Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971): Season 1, Episode 26 - The Prince from the Phone Company - full transcript

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How long before you can
get us out of here, Colonel?

Eh, we've got a
bottleneck: money.

German money?

Yeah. You'll never make it
across Germany without marks.

Hitler has just called in
every mark in the country

and put out new ones.

We got stuck with the old ones.

Which we made.

This is one of the
reasons he called 'em in.

Well, so what
happens? So you wait.



We're having new plates sent in
so we can make some new money.

May take a week or
two. In the meantime...

Guard coming.

All right, into the
tunnel, everybody.

It's only Schultz.

Into the tunnel,
anyway. Come on.

Come on, fast, fast, come on.

You can't come in, Schultz.
What do you mean, I can't come in?

We're not all decent. What do
you mean, you're not all decent?!

We weren't expecting
anybody... Well, come on, Carter!

You can't come in. We're
just not ready for company...

What do you mean, you're
not ready for company?!

I have to come in!

You can't barge in like this.
Something is going on in there!



You let me in!
Nothing's going on.

What is it? Wait a minute!

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa!
What-what-what-what-what?

Colonel Hogan, what is it I see?

What is it you see, Schultz?

I...

see nothing.

I'm glad you're here...
I've got some business

I want to talk over
with you. Sit down.

What kind of business?

Well, you see, Schultz,

in the currency switch-over,

Berlin forgot to notify us.

I'm not blaming
'em... they're busy.

So we have a few old marks

we thought you might exchange
through your connections.

Colonel Hogan, it
would be worth my life.

Just a thought. 50% off?

They are worthless.

I couldn't get rid
of one of them.

Eh, forget it.

How many do you have?

LeBeau?

Colonel Hogan!

That's what we get for hoarding.

Colonel, there's a dogfight
upstairs... American fighters!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Back! No prisoners are
allowed outside during an air raid.

You could be shot for it.

It's not an air raid,
Schultz... those are fighters.

They're ours. Yeah, two of 'em!

Wha-Wha-Wha-What are they doing?

They're attacking a German
bomber... no, it's an armed transport.

Get on top of
him! On top of him!

Two airplanes cannot shoot down

an armored transport
of the Fatherland.

Herr Goring said so.

You want to bet
ten dollars, Schultz?

Our airplanes are invincible.

Give me two to one.

You're on.

All right, now, now!

Go, go, go!

See that?!

All right, everybody,
back, back, back, back!

Back up, back, back, back!

Why is it that I always lose?

It's not you, Schultz.
It's the Fatherland.

Pay up, Schultz.

Eins, zwei, Eins, zwei...

drei, vier... Hey, hey, hold on.

This is that old stuff.

I agree it's undignified
for Your Highness

to have to parachute
into Germany,

but I can assure
you, my dear prince,

it was an unfortunate accident.

The illustrious Luftwaffe
is supreme in the skies.

Then why was I not
given proper fighter escort?

Your government does not
think me of sufficient importance?

Oh, no! I've talked to Berlin.

They consider you and your
mission of vital importance.

They are going to send
another plane immediately.

No! No more planes.

Of course, Your Highness.
I shall inform Berlin at once.

A train, perhaps?

A nice train?

A choo-choo?

Colonel Klink... I have been
educated on two continents.

I have traveled
all over the world,

and I will not be patronized

by a turnkey.

Of course, of course.

We cannot be disturbed!

My personal staff
car, Your Highness?

Uh, could you leave for
Berlin in, uh, 30 minutes?

Colonel Klink, I must protest

your bringing this
man to Stalag 13.

What are you doing here?
Obviously, he's a man of importance

and his being here could
bring on further air attacks.

Colonel Hogan, leave at once!

Wait. I have not
been introduced.

Oh, I am so sorry.

Your Highness, may I
present Colonel Hogan,

senior prisoner-of-war officer.

Colonel Hogan, Prince Makabana.

A great pleasure, Your Highness.

Educated on two continents...
touchy, very touchy.

Your Highness, may I
prepare my staff car for you?

Good idea. I hate
to be a poor host,

but the Allies are obviously out

to get His Highness
to abort your mission.

Ha! The Allies know
nothing of my mission.

Oh, come now. Even
here at Stalag 13,

we've heard you're
going to grant the Nazis

an air base in your country.

It is not an air base.

Did I say air base?

Meant to say, uh,
submarine base.

You have been talking!

I didn't say a word, Your
Highness, not a word.

