Legionnaire Page #2

to la Belle France.

One, fulfill your contract.

Two, disability.

And three, ...

... in a box.

MOROCCO, NORTH AFRlCA

Make room!

Out of the way!

Come on! Move you pigs!

"From little towns in a far

land we came ...

to save our honor ...

from a world aflame.

"In little towns in far lands

we seek ...

- Whooh! Oh boy.

- Go!

"And trust that world

we won, to you ...

March!

One, two. One, two. One, two. One, two.

One, two. Moove thoose legs!

Sir!

Dismissed!

Oh! Can I have a cigarette? Heh?

Gracias!

It's a very good cigarette.

Look at these men. All these men who left

their homes so they can be heroes.

That is why I left.

Know why I want to be hero?

So I can marry my Anna.

She is my aah... fiance.

But don't tell no one, huh?

It's a secret. For you and me.

Between you and me.

We're friends.

Anna's mother and father, they don't like me.

They say I'm a bum.

But I will show them. One day Guido will

go home to town ...

I will have medals on my chest, maybe

even a band playing ...

Then they will say, "Guido Rosetti

is good for Anna".

Hey. Want to see picture?

Look at that. Que bella, heh?

I am the luckiest man in

the world.

Come on! Move!

Move!

Move! Move!

Get into line! Come on! Come on! Move!

Get into line!

Straighten your back!

You are men, not dogs.

You, get into line! Tighten it up!

I thought I left this crap back in the States.

Where do you think you are, negro?

You only speak when you're

spoken to. Understand?

Yes, sir.

- Come on!

- I understands all too well.

Keep quiet!

What the hell you lookin at?

I said keep quiet!

Eyes front! Arms at your side!

A Rif tribesman can gallop

like the wind.

Decapitate a man's head ...

... and, without stopping impale it

on the tip of his sword ...

... like an olive on a toothpick.

They exist solely for the honor of

dying in battle.

Abd-El Krim, their leader,

very cunning, very clever ...

... has unified the Berber tribes

into one fighting force ...

... the like of which you have never seeen!

With such dreams they have wiped out ...

... over 15,000 troops.

Are you going to kill some camel humpers, boy?

Yes, Sergeant Schiff! I'd like to kill thousands.

Thousands?

If you kill one it will be a miracle.

They say God made man in his own image.

- He must have been drunk when He made you.

- Yes, Sergeant Schiff!

Hmmf! And what brings your lordship to

this cesspool of humanity?

Sergeant Schiff! I believe it's the

Legionnaire's prerogative ...

... to withold those particulars.

Don't spit your prerogatives at

me English!

Your prerogative is to listen, ...

... learn! ... and obey.

I will break you!

Then remake you!

You will all become Legionnaires ...

... or you will surely die.

Do you comprehend my words?

I see that you don't!

There is a fog over your eyes ...

... in which you can see only

your own arrogance.

But they will clear.

You will all love the Legion ...

... with one body ...

... with one heart ...

... and with one soul.

Aah! You will be Legionnaires.

Cut away!

You, take that hat off now!

Aah! You! Chop this negro's hair!

Come on. Hurry! Cut it off!

We don't have all day.

- Keep straight!

- Great.

Line up ladies, it's time

for your bidet (delouse)!

You smell like camel sh*t!

They feed better slop to the pigs

back home!

Better get used to it.

Danke schn! (Thank you very much).

Yah!

Yah!

Bruner does not have enough to eat.

Heeey! Enough!

That's enough! Sit down!

- Sit down!

- Hey!

You don't want to push that jackass

too far.

You're not exactly his favorite.

I know what it's like to be

an underdog.

Who doesn't?

What the hell do you know? White boy!

Shiiit!

Ooh friend, have you got cigarette?

Have I shown you photo of my Anna?

Sorry about what happened earlier.

I just ain't used to being treated as human.

That's okay.

You don't know what it's like for

us back in the States.

Them white folks is crazy.

Always some white gal blaming rape

on an innocent Black man.

You?

Not that time.

I was fingered for committing murder.

You ever been accused of

something you never did?

Yah.

The old folks used to talk about Africa.

Sounded like a place I could get

a shot at being a man.

Hitch? This hitch was my quickest route.

Figured after five years ...

I'd have me some money ... keep

heading down south ...

... chasing my dream.

The only thing that keeps a man living.

Got to have a dream.

- I think this wins, gentlemen.

- Sh*t!

Oh, don't get upset. It's only a game.

Come, join us for a couple of hands!

No! No, thank you.

Are you insulting me boy?

No, I do not know how to play.

No, I'm the one who's going to play.

You lend me some money and

we split it 50-50.

- I have no money.

- Don't make me look for it boy!

Maybe tomorrow.

- I don't want to fight you.

- Yah? Well, I do.

What's wrong with you?

I don't want to fight.

Let him go!

Who asked you?

I said ... let him go!

Leave him!

Gentlemen, I bet one pound

the Frenchman will win.

Any denomination.

German marks, liras ...

Thank you, gentlemen.

Anyone! Any more (bets)?

Let's keep it sporting, shall we?

Well done!

Gentlemen, I'm sooo sorry.

That was the best roughhouse

I've seen this side of the war ferry.

Name's Mackintosh.

- Alan.

- Alan?

Alan Duchamp.

This business with the elbow ...

Get out of your beds, you filthy bastards!

You can sh*t, you can shave, but ...

... you must move!

Get out! Pee in your pants if you need to, but move!

Get out you scum!

Move! Alez! (Come on!)

Quick! Quick! Quick!

Come on, you'll never overcome the

Rif at that pace.

Sit down and rest.

Fantastic.

Some of you are making a

reasonable impersonation of ...

... being men.

And... since I'm in a particularly

good mood, ...

I'm going to offer you a treat.

Rocks.

Yes, ... rocks.

Come on! Move!

Lift your legs up!

In line you dog!

Get your legs up!

Leave him, he came for himself.

This is the Legion.

You march or you die.

What is it? What is this "march

or die"?

Precisely that.

Loyalty is a virtue.

But in the desert nothing

interferes with survival.

You cut your losses ...

... and you move on.

Stay with me. Come on,

keep your elbows going.

It'll be over before you know it!

Guido move! Come on!

Come on Guido! Move!

You!

Come with me!

At least you look the part.

These men are from the International News Association.

Your ugly mugs will be seen all

over the world.

Do us proud!

- Sir, I would like to be excused!

You will uphold the honor of the Legion.

Mom is not here to do it for you.

Hey Mac is that the soap?

The first thing the Colonel taught me.

Always carry a bar of soap.

Never rely on the military for

personal needs.

And you certainly can't expect

this kind of luxury in the Legion.

- Use it sparingly will yah!

- Got any soap?

See now.

Hey, how you doing. This is soap.

Throw it down. Lather it up real good.

No, no, no, no, your wasting it!

All you need to do is just a few

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