Flight Of The Intruder Page #16

Synopsis: After his bombardier is killed, Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton (Brad Johnson)', a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions. He finds an ally for his cynicism in Virgil Cole, a bombardier on his third tour of duty, and together they ponder the notion of one unsanctioned mission "downtown", to "Sam City" in North Vietnam.
Director(s): John Milius
Production: Paramount
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
PG-13
Year:
1991
115 min
$14,587,732
440 Views


Nobody tells me what to do.

1641

01:
24:32,805 -- 01:24:34,898

That's part of the reason

1642

01:
24:34,973 -- 01:24:38,135

these human Dobermans

are watching me.

1643

01:
24:41,479 -- 01:24:47,509

Look, Jake,

I've never trusted anybody.

1644

01:
24:47,585 -- 01:24:52,021

I've never counted on anybody

but myself.

1645

01:
24:52,089 -- 01:24:56,890

But I'll tell you,

nobody has a chance alone.

1646

01:
24:56,960 -- 01:25:00,452

I'm glad we did this together.

1647

01:
25:00,530 -- 01:25:02,760

We never broke the faith, amigo.

1648

01:
25:07,203 -- 01:25:10,536

If we hang or go to jail,

we do it together.

1649

01:
25:14,510 -- 01:25:16,944

Hell...

1650

01:
25:17,079 -- 01:25:20,515

I wouldn't have missed it

for the world.

1651

01:
25:30,091 -- 01:25:32,457

What we're going to tell you,

Commander,

1652

01:
25:32,527 -- 01:25:33,653

may come as a surprise,

1653

01:
25:33,762 -- 01:25:37,095

but it must be held

in the utmost secrecy,

1654

01:
25:37,165 -- 01:25:41,100

and its importance

will become obvious.

1655

01:
25:41,168 -- 01:25:43,932

I think you'll understand.

1656

01:
25:46,774 -- 01:25:49,208

All charges against your

boys have been dropped.

1657

01:
25:49,276 -- 01:25:50,538

Sir?

1658

01:
25:50,611 -- 01:25:51,669

They're gone.

1659

01:
25:51,745 -- 01:25:52,871

Dropped.

1660

01:
25:52,946 -- 01:25:54,003

Never happened.

1661

01:
25:54,113 -- 01:25:56,673

What do you want me

to do, Captain?

1662

01:
25:56,783 -- 01:25:58,546

Cover it up,

sweep it under the rug.

1663

01:
25:58,618 -- 01:26:00,210

Take your men back

to your carrier

1664

01:
26:00,286 -- 01:26:01,583

first thing in the morning,

1665

01:
26:01,654 -- 01:26:02,916

keep their mouths shut.

1666

01:
26:02,989 -- 01:26:05,457

Beyond that, you can do

what you want to with them,

1667

01:
26:05,525 -- 01:26:06,924

but this affair's over.

1668

01:
26:08,661 -- 01:26:10,252

May I ask the captain, why?

1669

01:
26:12,597 -- 01:26:14,428

Because the President

of the United States,

1670

01:
26:14,499 -- 01:26:15,932

Richard M. Nixon,

1671

01:
26:16,001 -- 01:26:17,832

is quite irritated

at the opposition

1672

01:
26:17,903 -- 01:26:19,370

for leaving the peace table.

1673

01:
26:19,471 -- 01:26:22,497

He has just ordered

Operation Linebacker ll--

1674

01:
26:22,607 -- 01:26:24,972

the unrestricted bombing

1675

01:
26:25,075 -- 01:26:29,171

of all military targets

in North Vietnam.

1676

01:
26:29,246 -- 01:26:31,407

We'd look like real idiots

court-martialing an A-6 crew

1677

01:
26:31,482 -- 01:26:33,450

for doing what the President

of the United States

1678

01:
26:33,517 -- 01:26:35,542

just told us to do.

1679

01:
26:35,619 -- 01:26:37,109

If even a rumor got

back to the press,

1680

01:
26:37,188 -- 01:26:38,655

you can understand

the ramifications.

1681

01:
26:38,722 -- 01:26:41,087

Yes.

1682

01:
26:41,157 -- 01:26:43,148

Yes, sir.

1683

01:
26:52,068 -- 01:26:55,799

I want you out of my squadron.

1684

01:
26:55,872 -- 01:26:59,705

You'll be transferred out

at my convenience.

1685

01:
27:02,377 -- 01:27:03,309

Wait a minute!

1686

01:
27:04,913 -- 01:27:06,278

Good men die,

1687

01:
27:06,348 -- 01:27:08,816

and all we care about is

following the rules, huh?

1688

01:
27:11,353 -- 01:27:14,116

What are you looking for,

Grafton?

1689

01:
27:14,222 -- 01:27:16,190

Revenge?

1690

01:
27:16,290 -- 01:27:18,952

Now, this is not

the place for it.

