1 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:56,680 A spot check should mean just that, Tony. 2 00:00:57,140 --> 00:00:59,380 I expect it. Catch him on the hop. Yes, sir. 3 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,020 Many units have been stationed in England for so long. 4 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:03,740 No real active service. 5 00:01:04,459 --> 00:01:06,340 They get sloppy, unsoldier -like. 6 00:01:06,540 --> 00:01:07,540 Yes, sir. 7 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:08,660 Discipline goes to the wall. 8 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:11,600 And I aim to catch him at it. 9 00:01:14,620 --> 00:01:16,360 You see that, Garrett? No guard. 10 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,960 Things are worse than I thought. Colonel Miller has the reputation of still of 11 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:20,960 her discipline, sir. 12 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:22,140 I see. 13 00:01:24,750 --> 00:01:26,850 I aim to have Colonel Miller's head on a plate. 14 00:01:55,690 --> 00:01:58,130 Perhaps Colonel Miller may have mounted a special parade. 15 00:02:02,970 --> 00:02:04,410 Absolutely deserted. 16 00:02:07,750 --> 00:02:08,850 Oh, come on. 17 00:02:09,169 --> 00:02:10,169 Right then. 18 00:03:14,190 --> 00:03:15,190 Thank you. 19 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:02,060 What I need is a woman's eye. 20 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:04,600 That's not what I heard. 21 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,080 This is business, Purdy. 22 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:12,520 Travis called me and said he was on to something hot. 23 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:15,600 Something he'd show me as soon as he arrived. 24 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:17,560 Show you? 25 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:19,760 That's what I thought. 26 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:23,360 He'd taken the trouble to chain these films to his wrist. 27 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:24,920 So it has to be them. 28 00:05:25,540 --> 00:05:26,540 What do you think? 29 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Well... 30 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,100 Nothing actually leaps off the screen at me. 31 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,180 Travis died for these films, Purdy. 32 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:35,940 Least we can do is look at them. 33 00:05:56,180 --> 00:05:57,320 Good of you to come, Steve. 34 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,460 I might say it's very good of you to ask me. I'm not quite sure why you ask me. 35 00:06:01,620 --> 00:06:02,620 It's quite simple, really. 36 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:04,360 Straightforward. 37 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:07,320 One of our generals. 38 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:09,620 You seem to have mislaid him. 39 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,580 This... I don't know what's going on here, but I surely do know that that man 40 00:06:17,580 --> 00:06:18,580 needs medical attention. 41 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,160 It's against all the rules of humanity. 42 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,680 You what? 43 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:24,100 Humanity? 44 00:06:47,790 --> 00:06:48,790 You'll be all right, Freddie. 45 00:06:49,250 --> 00:06:50,250 You're on now. 46 00:06:50,670 --> 00:06:52,190 Medics will put you right, won't you? 47 00:06:52,790 --> 00:06:54,530 That's all I could do, Colonel. They seem too much. 48 00:06:54,870 --> 00:06:55,930 You acted correctly. 49 00:06:56,250 --> 00:06:58,550 Correctly. As soon as I saw the old boy, I... Attention! 50 00:06:59,090 --> 00:07:02,170 You're referring to a superior officer. Put this man on the charge, Sergeant. 51 00:07:02,330 --> 00:07:03,330 Yes, sir. 52 00:07:03,910 --> 00:07:08,030 It will be necessary to confine you, General, but you will be accorded all 53 00:07:08,030 --> 00:07:11,850 courtesies your rank demands, and your aid will be transferred to the thick bay 54 00:07:11,850 --> 00:07:12,850 immediately. 55 00:07:15,570 --> 00:07:16,570 Carry on, Sergeant. 56 00:07:16,630 --> 00:07:17,630 Yes, sir. 57 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,660 When did you last see the general? 58 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:32,160 Some days ago. 59 00:07:32,940 --> 00:07:35,020 He took off with his aide, Tony. 60 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:37,780 Tony? Captain Tony Noble. 61 00:07:38,140 --> 00:07:39,140 Took off where? 62 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:40,920 Oh! 63 00:07:41,580 --> 00:07:43,360 You know, I never thought to ask. 64 00:07:44,260 --> 00:07:45,780 It'll be just like the old boy. 65 00:07:46,350 --> 00:07:50,010 Drop in on some unsuspecting unit, I suppose, and... 66 00:07:50,010 --> 00:07:54,810 Did 67 00:07:54,810 --> 00:08:01,610 he offer? 