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Your family?

No, Simbas.

All killed by Simbas.

Pass on, monsieur. Next.

Attention, attention.

Stay where you are.

Keep away from the gateway and fences.

You will be informed of transport later.

Stay where you are.

Do not, repeat,

do not rush the gate.

Attention. Stay where you are.

Keep away from the gateway and fences.

Captain Hansen, United Nations Peacekeeping force.

I'll take that gun of yours.

Captain Curry. Congo Special Force. No, you won't.

I'm sorry. This is Sergeant Ruffo.

No mercenaries go through here with weapons. I have my orders.

These are my orders.

If you check ‘em, you see they're countersigned by President Ubi himself.

Captain, you wouldn't want any shooting in a place like this, crowded with civilians,

now would you?

When did foreign killers like you start worrying about civilians?

You're a long way from home yourself, Captain.

Now read the orders and step aside nice and quiet.

Thank you.

One of these days, remind me to load this thing, will you?

There's Ubi. Good-looking guy, isn't he?

I wonder what the hell he wants me for.

Well, we'll soon find out.

Posh, isn't it?

Very posh, sir.

I've admired this place since I was a boy.

- How are you, Sergeant? - Fine, sir.

You can wait for the captain over there.

Yes, sir.

May I present Monsieur Delage of the Belgian Mining Company?

Captain Curry of our auxiliary forces.

Sit down, Captain.

Thank you, sir.

Sit down, Captain. We need a well-rested man for this mission.

What exactly is this mission, sir?

Monsieur Delage and I want you to put a train together

and to go up north to Port Reprieve,

and of course, come back.

It's a 300-mile journey through rebel territory.

It also means busting through UN Lines.

Port Reprieve. What's up there?

People, Captain. Men, women and children cut off for a month.

The idea is for you to put together a force

that is strong enough to get them and bring them back here.

Yeah, I understand that. But why Port Reprieve?

There's lots of towns cut off by the Simbas.

Is your mining setup up there?

Yes, yes.

What are you mining? Cobalt?

No, no, diamonds, but the big thing is people.

How much in diamonds?

In American money, $50 million.

The diamonds are in the custody of our manager up there.

Superintendent Bussier.

He had time to send them out when things got impossible.

He used bad judgment.

Maybe he figured if he sent the diamonds out,

you'd take your time getting him and his people out.

My dear captain, your trade as a mercenary

makes you in your own way a businessman like myself. - Right.

Monsieur Ubi's government needs help.

My company can give him help if you bring back those diamonds.

His company will allow me all I need,

for guns, planes, medical supplies,

once they have the diamonds, but I'm running out of time, Captain.

They've started to pull the plug on me.

Those bankers in Switzerland, Brussels,

France.

Three days

to keep the Congo alive.

I must have those stones here in exactly three days.

And one more thing, the company has a man

halfway up to Port Reprieve, a man and a woman.

His name is Caderet.

If you could just pick them up, it's very important.

Wait a minute. All this in three days?

Get them back in that time with the people of course.

The people, of course.

And you'll get 125,000 francs.

In case your arithmetic is slow,

that comes to 25,000 of your American dollars.

$50,000. That's double in case yours isn't so hot.

A deal, Captain, provided you make the deadline.

All right, sir, now here are my provisions.

I do not wanna get shot at by United Nations air and ground forces.

General Moses and the worst of the Simbas are up around that area.

I'll have enough trouble getting through there.

So if you can give me a letter telling the United Nations

to let this train go unmolested to Port Reprieve and back.

That's number one.

Number two, I want a letter giving me command of Striker Blue Force

and an open order to choose my own officers and men.

The essence of speed, no fat on the train, OK?

Two flatcars, one coach, one caboose, that should do it.

Hey, Curry!

You remember me. Jansen. Life magazine.

Oh, yeah, how are you?

- Cochrane, Adams, international news. - Hi.

Captain Bruce Curry.

I've always wanted to meet a real live mercenary.

Have a beer or something. - No, thanks. I'm having one with the sergeant.

He's a big ape, isn't he?

He said you're a big ape.

I guess if you think about it, he's right, huh?

I better get started. Gentlemen, excuse me.

Excuse us.

Why didn't you warn me he speaks English?

He speaks four languages. He went to USC as an exchange student.

For the people back home, Captain,

is it true you mercenaries will do anything for money?

How much do you make a month for killing people?

Lay off him, Ed.

I don't like mercenaries.

