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[church bells ringing]

[cheering]

[music playing]

Sarge?

Sarge, I'm about ready to cave in. Are we going to stay here awhile?

Lieutenant's coming. Ask him.

Do you have our orders, sir?

I'm afraid so, Fisher.

Lieutenant, we've been pushing it steady for the last 48 hours.

Everybody's putting in over time these days, Sergeant.

What the Sarge is saying, Lieutenant...

I know what he's trying to say, Marks.

Our orders are...

We are to be the first outfit to use this village for rest and recreation.

Rest and recreation?

Lieutenant, you mean we're going to stay here for real?

Well, it's about time!

- Hold on now. - How 'bout it, Little John?

- How 'bout it, Little John?

I just spoke to Maj. Jampel.

Battalion is in division reserve and this town is to be our headquarters.

He said the men in battalion are to use whatever

limited recreational facilities are available.

You fellas are going to have to goof off for a couple of days.

You did say goof off didn't you, Lieutenant?

That's practically an order!

I think I'll take you up on that, sir!

Thank you, sir!

Finally gonna write that long letter to the wife and kids.

Lieutenant, that little joke is gonna cost you a drink.

That's war, Sergeant.

[woman screaming]

Get back!

Cover! Find it!

Caje, come on. Let's go around the back.

Kirby, Brockmeyer. The other side.

Little John.

He's in the alley!

Américains! les Américains!

les Américains! les Américains!

Caje!

Did you see anything?

No, nothing. I guess he's gone.

Ask them. Ask if they seen anything go by.

Caje, Little John. Take the houses on this side.

Kirby, Marks. Go through the houses on the other side.

Aw, Sarge. He's gone! He's a mile away by now.

Look anyway!

He got away.

Fisher is dead, sir.

He's been wanting to write that long letter home for the last two weeks.

Germans pulled out of this town four hours ago.

If the sniper didn't leave with them. Maybe he's figuring on not leaving at all.

Maybe he just wanted to get a last shot in before he took off.

Or maybe he's a hard case.

The 'go-down-fighting' type.

You keep checking every room of every building in this town.

I want that sniper.

I told you, Sarge, he left.

48 hours off and we gotta spend it chasing a ghost.

All right, keep moving. Keep looking, let's go.

Hey, Sergeant.

I thought we told everybody to keep off the streets.

[speaking French]

He says he's not worried. The sniper's not after him, he's after us.

How come he's so sure?

Let him go.

Let him go for now.

Let's keep looking. Let's go.

Bonjour!

Hey, uh...

You, uh...

Parley-voo English, honey?

Oui. I was taught English by the sisters at the convent.

Hey, that's good.

Listen, I gotta ask you a couple questions about the sniper.

The one that shot the G.I out there in the street a little while ago.

Understand? Sniper.

Com-pree?

Oui.

Nah.

You and me understand each other pretty good, you know that?

Like they say back in the states,

What time you gonna get off here later?

I just thought I'd ask you.

All I'm trying to do is be friendly now. The least you could do is

cooperate a little bit with your liberators.

Well, honey, I ain't gonna hurt you.

Look, I'm a lonely G.I, you understand?

There's no reason in the world why you and me can't go out together tonight.

We get to know each other a little bit.

Stay away from me!

[laughter]

You pack a real wallop, don't you?

We could use you up at the front.

You're a regular tiger, you know that?

Lay off, Kirby!

You're supposed to be out looking for that sniper.

You said to ask questions, Sarge, that's exactly what I was doing.

I know what you're doing.

[speaks French]

All right, the sniper.

What else?

I'm sorry but Kirby gets out of line sometimes.

What did that guy say just now about the girl?

Oh, that guy?

He said you shouldn't lean on Kirby so much, the girl wasn't worth it.

Oh, yeah?

Why don't you paint a target on your chest?

Ah, Sarge. You don't let that sniper get on your nerves.

Go on, get inside. Get inside.

Hey, Kirby.

What did he say? We gonna get some recreation?

Yeah, as soon as the war is over.

Checkmate King-Two.

Yes, sir. Room is secure.

We got into town, we got hit by a sniper. Lost one man.

Hello, mademoiselle.

We'll expect you about noon, sir. Over.

Yes, sir. I'm sure we will, out.

Anything?

We've had a very quiet night.

Our sniper is sleeping.

Maybe but we haven't. The men are getting on edge.

They think we're wasting a lot of time.

Been in this village fifteen hours. No rest. No recreation.

The men need a breather.

Saunders in a few hours, there will be a couple hundred men in this village. Now they'll be tired too.

You want to take the responsibility for their safety?

All right, what are we going to do? We searched every building, every street in this village

and there's not a trace of him.

That was Maj. Jampel at Battalion.

I told him about our sniper.

He expressed confidence that we will have remedied the situation by the time he arrives.

Where's Saunders?

He's still in the cafe talking to the Lieutenant.

Sniper detail, huh?

Yeah, I guess so.

Hey, how about one of those?

You better get off the streets, you hear?

How are your nerves now?

We were just going inside.

- Where did it come from? - I don't know!

- I don't know!

He's dead, Sergeant. You still wonder if that sniper's in town?

Sarge, it must have come from someplace up there.

All right, take that side. Go on, move.

All right, get inside!

Off the streets! Move!

Caje! Little John! Come here!

Get off the street!

Now move!

Take her into the building on the side.

Well?

Not a trace.

Keep everyone off the street until this thing is settled.

Wait a minute.

Hey, you. I want to talk to you.

I said I want to talk to you!