68 00:08:01,890 --> 00:08:05,590 Drop in on unsuspecting units? Way of life with General Stevens. 69 00:08:06,050 --> 00:08:10,150 Spot checks, catch him on the hop. Has this been his bonnet about too many 70 00:08:10,150 --> 00:08:12,110 suffering from lack of real war experience? 71 00:08:14,030 --> 00:08:15,270 That's the fifth time. 72 00:08:15,890 --> 00:08:16,890 Six. 73 00:08:21,050 --> 00:08:22,510 Well, I still haven't seen anything. 74 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:23,789 Have you? 75 00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:25,230 A lot of soldiers playing soldiers. 76 00:08:25,570 --> 00:08:26,570 Except they're not playing. 77 00:08:27,570 --> 00:08:28,610 Why a woman's eye? 78 00:08:28,910 --> 00:08:31,010 Oh, that was a downright lie. 79 00:08:31,850 --> 00:08:35,789 I called you over because, uh... Well, I get lonely sometimes. 80 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:39,710 That solves it. What? Your Christmas present's been bothering me. 81 00:08:40,289 --> 00:08:41,309 I'll buy you a dog. 82 00:08:41,789 --> 00:08:43,169 Two heads are better than one. 83 00:08:43,610 --> 00:08:45,270 I'm definitely not buying you another head. 84 00:08:45,740 --> 00:08:46,740 Watch the film. 85 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,160 Freddie. 86 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:02,760 Freddie. 87 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,240 How are you feeling? 88 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:06,360 Freddie. 89 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,420 He looks worse to me. 90 00:09:15,820 --> 00:09:16,820 mind him. 91 00:09:16,860 --> 00:09:17,860 He's the enemy. 92 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,920 It's Freddy you should be tending to. 93 00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:21,520 He's looking worse. 94 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,420 Well, he certainly isn't getting any better. 95 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,340 Well, do something, can't you? 96 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,440 He was wounded. 97 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:32,800 I understand wounds. 98 00:09:35,180 --> 00:09:37,300 Is he some kind of a bug? 99 00:09:38,020 --> 00:09:40,080 Fever? He's not got the equipment. 100 00:09:42,460 --> 00:09:43,980 Just have to see how it goes. 101 00:09:46,570 --> 00:09:47,810 A proper hospital would know. 102 00:09:49,270 --> 00:09:51,350 Narrows it down a bit. How do you mean? 103 00:09:52,670 --> 00:09:54,290 Head up, man, head up. 104 00:09:55,210 --> 00:10:00,890 Well, if the general sets out from here to make one of his spot checks... Go for 105 00:10:00,890 --> 00:10:03,390 the belly or the throat, man, how many more times? 106 00:10:04,110 --> 00:10:09,150 When he sets out from here, the number of units within range must be limited. 107 00:10:09,750 --> 00:10:13,130 Yes, yes, see what you mean. He has no more than three, four at the most. 108 00:10:15,690 --> 00:10:17,650 There'd be a Miller's mob. 109 00:10:18,030 --> 00:10:21,270 The old 33rd, that Delroy Foster's band. 110 00:10:27,550 --> 00:10:31,010 Delroy Foster, I think I can make a nice casual contact there. 111 00:10:32,590 --> 00:10:34,190 Nothing. Nothing. 112 00:10:34,510 --> 00:10:35,510 Definitely. 113 00:10:35,790 --> 00:10:37,350 Positively. Indisputably. 114 00:10:38,050 --> 00:10:41,070 Unquestionably. I bet you run out of definitive before I do. 115 00:10:43,370 --> 00:10:44,370 Phone. 116 00:10:48,780 --> 00:10:49,780 Gambit's movie house. 117 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,880 I thought I'd find you there. 118 00:10:55,460 --> 00:10:56,580 I resent that assumption. 119 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,660 What? Never mind. What do you want me to do? And I warn you, it's not my day for 120 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:02,559 risky answers. 121 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:09,520 Don't you have an uncle who is... Well, I'd like to, if you will, to 122 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:14,320 go to... You just find out that General Stevens has got... 123 00:11:20,829 --> 00:11:24,670 Yes, I think so. You want me to go down to the... and find out if there's a... 124 00:11:24,670 --> 00:11:31,610 And if so, did he... Don't worry, 125 00:11:31,770 --> 00:11:32,910 I've got it. I'm on my way. 126 00:11:34,590 --> 00:11:36,050 Well, he'll have to finish the movie without me. 127 00:11:38,210 --> 00:11:39,290 Anyway, this is where I came in. 128 00:11:43,510 --> 00:11:45,170 He should go to the proper hospital. 129 00:11:45,510 --> 00:11:46,510 Now, come on. 130 00:11:46,670 --> 00:11:47,690 You know that's impossible. 131 00:11:48,930 --> 00:11:49,930 Yeah. 132 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:52,010 Yeah. 133 00:11:58,330 --> 00:12:00,350 No lot of word. Not one word. 134 00:12:06,730 --> 00:12:08,350 Ready? Come on. 135 00:12:09,150 --> 00:12:10,150 Come on, Alistair. 