I'll tell you what I don't like.

I don't like fat hacks who sit on their butts in bars

waiting for trouble to start so they can get it wrong when they write about it.

Just keep your mouth off me, ‘cause you're not in good enough shape.

He's mean, isn't he?

- Hey, way ahead of me. - It's coming along pretty good.

That's good. .50 caliber machine guns, five of them.

Two here, two here, one on the caboose.

I'd say we need 40 troops, 20 in each flatcar,

guard post should be front, rear, middle and both sides.

Good, good, sandbags around the edge.

Now.

Ninety seconds to talk about something else.

Shoot

Money.

A hell of a lot of money.

Ubi's gonna give me $50,000 if we come back with the diamonds on time.

Look, I know what you're gonna say, and you keep the money.

Now if we do get back here on time,

it'll be you just as much as me that did it.

So you deserve part of the dough.

Look, we don't talk about these things too often, Curry,

and this is no time to start.

You have your reasons for being here and what the hell,

money's a big one. With me, it's simple. This happens to be my country.

Happens to be your country, OK.

You don't change, do you?

OK, next case.

Officers.

You need him.

He's a dangerous son of a...

He's the best available officer here.

All right, I'll go along with that.

I just he doesn't find out we're going after $50 million worth of diamonds.

Whiskey.

Hey, Curry,

it's awfully generous of you to offer me one half of $50,000.

Half? Who said anything about giving you half?

Merci.

Hey, what's that for?

We need a doctor. Got it?

Got it.

- Hello, Curry. - Captain.

Welcome to Striker Blue Force. You know Lieutenant Surrier.

Hello, Lieutenant. We're leaving on a mission starting at dawn tomorrow.

It's through country so we'll need your help.

Check with Sergeant Ruffo here. He'll fill you in.

- Yes, sir. - Good.

Let's get something straight right away.

When you are in my company, you ask me when you want something.

Yeah, well, you're in my company, Captain Henlein.

I'm in command.

I want 40 of your best men from Striker Blue company,

I need ‘em equipped for a foray up country. Three days.

So they think you are a better man than I am.

What do you expect from a black army?

Do you know any other reason, Curry?

Could be what's on your chest.

Your picture was in every newspaper in Europe last week wearing that swastika.

Didn't create a very good impression.

I may go. I may stay.

I will have to decide.

You just let me know. If you do go, get rid of that.

It makes me nervous.

I forget who I'm supposed to be mad at.

I don't forget.

Where's this mission going?

I'll let you know when the times comes.

That's if you're still with us, of course.

Have a little belt, doc. It's cocktail hour.

Cheers.

All right, Curry, let's have it. What do you want?

Doc, I'm leaving on a mission tomorrow.

I come in here to share a drink with you and you behave like a district attorney.

What sort of mission?

The usual. Maybe a little action, bring some people back.

Triumph of the distiller's art.

This mission, how long are you going to be away?

- Three days. - Important?

Yeah.

And usually hazardous.

Yeah.

I know what you're thinking. You need a doctor with you

just in case somebody has to be sewn up

so that you can get back safely.

That's a hell of an idea, doc.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking.

I'm beginning to enjoy this visit.

You expect me to go on a mission for one lousy bottle of good scotch?

No, no, 12 bottles.

My God, Curry, you've got a nerve.

Coming in here with all that dreadful acting, trying

to bribe me with a case of scotch.

Case of scotch and three days at $100 a day.

Can buy a lot of cases.

You're an evil bastard.

- You know the funniest thing? - No.

We're supposed to leave at dawn tomorrow.

- You wanna come? - I'll be there.

Right! Railroad yard 6:00.

Curry, what about the bottle?

I'll send someone for you.

- Come on. - Piss off.

Captain, the doctor.

All present, Captain.

Ready for inspection. Good men. The best.

I will be going, monsieur.

Wouldn't miss it for anything.

Company!

- It's all over town, Captain. - What are you talking about?

That we're going to pick up $50 million worth of diamonds.

And I need him, right?

Right.

That's right, Colonel. Discipline is the secret of military success.

He's going to attack.

I'm positive. Man your weapons.

This is Charlie Red One.

Bandit train, sugar five.

I say again, bandit train. Sugar five.

Shall I fire? Over.

Hello, Charlie Red One. This is Bandit Train.

We have a pass from UN Headquarters, a pass from UN Headquarters.

We are on a mission of mercy. Acknowledge. Acknowledge.

