Force 10 from Navarone Page #4

I refuse to mount a full-scale operation

just to find out, colonel.

I need every single man

I've got here, now!

Sir, we don't need to mount

a full-scale operation.

Just give us two men.

These officers are from headquarters.

They're here to interrogate you.

You reported five prisoners, major.

Two of them tried to escape.

They were shot.

Maj. Schroeder is in the armoury,

and I have told you before...

...this area is out of bounds

to you people, except Capt. Drazak.

Kindly remove yourselves

immediately...

...and if you can read, which I doubt,

take a look at standing orders.

There. You have made me

burn the milk.

So I did.

Let it burn.

Open up.

Prisoners for Maj. Schroeder.

You see, my colleague does not

believe you are deserters.

- The prisoners, sir.

- What prisoners?

I thought you said these men

had been shot.

Right, gentlemen, shall we go?

No!

This is not correct.

Quick. Miller!

Bring him. Open it.

- Go.

- Marko.

Partisan b*tch!

Always so kind to the men

with burns.

But they have no burns.

The three Germans

with the prisoners that escaped...

...all shot in the back

with machine pistols.

You killed them.

Good. Give me the hat.

Open. Open up.

Open!

Open!

Milly.

Weaver, don't stand there like

an idiot. Let's get this truck moving.

She okay?

Well, we'll drive as carefully

as we can.

Hey, you.

I don't like the way you talk.

- You what?

- I don't like the way you talk to me.

This truck doesn't move till somebody

tells me what's going on.

Now, look, you...

You bigtime officers

have shafted me twice.

You tried to dump me in Italy,

ran out on me back there.

You expect me to drive you like some

chauffeur. Nobody tells me anything.

- You don't tell me what's going on.

- I don't believe this.

Excuse me, but is your trouble

that you want to be part of the team?

I don't want to be a part

of any lousy team.

I just want some equal consideration.

I don't think you'll get

equal consideration...

...from those people back there.

Do you?

I don't care if they're

the U.S. Cavalry.

Nobody moves until somebody

tells me what you're planning to do.

- We're going to blow up a bridge.

- A bridge?

Whose bridge?

Not me, I'm blowing up nothing.

We are going to help the Partisans

blow up a bridge...

...and then if we're very lucky,

we can all go home.

- Is that a fact?

- That's the general idea, sergeant.

- That's why we came back for Miller.

- Yeah, Miller.

You didn't give a mother-hunch

about me.

You came back for Miller,

but you didn't come for me?

No, we didn't.

That's the first straight answer

you've given me.

I think the major's

got a point, colonel.

They do look kind of mean,

don't they?

Don't stand there gaping like an idiot.

Get in there and drive the truck!

All right.

We'll have to do this another way.

Get away from the truck.

Wait for my signal.

Useful little insect, isn't he?

- Keep an eye on him, Marko.

- Miller, you are an incurable showoff.

Don't knock it, major. Don't knock it.

So now it works, huh, sergeant?

Well, these babies are

a little temperamental sometimes.

Like me.

Lescovar's confirmed my signals

got through to London.

Do you like that chap?

- Who's that, Lescovar?

- Yeah.

I haven't thought anything

about him.

- Knows his job, I suppose.

- Yes, he does, doesn't he?

All right, sergeant?

What do you think?

Pretty straightforward, isn't it?

Well, no, not exactly.

In fact, not by a long chalk.

I'd say you're flogging

a dead horse there, old man.

- What are you trying to tell me?

- Want to take a look?

Are you kidding?

I know every inch of that bridge.

Oh, yeah?

In that case, you'll have noticed

how it's built into the living rock.

And how those main pilings are not

just concrete, but 20 feet thick.

That's not forgetting...

I told you, London's dropping

the same stuff we had before.

Yes, I know what you're getting,

but it's not gonna be enough.

- What do you mean, not enough?

- You might just bend it a little...

...burn the paint work

here and there.

But nothing that would seriously

inconvenience the Jerries, I thought.

Our experts have been studying

that bridge, and they say it'll blow.

I don't know where you learned...

...but I'm talking about

the best engineers in the business.

Yes. They're probably experts

at building things...

...whereas I'm an expert

at blowing them up.

Take it from me that

one would need eight hours...

...to make a decent job

of that bridge.

Eight hours?

Assuming, of course, the Jerries are

kind enough to leave us in peace.

And maybe provide

a few working lights.

You've seen those searchlights,

have you? Well, I...

- Miller.

- Sir.

I think you've made

your technical point.

Many thanks, sir.

If I weren't absolutely sure of my facts,

I wouldn't be telling you this now.

And you do understand, sir,

I'm not exaggerating.

What would happen to the bridge

if that central arch...

...was suddenly hit

by several million tons of water?

- Water?

- Water?

I think we've been talking

about the wrong target.

Remember that dam we passed

up around the bend?

What kind of a dam?

Where is it?

Two and a half miles

up the river.

But, my dear chap,

why didn't you say so before?

Oh, I could do a tremendous job

on a dam, yes.

With a dam you've got natural

elements working for you.

It's like an enormous bath.

All you've got to do is pull the plug.

Thank you.

Come along, gentlemen.

As a technician, I thought you might

be interested in that dam, Milly.

Get them outside

for the dropping zone.

So the RAF drops the stuff

and we blow the dam, right?

Right.

Is it anything like Boulder Dam?

Now, that baby's big, man.

Wouldn't know, old boy.

How often have you used this

as a dropping zone?

Never.

The Germans see to that.

We have to keep moving around.

Makes sense.

You think those two guys know

anything about blowing a dam?

Oh, no, I shouldn't think

they've got a clue.

But never mind, old Weaver...

...we sergeants will see them through

as usual.

- Right.

- Hello.

Ought you to be out and about?

It's jolly cold.

Come on in, take a seat.

Thank you, but one thing

I cannot do just yet is sit down.

You're not staying for the fireworks?

Bags of panic and blue lights.

No. I've seen too many airdrops.

They don't compare

to a nice, warm bed.

Would you believe it?

Right on time.

I don't believe it.

Poor bastards.

This was no accident.

We've lost our last chance.

There is no question.

We were betrayed.

Aren't we always

with Allied missions?

Their security's a joke.

It doesn't matter.

We do our part,

and what do we get?

Twenty lives lost.

- One of them...

- It's past.

Finished.

All that matters now is that the

Germans are marshalling their tanks.

They will cross the bridge

tomorrow...

...and there is nothing

we can do to stop them.

And you four gentlemen have

outstayed your usefulness.

You will be escorted back

to the Allied military mission.

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