136 00:12:13,890 --> 00:12:15,070 Proper hospital, mate. 137 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:16,330 That's what you need. 138 00:12:17,830 --> 00:12:18,830 They'll fix you up. 139 00:12:19,130 --> 00:12:20,130 Come on. 140 00:12:46,220 --> 00:12:47,440 A live example. 141 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:17,980 Why didn't you get him to a doctor before? 142 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,240 It wasn't possible. 143 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,520 What I mean is it didn't seem that serious. 144 00:13:23,820 --> 00:13:24,820 Just a fever. 145 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,300 Well, he's going to be all right. 146 00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:36,980 He's my friend, you see. 147 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,300 We've been through a lot together. 148 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,300 That's why I brought him here. 149 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,580 I expect it's just a case of you giving him some pills and that. 150 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,480 I think it'll take more than a few pills. 151 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,040 I think you'd better explain. 152 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:55,780 Explain? Yes. 153 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:58,480 You see, your friend is showing all the symptoms... 154 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,420 Private George Harris, you've been tried by a fair and proper drumhead court 155 00:14:15,420 --> 00:14:19,820 -martial. I have heard all the evidence, and as president of this court 156 00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:21,360 -martial, I now pronounce you guilty. 157 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:25,380 Prisoner's court, attention! 158 00:14:27,020 --> 00:14:33,960 Private George Harris, although you acted out of loyalty to a friend, 159 00:14:33,980 --> 00:14:38,040 a friend who's since died a natural death, you put your comrades -at -arms 160 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:39,040 risk. 161 00:14:39,310 --> 00:14:43,050 It is therefore the sentence of this court that you be taken from here. 162 00:15:24,719 --> 00:15:25,719 Sorry, miss. 163 00:15:25,820 --> 00:15:26,820 The red flag's up. 164 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,460 Will it be long? 165 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:29,700 Shouldn't think so. 166 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,660 There is another road if you wish to use it, miss. 167 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:34,060 I'll wait. 168 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:40,660 Manoeuvres? 169 00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:42,620 Yes, miss. 170 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,740 You're the 19th Special Commander, aren't you? 171 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:56,240 The glorious 19th, miss. The mad 19th. Fire! 172 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:03,720 Mad? 173 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:06,120 That's your nickname. 174 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,540 And your colonel, don't they call him... Hanford. 175 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:14,260 You can go through now, miss. 176 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:17,240 Mad Jack. 177 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:18,660 That's it. 178 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:19,700 Mad Jack Miller. 179 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,140 Anything. Anything at all. 180 00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:54,540 Ah, Steve. 181 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,880 Doctor was attacked, patient snatched away, and the man who brought him. I 182 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,680 see why I'm involved. I wouldn't have thought of it except for the manner of 183 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:03,700 attack. Doctor? 184 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,780 Well, they were very expert. 185 00:17:06,220 --> 00:17:08,079 Flick. Like a military operation. 186 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:10,140 And they were dressed like commandos. 187 00:17:10,780 --> 00:17:13,980 And the patient they snatched? I didn't get a chance to learn his name, only his 188 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:15,599 condition. And that was odd enough. 189 00:17:16,140 --> 00:17:18,740 He was suffering from a fever. A very rare one. 190 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:20,160 Sophical. 191 00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:21,680 Unknown in this country. 192 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,940 In fact, I wouldn't expect to find it outside of an African jungle. 