Besides that, he
is a prisoner here.

He can tell no one.

He cannot use the
knowledge in any way.

Colonel, I'd like to go
back to my barracks.

I feel utterly helpless.

Do I look like an
expert? I do not know.

Oh, that's worse.
Are you kidding?

There was no
pompom. That's terrible!

All right, all right,
all right, knock it off.

That's not bad, not bad at all.

If you could look a
little more regal, Kinch,

I think you'd look
just like the Prince.

Regal? Colonel, you're
talking to a guy from Detroit

who used to work for
the telephone company.

Well, that's an empire.

How's the hat coming?

Oh, they can't agree
what it looks like.

No, we can't. Oh, don't worry.

We'll grab the
Prince's later on.

Hurry it up anyway... you
have about five minutes.

Look, what do I do? I
mean, what do I say?

How does an African prince act?

Uh, nasty. At
least this one does,

and don't worry, I'll
be with you anyway.

Colonel, I don't know. I
don't think I ought to... Kinch!

There are 15 men down below
who can't get out without money,

and you're going
to get it for us.

You really think I could
pass for this prince, huh?

You're perfect.

Just one thing: the mustache.

My mustache?

Oh, no.

Colonel, do you know how
long it took me to grow this?

Kinch, I've been
meaning to tell you.

You're much
handsomer without it.

Ooh, ten years younger.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Yeah, we'll save it for you.

I promise.

Put your hands down there.

My personal staff
car, Your Highness,

and I can guarantee
a completely safe trip

to Berlin.

I would hope so.

Sergeant Schultz.
Jawohl, Herr Kommandant!

Drive on.

Drive on!

What's the matter,
Schultz? Drive on!

I beg to report, Herr
Kommandant, th-th-th-th-that...

I have changed my mind.

But-but, Your Highness,

is there something
wrong with the staff car?

Why should Prince
Makabana go to Berlin?

Yes, that's a very
good question.

Why? But then again, why not?

Let Berlin come to
Prince Makabana.

Drive on.

Drive on!

Drive on?

You will call Berlin

and have them send
their negotiator at once.

Yes, Your Highness, at once.

And have him bring
plenty of negotiating papers.

Paper?

Yes, the green
kind... that rustles.

Oh, yes, yes, of course.

Your Highness, there's
something important

I want to talk to you about...
Not now, Hogan. There is no time.

All right. Wait.

Wait?

I thought there was something
familiar about this man.

Hogan?

Robert Hogan.

Of course.

I went to school with
this man in America.

You've changed. You
had a mustache then.

Don't remind me.

The grip, huh?

Sock, sock, boom, bow!

It's a small world. Small world.

Free this man at once!

Your Highness, I cannot do that.

There are rules of war.

Don't bother. I had
no place to go anyway.

Then you shall stay with me.

You have private quarters here?

Of course, Your Highness.

You are my personal guest.

But you are not mine.

You will move your
things out immediately

and move Colonel Hogan in.

Yes, Your Highness. Schultz!

Schultz, not the big
things, just the small things,

and throw out all of Klink's
paintings... they're terrible.

You remember the night
of the Notre Dame game?

Oh, ho, do I... and the house
detective at the Plaza Hotel?

Hey, I wanted to
talk to you about that.

That was the greatest
party I've ever...

Schultz... sometimes in war,

one is forced into...
strange positions.

Oh, boy...

Herr Kommandant.

You handled it like
a master, Kinch.

Uh, I don't know, Colonel.

I'm telling you, don't go back to
the phone company after the war.

Get a job as a prince.

Ah.

Hey, how do you
like that beast Klink?

Look, his wine cellar is
almost as good as ours.

Pour a little bit more for
His Highness, will you?

His Highness?

Maintenant, chien!

LeBeau. LeBeau!

You heard the prince.

Prince.

I may even get to like this.

Come in.

Everything to Your
Highness' satisfaction?

A little cramped, but not bad.

Good. Good.

My best wine.

It's an amusing little wine,

but, of course,
completely incompetent.

That puts it rather well.

Oh, yes, completely incompetent.

Thanks for stopping by.

Not at all.

Ah, what am I doing?
I just talked to Berlin.

They're sending Count Von Sichel
to negotiate with His Highness.

He's on his way already.

Ah, good. You may go.

Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, what am I doing?

The best news of all: your
wife has arrived in Berlin,

and she's coming here
with Count Von Sichel.

My what?

His what?

Your wife, Your Highness.