1691

01:
27:19,060 -- 01:27:20,527

You're going to shake

your fist at God

1692

01:
27:20,628 -- 01:27:23,597

and say, "Give me revenge"?

1693

01:
27:23,664 -- 01:27:25,564

Well, He ain't listening.

1694

01:
27:25,633 -- 01:27:29,398

You know what's

going on back home.

1695

01:
27:29,469 -- 01:27:36,204

Bombs, riots, people spitting

on soldiers in airports.

1696

01:
27:36,276 -- 01:27:39,541

The whole country is

tearing itself apart.

1697

01:
27:39,646 -- 01:27:43,411

Is there anything in this

pissant war worth that?

1698

01:
27:43,482 -- 01:27:47,213

Christ, all we really got

is each other.

1699

01:
27:54,426 -- 01:27:57,520

I want you to think

about that

1700

01:
27:57,596 -- 01:28:03,465

while we're out there

this morning, Mr. Grafton.

1701

01:
28:14,279 -- 01:28:19,545

This is a daylight raid,

gentlemen.

1702

01:
28:19,616 -- 01:28:23,746

Air force, marines, navy,

everything we got.

1703

01:
28:23,820 -- 01:28:26,721

They've had three years

to get ready for us.

1704

01:
28:26,790 -- 01:28:28,189

The most formidable

air defenses

1705

01:
28:28,258 -- 01:28:30,953

in the history of warfare.

1706

01:
28:31,127 -- 01:28:35,291

Our job, the task of the

lntruder, is to kill SAMs.

1707

01:
28:35,364 -- 01:28:36,729

Make no mistake about it,

gentlemen,

1708

01:
28:36,799 -- 01:28:40,132

SAMs are where

your ordnance goes.

1709

01:
28:40,202 -- 01:28:43,171

Otherwise, those B-52s

will be dead meat.

1710

01:
28:43,239 -- 01:28:47,004

We can expect a forest of SAMs

and flak you can lay down on.

1711

01:
28:47,142 -- 01:28:51,943

We've got to cut a path through

for the air force.

1712

01:
28:52,013 -- 01:28:53,344

We'll be going

in broad daylight

1713

01:
28:53,415 -- 01:28:56,179

with nothing to hide behind.

1714

01:
28:56,284 -- 01:28:58,149

We'll be easy targets

up there, gentlemen,

1715

01:
28:58,219 -- 01:29:00,483

but they're counting on us.

1716

01:
29:00,555 -- 01:29:02,886

Lean into it.

1717

01:
29:02,957 -- 01:29:04,424

Let's go downtown!

1718

01:
29:48,799 -- 01:29:49,731

Yeah!

1719

01:
29:49,800 -- 01:29:50,664

All right!

1720

01:
30:04,814 -- 01:30:06,839

This is Nomad Leader

on the mail.

1721

01:
30:06,916 -- 01:30:08,042

Give me the coordinates.

1722

01:
30:08,118 -- 01:30:11,349

Three-wheel painted Mustang,

suggest you orbit at 8,000.

1723

01:
30:11,421 -- 01:30:12,353

You'll be good bait.

1724

01:
30:12,422 -- 01:30:13,719

Devil 5-1 1, stay close

1725

01:
30:13,823 -- 01:30:15,688

and move when I tell you.

1726

01:
30:15,759 -- 01:30:17,090

That's a roger, Devil Leader.

1727

01:
30:17,227 -- 01:30:19,024

Devil Leader, this is 5-0-3.

1728

01:
30:19,095 -- 01:30:20,823

We're five miles behind you.

1729

01:
30:23,132 -- 01:30:26,101

Skipper, you ever been

afraid of dying?

1730

01:
30:26,201 -- 01:30:30,968

Son, you got to have

permission to die,

1731

01:
30:31,040 -- 01:30:33,235

and I'll tell you when that is.

1732

01:
30:36,744 -- 01:30:38,575

Got that one site--

it's a gun down there.

1733

01:
30:38,646 -- 01:30:39,874

B issue 23.

1734

01:
30:39,981 -- 01:30:40,913

He's got me painted.

1735

01:
30:44,285 -- 01:30:45,445

I'm bracketed.

1736

01:
30:45,520 -- 01:30:47,283

Okay, break right.

1737

01:
30:55,929 -- 01:30:57,829

Oh, sh*t, I'm hit.

1738

01:
30:57,898 -- 01:30:58,626

I'm hit.

1739

01:
31:02,969 -- 01:31:04,459

5-1 1 to Devil Leader.

1740

01:
31:04,571 -- 01:31:05,697

You're smoking, Devil Leader.

1741

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Robert Dillon is a screenwriter and film producer. In 1976 he was nominated by the Writers Guild of America for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen for French Connection II. In 2001 he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for Waking the Dead. Beginning his career in 1959, he has nearly fifty years of experience. more…

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