193 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,140 All empire's into the dogs. 194 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:35,360 Empire? What am I saying? 195 00:17:35,820 --> 00:17:40,640 The only empire left is a place of entertainment for moving pictures. 196 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,200 Damn it. 197 00:17:45,540 --> 00:17:46,860 You've iced it. 198 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,340 If I've told you once... 199 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:51,250 I've told you a hundred times. 200 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:53,830 Light is only fit for peasants and polar bears. 201 00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:59,650 Purdy. Bless my soul. 202 00:18:00,350 --> 00:18:02,050 Bless my soul. 203 00:18:03,570 --> 00:18:04,570 Parlor! 204 00:18:07,890 --> 00:18:09,430 Yes, sir? How dare you? 205 00:18:10,030 --> 00:18:14,770 How dare you admit a female into this office... I'm sorry, sir. ...without 206 00:18:14,770 --> 00:18:15,830 offering her a drink? 207 00:18:16,710 --> 00:18:17,710 A gin? 208 00:18:17,890 --> 00:18:18,890 Michelle of Orange? 209 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,120 A dash of bitters and a ginger ale. 210 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:22,600 My memory all right? 211 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,879 And some ice. 212 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:24,859 Sorry about that. 213 00:18:24,860 --> 00:18:26,140 Well, see to it, man. See to it. 214 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:27,800 Yes, sir. 215 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:29,740 Uncle Ellie, you're just an old bully. 216 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,100 Nice to have you around. 217 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,040 You'll be good for my image. 218 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:35,660 Nice of you to spare me the time. 219 00:18:36,820 --> 00:18:40,560 Precious little gallantry about these days that if a man can't lavish some of 220 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,620 on a pretty woman, and you are a pretty woman, Bertie, do sit pretty. 221 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,320 Thank you. 222 00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:48,340 Your health. 223 00:18:48,350 --> 00:18:49,350 Cheers. 224 00:18:50,190 --> 00:18:51,190 I'm here on business. 225 00:18:51,650 --> 00:18:52,650 Oh. 226 00:18:53,910 --> 00:18:55,990 How can I help? General Stevens. 227 00:18:56,410 --> 00:18:57,870 No, no, you wouldn't like him. 228 00:18:58,130 --> 00:19:03,910 Not your type, Purdy. Good soldier, good soldier, but he lacks my soft and 229 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:04,910 wooing manner. 230 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:06,910 He's lacking altogether at the moment. 231 00:19:07,390 --> 00:19:09,150 Disappeared. Well, thank goodness. 232 00:19:09,870 --> 00:19:11,990 Well, I mean, how awful. 233 00:19:12,330 --> 00:19:14,910 Well, I haven't got him, Purdy. You can search me. 234 00:19:15,170 --> 00:19:16,170 Haven't seen him at all. 235 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,340 Not in the last couple of years, I said. 236 00:19:18,540 --> 00:19:20,140 What about the 19th Special Commando? 237 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,360 Mad Jack Miller and all that. 238 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:23,720 What about them? 239 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,720 Well, when I came through, they were on manoeuvres, firing. 240 00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:29,060 Were they? 241 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,780 I didn't know they were listed for target practice. 242 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:33,940 Mind you, it doesn't amaze me. 243 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,980 Miller runs that mob as though it was his own private army. 244 00:20:05,660 --> 00:20:06,740 I... I'm sorry, sir. 245 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,960 It was after the business with Harris, sir. 246 00:20:09,580 --> 00:20:12,080 I left the place unattended. Only for a few minutes, sir. 247 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,340 He can't have gone far, not with that leg wound. Alert the men, Sergeant. 248 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,600 Right, sir. 249 00:20:46,060 --> 00:20:47,060 More tub. 250 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:53,120 Rain. 251 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:55,560 240. 252 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:57,660 Four degrees. 253 00:20:58,220 --> 00:20:59,400 Fire at will. 254 00:21:17,450 --> 00:21:19,030 Increase range to 250 255 00:21:19,030 --> 00:21:25,550 Too 256 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:35,930 short 257 00:21:55,790 --> 00:21:57,030 Two degrees left. 258 00:22:09,570 --> 00:22:11,670 Hey! Strange tube. 259 00:22:15,490 --> 00:22:16,490 Hey! 260 00:22:19,190 --> 00:22:20,190 Damn. 261 00:22:21,390 --> 00:22:22,950 Smoke. Lay smoke. 