The Rat Patrol (1966–1968): Season 2, Episode 7 - The Death Do Us Part Raid - full transcript
The Rat Patrol is captured, with the exception of their commander, during a German raid. Elements of the SS want the men executed immediately however the German commander resists the instructions, buying time for the Rat patrol to try and escape.
There it is.
Headquarters says that our
contact will be waiting for us.
Let's go.
Fraulein Blackner,
open the door.
Kindly open the door,
please, Fraulein Blackner.
And what did you
expect to find, Captain?
An American who escaped.
Would you like to have
a look under the bed?
Fraulein Blackner,
good afternoon.
Captain.
So, you're an American.
And you? Irish.
The name is Drucilla Blackner.
Missionary?
In a way.
I suppose teaching those who can't
read is a means of extending the gospel.
The bullet went
through the flesh.
It's a nasty wound,
but not serious.
What are you doing?
I'm gonna see where
those Germans are.
I'll go.
They're leaving.
They say that Zheb Al-Bou
was built on the ruins of...
A Byzantine citadel.
Oh, is that a fact?
Well, I didn't know that.
But then I'm not an historian.
How can I thank you?
Well, I don't mean to be inhospitable
but you could thank me for my good deed
by leaving as
soon as you're able.
"Jean Valjean, feeling
that he was discovered
"and Javert was upon his tracks,
"knew full well that he and Cosette
were lost should they return to the city."
I thought you were asleep.
I was. Jean Valjean woke me.
That boy.
He's my pride and joy.
Less than a year ago, he couldn't
even read in his own language.
Now he can read and write in
English and French as well as Arabic.
You enjoy your work, don't you?
A good deal more
than you do, I imagine.
Nobody likes war.
Nobody less than I do.
My men and I were coming
here when we were attacked.
Here?
We were to meet a
contact in Zheb Al-Bou.
He was to lead us to the
new German supply base.
Well, I'm afraid
you've made a mistake.
I'm not your contact.
Colonel.
The Rat Patrol.
Aptly named, gentlemen.
But you have contaminated
the desert long enough.
You will be exterminated
at the earliest opportunity.
But I thought you said
there were four, Dietrich.
Quite right, sir.
We searched the
entire village thoroughly.
Unfortunately, I could
not find the fourth.
Where's your comrade?
What comrade?
It will go hard with you if
you persist in evasiveness.
Much harder than extermination?
Hauptmann,
very little escapes the
eyes of our Arab friends.
You will return to Zheb
Al-Bou immediately.
Sir, so far we have been able
to abstain from this sort of thing
in the African campaign.
What are you trying to tell me?
Merely that I want to
register my objection to this.
Are you sure you can afford to?
I can't afford not to.
I've got to find
that supply depot.
Will you help me? No.
I'm a neutral.
It's your war, not mine.
Who is it?
It's all right, Miss Blackner. I
know you have someone in there.
Please let me in.
I don't say anything.
Aba Kashbi wants to see
you. He says it's important.
Hi, American.
Hi. I am Ben Nafi.
They say that Zheb Al-Bou was built
over the ruins of a Byzantine citadel.
I said it right, yes?
You said it right.
Good afternoon, Miss Blackner.
Captain.
I was given the information
that someone was hiding here.
Well, I'm not sure that I
understand what you mean, Captain.
Captain.
I have my orders, ma'am.
What are you doing?
What is it you want with
him, Captain? He's just a boy.
I hope that your innocence
is not just a pretense, madam.
But why should they take him?
They don't pin the Star
of David on anybody.
It's a mistake. I
know it's a mistake.
He's just an Arab boy that
I taught to read and write.
He's also my contact.
No.
I don't believe that.
Well, they'll not hurt him.
I know they'll not hurt him.
Where are you going?
To the German camp.
To get Ben Nafi back.
I could get him out.
There are less violent ways.
But they know who he is
and what he's been doing.
Well, no matter.
I got to do it my way.
Look, and where are you going?
Where do you think I'm going?
But you don't even know the way.
Well, the Germans left tracks.
And if a wind doesn't
come up, I'll find it.
You don't even have any water.
Well, it can't be that far.
The Germans
weren't gone that long.
But you'll not make it that far.
That wound in your side will
open. You'll start bleeding again.
Well, it's my wound.
Not yours.
Get in.
Now, I wouldn't
wanna bother you.
Get in.
No, I can't take
you any further.
So, now it isn't just
somebody else's war.
You'll get involved,
when it suits you.
No.
The only war I'll fight is
the war of compassion.
I must get Ben Nafi back.
To do what?
To go back to being a schoolboy?
To have a chance to grow up.
To mean something
to himself and to others.
Maybe that's what he
figures he's been doing.
His people have lost a lot more things
than not being able to read or write.
He's only a kid.
But he's trying to
help, and to help me.
Do you think that's
something you taught him?
All right.
Get in back and cover yourself.
I think what you want is in
that warehouse tent, over there.
Where you gonna be?
In the Commandant's tent.
All right.
Where is he, Fraulein?
Where is the American sergeant?
Right here, Colonel.
Get your hands up and move back.
We got four minutes to get...
All right, we'll go out
the back. Let's go.
What about your
friends? My friends?
The other members of
your patrol. They are here.
I heard the Germans say
that they are being held
in the rear of the
warehouse tent.
Let's go.
Take her to the
back of the half-track.
Moffitt.
Moffitt? Troy?
Get some grenades.
All right, let's go.
You and Tully grab the
jeep. Hitch, follow me.
How much smarter
you are than I am.
