The Rat Patrol (1966–1968): Season 2, Episode 20 - The Touch and Go Raid - full transcript
Deitrrich sets a cunning trap for the Rat Patrol. Once he captures them he reveals the true nature of his plan.
Sounds like someone's
having a problem.
Could be some of our guys.
Our orders are to
report back to the base.
It may be one of our patrols.
All right, let's go find out.
Those German half-tracks
have them pinned down.
They're our boys, all right.
All right.
They're taking off!
Well, you boys certainly
arrived at the right time.
Glad to be of help.
What unit you guys with?
Good afternoon, Sergeant Troy.
Hope you're suitably
flattered, Sergeant.
We went to quite
a bit of trouble
to stage this
mock battle for you.
Why a masquerade, Captain?
To have captured you
and your jeeps undamaged
would've been
difficult, I think,
without some
deception on my part.
This is exactly what
I was looking for.
Sergeant Troy will report with his
men to designated Supply Depot A3
for special duty, no
later than 1500 hours.
Etcetera.
So, a good soldier
learns from his enemy.
I have learned much
from you, Sergeant Troy.
But with these special orders,
these changes of
uniforms and your jeeps,
it'll be my men who will
go to the supply depot.
Not yours.
Get their dog tags.
To be quite frank, Sergeant,
it's going to be a pleasure
to tear a page out of your own
manual of surprise and destroy.
Get in there.
What's he up to, Sarge?
Well, it's pretty
obvious, isn't it?
He's gonna try and
blow the supply depot.
Sergeant Troy and three
men reporting in as ordered.
Here we are.
Okay, go ahead.
All right, thank you.
All right, now.
You locate the
ammunition storage area,
see me back here.
You take these two
jeeps to the motor crew
for servicing and petrol.
Right.
Now, you find the
communications center,
because if there should be any
alert regarding our deception here,
I think it'll probably come
through there first. Okay?
Okay. Go. See to it.
That radio is the answer,
if we could just get to it.
But they'd cut us down
before we got there.
An idea.
This truck. We
could take this truck.
It's too vulnerable.
The half-tracks would
get us within 50 yards.
Wish I was in Kansas City.
Good to have you
with us, Sergeant.
Thank you, sir.
Excuse me, sir.
Lieutenant Hartford, my
aide. This is Sergeant Troy.
He and his crew are gonna
be with us for a week or so.
How are you, sir?
It's come, sir, by special
messenger, not five minutes ago.
Well, finally! Put it in
the safe, Lieutenant.
Big day for us, Sergeant.
The men of this
command have waited
a long time for
Operation Diamond.
Operation Diamond, sir? I...
You'll hear about
it soon enough.
All the men will
when the time comes.
Well, make yourself
at home, Sergeant.
Thank you, sir.
Hi. Sergeant.
What about the ammunitions?
They're buried underground, sir.
You see that building at
the end of the street? Uh-huh.
About 30 yards north of there.
Two guards at the main entrance.
Good.
Now, listen.
A very interesting envelope
labeled Operation Diamond,
was just placed in the
commanding officer's safe.
I don't see why, in addition
to blowing up this happy place,
we couldn't take that
along when we leave.
And, for that matter,
the commanding officer.
I think it'll be
quite interesting
to take him in for interrogation
along with Sergeant
Troy's little group.
What do you think? No? Yes.
When do we move, sir?
About an hour after lunch.
Meanwhile, why don't we
enjoy some of Allied hospitality?
Let's go over there. Of course.
And all you men of
Allied command will
be glad to hear that
Operation Diamond,
a long-awaited
plan which provides
for inter-company baseball games
each Saturday
afternoon... We needed that.
Supply Depot A3,
come in, please.
Anyway, there they
were, do you see?
A whole bleeding
company of you Dutch boys,
dashing along after
the Nasties with...
A3 Supply Depot, do you
read me? Come in, please!
A3 here. I read you loud and
clear, mac. Who are you? Over.
This is Sergeant Sam Troy.
Tell your commanding officer a
bunch of Krauts dressed like GIs
are coming in with our IDs.
What do you mean, Sergeant Troy?
Him and his boys
reported in here
well over two hours ago. Over.
If you wanna keep that
place open for business,
you'll give my report exactly as I
told you to your commanding officer.
And then get back on this radio
and acknowledge it
that he got the word.
Do you read that?
Well, all right, mac, all right,
you'll have your
acknowledgment. Out.
Well, now, fancy that!
Silly blighter claims you
new boys are a bunch of...
Shut up.
Blimey.
Turn around.
Sure it was Sergeant
Troy on the radio?
Positive, Sarge.
You know what?
There's nothing like
an American cigarette.
All right, now.
Go to the radio.
Hide the operator's body.