Don't fire till he's close enough.

I read you. I'm attacking, over and out.

Stupid bastard!

I'll take the gun.

He's coming in again!

Ready, men.

Surrier! Surrier!

You son of a bitch!

Hey, Ruffo!

There's a tunnel coming up.

More sand! More sand!

How's the engine? Is the engine OK?

Engine OK, sir.

How many dead? Did you count ‘em?

One. And this one's in pretty bad shape.

Three in the flatcar. That's four. What about the aircraft?

It's disappearing with smoke coming from the tail.

We gotta keep moving. Ruffo, tell the engineer to roll it.

Start the train.

This one's gone.

I could do with a drink. Where's my whiskey?

The army of General Moses advanced toward Port Reprieve,

leaving new terror and bloodshed in his wake.

Moses and the Simbas are now estimated to be less than 50 miles

from Port Reprieve.

Hey, where's my whiskey?

How's the soldier you were treating up there?

He's dead. He just died. And I need a drink badly.

Come on, where've you hidden my whiskey?

I didn't hide it.

- Where's it then? - I threw it over the side.

You what?

I threw it over the side.

Curry.

There just isn't a word for you.

You made a bargain with me.

For God's sake, Curry, you know me.

Three or four days without a drink, I won't make it.

Three days is not the end of the world.

I'll buy you two cases when we get back.

Oh, no, please, no.

You bastard!

Now wait a minute.

You think you have the right to spend every clay three parts full of booze?

That's none of your business.

You made a deal with me and you welshed on it.

You really are a mercenary, aren't you?

So help me, Curry,

I don't know how or when or where, but I'm gonna make you pay for this.

I'm bloody well gonna make you pay.

Put some sandbags here.

About what happened, I'm sorry, Captain.

I lost control of myself.

How long you been here, Surrier?

I was born here. This is all I know. I love this country.

That's not what I'm talking about. How long you been fighting here?

This is my third mission, sir.

All right, on this mission, don't ever choke up on me again.

If there's killing in the works, I want some killing done.

No free rides.

It won't happen again, sir.

- Kataki, the bodies. - Mon capitaine.

Every half mile, throw one out. Space them.

Oui, mon capitaine.

We can't afford the time to stop and bury them, can we?

What I can't afford, Lieutenant, is to lose them in the first place.

Get going!

That is Caderet's house, right?

Certainly, sir.

Here.

Where's Caderet?

He's dead.

Get ‘em moving, Ruffo.

Fire it up!

Were they Simbas?

Did you hear a dog bark?

Simbas. Do you know if they were Simbas?

No, I don't know.

How many were there? Do you know how many?

I don't know. I don't know.

Curry, for God's sake, please, come on.

Did I tell you about Caderet?

We left him back there. We have to get him.

Last night Caderet sent me down to the hiding place

below the house.

And they came and they killed him right in front of the house.

And then I heard them upstairs.

They were burning things

and looking for a woman. Me.

Ruffo.

- Who's the smallest guy on board? - I'd say Surrier.

Get some clothes from him on her, will you? Pants, shirt and stuff.

Fine, Captain.

Where were you?

Where were you? We waited for you.

We waited for you and you didn't come.

Where were you? Where were you?

You'll handle it.

All right, give her to me. All right, all right.

Now, come on, now steady now. Steady.

That's better.

Let's put your feet up. There.

Try and relax.

I've got the shakes.

Welcome aboard.

- Guard. - Hello.

How far to ‘Msapa junction?

Almost three miles.

Let's take a look.

- Watch outside. - OK, men, spread out.

Yeah, it's working. Don't let any of the boys touchthat

The line works all the way to the border.

We don't want to let anybody know we're coming.

- What? - He says not to eat him.

Nobody's gonna eat you, little baby.

I found them hiding.

They tried to get away in the grass.

Ask them where they're from, Ruffo.

She says they're from down the road.

What about soldiers the last few days?

Ask your lunch guests about soldiers.

She says there are no soldiers.

Give them some more food and take them back where you found them.

We're moving out as soon as the engineer fills his tank.

Everything's ready to go, Curry.

Get ‘em aboard and let's get out of here.

I got that funny naked feeling.

What did you think?

I'd let them go back and tell whoever sent them all about us?

You saw what the Simbas did

at Caderet's place.

And what they did to him

just a few miles from here.

Just a few miles!

Why are you staring at me?

You have been deaf or asleep?

