The Rat Patrol (1966–1968): Season 2, Episode 19 - The Decoy Raid - full transcript

The SS arrive in a town in direct violation of a treaty signed by both the German and Allied commanders. They confiscate serum needed for a Typus outbreak. Dietrich contacts the SS commander to try and intercede on behalf of the villages

You're next, Bin Sal Assad.

Now, now, now, Bin.

Get back in line. Do
you want to die of typhus?

No, no, no. Don't worry.

It will not hurt. Don't worry.

Now, come on, come
on, Bin. No, no. Come on.

Don't worry about
anything. It will not hurt.

Just a little bit
here, that's all.

German soldiers.

Not just soldiers. It is the SS.

Captain.



I'm sure you must know you
are violating a signed truce

by entering this village
with armed soldiers.

You are under arrest, Miss Arno.

Both of you, into the truck.

Captain, my people
need the serum.

Mr. La Duc, show the Captain the
order as signed by Captain Dietrich.

Yes, yes.

Captain, as you will see,
Captain Dietrich's signature

is countersigned by the Allies,
declaring this village to be off-limits

during the typhus emergency.

They took them.

The Germans arrested
Miss Arno and Jacob Hassam.

What about the vaccines?

That, too. They took it.



We better find out if Dietrich
had anything to do with this.

Sergeant Troy, I had nothing to do
with what happened at the Raza village.

It happened.

Those were SS, not
Wehrmacht soldiers.

Tell it to the people
who will die of typhus.

La Duc, how much time do I have?

Until the time when the serum
will no longer do any good

to prevent an epidemic.

After that...

That gives you exactly
12 hours, Captain.

Hauptsturmfuhrer Wansee,

I'm afraid I must ask you to
release the prisoners and the serum.

Truly, I appreciate
your position, Captain.

But you must understand
that I have a job to do, also.

And that is to root out the enemies
of the Reich wherever I can find them.

As an SS officer, Captain,

my duty lies to the
Reich office in Berlin.

But Captain, the lady
is a Swiss neutral.

Have you not heard?

There are no neutrals in war!

Which war, Captain?

The African desert campaign,
or your own private war?

I am not interested in your
philosophy, Captain Dietrich.

Simply in Miss Arno.

And, of course, her value to us.

Now, as a Red Cross worker,

the lady has
access to all sides.

I have no doubt that she can be
persuaded to cooperate with us.

Out!

Get out!

Bring him forward.

No!

No!

I had no choice.

Captain.

I do not enjoy the look

of fear and hatred on
the faces of the people.

It is as though I were
some kind of monster.

But we cannot all
be dashing soldiers.

I understand.

Actually, it grieves me

to have to deprive the people

of the services of Miss Arno.

Captain.

It occurred to me

that we might strike a bargain.

Perhaps we could.

What kind of a bargain
did you have in mind?

As you know,

this whole area is infested
with these desert scavengers.

And I thought that perhaps
we might engineer a trade.

Surely they could have far
more interesting things to reveal

than Miss Arno!

Captain, how do you propose

that we arrange this deal?

That is your problem, Captain.

Monsieur. It's about
time you showed up.

Where are the other soldiers?

Scrounging more blankets and
bedding. Did you bring back the serum?

You must come with me now,
Monsieur... Just a moment.

What about the serum?
The Red Cross people?

Didn't Dietrich
secure their release?

The SS shot Hassam, and they
refused to give the woman up.

This is why you must
come with me now.

I've brought along
the Resistance leader.

He is the only one who can persuade
the people not to seek vengeance.

Come, huh?

Don't make a sound, Sergeant.

It truly pains me, Monsieur.

Yes, I'm sure.

One life for many.

Dietrich is going to the SS to trade
your friend for Miss Arno and the serum.

I had to do it.

Where's that trade taking place?

I do not know.

Where's it taking place?

I do not know.

But you can't interfere.

You must not.

Hitch, get Tully and
the jeeps, quick. Right.

Well?

What do we have here?

This is my end of
the bargain, Captain.

Sergeant Moffitt
of The Rat Patrol.

A scavenger.

Truly a desert scavenger?

A member of The Rat Patrol?

I am talking to you.

I am talking to you!

Dietrich's?

Could be. Think he's
trying to throw us a curve?

Looks like a decoy to
send us up the wrong trail.

Maybe, maybe not.

But it's pointed
in that direction.

Let's go with it.

Bring up the jeeps.

Captain, if you don't mind,

I would like to leave with the
woman and the serum now.

Perhaps in a few days, Captain.

That is, if the lady can
survive the interrogation.

Into the truck with him.

Tully, see that ridge?

Hitch and I will work
our way around there.

Okay, be careful.

Yeah, you, too.

Watch for my signal. Okay.

Captain Wansee, as
a member of the SS,

you are supposed to
have a sense of honor.

As you recall, we
concluded the bargain.

It is

fair

in war.

It is all

fair in war!

It is all fair...

For heaven's sake, man, think
about your sanity as a human being!

Think!

You'll leave...

Think!

Is...

You'll leave...

You'll leave me!

Who gets the champagne
for shooting him?

I didn't even see him.

Neither did I.

You all right, Miss Arno?

Yes, thank you, I'm all right.

Still thinking?

Yeah.

Same thing?

Same three things.

What?

One, that Frenchman is left
in town to spill his guts to me.

Two, a water bag just
happens to be at a road junction.

And three,

that SS officer is
shot just in time.

Too much for a coincidence?

And what do you think?

I wonder what kind of
champagne Dietrich drinks.