Where Eagles Dare Page #4

-We have top security.

-Security?

That word has become a bloodyjoke.

[VEHlCLE APPROACHING]

[MEN SPEAKlNG IN GERMAN]

We've got company.

-Open the window.

-All right.

[MEN SHOUTlNG IN GERMAN]

[LAUGHlNG]

Put the bag in the bus

and see ifyou can start the engine.

[VEHlCLE APPROACHING]

-How's it going?

-Try to give it a start.

Right.

Yes. Captain Mueller,

with three prisoners.

All right.

[GRUNTING]

Leave this one behind and

tie that one to the end ofthe rope.

[MEN LAUGHING AND

SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

Good God, that nearly killed me.

You shouIdn't go

on these insane missions.

You're getting too old.

I thank you for those few kind words.

The first time l've been hot

since I was in this bloody country.

-You got a plan ofthe castle?

-Yes.

Well, fetch it for me, would you?

Why don't you give him a hand?

What for? He's perfectly capable

of looking after himself.

If l could climb up on my own,

why can't he?

First left down the stairs, third door.

Next right-hander takes us

into the east wing.

Down again. Second left.

Telephone exchange.

[SCHAFFER GRUNTING]

You wouldn't mind giving me a hand,

would you?

You seem to have a lot ofwomen

stashed around this country, major.

I'm sorry. This is Mary.

She's one of our group.

-Lieutenant Schaffer.

-HeIlo.

Hello, Mary.

SMITH:

Thank you.

Take the rope and the explosives

to your room...

...and bring them with you

when you come.

-How's it looking?

-It's quiet enough.

First thing we gotta do

is cripple that helicopter.

They might try to fly Carnaby out in it.

I think we can handle that.

Hello?

[GRUNTING]

-You the pilot?

PILOT:
Yes, sir.

Kommandant wants you on the phone.

It's in the radio office on the left,

around the corner.

-Do you have a cigarette, lieutenant?

-Yes, sir. Of course.

-Rather coId, isn't it?

-Oh, yes, sir.

Well, that was quick.

Fear lent them wings, as the saying goes.

What do we do now?

I think we'd better see how

Cartwright Jones is getting aIong.

[MAN SPEAKlNG INDlSTlNCTLY]

KRAMER:
You are making things

very difficuIt, Herr General.

-Very, very difficult, indeed.

MAN:
There aren't any difficulties, major.

General Rosemeyer here hasn't forgotten

that Germany's a signatory...

...to the Hague Convention.

ROSEMEYER:
I have not forgotten,

but my hands are tied.

I have my orders from Berlin.

MAN:
You can telI Berlin

all they're entitled to know.

I'm General George Carnaby,

United States Army, RA 123-025-3964.

KRAMER:
And one ofthe chief coordinators

of planning for the second front.

JONES:

Which second front is that?

Well, general, l have done aIl I can.

I have tried to hold up the Gestapo.

I've persuaded the High Command

that the mere fact ofyour capture...

...will compel the Allies

to alter their plans...

...but this, it seems, is not enough.

For the last time, may l request you

to give us the information?

General George Carnaby,

United States Army.

The matter is in your hands, Kramer.

You know, general,

we have drugs that will make you talk.

-We do not wish to use them, but--

-Scopolamine. Heh, heh, heh.

Where's that gonna get you, colonel?

There are other drugs too.

The lieutenant here is a trained nurse.

[PHONE RlNGS]

Excuse me.

Yes?

And they are who we thought?

Very good.

Yes. Yes, you can bring them up now.

Has there been any further information

about the other two?

Well, keep me advised.

Some very interesting company

coming up, general.

The drugs may not be necessary.

Don't you think

it's time we make a move?

Any minute now.

Just be patient.

[KNOCKING]

A moment.

[MARY CHUCKLES]

FruIein.

Did I disturb you?

-No, I was just going out.

-Well, then I am just in time.

-You wanted to see me, major?

-Naturally.

What about?

Well, nothing.

I just wanted to see you.

Now, that is not a crime, is it?

No.

It's very seldom

we have so pretty a girl here.

Perhaps I can show you

a littIe Bavarian hospitality.

Now, downstairs,

we have an armaments room...

...which has been converted

into the most marvelous caf.

But my duties,

I have to see the colonel's secretary.

The colonel's secretary

can wait a little while.

You and me, we have a lot to talk about.

-Such as?

-DsseIdorf.

-DsseIdorf?

-I was a student there for many years.

From 1929 to 1933.

To your health, gentlemen.

You are not drinking, general.

That's understandable...

...when your rescuers turn out to be,

well, birds of a different feather.

And the return trip, gentlemen.

How was that to be accomplished?

-Through SwitzerIand.

-Mm-hm.

Then it should be quite easy

for you to return to London.

A rubber dinghy across the Rhine,

and then a short waIk.

You'll be in Whitehall...

...reporting General Carnaby's

transfer to Berlin before you know it.

Back to London? Are you mad?

Not with Smith and Schaffer still alive.

What do you take us for?

You wiIl also, of course, be reporting

the unfortunate demise of Major Smith.

-Is he dead?

KRAMER:
We are not quite sure.

-It is being Iooked into right now.

-It's getting late.

-Please remember the important issue.

-Yes, sir.

I think the situation

has changed sufficiently...

...for you to give us the information

we have been asking for.

Nothing's changed, colonel.

Most unfortunate.

Just a waste of good scopolamine.

Don't move, any ofyou.

Lieutenant.

No, I'd advise you not to, coloneI.

Well, gentlemen, I'm glad to see you all

here, safe and sound, enjoying a drink.

I'm sorry to interrupt you.

Lieutenant, drop that gun.

-What?

-Drop that gun and sit down.

-What the hell are you talking about?

-Sit down!

-Major, if I live to be 100--

-Do nothing, lieutenant.

[GUN CLATTERS]

In your own idiom, you're a punk...

...and a pretty second-rate punk at that.

-If I might have some explanation....

-In good time, colonel. All in good time.

I was about to say scopolamine

would have little effect on our friend...

...except to prove he's not General Carnaby,

but a certain Cartwright Jones...

...an American actor

impersonating General Carnaby.

-Who are you?

-Just a passer-by, as you might say.

In fact, l think the drug

would probably work better...

...on our friends at the end ofthe table.

They're our real enemies.

-Don't listen to him, generaI. lt's a bIuff!

-Keep quiet!

Allow me to introduce myself.

Major Johann Schmidt.

SS Military lntelIigence, Stuttgart.

-Can you prove that?

-Certainly, colonel.

Before I do, l wonder ifyou'd be

good enough to call one ofyour guards.

I don't fancy talking and keeping my eye

on these peopIe at the same time.

Strange.

I seem to remember...

...that the cathedral was

on the other side ofthe square.

Well....

Of course, I might be mistaken.

It's been a long time.

Oh, no, major.

I could have made a mistake.

I haven't been to Dsseldorf

for three years.

It's very easy to forget.

Yes. lt's very easy.

FruIein, you seem to be

a littIe bit distracted.

-Is anything wrong?

-No. No, it's nothing.

Rate this script:5.0 / 2 votes