You never heard how they use children to spy?

He's wasting time.

Let's get back on the job.

Put the swastika back on.

What?

Put the swastika back on.

You've earned it.

What are you doing, playing Mother Machree?

You have to eat. Hope you like it highly seasoned, though.

We hit a bump back there when I put the salt in.

I'm not hungry.

Come on, eat something.

You didn't pull that trigger.

Wise guy. You know everything, don't you?

I know you.

How come you don't hate whites?

Because I'm good.

I'm always good.

Mostly because my mama, she hit me over the head.

Till I was so tall, she couldn't reach anymore.

My mama, she was tattooed.

Big tribal tattoos.

Dour. That's magic.

Lots of dour in my mama. My papa, too.

His teeth were filed when he was 12 years old.

When he laughs now, he puts his hand over his mouth like this

because he's ashamed.

But when the time came, he wouldn't let them file my teeth.

Still not getting to the point, are you?

I come from a tribe that used to believe, and a lot still believe,

that if you eat the heart and brain of your enemy,

his strength and wisdom will be added to your own.

Primitive savage tribal beliefs, based on ignorance.

Black dour.

No different than Henlein's primitive savage tribal beliefs.

His teeth were filed by his mom and pop.

White dour.

Except Henlein isn't ashamed when he laughs.

But you are.

What do you say we settle for that?

Sometimes I get the feeling you're the boss around here.

Now why is that?

Because I know what I'm doing here.

To you, this is just a big hunk of real estate called the Congo.

To me, this is our Bunker Hill.

Our storming of the Winter Palace.

I thought you knew.

No, I didn't know.

Not like that, not clear like that.

You're kind of dangerous, aren't you?

I came down out of the trees by invitation.

And I'll kill anybody who tries to send me back up again.

Russian, Chinese, English, Belgian,

all of the United States. You take your pick.

Maybe you and I will have to fight one day.

Ever think about that?

I hope not. I wouldn't like that.

I'd do it,

but I wouldn't like it.

I'd have to think twice about how much I hated living in a tree.

Hell, probably go up with you if it came to that.

All right.

Since you'll do that, let's eat your soup.

There's too much salt in it.

Hey, Kataki, come on, we don't wanna be here all night.

Oui, mon capitaine.

Would you like some?

No, thanks. It's not my brand.

But you could get used to it.

I have that feeling about you.

You're a nice girl, Claire.

Look, do you mind? I'm really very tired.

You heard her. She's tired. Let's go.

What did you say?

The young lady says she's tired. Let's go.

You are stepping over the line.

There's no line, not on this train or on our schedule.

If you wanna get romantic, wait'll the job's over and you're paid off.

Let's go.

Don't cross swords with me, Curry.

Let's go.

You're seeing me home?

Yeah, you might say that.

I have a certain frustration, Curry.

- Yeah. - Not the woman, no.

The thought of fighting you,

hitting you, hurting you.

When I was a schoolboy and we were reviving dueling societies,

we had a system.

We would go someplace, have a good fight,

but only so far.

We knew we couldn't show

whether we liked the other boy or not.

We had a common interest.

Well, it was at least better than nothing.

Yeah, well, I wouldn't know. I never played that game.

It's just a game.

I'll blow your head off!

Stop it!

Engineer, you ready to roll?

- Don't do it! - Just about.

- I wanna fix something. - Right, sir.

Curry. Curry!

Get off of me. Get off of me.

Come on, Curry. We need him.

Take it easy, will you? We need him, Curry.

We need him.

We got to use him.

lam Martin Bussier, the superintendent here.

Captain Curry, how do you do?

- My wife. - Bonjour, Captain.

How do you do? The young lady here would like some clothes.

I wonder could your wife help her out.

Your people are glad to see us.

You are sent from heaven, you and your men.

Not quite from heaven. How many people do you have?

62. There are another 12 within a few miles.

We sent for them this morning as soon as we heard a train was coming.

You heard we were coming, how?

On the radio.

The news this morning from Brazzaville.

That was when I made certain arrangements.

Moses gets his news from Brazzaville.

Moses has been reported 300 kilometers north of here.

He'll be a lot closer than that by now.

I want your people ready and I want them to travel light.

Just personal belongings. There'll be 100 people on the train altogether.

Ruffo, you wanna get the train turned around?

We leave as soon as we get the people set.

Right.

Now how long will that take?

For the people, no time at all.

But for the other things

you have come to get, three hours.

