Where Eagles Dare Page #5

Just a slight headache.

I've had a long day traveling.

Oh, yes, of course. And here I am...

...l'm talking about silly things

like Dsseldorf.

-You will forgive me?

-Of course.

Thank you. I teIl you what.

We wiIl have one more schnapps together

and then I'll see you to your quarters.

-Thank you.

-Frulein!

Well, now that we're alI comfortable,

the first order of business...

...is to find out exactly who everybody is

and what they're doing here.

Now, first the lieutenant.

He's an assassin...

...a member ofthe American

intelligence organization known as OSS.

His job was to shoot you, Colonel Kramer,

and you, General Rosemeyer.

Now, General Carnaby's mission

was twofold:

First, to allow himselfto be tortured...

...into giving you the wrong plans

for the second front.

And secondly, to afford the British...

...a perfect excuse to send in

a team of experts to rescue him.

Which brings us

to our three friends here...

...and the cleverest phase

ofthe British operation.

-They are, of course, members of MI6.

-That's a lie.

Let him finish!

Theirjob was to penetrate

the German High Command...

...instead ofthe real

Thomas, Berkeley and Christiansen...

...who worked for us in London...

...and were discovered and captured

by the British about a month ago.

That's another lie.

You can't prove any ofthis.

Can't I?

Any denials, Iieutenant?

Now, General Carnaby,

perhaps you'd be good enough...

...to give us your real name, rank

and serial number.

Cartwright Jones, corporal, U.S. Army...

...RA 123-025-3964.

SCHMIDT:

Thank you.

Having successfully substituted

these three British agents for our men...

...what was the next phase

ofthe British plan?

To penetrate the German High Command.

How? Simple.

Stage a fake air crash

with a fake American generaI on board...

...send in speciaI agents

to effect his release...

...be sure that they fail in their mission...

...and these men

would be taken to Berlin...

...where they would be

right in the heart ofthe Wehrmacht.

And you, Major Schmidt,

what were your orders on this mission?

To lead them in and make

my own way out through Switzerland.

-But it-- It's incredible.

-Yes.

But to the British, very, very simple.

You were going to give us

some proof ofwho you are.

SCHMIDT:

Certainly, general.

The proof is in three parts.

First, if l'm not who I say l am...

...what am I doing here?

What can I possibly hope to gain?

The rescue of an impostor,

the exposure ofthree spies. Who to?

To the very people

they're supposed to be working for.

I have nothing to gain.

Also, ifthese people

are what they say they are...

...they would know the name

of our top agent in Whitehall.

-Yes.

-So why don't we ask them?

They should know the man

who sent them on this mission.

CHRISTIANSEN:

We all work through contacts.

It wasn't necessary

or safe for us to know...

...where our orders were coming from.

Then l should be in the same boat as you,

but I know his name and you don't.

Secondly, colonel, you have...

...one ofthe most powerful

radio transmitters in Europe.

Put a radio telephone calI through...

...to Field Marshal Kesselring's

headquarters in Italy...

...and ask for his Chiefof Intelligence,

a Major Wilhelm Wilner.

Major. Major.

Major.

There's Colonel Kramer on the telephone

from the Schloss Adler in Bavaria.

He says it's very urgent.

[SPEAKS IN GERMAN]

Major WiIner speaking.

Ja, colonel.

-Can you describe him?

-That will not be necessary.

Ask him to show you his right forearm.

-May I see your right forearm?

-Certainly.

WlLNER [OVER PHONE]: There are two

parallel scars, about three centimeters apart.

The scars are there.

Ask how did he get them.

-How did you get those?

-I was born with them.

KRAMER:

He says he was born with them.

That is right. Then tell him he's a traitor.

Tell him he's a renegade.

[LAUGHlNG]

That is Schmidt. No question about it.

-Thank you, major.

-Thank you, coloneI.

Good night.

Give me the water.

As you know, the real Thomas,

Christiansen and Berkeley...

...whiIe working

for British counterespionage...

...were responsible for setting up an

excellent chain of agents throughout Britain.

Now, ifthese men are

who they claim to be...

...it would be reasonable...

...to expect them to be able

to write down a list ofthose agents.

You could then compare their lists

with the genuine one...

-...which I have in this book.

-There's something very wrong, colonel.

I don't doubt who Schmidt is,

but there has been some mistake.

SCHMIDT:
Yes, and you're the ones

who have made it.

FruIein, would you be good enough

to get some pencils and some notebooks...

...and we'll soon find out

who's speaking the truth.

Good night, Maria.

You are a most charming girl.

Good night and thank you.

We must get to know each other

a littIe better.

-Yes.

-Good night.

Good night.

Any one ofthese wilI do.

Now compare it with my original.

Guard!

[GRUNTS]

Stay as you were, gentlemen.

Just relax.

Second-rate punk, huh?

All I couId think of

on the spur ofthe moment.

-Thanks. That even makes it worse.

-Sorry.

Well, between them,

they shouldn't have missed anything.

KRAMER:
This is all you want. Those books?

-Lots of nice names and addresses.

And these men?

Then they are who they claim to be?

I'm afraid so. They've been

under suspicion for some time.

Classified information was going out

and useless information was coming in.

It took severaI weeks to pin it on

the departments controlled by those men.

But we knew we couldn't prove it.

Even ifwe could...

...what we really wanted

was the names oftheir contacts.

These names and addresses.

So we thought this plan up.

And Wilner,

Kesselring's Chiefof Intelligence?

He truly believes me

to be one of his top agents in Italy.

I've been feeding him useless, faIse and

out-of-date information for a couple years.

-All right, gentlemen--

VON HAPEN:
Stay where you are!

[GUN C*CKS]

I'd advise everyone to keep perfectly still.

Drop your gun, major.

You too, lieutenant.

By the fireplace.

Thank God you're here.

We were just about--

VON HAPEN:

Sit down, colonel!

Everybody remain as he is...

...untiI l find out

what exactly is going on here.

What do you mean?

Surely, you can see what's--

VON HAPEN:

Sit down, colonel.

It's perfectly simple.

The lieutenant and myself...

...have uncovered a plot

to assassinate the Fhrer.

-This is preposterous!

-General!

Sit down.

These people were all involved in

a conspiracy to overthrow the Third Reich.

In my pocket here,

I have the names of alI the conspirators.

Just before you interrupted us,

we put this entire party under arrest.

The list in his pocket are the names

of German agents working in Britain!

SMITH:

I don't expect you to believe me, major.

But you'll certainly believe these names

ifyou'll permit me to show them to you.

Let me see them.

Careful, major.

Go very slowIy.

Bring them here.

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