I hope that my, uh,
bachelor quarters

are large enough
for domestic bliss.

Oh, that's just fine. My wife.

What do we do now, Colonel?

How should I know?
You're the prince.

Look, Colonel, why
don't we do this?

We'll bring up the real Prince

from the tunnel,

tell him it was
all a big mistake

and then let him take my place.

I think you've got it.

And when he tells Klink
what's going on down below,

Hitler gives us all a medal.

How 'bout some more champagne?

Forget it! Forget it!

It was just an idea.

Come on, Colonel, you
always got some kind

of an idea you can
pull out of the hat.

Yeah.

Well, I haven't.

LeBeau, get over to the barracks

and have everybody stand by

to move out through the tunnel.

This could be the end
of our whole operation.

How 'bout you and Kinch?

We'll stay and play for a break.

If they grab us, don't wait.

Out.

Come in.

They have arrived,
Your Highness.

May I present

Count Von Sichel.

And, uh,

Princess Yawanda,
you know, of course.

How are you, Maka?

Uh, just fine.

I think.

Well, champagne for everybody.

Who is this?

Oh, this is Colonel Hogan,

whose relationship
to His Highness

I tried to explain to
you, Your Excellency.

Oh, yes. Charmed.

Pleasure to do
business with you.

Come, Maka.

Um, uh, where are we going?

Yeah, where are you going?

Why, I have not seen my
husband for two months.

There have been too many delays.

Our submarines are
now awaiting orders

to put in to your capitol city.

Count, just explain it
to the men on the subs,

they'll understand.

Take as long as you want.

Thanks.

Hello.

Whoever you are.

Hi.

You know, you do look like him.

The Big Prince.

Uh, well, he's all
right, you know?

If you're worried about him.

Not terribly.

Lady, fencing's not my sport.

Now, your husband was
trying to make a deal for himself.

I'm trying to make
a deal for the Allies.

Which side are you on?

My own.

And so are you.

And so are they.

And everyone else.

Okay, blow the whistle.

Well...

you come on real strong.

Or do you only look strong?

You know, I always
get hung up on looks.

All right, let's make a date

for after the war and
compare hang-ups,

but for right now, my
neck is sticking out a mile

and I got to know...
Which side are you on?

That's a way to
talk to a Princess?

We are wasting time!

These arrangements must be made

and they must be made now.

We have subs waiting
to come into port,

and we have planes
waiting to take off

with supplies for the subs now!

Don't bend our money.

I have made you my
finest offer, and you refuse.

And a very generous
one, too, Your Excellency.

I just don't know if
we can do business.

Why not?

Well, Herr Hitler has made

some pretty nasty remarks
about my people, you know.

He was misquoted.

He loves your people.

Oh, yes!

Always singing and dancing.

Oh, he loves them!

Klink, stay out of this!

What did I say?

It's not that His
Highness is greedy,

he just has to
think of the future.

What job security does he
have if you should lose the war?

It is impossible for
us to lose the war.

The Fuehrer is invincible.

Then why does the
Fuehrer need me?

He loves you.

Yes.

400,000 marks, and that
is my absolute top offer.

Do you think His Highness

would compromise his
integrity for 400,000 marks?

Make it six.

500,000 marks.

That's all I have here.

I hope it's in new currency.

Naturally.

Prince Makabana agrees.

Good.

Good. Good. Good.

Notify your country immediately

to prepare for our
submarines and supply planes.

After you fly the Prince
and Princess home.

Now.

Pick up the phone.

Don't you trust us?

Of course.

After I learn our
submarines are safely in port,

you will be permitted to leave.

In the meantime, Klink,

they are to be kept
in protective custody.

Of course, Your Excellency!

Wait a minute.

It's against the
Geneva Convention

to keep a prisoner prisoner.

About you, I care nothing.

Now.

I, uh, I don't suppose
that you're familiar

with the language of
His Highness' country?

Since they are remaining here,

until I learn all is
well, it does not matter.

Well, it does to us.

I believe, because
of the Prince's

well-known moral scruples,

he would prefer the
Princess to make the call.

And, if the Princess
doesn't prefer?

Then I think we are in trouble.

How's it going, Carter?

Oh, just about finished.

Hurry it up. We
haven't got much time.

Colonel? Yeah?

Now, what about the money?

You're going to have it
by the bale, Lieutenant,

in about 20 minutes.

Come on, LeBeau,
hurry it up, will you?

