The Rat Patrol (1966–1968): Season 2, Episode 26 - The Kill at Koorlea Raid - full transcript
Lieutenant?
You think a night of
standing on their toes
has loosened the
tongues of our prisoners?
They died of
exposure last night, sir.
How uncooperative of them.
Morning, sir.
Your escort is waiting.
Good.
What's wrong?
It suddenly
stopped sending, sir.
Maybe he's in trouble.
Contact Troy's patrol and
tell them to get over there.
Yes, sir.
Cut him down.
He's still alive.
Corporal Freebairn
reporting, sir.
Freebairn.
This is sergeants
Troy and Moffitt,
privates Hitchcock
and Pettigrew.
Troy, Smith did
talk before he died.
That's why I sent for Freebairn.
You're escorting him to Koorlea.
What's in Koorlea?
General Koenig is going there
right now for a short vacation.
Koenig? The one
they call the Butcher?
Interrogation, concentration
camps, murder.
He'll have a strong
escort with him.
Then you want us to
try and capture him.
Capture would be fine,
but he'll be well-guarded.
Your orders are to kill him.
Take a look at this map.
See these hills?
Koenig's retreat is on this one.
How are we
supposed to get to him?
That's where Freebairn comes in.
You're to take him to the top of
the hill adjacent to Koenig's retreat.
Fanny and I will do the rest.
You intend to pick off the
Butcher from a mile away?
That's what we're counting on.
You better get moving.
You can ride with Hitch and me.
Good luck. Thank you, sir.
Strong, silent type.
What's the delay?
One of our observation planes
detected two Allied jeeps coming this way.
So?
Well, the Arab with
the painted face
and the radio that we
found this morning...
I'm a bit worried
about your safety.
Worry for your own
as well, Captain.
I'll have you shot if
anything goes wrong.
If you don't mind, I will send
the half-track to investigate.
Tully, kill that half-track!
All right. Let's go!
There's some
more over the ridge!
We haven't got
time. Let's move out!
Attention, please.
Attention, please.
This is Gray Fox.
This is Gray Fox.
I'm Blackbird.
That was some
pretty fancy shooting.
Thanks.
Unload the jeeps. If there's
any trouble, send up a flare.
And if you get into
any trouble, just yell,
and I'll come up and save you.
You ever been in
combat, Freebairn?
Not your kind.
My kind?
I'm a hunter by profession.
Were it not for
this war of yours,
I'd be in the bush right now.
This war of ours, you don't
acknowledge it, do you?
I acknowledge only that
which I need to do my job.
Trajectory, speed,
wind, distance, time.
And if you fail?
I will not fail.
And what happens here this
morning will be remembered.
This distance. This target.
General Koenig himself.
This challenge will not go
unnoticed by my... My contemporaries.
It's nearly time.
Butcher's known
as an early riser.
How many yards, you figure?
Two thousand.
What the devil?
What's wrong?
It's his family.
He's brought his family.
What do we do now?
The little girl's right
in the line of fire.
Not completely. I can
make an adjustment.
No.
What do you mean, "No"?
We don't try it.
I won't hit the little girl.
It's not just the little girl.
Then what?
I don't like the idea of three
children seeing their father murdered
over their breakfast cereal.
They're not our concern.
He's right, you know.
Suppose that was you down
there, and they were your kids.
But they're not.
Troy, I know this is a stinking
business, but we do have our orders...
I know our orders.
They want him alive.
You've lost your senses.
Why? Because you'll lose
your chance for the big kill?
Wind, velocity, distance,
that's all you care about.
I think you enjoy killing as
much as the Butcher does.
Well, you're here
to help me kill him.
My job is... I know what
your job is, Corporal!
Well, I'm giving
you another job.
Hitch and I are going over
there and get the Butcher,
and you're gonna
cover us with that rifle.
And if I refuse?
Moffitt, he doesn't
do what I say,
kill him.
When you see us
coming down, be ready.
I'll be ready.
Cover them with the rifle.
Does your family
understand English?
I wanna make it short and brief.
There's a high-powered
rifle trained on you.
I don't like the idea of you
being killed in front of your family,
so I want you to get up
and walk out of here with me.
You are bluffing.
If your children weren't sitting
here, you'd be dead right now.
You'll never get
off this hill alive.
Then come with me.
You might get lucky.
Hitch, inside, break
the phones there.
The phone's out. All right.
All right, tell your
family to go inside.
Do nothing and
they won't be hurt.
Fraulein, bring the
kids in the house.
Sentry above them.
I see him.
Let's go. Not yet.
What?
The chair the
Butcher was sitting in.
You saw it.
I saw it.
I just finished chewing Troy out
for that harebrained stunt you pulled.
Now, I'd like to congratulate
you on a job well done.
That goes for
you, too, Freebairn.
Goodbye.
I could have done it.
My way. You know?
Yeah. He told me.