That's what I've been trying to tell you.

Tell me what?

Well, the diamonds

are kept in the vault, of course.

And I estimated the time it would take you to get here...

...then I set the timer...

Wait a minute. Back up a little.

What are you trying to say?

I had to estimate when you would arrive.

I was three hours off.

It won't open till 6:00.

You mean dynamite, grenades, nothing will open it?

No, not till the time lock opens.

Dynamite could jam the lock and you would never open it.

Where is this vault?

I gotta see this.

It's this way.

Doctor, I almost feel sorry that you lost your whiskey.

Really.

Why we don't try the hotel bar?

What's this, diamonds for whiskey?

I'm a fast dresser, Curry.

I'm glad you hurried. It seems we only have three hours.

There's absolutely no way to reset that?

No.

Diamond companies, monsieur.

Normally we keep here the diamonds from all the mines

in the northern part of the country.

I am very worried about the people at the mission.

- The mission? - In the hills.

Father Dominic and some nuns.

I sent for them yesterday, but they would not come.

- Why not? - I don't know.

But perhaps Captain Curry could explain the seriousness.

He could be more persuasive.

It's only a few kilometers. He could drive there quite eas?y.

You could take my land cruiser.

Yeah, well, there's nothing else to do, is there?

Care to come along and translate?

You turn to the left and follow the mountain road.

Listen, will you tell Ruffo I'll be gone for about a half an hour.

Get the people on the train, OK? See you.

I want those diamonds.

And if you join me, we can have them.

And you could get even with Curry.

No. Sorry, Henlein. Wrong army. Not for me.

Think about it. You don't have to love me.

No, I hate you.

But it could change your life.

Come on, have another one.

Just simply tell them they can't stay.

Wait a minute. Excuse me.

Tell him that the Simbas are on their way here

are the ones who murdered 12 Italian airmen only a couple of months ago.

They cut the bodies into bits and sold the flesh in the meat markets. Tell him.

What's he saying?

He says the body doesn't matter. Faith does not die.

OK, let's go.

Ask them if they need anything before we leave.

What did he say about a doctor?

He says there's a woman in there who's been in childbirth for three days.

- If she doesn't have a doctor, she'll die. - Well, what did you tell him?

I said we have a doctor.

No, you don't understand. We call him a doctor.

But he's not a doctor.

Curry, it doesn't matter. He can help.

Wreid is fine sewing up soldiers when they're hurt.

But childbirth, he probably hasn't seen one in 20 years.

She'll die if she doesn't have a doctor.

Give her a chance.

- OK, I'll go get him. - Merci, Merci.

Now turn me.

Now turn me.

‘ Open eyes!

I hit a bull's-eye!

That is good. That is very good.

This way, you fool.

I'll bet you couldn't do that.

- Wreid, huh? - Yeah, it's better that I sent you.

I keep underestimating you, Henlein.

Aw, come on, Curry. We're only having a little fun

before the long night cometh.

Come on, I got a patient for you.

Where? Bring him in. Put him on the billiard table.

- I'm taking you to her. - Her? Is she attractive?

She's in childbirth.

Childbirth? NO. NO.

Come on. Come on.

It's a breach.

It's a what?

A breach.

Nothing will come through that pelvis.

She'll need a section.

Go ahead and do it.

Please, Curry, please.

No more jokes, please.

Look at my hands.

I need a drink.

One drink and I'll see what I can do.

Do without the drink. Give her some kind of a chance.

My God, Curry, you really are a bloody limit.

You don't care about this woman.

You're just trying to show off in front of that one.

Why don't you just shut up and try and do something for her?

Shut up, both of you.

Doctor, whatever you are.

Drunk man, foolish man.

Whatever you were, do something.

Do something, try.

All right, but you get out.

You're not in command here.

Out.

- Do you want me to help you? - No.

No, please, no.

All right, sister.

Please, here.

Curry, the doctor threw me out, too.

He just doesn't like the company you keep.

Three bloody hours.

What the hell am I doing on top of a mountain?

I haven't finished yet.

Just as well.

We can't hang around.

I know you can't.

I told myself you couldn't.

Now I go. Now's the time.

I still thought I could make it.

I rushed it a bit. Made a mistake, a small one.

Took time. Two hours I allowed myself.

Sister.

Two hours.

Please, no more talk.

The least I can do is tell you,

you haven't got a chance to stay alive.

Save yourself some money, won't you?