No, Miss Blackner.
I learned so many
things from you.
Then I hope they prove useful.
Well...
It appears that my war of
compassion and your war
are the same one.
Headquarters says that our
contact will be waiting for us.
Let's go.
Fraulein Blackner,
open the door.
Kindly open the door,
please, Fraulein Blackner.
And what did you
expect to find, Captain?
An American who escaped.
Would you like to have
a look under the bed?
Fraulein Blackner,
good afternoon.
Captain.
So, you're an American.
And you? Irish.
The name is Drucilla Blackner.
Missionary?
In a way.
I suppose teaching those who can't
read is a means of extending the gospel.
The bullet went
through the flesh.
It's a nasty wound,
but not serious.
What are you doing?
I'm gonna see where
those Germans are.
I'll go.
They're leaving.
They say that Zheb Al-Bou
was built on the ruins of...
A Byzantine citadel.
Oh, is that a fact?
Well, I didn't know that.
But then I'm not an historian.
How can I thank you?
Well, I don't mean to be inhospitable
but you could thank me for my good deed
by leaving as
soon as you're able.
"Jean Valjean, feeling
that he was discovered
"and Javert was upon his tracks,
"knew full well that he and Cosette
were lost should they return to the city."
I thought you were asleep.
I was. Jean Valjean woke me.
That boy.
He's my pride and joy.
Less than a year ago, he couldn't
even read in his own language.
Now he can read and write in
English and French as well as Arabic.
You enjoy your work, don't you?
A good deal more
than you do, I imagine.
Nobody likes war.
Nobody less than I do.
My men and I were coming
here when we were attacked.
Here?
We were to meet a
contact in Zheb Al-Bou.
He was to lead us to the
new German supply base.
Well, I'm afraid
you've made a mistake.
I'm not your contact.
Colonel.
The Rat Patrol.
Aptly named, gentlemen.
But you have contaminated
the desert long enough.
You will be exterminated
at the earliest opportunity.
But I thought you said
there were four, Dietrich.
Quite right, sir.
We searched the
entire village thoroughly.
Unfortunately, I could
not find the fourth.
Where's your comrade?
What comrade?
It will go hard with you if
you persist in evasiveness.
Much harder than extermination?
Hauptmann,
very little escapes the
eyes of our Arab friends.
You will return to Zheb
Al-Bou immediately.
Sir, so far we have been able
to abstain from this sort of thing
in the African campaign.
What are you trying to tell me?
Merely that I want to
register my objection to this.
Are you sure you can afford to?
I can't afford not to.
I've got to find
that supply depot.
Will you help me? No.
I'm a neutral.
It's your war, not mine.
Who is it?
It's all right, Miss Blackner. I
know you have someone in there.
Please let me in.
I don't say anything.
Aba Kashbi wants to see
you. He says it's important.
Hi, American.
Hi. I am Ben Nafi.
They say that Zheb Al-Bou was built
over the ruins of a Byzantine citadel.
I said it right, yes?
You said it right.
Good afternoon, Miss Blackner.
Captain.
I was given the information
that someone was hiding here.
Well, I'm not sure that I
understand what you mean, Captain.
Captain.
I have my orders, ma'am.
What are you doing?
What is it you want with
him, Captain? He's just a boy.
I hope that your innocence
is not just a pretense, madam.
But why should they take him?
They don't pin the Star
of David on anybody.
It's a mistake. I
know it's a mistake.
He's just an Arab boy that
I taught to read and write.
He's also my contact.
No.
I don't believe that.
Well, they'll not hurt him.
I know they'll not hurt him.
Where are you going?
To the German camp.
To get Ben Nafi back.
I could get him out.
There are less violent ways.
But they know who he is
and what he's been doing.
Well, no matter.
I got to do it my way.
Look, and where are you going?
Where do you think I'm going?
But you don't even know the way.
Well, the Germans left tracks.
And if a wind doesn't
come up, I'll find it.
You don't even have any water.
Well, it can't be that far.
The Germans
weren't gone that long.
But you'll not make it that far.
That wound in your side will
open. You'll start bleeding again.
Well, it's my wound.
Not yours.
Get in.
Now, I wouldn't
wanna bother you.
Get in.
No, I can't take
you any further.
So, now it isn't just
somebody else's war.
You'll get involved,
when it suits you.
No.
The only war I'll fight is
the war of compassion.
I must get Ben Nafi back.
To do what?
To go back to being a schoolboy?
To have a chance to grow up.
To mean something
to himself and to others.
Maybe that's what he
figures he's been doing.
His people have lost a lot more things
than not being able to read or write.
He's only a kid.
But he's trying to
help, and to help me.
Do you think that's
something you taught him?
All right.
Get in back and cover yourself.
I think what you want is in
that warehouse tent, over there.
Where you gonna be?
In the Commandant's tent.
All right.
Where is he, Fraulein?
Where is the American sergeant?
Right here, Colonel.
Get your hands up and move back.
We got four minutes to get...
All right, we'll go out
the back. Let's go.
What about your
friends? My friends?
The other members of
your patrol. They are here.
I heard the Germans say
that they are being held
in the rear of the
warehouse tent.
Let's go.
Take her to the
back of the half-track.
Moffitt.
Moffitt? Troy?
Get some grenades.
All right, let's go.
You and Tully grab the
jeep. Hitch, follow me.
How much smarter
you are than I am.
No, Miss Blackner.
I learned so many
things from you.
Then I hope they prove useful.
Well...
It appears that my war of
compassion and your war
are the same one.