Then send through the
acknowledgment to Sergeant Troy
so that he won't be in a
hurry to get here, huh?
Okay? Go.
Good to see you, guys.
Take it easy. Cheerio.
We hid the percussion
caps in the jeep, sir.
Good.
I think we'll go get them.
Now, we'll take
a nice, easy stroll
to the ammunitions bunker, okay?
Okay. Let's go.
I told her, "You
want a gentleman,
"you might as well
get yourself an officer."
Take the guard's
place at the entrance.
Yeah. Go.
This is Supply Depot A3.
A3 calling Sergeant Troy.
Come in, Sergeant Troy.
This is Sergeant Troy, A3.
This is Sergeant
Troy. I read you. Over.
This is your acknowledgment.
Your warning received and
acted upon by commanding officer.
Repeat, commanding
officer acknowledges.
Out.
Tully, when we get near
Headquarters I wanna ditch this thing.
I don't wanna take two hours
trying to explain how we got it.
What for, Sarge?
You already spoke to the base.
They acknowledged you.
Yeah, they sure did.
Wrong voice.
We've got exactly 45 minutes.
I want to leave with the Major
and those plans in the safe.
Okay? Yeah.
Sergeant Troy, why don't
you tell me what you want?
If you don't mind, sir,
I'm waiting for the Major.
After all, I am his
aide, Sergeant.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Sergeant.
Were you waiting for
me? Indeed, I was, sir.
All right, Major.
What, you've lost
your mind, Sergeant?
I'm not Sergeant Troy.
Hauptmann Hans Dietrich
from the German Afrika Korps.
Now, Lieutenant, if you
don't want to be responsible
for your commanding
officer's death,
open the safe. What?
Move it.
But how did...
There is absolutely
nothing in that safe.
Operation Diamond is nothing?
Lieutenant, you know the
combination. Don't stall.
Move it.
All right, Lieutenant,
I said move it.
Thank you, Lieutenant. Come on.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Now, we will wait.
All I know is you have
no ID and no dog tags,
and if you think you're walking
through here, you're crazy.
And I told you the
Krauts took them.
That's your problem.
Well, it's gonna be your
problem when this place goes up.
Look, even if I bought your
story, I don't have the authority.
Can you call someone
who does have the authority?
All right.
Duty officer, please.
On the double.
Any luck?
Troy.
Okay! Okay, Sarge.
Then put me through to
Lieutenant Hartford or somebody.
What am I supposed to do?
Major, over here.
You've got another seven minutes,
Major. Seven minutes to what?
The explosion of
the munitions room.
The obliteration of everything
within a square
mile of this place.
They don't answer.
Hitch.
All right, let's go.
I said move it.
Hold it, Captain.
Always had a great
sense of timing, Sergeant.
He's planted the explosives
in the munitions room.
In the building at the
north end of the street.
The entrance is in the alleyway.
Tully!
There won't be
enough time, Sergeant.
Then we'll go up
together. Why not?
After all, my primary mission
was to destroy this place.
You've got 15 seconds, Sergeant.
Your 15 seconds are up, Captain.
We're still here.
At a rather uncomfortable
standoff, right, Sergeant?
He's taken top-secret
plans from the safe.
Operation Diamond.
Can I suggest a deal, Sergeant?
All right, Captain, you drop the
plans, the Major moves over here,
and you go free.
No.
You keep the Major,
I leave with Operation Diamond.
I don't know, Captain.
It sounds as if Operation
Diamond is important.
It is. Don't let
him out with it.
I warn you, Sergeant.
If I don't leave
with these plans,
you're going to be directly
responsible for this officer's death.
You give me no choice.
I'm afraid not.
And now, gentlemen, if
you would be so kind as to
show me down the stairs?
It's okay.
What's going on?
We made a deal.
We get the Major, and
the Captain here gets
Operation Diamond.
He's leaving.
All right, let's go.
Get in there, Yank!
I assume you know
that Operation Diamond
is nothing more than a directive
for inter-company
baseball games.
Yes, sir, we heard it
on that half-track radio.
I hope his CO has
a sense of humor.
I think Captain Dietrich's gonna
get called on account of rain.
Pardon me, sir, but I think
I'm enough of a bridge player
to know when I
have been finessed.
Do not be so quick to assume
that you were finessed, Captain.
I beg your pardon?
On the surface,
these plans appear
to contain merely
the ways and means
of setting up baseball games
among the Allied enlisted men.
But has it occurred
to you, Captain,
that all this baseball business
might very well be a deception?
A code of some kind concealing
an actual military operation, hmm?
Sir, I hardly think...
You must think, Captain.
Get me Cryptology Section.
I guarantee you, Dietrich.
Within 24 hours, I will know the
real meaning of Operation Diamond.
Heil Hitler, Captain.
Cryptology? This
is Colonel Bauer.
