Where Eagles Dare Page #2

-I thought you were in a hurry.

-So I am.

Aren't you?

SCHAFFER:

What kept you?

Well, I was very Iucky.

I ran into this fabulous blond.

She was lying on a snowdrift.

Does she have a friend?

No, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

-Thanks for waiting up for me, anyway.

-No problem.

Lieutenant, why don't you go to sleep?

It'll be dawn in a couple of hours.

You too, Jock.

Yeah, l'll do that.

[STATIC BUZZING ON RADlO]

Can't get a thing.

Probably the storm, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll try again in the morning.

Lieutenant, come with me.

The rest ofyou stay here.

Better Ieave the equipment here.

Somebody's got to be crazy.

How'd your colonel

expect anyone to get in there?

He feels if he can penetrate

the German High Command...

...we shouldn't have difficulty

getting up.

He did what?

He spent the years '40 to '43

in Germany, first in the Wehrmacht...

...and then finally

in General Headquarters in Berlin.

They say he knew Hitler quite weIl.

-I thought he looked a Iittle nuts.

-Yeah, probably is.

Now we've got problems of our own.

Get the boys into the trees.

We've brought them too far over.

Be sure they go beyond that tree line.

-And what about you?

-I'lI be along in a minute.

-Be sure they stay behind the trees.

-All right.

Broadsword calling Danny Boy.

Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Over.

MAN [OVER RADlO]: DannyBoy calling

Broadsword. Father Machree is waiting.

This is Father Machree, Broadsword.

What is your present position, please?

Over.

Woods due west of castle.

Descending at dusk. Harrod dead.

Over.

Was Harrod kilIed accidentally? Over.

No. Over.

By the Germans? Over.

No.

Time of next broadcast uncertain.

WiIl you stand by?

Over.

Colonel Turner and I wiIl remain

at headquarters till operation completed.

Good luck. Out.

It looks as though you're right, sir.

Yes, l'm afraid so.

Who's next, I wonder?

Smith himself, perhaps.

I doubt that.

Some people have a sixth sense.

He has a sixth, a seventh and an eighth.

-He's our best agent.

-Except yourself.

Still and alI, even if he is the best,

this whole operation looks impossibIe now.

SCHAFFER:
Take a look down there,

at the foot ofthe castle.

[DOG BARKING]

SMITH:

Dobermans.

Yeah. Dobermans, a guard tower

and a wire fence.

Fences can be cut or climbed, lieutenant.

I doubt ifthat one can be climbed. It's got

around 3,000 volts running through it.

If l'm not mistaken, major,

that's an army barracks over there.

SMITH:
No mistake. This is the headquarters

ofthe Wehrmacht Alpenkorps.

SweIl. Ifyou got any other surprises,

I think I ought to know about them.

I thought you knew, lieutenant.

Why do you think

we're not dressed as German sailors?

Training troops come and go aIl the time.

What are six new faces

among 600 new faces?

Look, major,

this is primarily a British operation.

I'm an American.

I don't even know why the hell I'm here.

Lieutenant, you're here

because you're an American.

[AIRCRAFT DRONlNG]

Dear Kramer, you have turned

a littIe gray since l saw you last.

I'm afraid so, sir.

-How is BerIin, sir?

-Things have changed.

You Iike my machine?

-It looks pretty dangerous.

-Well, you must try it.

Major Burkhalter, my adjutant.

Major Brant, Jaeger Battalion.

Colonel Weissner, FieId Security.

Major Von Hapen, Gestapo.

-Have you questioned him yet?

-No. I was waiting for you.

That Major Von Hapen,

does he know GeneraI Carnaby's here?

Yes. l did inform him of his arrival,

but not of his importance.

Good. If possible, l'd prefer the Gestapo

to be kept out ofthis matter...

-...until we have the information we want.

-Fine.

We don't need them cIuttering up things

with torture chambers.

This can remain a strictly army matter

for the time being.

-I agree.

-Good.

I've had a very tiring trip down here

from Berlin. I'd Iike to freshen up a bit.

Perhaps sleep a few hours

before meeting General Carnaby.

KRAMER:
l'll see you to your quarters.

ROSEMEYER:
Thank you.

The meeting will be ready

whenever you wish.

ROSEMEYER:

Tell me....

[MEN LAUGHING]

[VEHlCLE APPROACHING]

GUARD:

Show me your papers.

Right.

I've written her many times

of course, but...

...with so many troops on leave in Berlin,

it was hardly likely she'd remember me.

But one always hopes

you're the one she'll neverforget.

Yeah. What was her name, anyway?

-Fred.

-Fred?

Oh, yeah, I remember Fred, yeah.

She was a short little redhead.

We'll try this one behind us.

When you get inside, circuIate around.

Keep your ears open for anything

about General Carnaby.

We meet back here

in half an hour. All right.

[PEOPLE CHATTERlNG]

[BAND PLAYING POLKA MUSIC]

SCHAFFER:

Two beers.

[LAUGHlNG]

Ah.

See you later.

Anything else needed here? Oh.

And who might you be,

my pretty alpine rose?

-Heidi. Stop, major. l've got work.

-There's no more important work...

...than entertaining

the soldiers ofthe fatherland.

-Shall I sing you a song?

-I hear too much singing.

Oh, very well, then. l'll whistle.

It goes like this:

[WHISTLlNG]

[LAUGHlNG]

I bet you have

a beautiful singing voice too.

Thank you.

Be in the woodshed in five minutes.

Now slap me across the face

as hard as you can.

Oh!

OFFlCER:

Major...

...your conduct does not become

an officer ofthe Wehrmacht.

Herr Major, when you taIk to me.

Major Bernd Himmler.

Does the name mean anything to you?

I advise you to mind

your own business in future.

Is that understood?

-Cognac.

-Make that two.

I don't suppose you found out anything

about General Carnaby.

I didn't get around to that. Thank you.

What were you and that major

talking about?

I toId him I was Himmler's brother.

Yeah, l could see why that would

shake him up a little.

More than a little, I should think.

Keep an eye on things. l'll be back.

Take your clothes off.

-But l--

-Don't argue. Take your clothes off.

MARY:

All right.

Now, relax. I didn't mean it that way.

You are going up to the castle tonight as--

Well, yes, as a domestic.

How? Naked?

Not a bad idea, but it's a bit obvious.

There's an acute staffshortage in Germany

and the Schloss Adler is no exception.

You're the type they're looking for:

young, intelligent, good-looking...

...and as we both know,

not entirely without humor.

You must be mad.

If l wasn't, what would I be doing

in this job?

Now listen very carefully.

You're supposed to arrive on a bus

from Steingaden in about 20 minutes.

Your name is Maria Schenk.

You come from the Rhineland.

Here, give me that boot.

You've had TB and were forced

to give up yourjob.

You have a cousin called Heidi

who works in Zum Wilden Hirsch.

It's because of her that you got thejob.

-Where are my identity papers?

-In that case...

...togetherwith your travel permit.

Heidi will give you the rest later.

It must have taken time

to prepare these things.

Very likely. Our Forgery Department

did a special job on your papers.

But l thought General Carnaby's

plane crashed only yesterday morning.

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