49th Parallel Page #9

"Blackfoot Tribal Customs"

Think yourself lucky we don't burn you too.

Well, I never would've believed

that grown-up men ...

... could behave like spiteful little schoolboys.

Have I said something to annoy you?

Then, I forget, anything reasonable annoys you.

- Open your mouth.

- One question, please.

When Hitler's making a speech,

just exactly what are your reac...

Damn them horses. Stampeded again.

- Maybe they got wind of something

- [Man #2] Maybe a bear

- [Whinnying]

- There. There they go.

[Whinnying]

[Whispers] This way.

Who's been leaving a saddle out here?

Confound it! Here's another one.

Boss must've gone crazy.

You've made a fine mess of things.

You've roused the whole camp.

The horses were your idea.

I knew they'd give trouble.

- You forget yourself, Lohrmann.

- Save your breath, Hirth.

Hey, Bob!

They're gone down by the lake!

Hirth! Not that way!

- Who are you talking to?

- You're not my superior officer now.

- Obey orders and follow me!

- Orders be ...

All right.

Come on, George. Art! Art!

Where are you?

- Here, Mr Scott!

- [Scott] On the trail

- [Groans]

- By the waterfall

- Hurry!

- Okay, boss, coming!

- [Scott] Bob! Bob!

- [Man] Over here!

Bob, Bob, Mr Scott wants you!

[Bob] Okay!

- What's happened, Boss?

- A holdup. Those two fellas ...

- No!

- Yes.

- Oh, there's one of them.

- Good old George.

- [Man Shouts]

- Right here!

Coming your way!

- [Shouting, Indistinct]

- [Shouts]

Where are you?

- Looks like he's lost it.

- Confound it.

He's got it, the old bloodhound.

Come on.

- [Scott] Where is he, George? In the cave?

- [George Grunts]

What are we waiting for?

Let's get him.

- Which one of them two is it, Boss?

- I don't know. Did you see, George?

All right, George?

I forgot to tell you, Art.

He's got my Colt, too.

See that hole?

That's gonna cost him seven bucks

before I let the Mounties get him.

That means he's got four shots left.

All right, Bob I'll take over now.

Okay, Boss, but I don't think

you ought to take any ...

- The papers say these men are killers.

- Yes, the Canadian papers.

The Nazi papers call them heroes.

Two brave Nazis against 11 million Canadians.

Say, Mr Scott.

Mr Scott.

- Stop him

- [Gunshot]

One.

- [Gunshot]

- Two.

- [Gunshot]

- Three.

- [Gunshot]

- Four.

That's the lot.

- Oh, it's you. I hoped it was the other fellow.

- [Scuffling]

- [Scuffling continues]

- [Scott] That's for Thomas Mann

- [Blows Landing]

- That's for Matisse ...

- [Scuffling Continues]

- That's for Picasso ...

- [Blows Landing]

- And that's for me.

All right, you can fetch him out now.

You all right, Boss?

Well, you can't expect me to capture

an armed Nazi without getting hurt a little.

- Yet ...

- Here. Let me have a look at that.

The boss has knocked him cold.

Well, he had a fair chance.

One armed superman ...

... against one unarmed decadent democrat.

I wonder how Dr Goebbels will explain that.

"Leutnant Hirth ...

"... wherever you may be

on the North American continent ...

"... I hail you as the paladin

of the Third Reich ...

"... and the upholder of the honour

of the great German people.

"By express order

of the Fhrer himself...

"... you have today been invested

with the iron cross, first class.

Heil Hitler."

"Flash:
Lethbridge, Alberta.

Mounted police pick up

trail of escaping Nazi.

"At Lethbridge Airport, Kenyon Field ...

"... it's been established that a man

resembling the wanted man ...

... Lieutenant Hirth, planed in yesterday

on Trip 22 from Edmonton and Calgary "

"The hearts of all sympathisers with

the German cause go out to Leutnant Hirth.

"One man against 11 million.

"They know that even now,

the odds are not too heavy ...

"... when the one man represents

the might of the Third Reich ...

... and the 11 million,

a collapsing democracy."

"Forty-eight hours have elapsed

and still Lieutenant Ernst Hirth...

"... the only surviving Nazi

from the U-37, is at large.

"The whole world's eyes

are on southern Ontario.

The question of the hour is:

Where is Hirth?"

You'll be okay here. I'll let you know

when you get to the falls.

- Much obliged. Say, what's your name?

- Oh, forget it.

I haven't seen you and you haven't seen me.

Hello. You bummin' a ride?

- Yes.

- You needn't be afraid of me. I won't split on you.

I'm not afraid.

Looks like you got a nice private car.

Have a cigarette.

Sit down.

Thank you.

- Comin' from Toronto?

- Yes.

- Livin' there, maybe?

- No.

- Quite a place, Toronto.

- I didn't see much of it.

- Are you from the west?

- Well, I've been there.

- Vancouver?

- Yes.

That must be a beautiful city, Vancouver.

I didn't stay there long either.

- You don't stay long anywhere, do you?

- Well, I travel about a good deal.

Travel about. That's a lot of fun.

When I was a kid, I had the big idea

to see the whole of Canada.

But things don't work out the way you think.

I save a bit of money, and what do I do?

Put it in my pocket and

start off down the road ...

... my own boss, with the whole

of Canada in front of me?

Not on your life.

I buy a bit of land up Beamsville way.

And that keeps me so busy,

that's about all of Canada I see.

Have a shot of Ontario wine.

Catawba.

I send the grapes to the winery from my own farm.

- Sherry-type.

- Thank you.

Got a kick like a mule.

Where was I? Oh, yeah.

Sometimes I think I'll take a holiday.

But do I take a holiday?

Not a bit of it.

- I take a wife.

- [Brakes Squeal]

Say, were there any M.P.'s around

while you've been here?

- MP's?

- Military Police.

- Are you in trouble with the police?

- Not exactly what you'd call trouble.

I just don't wanna meet 'em, that's all.

- Are you a soldier?

- Well, that's a matter of opinion.

That's what I joined up to be.

The government said,

"We want men to fight the Nazis. Join today."

So I joined. I figured they were in a hurry.

That was 387 days ago.

Four divisions and a lot of drafts

have gone overseas ...

... and what's Number B-987642 doing?

Guardin' the Chippewa Canal.

Who'd wanna steal it anyway?

- [Bell Ringing]

- [Train Rattling]

Well, I guess I better climb

back into my battle rompers.

Do you think your government

have treated you badly?

Well, what do you think?

I didn't enlist to play nursemaid.

I enlisted to knock hell out of the Nazis.

I'm about as close to getting my hands

on a Jerry now as I was at the beginning.

We don't eat so good

Holy mackinaw, beef, three times a day.

Haven't tasted parsnips

since I joined the army.

- I'm fond of parsnips, too.

- Why are you afraid of the police?

Who's afraid of the police?

Just overstayed my leave eight days.

That is a serious offense in wartime.

- Says who? My CO?

- You're a deserter.

Deserter, my Royal Canadian foot.

I'm just independent.

You're a deserter because you have a legitimate

grievance against your democratic government.

Say, where did you pick up

those five-gallon words?

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