What do you think you're doing, Saunders?

Lieutenant, we tangled with him yesterday.

He doesn't like Americans.

and seems to be sure he won't get shot at. I want to know why!

[speaking French]

What is he saying, Caje?

You better let him go, Sergeant.

Three days ago our artillery hit his house. Killed his wife, his kid.

Poor guy's out of his mind with grief.

Tell him, I'm sorry.

Hans?

Hans?

[speaking French]

Oh, Hans!

Sniper keeps changing his position.

He can see us but we can't see him.

All right. We'll let him think we're pulling out.

Take the men, head up the road, turn around and double back.

You and Caje check the buildings at the edge of town.

Let's hope he falls for it and gets careless.

Let's go.

Brockmeyer. Little John. You head back that way.

Doc. Davis. The other way.

- Kirby? - Yeah?

- Yeah?

You take the other side. Stay wide.

Caje, you're on me. Move out.

[glass breaking]

[yelling in French]

They were rattling around in there.

I almost plugged them.

Ask them what they're doing in here.

He says he's looking for the sniper.

And now he thinks we need his help.

Yeah, well maybe he's right.

Hey, Sarge.

There's some deserted buildings over there. He saw someone entering the old factory.

Factory, huh?

Let's keep them off the streets. Tell them to go home.

And thank them.

Now he thinks we need to call him if we need help.

Okay. Allez, allez.

Merci.

Great.

Let's take a look at that factory.

[speaking French quietly]

That's the girl from the cafe.

Bonjour, monsieur.

- Bonjour, mademoiselle. - Hello, Sergeant.

- Hello, Sergeant.

What are you doing out here? You were told to stay in the house, off the streets.

Oh, we went for a walk.

Yeah, well you better get back to the village.

Stay inside, both of you.

Oui.

Sergeant?

You are not angry?

No, Francoise, I'm not angry.

Bonjour.

You didn't happen to see a man along this road, did you?

Alone near the rooms of the factory?

No, no.

Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

- Bonjour. - Bonjour.

- Bonjour.

You know what I don't understand about this?

The sniper, as why is he in business in the first place?

What is he trying to do? What is he trying to prove?

That he hasn't lost.

No matter what's happened to his outfit.

The cellar.

You cover me.

- Yo.

- Caje? - Yo.

- Yo.

Come on down here.

Looks like somebody lives here.

Hey.

Sniper.

We found the sniper.

He just lives here.

Maybe he'll come back.

Not if he seen us come in.

What do we do now?

I'll tell you what we do. Let's put back everything just the way we found it.

We'll walk out of here just the way we came in.

So, I'm pretty sure that one,

the sniper's not wearing uniform. Two, he's in town to stay.

And three, we have no idea where or when he's going to hit next.

I think we should stake out at the factory and wait for him.

Maybe, but if he ever saw you there, he'd never return.

Maybe he didn't see us.

Maybe he did.

Maybe, maybe, maybe.

Headquarters company is due in twenty minutes.

I'll send Brockmeyer and Little John down to the factory.

What do I do in the meantime?

Stay put. Close by, anyhow.

This is our command post.

Right.

Sergeant?

Would you like a little more coffee?

Yes, please.

Thank you.

Would you like some cheese, Sergeant?

I'm not very hungry right now.

I will leave it here.

Perhaps, later you'd like some.

What's a matter, Francoise?

Sniper?

You seem different than the other people in this village.

Kirby told me you learned English in the convent.

Oui.

Is that what you wanted to be?

A nun?

I might have become one of them one day.

What happened?

War?

It was before the war.

Why did you change your mind?

I will

tell you something.

When I was thirteen,

I came to the village one day

to buy some thread for the sisters.

It was a little privilege.

The mayor's son, he took me to his house.

I was so young.

No one would believe me.

No one would forgive me.

This is no concern for you. I'm sorry.

You sorry for me or you sorry for yourself?

You bear a grudge a long time.

You make one mistake,

the others, they come very easily.

Why'd you stay here? Why didn't you leave?

Because I have a father.

He's very old. He needs me.

And after he's gone, what reason are you going to find to keep hating?

Why do you talk to me this way?

Let's just say I've seen a lot of people carry a bigger cross than you,

and most of them make the best of it.

I do not care about living.

I have been dying a little bit each day.

If I do not care about living, what does it matter to you how I feel?

I don't know. I guess I'm tired.

Tired of seeing everything destroyed and ruined.

I know there's a reason for it. I know and I have to learn to accept it.

The war.

But you, you haven't got that reason.

You're young. You're attractive and

there's something very,

very nice about you.

If somebody like you doesn't want to live,

all this is just,

it's useless.

Are you hit?

I'll be all right. He ran out, check the back.

Caje, ask them if they've seen anybody.

Nothing.

No.

Sergeant!

Sergeant!

Why, Francoise?

Why?

I was...

going to him to...

tell him to leave.

But you shouted at me.

You warned me.

Because you were kind.

Please try to understand.

To be alone...

is a very bad thing.

The German, Hans.

I went to him.

So I would not be alone.

[cheering]

Cut it pretty close, Sergeant.

I'm going down to see if Maj. Jampel is there, give him my report.

Lieutenant?

About the girl. There's no reason for telling her part in it, is there?

Is there any reason not to?

Well, it's all over now and what good is it going to do?

You see, this town

never gave her anything and looked down on her.

All she needed was someone to hang onto, someone...

Someone.

I guess she, she found one.

We lost two men.

I know.

She died saving my life.

All right, Sergeant.

[overlapping chatter]

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