You won't have to pay me back for that case of scotch.

I'll give you two days.

Two days at the most.

It's not worth dying for, Wreid.

Two good days

after all these years.

That's quite a lot, Curry.

I wish you the same sometime.

I'm going to stay.

Goodbye, Doc. Good luck.

Good bye, Curry.

Dr. Wreid.

Sister.

Hurry!

Come on, children, quickly. This way.

Daddy, where's Daddy?

Come on, darling, you must hurry. Come on!

You brought no one back from the mission?

Nope, not a one.

Ruffo! Simbas are coming.

Bring the machine gun. Come on, quick!

Three minutes.

That was gunfire.

That's right. Moses, he's here.

- The Simbas are here? - Mm-hmm.

My wife's on that train, Curry. I can't stay here now.

You said yourself three minutes.

You're gonna wait here, Bussier. I need you.

We're gonna wait here.

- Quick! Come on. You two. - Come on, hurry it up.

Keep them back!

Start the train!

That's it!

Come on!

Here they come. Let's go!

Start the train.

Keep firing!

Keep low and run like hell!

Run! Bussier! Bussier! For God's sake.

Ruffo, help out!

Bussier, get the box in my caboose. In my caboose!

- Martin! - Honey!

500 yards, Curry, and they'll be out of range.

Oh, my God.

The engine's finished. We gotta stop the train. Come on!

Track two! Come on!

Grab a hold of me.

Come on, let's move. Let's go!

Get those troops out of there, Kataki, move! Get those people out.

Get ‘em out of here.

- Come on, honey, get ‘em out. - Move!

- Move, move, move! - Move it out.

Move!

Keep ‘em moving. Come on.

- Kataki, I need you. Henlein! Ruffo! - Come on.

Kataki, give me the glasses.

They're going crazy down there. Full of hashish, whiskey, everything.

Notice those trucks outside the hotel?

What about if you and I go in first,

get into that hotel?

Yeah, I think we can keep them occupied.

Keep ‘em occupied. As soon as you hear shoo?ng,

you're on the other side of the square with some troops, come in,

get the trucks moving. We'll join you. What do you think?

I think it stinks, but it's the only way.

- Get ‘em organized. - All right.

He knows you.

You're known to quite a few people in this area.

No, No, no, no, no!

Henlein, remember, don't make your move

until you hear the grenades. Then go, fast. Come on.

Get away! Get aWaY! Get away!

That's the hotel. That's where Moses is.

That's where the diamonds are, but how the hell do we get there?

I've got an idea.

You've gotta trust me.

- Are you OK? - I'm all right. Pick me up. Keep going.

Kataki, you'll take the front truck.

The moment you get the signal, go like hell. Come on.

The diamonds are on the table.

Mercenary.

Mercenary?

Hit the mercenary.

Cover me!

Grenade!

Oh, my God.

The gasoline truck.

OK, keep all the firepower in the rear of the convoy.

Put the refugees in the truck. They'll be safe.

Come back and ride with me, Ruffo. Come on.

Look out for the kids in the second truck.

Come on, move it up. Come on now, come on.

Let's move, come on.

- Get ‘em in! - Come on, boys, let's move.

OK, come on.

Come on, men.

- Let's go. - It's Wreid.

I know it is. He didn't get very far, did he?

I think he did.

The gun's Chinese, Ruffo,

paid for by Russian rubles.

The steel probably came from a West German factory

built by French francs.

Then it was flown out here by an African airline,

probably subsidized by the United States.

I don't think he got very far.

Listen, Curry, I have to know something.

I've gone along with you,

saying to myself about your violence and your silence,

well, that's just Curry's way.

But now I don't know.

Do you care anything about the future of this country?

Or do you only care about diamonds or about Curry?

Why don't you knock off the Birth of a Nation stuff, Ruffo?

I don't wanna talk about it right now.

This nation is important. It's important to me.

Why don't you just write a national anthem and I'll salute when they play it.

Sure you will, Curry, if somebody pays you.

I'm a paid hand, Ruffo.

I'm doing a dirty job, and I don't know why we're here

at the same spot at the same time.

And I don't know what Doc Wreid died for.

Or the men we lost last night.

It's a mystery to me. And if there's singing in it, I don't hear it.

So that's all you know?

That's all I know.

Just a bystander,

watching the natives and their colorful rites.

Well, that's sad, Curry. That's very, very sad.

Get ‘em all to bail out. We're stopping here for a while.