So, you risked
all that for nothing.
Do you really think
it was for nothing?
You think a night of
standing on their toes
has loosened the
tongues of our prisoners?
They died of
exposure last night, sir.
How uncooperative of them.
Morning, sir.
Your escort is waiting.
Good.
What's wrong?
It suddenly
stopped sending, sir.
Maybe he's in trouble.
Contact Troy's patrol and
tell them to get over there.
Yes, sir.
Cut him down.
He's still alive.
Corporal Freebairn
reporting, sir.
Freebairn.
This is sergeants
Troy and Moffitt,
privates Hitchcock
and Pettigrew.
Troy, Smith did
talk before he died.
That's why I sent for Freebairn.
You're escorting him to Koorlea.
What's in Koorlea?
General Koenig is going there
right now for a short vacation.
Koenig? The one
they call the Butcher?
Interrogation, concentration
camps, murder.
He'll have a strong
escort with him.
Then you want us to
try and capture him.
Capture would be fine,
but he'll be well-guarded.
Your orders are to kill him.
Take a look at this map.
See these hills?
Koenig's retreat is on this one.
How are we
supposed to get to him?
That's where Freebairn comes in.
You're to take him to the top of
the hill adjacent to Koenig's retreat.
Fanny and I will do the rest.
You intend to pick off the
Butcher from a mile away?
That's what we're counting on.
You better get moving.
You can ride with Hitch and me.
Good luck. Thank you, sir.
Strong, silent type.
What's the delay?
One of our observation planes
detected two Allied jeeps coming this way.
So?
Well, the Arab with
the painted face
and the radio that we
found this morning...
I'm a bit worried
about your safety.
Worry for your own
as well, Captain.
I'll have you shot if
anything goes wrong.
If you don't mind, I will send
the half-track to investigate.
Tully, kill that half-track!
All right. Let's go!
There's some
more over the ridge!
We haven't got
time. Let's move out!
Attention, please.
Attention, please.
This is Gray Fox.
This is Gray Fox.
I'm Blackbird.
That was some
pretty fancy shooting.
Thanks.
Unload the jeeps. If there's
any trouble, send up a flare.
And if you get into
any trouble, just yell,
and I'll come up and save you.
You ever been in
combat, Freebairn?
Not your kind.
My kind?
I'm a hunter by profession.
Were it not for
this war of yours,
I'd be in the bush right now.
This war of ours, you don't
acknowledge it, do you?
I acknowledge only that
which I need to do my job.
Trajectory, speed,
wind, distance, time.
And if you fail?
I will not fail.
And what happens here this
morning will be remembered.
This distance. This target.
General Koenig himself.
This challenge will not go
unnoticed by my... My contemporaries.
It's nearly time.
Butcher's known
as an early riser.
How many yards, you figure?
Two thousand.
What the devil?
What's wrong?
It's his family.
He's brought his family.
What do we do now?
The little girl's right
in the line of fire.
Not completely. I can
make an adjustment.
No.
What do you mean, "No"?
We don't try it.
I won't hit the little girl.
It's not just the little girl.
Then what?
I don't like the idea of three
children seeing their father murdered
over their breakfast cereal.
They're not our concern.
He's right, you know.
Suppose that was you down
there, and they were your kids.
But they're not.
Troy, I know this is a stinking
business, but we do have our orders...
I know our orders.
They want him alive.
You've lost your senses.
Why? Because you'll lose
your chance for the big kill?
Wind, velocity, distance,
that's all you care about.
I think you enjoy killing as
much as the Butcher does.
Well, you're here
to help me kill him.
My job is... I know what
your job is, Corporal!
Well, I'm giving
you another job.
Hitch and I are going over
there and get the Butcher,
and you're gonna
cover us with that rifle.
And if I refuse?
Moffitt, he doesn't
do what I say,
kill him.
When you see us
coming down, be ready.
I'll be ready.
Cover them with the rifle.
Does your family
understand English?
I wanna make it short and brief.
There's a high-powered
rifle trained on you.
I don't like the idea of you
being killed in front of your family,
so I want you to get up
and walk out of here with me.
You are bluffing.
If your children weren't sitting
here, you'd be dead right now.
You'll never get
off this hill alive.
Then come with me.
You might get lucky.
Hitch, inside, break
the phones there.
The phone's out. All right.
All right, tell your
family to go inside.
Do nothing and
they won't be hurt.
Fraulein, bring the
kids in the house.
Sentry above them.
I see him.
Let's go. Not yet.
What?
The chair the
Butcher was sitting in.
You saw it.
I saw it.
I just finished chewing Troy out
for that harebrained stunt you pulled.
Now, I'd like to congratulate
you on a job well done.
That goes for
you, too, Freebairn.
Goodbye.
I could have done it.
My way. You know?
Yeah. He told me.
So, you risked
all that for nothing.
Do you really think
it was for nothing?