Regarding Operation Diamond.
I want that baseball
code broken immediately.
Do you understand?
Yes, every available man.
having a problem.
Could be some of our guys.
Our orders are to
report back to the base.
It may be one of our patrols.
All right, let's go find out.
Those German half-tracks
have them pinned down.
They're our boys, all right.
All right.
They're taking off!
Well, you boys certainly
arrived at the right time.
Glad to be of help.
What unit you guys with?
Good afternoon, Sergeant Troy.
Hope you're suitably
flattered, Sergeant.
We went to quite
a bit of trouble
to stage this
mock battle for you.
Why a masquerade, Captain?
To have captured you
and your jeeps undamaged
would've been
difficult, I think,
without some
deception on my part.
This is exactly what
I was looking for.
Sergeant Troy will report with his
men to designated Supply Depot A3
for special duty, no
later than 1500 hours.
Etcetera.
So, a good soldier
learns from his enemy.
I have learned much
from you, Sergeant Troy.
But with these special orders,
these changes of
uniforms and your jeeps,
it'll be my men who will
go to the supply depot.
Not yours.
Get their dog tags.
To be quite frank, Sergeant,
it's going to be a pleasure
to tear a page out of your own
manual of surprise and destroy.
Get in there.
What's he up to, Sarge?
Well, it's pretty
obvious, isn't it?
He's gonna try and
blow the supply depot.
Sergeant Troy and three
men reporting in as ordered.
Here we are.
Okay, go ahead.
All right, thank you.
All right, now.
You locate the
ammunition storage area,
see me back here.
You take these two
jeeps to the motor crew
for servicing and petrol.
Right.
Now, you find the
communications center,
because if there should be any
alert regarding our deception here,
I think it'll probably come
through there first. Okay?
Okay. Go. See to it.
That radio is the answer,
if we could just get to it.
But they'd cut us down
before we got there.
An idea.
This truck. We
could take this truck.
It's too vulnerable.
The half-tracks would
get us within 50 yards.
Wish I was in Kansas City.
Good to have you
with us, Sergeant.
Thank you, sir.
Excuse me, sir.
Lieutenant Hartford, my
aide. This is Sergeant Troy.
He and his crew are gonna
be with us for a week or so.
How are you, sir?
It's come, sir, by special
messenger, not five minutes ago.
Well, finally! Put it in
the safe, Lieutenant.
Big day for us, Sergeant.
The men of this
command have waited
a long time for
Operation Diamond.
Operation Diamond, sir? I...
You'll hear about
it soon enough.
All the men will
when the time comes.
Well, make yourself
at home, Sergeant.
Thank you, sir.
Hi. Sergeant.
What about the ammunitions?
They're buried underground, sir.
You see that building at
the end of the street? Uh-huh.
About 30 yards north of there.
Two guards at the main entrance.
Good.
Now, listen.
A very interesting envelope
labeled Operation Diamond,
was just placed in the
commanding officer's safe.
I don't see why, in addition
to blowing up this happy place,
we couldn't take that
along when we leave.
And, for that matter,
the commanding officer.
I think it'll be
quite interesting
to take him in for interrogation
along with Sergeant
Troy's little group.
What do you think? No? Yes.
When do we move, sir?
About an hour after lunch.
Meanwhile, why don't we
enjoy some of Allied hospitality?
Let's go over there. Of course.
And all you men of
Allied command will
be glad to hear that
Operation Diamond,
a long-awaited
plan which provides
for inter-company baseball games
each Saturday
afternoon... We needed that.
Supply Depot A3,
come in, please.
Anyway, there they
were, do you see?
A whole bleeding
company of you Dutch boys,
dashing along after
the Nasties with...
A3 Supply Depot, do you
read me? Come in, please!
A3 here. I read you loud and
clear, mac. Who are you? Over.
This is Sergeant Sam Troy.
Tell your commanding officer a
bunch of Krauts dressed like GIs
are coming in with our IDs.
What do you mean, Sergeant Troy?
Him and his boys
reported in here
well over two hours ago. Over.
If you wanna keep that
place open for business,
you'll give my report exactly as I
told you to your commanding officer.
And then get back on this radio
and acknowledge it
that he got the word.
Do you read that?
Well, all right, mac, all right,
you'll have your
acknowledgment. Out.
Well, now, fancy that!
Silly blighter claims you
new boys are a bunch of...
Shut up.
Blimey.
Turn around.
Sure it was Sergeant
Troy on the radio?
Positive, Sarge.
You know what?
There's nothing like
an American cigarette.
All right, now.
Go to the radio.
Hide the operator's body.
Then send through the
acknowledgment to Sergeant Troy
so that he won't be in a
hurry to get here, huh?
Okay? Go.
Good to see you, guys.