Corporal, come on.

We're staying here a while.

Fall out!

Listen, our only chance is to get gas.

So I'm gonna drive back to Msapa Junction and use the telegraph.

I'm gonna tell them to airdrop us gas and supplies.

I want you to stay by the radio receiver

to know if I got through or not, OK?

Now tell Kataki to take any gas left in these two trucks,

dump it in the back here.

Let's go.

Corporal.

What's eating him?

Huh?

He's suspicious.

He's what?

If you take off with all that gas,

you just might keep on going.

You just might leave the rest of us stranded out here.

I'm taking off with all that gas in order to be able to get back.

Since you already have the diamonds are you sure you're coming back?

Tell Kataki he's coming with me.

- Look... - Tell him, I said.

I heard that.

Suppose I'd taken you with me, they'd really suspect a double-cross,

wouldn't they?

You know, Curry, Ijust won't feel right unless I'm saying goodbye to you two,

three times a night.

Ruffo will look after you.

You'll be as safe as if you were back home in Paris.

Curry, why don't you tell Ruffo you know you can trust him?

Was it Paris or Brussels you'd came from originally?

- Antwerp. - Antwerp.

Maybe we'll find the time and you can give the $5 tour someday.

I'll be back before you know it.

I'll know it.

Get in, Kataki.

What's that? - A little food, ammunition and a little spot of whiskey.

- I won't need it. - You might, Curry.

I might at that if I'm gonna cut and run, huh?

Listen, you stay by that radio.

I'll tell him to let you know when to expect the airdrop.

Look, Curry, a few lousy worries between friends...

Yeah, yeah, I'll see you.

Any luck yet?

Not yet, but I'm sure we'll be hearing something soon.

Curry's a hard guy to be away from.

He's a hard guy to be with sometimes, too.

Between us, he's tough and he's mean.

And he won't give you that little extra part of himself

that you need and that hurts.

So what do you do?

Hurt. He's worth it.

This is NNA...

NNA calling Striker Blue Force.

Striker Blue, we are sending aircraft to your reported position.

Gasoline and food supplies will be airdropped approximately

at 1000 hours. Standby.

They have to be here.

He hid something.

They have to be here.

In this truck.

Oh, my God.

Where are they? Where are they? Where are they?

- Hey, you wanna drive? - Oui, mon capitaine.

Let's

That's a boy.

There you go.

Where are the diamonds, you bitch?

You got them.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Where are they? Tell me. Where are they?

Tell me. I want to know!

Henlein, I don't have them.

The diamonds, where are they?

Where are the diamonds?

Get away! No!

Kataki, we're gonna make you number one driver.

Hey, you want a drink to celebrate? Huh?

No, I drive.

I'll have one for you. Maybe two.

Kataki.

I'm gonna give you a toast.

To the guy who's a better man than I am.

To a guy with class, Kataki,

who deserves a better friend than me.

You get it yet? Huh?

Ruffo!

Oh!

Now you gotta have a drink now. Come on.

Ruffo!

Wait'll I get my hands on that big sloppy-hearted son of a...

Ruffo!

Ruffo!

It was Henlein.

He's on a raft,

heading for the Uganda border.

Don't do it, Curry. Ruffo wouldn't have wanted it that way.

What about all those people? How are they gonna get back?

I'll do it solo if I can.

Don't do it. Don't kill him.

I'm gonna cut Hen|ein's head off!

Curry, Curry, you're mad!

You're mad!

No! No!

No! Curry!

No.

No, no, no.

Up here.

Come up here with me, Kataki. Huh?

No, sir.

- No, sir. - No, sir.

What's on your mind?

What is it?

We lose a Ruffo.

Sadness.

You kill.

Kill like that.

Tragedy. Blackness.

We come from blackness.

Not go back.

Captain,

I not walk with you.

Walk a different way.

We don't talk about these things too often, Curry,

and this is no time to start.

You have your reasons for being here and what the hell,

money's a big one.

With me, it's simple. This happens to be my country.

Because I know what I'm doing here, Curry.

Maybe you and I will have to fight some day.

Did you ever think about that?

I hope not. I wouldn't like that. I'd do it,

but I wouldn't like it.

Curry, what are you stopping for?

Get Kataki, will you?

Sir.

Corporal, I want to be stood under court martial

for the murder of Captain Henlein.

I will ride unarmed in the truck.

You don't have to salute me anymore, Corporal.

I know that, Captain.