You and Carter get
over to the motor pool,

get Klink's staff car.

Be in German uniforms.

Right, Colonel.

Newkirk, you know what to do.

Righto, Colonel.

All right, look.

You get on the
wiretap to Klink's office.

When they get
word we've clobbered

their subs and planes

call the main gate
and get it opened.

Jawohl!

This is Kommandant Klink.

I want the main
gate open at once.

Terrible, terrible.

You said we were all
going out the tunnel.

That's another one
of our operations.

They'll be so busy here,

you'll be able to
get away clean.

All right, everybody, all set?

I demand immediate release.

After the way you
double-crossed the Germans?

They'd kill you.

Get down and stay
down and that's an order.

Hi, Schultz.

Halt!

Who goes there?

Rudolf Hess.

I'm on a special mission.

The Prince and the Princess

are not to leave without

Kommandant Klink's
express permission.

He hasn't told you yet?

Told me what?

He's sending his
staff car for them.

They are not to leave

without Kommandant
Klink's express permission.

You're a good soldier, Schultz,

but here it comes.

Oh, Your Highness.

Please, Your Highness.

You have to understand
it is not up to me.

Oh, I'd just as well
take orders from you

than from anybody else...

I love to take orders...

But my orders are
for you not to depart.

You are giving orders to me?

Oh, Your Highness, please.

I have the highest
respect for royalty.

Oh, things were so much
happier here in Germany

when we had an Emperor.

What am I saying?

You're perfectly right, Schultz.

I am?

Yeah, I tell you what.

His Highness and the Princess

will wait in the staff car

until you get the
word from Klink,

which, uh, should
be any minute now.

Oh, Colonel Hogan,
I'm so grateful.

Please, Your Highness, allow me.

Please, please, Your Highness.

Thanks.

The boys up front will
take you out of camp

and pass you on
to the underground.

You'll make it out
of Germany okay,

and back to the States.

And you?

Me?

I'm here for the duration.

Oh, might be a real
ball if we went together.

What about your husband?

I thought you asked
me which side I was on.

And I thought I
gave you an answer.

Yeah, well, Africa's a
long way from Detroit.

I was from Cleveland.

I'll meet you halfway...

in Toledo?

To compare hang-ups?

Lovely couple, Schultz.

Beautiful, and so regal.

And, uh...

shall we drink, Your Excellency,

to a most successful
negotiation?

Merely routine.

Ah, I would think not.

I would even dare to presume

that there might
be a reward waiting

for Your Excellency
when you return to Berlin.

It is possible.

Thank you, my dear.

And, uh, if you should
have the occasion

to mention my participation,
Klink is spelled with a "K"

and there is no "c" between
the "n" and the last "k".

Stalag 13. Yes.

Berlin calling, Your Excellency.

Danke.

The submarines are in port.

Von Sichel speaking.

What?

Impossible.

What?

But I... but, uh...

Hello? Hello?

What's the matter,
Your Excellency?

Our gallant submarines

were met by Allied
destroyers and sunk.

Our gallant supply planes

were ambushed
by Allied fighters.

And Berlin is going
to have me shot.

We've been betrayed.

This is Kommandant Klink.

Open the main gates
for my staff car at once.

Heil Hitler.

Excuse me, uh, Your Highness.

Toledo?

There is something
about royalty.

I can tell a prince a mile away.

You are not allowed to be
out of the barracks at night.

Go back at once!

Sure, Schultz.

I just wanted to tell you

that I just saw the Prince
walking over that way.

B-B-But that's impossible.

He's in the car.

You know, I thought there
was somebody missing.

Excuse me.

W-Where-W-Where is he?

He's over that way, there.

Oh, Your Highness,
please come back!

Your Highness, please come back!

Straight out the front gate.

Halt! Halt! Stop
them! Stop them!

Schultz! Come back here!

Come back here!

Schultz! Come back here!

Come back here!

Um, what's "Toledo"?

Well, after the war, Colonel,

it could be quite a spot.

But, Colonel Hogan, I protest.

You have offered to save me,

but you have not
given me enough money

to get to Switzerland.

Maybe you can make it to Berlin?

Forget it.

Get a move on.

This way, Your Majesty.

All right, now, down that hole.

Some day, I shall relate

all that has
happened to me here.

You do that, Prince.

And, my loyal subjects
shall take their revenge.

If you can find any, yes.

Get down there.

Wonder what she saw in him?

I don't know, Kinch.

Some women just have
peculiar taste in men.