The Horizontal Lieutenant Page #9

Synopsis: 1944. Hapless Second Lieutenant Merle Wye of the US army's intelligence service is dismayed that he has not seen any action - he imagining himself as a suave undercover agent, worming secrets out of exotic female spies - instead being confined to a desk job in Honolulu. For non-military reasons, Merle is assigned a new posting - his first field job - that on the South Pacific island of Rodahan. He eventually learns that both his job on Rodahan and the posting in general are rather innocuous, as the Americans liberated Rodahan from the Japanese eight months ago, there has been no action there ever since, and as such it is a rather quiet, idyllic locale. All the Japanese soldiers on the island surrendered at the time, that is all except one, a man named Kobayashi, who is unarmed and seen as being harmless because of it. Merle's job is to locate and bring in Kobayashi, solely because he has been pilfering luxury goods from the US army commissary and officers' quarters the last little whil
 
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Year:
1962
90 min
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You're a sad case, lieutenant.

You must really work hard

at being that stupid.

I'm truly sorry for you.

However, I have an open mind,

and if you have anything

to say in your defense,

say it quickly

before it closes,

and before you catch

that plane tomorrow.

Nothing to say, sir.

Excuse me.

Merle.

Where are you going?

Molobussy Rock,

if I can locate it.

I'm sorry, really I am.

Will you write to me?

Sure.

Sure. There's probably a mail

boat once every 6 months or so.

Yeah, we'll keep

in very close touch.

So long, Blue.

Merle, wait.

Drive me back to the hospital?

The long way.

Let's sit a while, shall we?

Sure you want to?

It's sort of damp.

I'll get you something.

Merle!

[Echo] Merle!

Coming!

Blue?

Blue!

Where are you?

[Echo] Where are you?

Blue!

[Echo] Blue! Uhh!

Blue, are you down there?

[Echo] Down there?

Blue?

Merle! Look out!

All right, Kobayashi.

It's all over now.

Now, just relax

and come along quietly.

Well, there's nothing

to be afraid of.

No harm will come

to you, I promise.

Don't make me use force.

I don't want to use force,

but if I have to... I will!

I mean it, Kobayashi.

I'm a bigger man than you,

and I don't want

to take advantage,

so you better think twice.

'Cause you could get

hurt this way, really.

You could get hurt... uhh!

Aah! Unh. Real bad.

Merle, are you all right?

So, you won't listen, uh?

So, you want to play rough.

Shouldn't have done that...

'Cause you're cornered.

You're trapped,

and there's nothing you

can do about it! Ohh!

Use your head.

Give up now

while there's still time.

Merle, who's winning?

Aah!

Surrender is no disgrace.

You will be treated

not as a thief,

but as a warrior

with respect and honor.

And besides, you'll see

Michido again and your son.

And you'd like to see

your son again, wouldn't you?

And do that funny

trick for him.

Why, of course you would.

[Grunts]

Do not be afraid

of losing face.

Uh!

You see, I didn't want

to do that to him.

I didn't want to do it.

Don't worry, you didn't.

[Applause]

Good boy.

[Applause]

Wye, voice-over:
That's how I won

my second purple heart,

and along with it,

Lieutenant Molly Blue.

Horizontal Lieutenant

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Horizontal Lieutenant

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