't let him get me.
Shoot him.
Please.
Please.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Argh.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Gah.
-Let me go.
Ahh.
Papa!
Papa!
Papa!
Papa.
You must believe me,
how could I know.
I didn't know.
-We'll get it.
Let's get this place cleaned up.
We can't.
We haven't any time.
DENISE (OFFSCREEN):
Please, papa.
-This is the main road.
DENISE (OFFSCREEN):
They took everything.
-All right.
-Denise.
-All right, grab the.
-Papa.
Ahh.
-It won't be long before
they find those bodies.
And it's for sure we can't
stay on at Denise's farm.
So we better find
ourselves a new place.
What do you think?
-I'm beginning to think
you're a die-hard optimist.
-Denise, we have to go now.
There's nothing more we can do.
I'm sorry.
You know that, don't you?
-[SOBBING]
-We haven't got enough trouble,
now he has to fall in love.
-From the look on your face,
those orders concern me.
And your battle is already
finished, eh, Captain Mahler.
-Yes, professor.
I'm to hand you over to the SS.
-Then I must impose and
beg you for one favor more.
Mon ami, would you?
-Your cyanide pills?
Hm.
I found them, and
I'm keeping them.
-It's my death.
-You're a Nobel Prize
winner, Professor Aubernet.
You have too much to
give to the world.
It would be stupid
to die like that.
-If it'll make you
happy, I'll live
until I'm murdered
by your Gestapo.
-The fact that I'm wearing
a German officer's uniform
doesn't mean I'm
not a human being.
I'll make you a deal.
I'll give you your
pills, but only
when I'm absolutely
convinced that you're right.
-This is far enough.
Spread out.
-Mama always said
don't walk in water.
It's bad for the dogs.
-Dogs is the name of the
game, so they won't smell us.
-Nothing.
You sure you got that
message straight, Denise?
-They transmitted the last
second verse. [SPEAKING FRENCH]
-Well, lady, that doesn't
mean a thing to me.
-It signifies that the Allies
will land tomorrow morning.
-If Denise is
wrong, we've had it.
-But I am not wrong.
-Then why don't we
hear any planes?
It's past midnight.
If you're waiting for the
rest of your men, don't.
They aren't coming.
The big brass probably think
we've been taken prisoner.
They won't be dropping any
more men here, captain.
-It isn't the most
strategic position,
but we can hold up here
until the invasion begins.
-You mean that
Operation Gambit is out?
-Way out.
-I guess it is.
Unless we want to try it alone.
Maybe it's professional
pride, but there's
nothing worse for an actor than
to blow his first night because
of the electricians
pulling a strike.
-I know, Strobel.
You took a hell of a risk
getting inside that bunker.
You know the layout.
We all know the risk
the 29th is taking.
But you're forgetting
one, simple thing.
Explosives.
You see that door is
three inches thick.
Figure it out.
-I think I know where we
could find explosives.
The castle at Houtenay
is full of ammunition.
-Hear that?
Well, captain?
-On your feet, men.
Up and off it.
Now, you men have
been wanting to see
a French castle, French girls.
You're going to get your chance.
We have a job to do
in the next village.
So get your equipment.
Ron, you line them up.
-It's not far, only
a few minutes away.
-All set, captain.
-You're not coming.
-But why?
-You've done enough.
Just listen to me.
Now you know as
well as I do what,
what the mission
means to the invasion.
I'll come back.
I promise.
MURPHY (OFFSCREEN):
Let's go, lieutenant.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
-The building over there.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN] Halt!
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]?
-Jawohl, Herr Oberleutnant.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
[MUFFLED CRIES]
-Uhn!
[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]
-OK.
-Achtung!
The Americaner!
[GROANS]
SOLDIER (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN].
-That's it.
Let's go.
SOLDIER (OFFSCREEN):
[SPEAKING GERMAN].
[SCREAMS,_MACHINE_GUN_FIRE]
-On the double.
Let's go.
-Over there.
-Hyup.
-Give me a hand with this.
-Yeah, yeah.
-Over this way.
-All right, move it then.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Argh.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-Ahhh!
-Get over there!
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_CRIES]
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-All right, let's move.
-Yeah.
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_SCREAMS]
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_SCREAMS]
-Ahh, argh.
[GASPING BREATHS]
-Ahh!
-This is our course.
We have 12 355s in the War
Sprite 9 381s from the Romulus.
That's enough to blow a
cruiser out of the water.
-Except a cruiser is 400
feet long, commander.
And it's a hell of a lot wider.
-Compared to the
dome of that bunker,
having a diameter
of just nine feet?
Damn it, anyway,
if we hit it, we
deserve to get the
croix de guerre.
-Hey, my hands are shaking.
Give me one good reason why
my hands should be shaking?
-You're not the only one.
-There.
-That should blow a hole in it.
-Ah, captain, well,
everything looks all right.
And, uh, don't worry
about that mine field.
We'll make it.
-Hell, Strobel, you've
been through it and back.
We'll follow you, once
we get by the wire.
-Think these cans
of beans are going
to blow that big,
old door, captain?
-And more just like it.
Move out.
-Come on.
And don't drop it, OK?
[SOUNDS OF STRUGGLE]
-It's almost dawn.
It'll be light fairly soon.
We could sure use some tanks.
-The ambulance has
arrived at lookout one.
Jah, jah.
Jawohl.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN] Is the
prisoner ready for transport?
-Jawohl, Herr Feldwebel.
-Very good.
Come.
-Captain, are we
thinking the same thing?
-They've got to come out again.
-What the hell's
happening now, Bering?
I have reports that the
partisans are attacking.
-It would appear that they were
not partisans, Herr General.
You see, sir, one
of the attackers
was found dead in
a US Army uniform.
Obviously, General
Eisenhower has
condemned his men to suicide.
They can't do much harm.
Only ther must be
a reason why they
would suddenly
send paratroopers.
-Of course.
I understand.
They want Zeehar.
Yes, I know the bunker's
heavily guarded.
But they'll do
anything to get to it.
You must do your best.
In the meantime, I'll
send you reinforcements.
-Feldwebel.
[GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN]
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
-Inside.
Inside.
Shut the door.
[SPEAKING GERMAN].
[EXPLOSIONS,_MACHINE_GUN_FIRE]
-Leave the door, professor.
You've got to listen to me.
-Hngh.
-Schnell, inside.
Hurry.
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_SHOUTS]
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_EXPLOSIONS]
-Come on.
-Agh!
-Agh.
-Argh.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE,
EXPLOSIONS, SCREAMS]
-Help, here.
[MACHINE_GUN_FIRE,_EXPLOSIONS]
-Argh!
-Schnell.
Schnell.
-Aaah!
-All right.
-Ready?
Go.
-Ohh!
-Agh!
What are you hit, the leg?
-Yeah.
It's OK,
-Let's go.
-Ohh!
[SCREAMS]
-Ahh!
-Ohh!
-Over there.
Give me a grenade.
Go on, move.
-[SPEAKING_GERMAN].
Quick.
-You're OK, Ryan?
-Yes, sir.
I'm fine.
-Well, Captain Murphy.
You'll have to admit,
it was spectacular show.
-Well, Strobel, I believe
you can say that we made it.
I must say, I never.
[MACHINE GUN FIRE]
-When the door blows,
get in there, quick.
[SCREAMS]
[EXPLOSIONS]
-Don't shoot.
We're Americans.
-Glad to see you guys.
But you just might as well start
heading for Paris, lieutenant.
The war's over here.
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