Take it easy. Cheerio.
We hid the percussion
caps in the jeep, sir.
Good.
I think we'll go get them.
Now, we'll take
a nice, easy stroll
to the ammunitions bunker, okay?
Okay. Let's go.
I told her, "You
want a gentleman,
"you might as well
get yourself an officer."
Take the guard's
place at the entrance.
Yeah. Go.
This is Supply Depot A3.
A3 calling Sergeant Troy.
Come in, Sergeant Troy.
This is Sergeant Troy, A3.
This is Sergeant
Troy. I read you. Over.
This is your acknowledgment.
Your warning received and
acted upon by commanding officer.
Repeat, commanding
officer acknowledges.
Out.
Tully, when we get near
Headquarters I wanna ditch this thing.
I don't wanna take two hours
trying to explain how we got it.
What for, Sarge?
You already spoke to the base.
They acknowledged you.
Yeah, they sure did.
Wrong voice.
We've got exactly 45 minutes.
I want to leave with the Major
and those plans in the safe.
Okay? Yeah.
Sergeant Troy, why don't
you tell me what you want?
If you don't mind, sir,
I'm waiting for the Major.
After all, I am his
aide, Sergeant.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Sergeant.
Were you waiting for
me? Indeed, I was, sir.
All right, Major.
What, you've lost
your mind, Sergeant?
I'm not Sergeant Troy.
Hauptmann Hans Dietrich
from the German Afrika Korps.
Now, Lieutenant, if you
don't want to be responsible
for your commanding
officer's death,
open the safe. What?
Move it.
But how did...
There is absolutely
nothing in that safe.
Operation Diamond is nothing?
Lieutenant, you know the
combination. Don't stall.
Move it.
All right, Lieutenant,
I said move it.
Thank you, Lieutenant. Come on.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Now, we will wait.
All I know is you have
no ID and no dog tags,
and if you think you're walking
through here, you're crazy.
And I told you the
Krauts took them.
That's your problem.
Well, it's gonna be your
problem when this place goes up.
Look, even if I bought your
story, I don't have the authority.
Can you call someone
who does have the authority?
All right.
Duty officer, please.
On the double.
Any luck?
Troy.
Okay! Okay, Sarge.
Then put me through to
Lieutenant Hartford or somebody.
What am I supposed to do?
Major, over here.
You've got another seven minutes,
Major. Seven minutes to what?
The explosion of
the munitions room.
The obliteration of everything
within a square
mile of this place.
They don't answer.
Hitch.
All right, let's go.
I said move it.
Hold it, Captain.
Always had a great
sense of timing, Sergeant.
He's planted the explosives
in the munitions room.
In the building at the
north end of the street.
The entrance is in the alleyway.
Tully!
There won't be
enough time, Sergeant.
Then we'll go up
together. Why not?
After all, my primary mission
was to destroy this place.
You've got 15 seconds, Sergeant.
Your 15 seconds are up, Captain.
We're still here.
At a rather uncomfortable
standoff, right, Sergeant?
He's taken top-secret
plans from the safe.
Operation Diamond.
Can I suggest a deal, Sergeant?
All right, Captain, you drop the
plans, the Major moves over here,
and you go free.
No.
You keep the Major,
I leave with Operation Diamond.
I don't know, Captain.
It sounds as if Operation
Diamond is important.
It is. Don't let
him out with it.
I warn you, Sergeant.
If I don't leave
with these plans,
you're going to be directly
responsible for this officer's death.
You give me no choice.
I'm afraid not.
And now, gentlemen, if
you would be so kind as to
show me down the stairs?
It's okay.
What's going on?
We made a deal.
We get the Major, and
the Captain here gets
Operation Diamond.
He's leaving.
All right, let's go.
Get in there, Yank!
I assume you know
that Operation Diamond
is nothing more than a directive
for inter-company
baseball games.
Yes, sir, we heard it
on that half-track radio.
I hope his CO has
a sense of humor.
I think Captain Dietrich's gonna
get called on account of rain.
Pardon me, sir, but I think
I'm enough of a bridge player
to know when I
have been finessed.
Do not be so quick to assume
that you were finessed, Captain.
I beg your pardon?
On the surface,
these plans appear
to contain merely
the ways and means
of setting up baseball games
among the Allied enlisted men.
But has it occurred
to you, Captain,
that all this baseball business
might very well be a deception?
A code of some kind concealing
an actual military operation, hmm?
Sir, I hardly think...
You must think, Captain.
Get me Cryptology Section.
I guarantee you, Dietrich.
Within 24 hours, I will know the
real meaning of Operation Diamond.
Heil Hitler, Captain.
Cryptology? This
is Colonel Bauer.
Regarding Operation Diamond.
I want that baseball
code broken immediately.
Do you understand?
Yes, every available man.