262 00:22:23,910 --> 00:22:26,210 Three. Zero degrees right. 263 00:22:58,820 --> 00:22:59,820 You shouldn't be here, miss. 264 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,940 Restricted area. Very dangerous. Luckily, we spotted you in time. 265 00:23:03,220 --> 00:23:05,720 Anyway, what are you doing here? I was curious. I heard some explosions. 266 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:07,960 Of course you would. We're on manoeuvres. 267 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:09,540 But there was a man. He was wounded. 268 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,180 Playing at being wounded, miss. 269 00:23:12,540 --> 00:23:15,600 We like to make our little activities as authentic as possible. 270 00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:35,279 This one? 271 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,380 Yes. As you can see, Purdy, I haven't been wasting my time. 272 00:23:39,220 --> 00:23:41,280 That face appears on every piece of film. 273 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:43,860 I cut them all out and blew that one up. 274 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:45,440 It was the clearest print. 275 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,680 That is what Travis was trying to tell us. 276 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,980 Travis covered every single flare -up over the past few years in a dozen 277 00:23:57,980 --> 00:23:59,100 countries all around the world. 278 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,440 And in every single flare -up, that face. 279 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:05,640 Now, how could that be, Percy? 280 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,020 How could one man be fighting in all those wars? 281 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,260 Especially when he's a serving British officer. 282 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:16,480 Dug out every official document I could on the 19th Special Commando. 283 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,460 I prefer to hear a blow -by -blow description. 284 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:20,899 Starting with? 285 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:21,900 Colonel Miller. 286 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,640 Mad Jack Miller. 287 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,800 I say, that's a 95th rifleman, isn't it? 288 00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:29,180 Only one in existence. 289 00:24:30,020 --> 00:24:31,560 And that's a French lancer. 290 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,080 Complete. 291 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,100 Right down to the little leather pouch in which he keeps his brandy. 292 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,040 Those were the days, eh? 293 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,280 They still are. 294 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,500 Right to examine it more closely? Look, I'm sorry to disturb your playtime. 295 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,540 Now, Mad Jack Miller. 296 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,320 What about him? Exactly. 297 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,900 Eh? Oh, yes. 298 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,720 Sorry, I see what you mean, yes. He's a good soldier. 299 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:55,500 Might even have made full general if he hadn't fallen out with the top brass. 300 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,300 How? 301 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,960 Well, Mad Jack's a fighting man. Tends to rush at a problem with bayonets 302 00:25:02,140 --> 00:25:04,200 That's why they gave him the special commando. 303 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:05,400 Why special? 304 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,520 Because they're the dregs. All the rogues, malingerers, hard cases, they 305 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,300 up in the special 19th. Mind you, Miller does seem to have welded them into a 306 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:14,219 fighting force. 307 00:25:14,220 --> 00:25:15,480 Welded being the operative word. 308 00:25:16,060 --> 00:25:18,920 There hasn't been a single man who's gone absent without leave in the past 309 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,860 years. Nobody gone AWOL. 310 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:23,230 Nobody? Nobody. 311 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:25,090 Remarkable. 312 00:25:25,570 --> 00:25:27,830 Remarkable. Esprit de corps with a vengeance. 313 00:25:28,350 --> 00:25:30,930 I'd like to know how he does it, wouldn't we? 314 00:25:31,950 --> 00:25:33,810 Well, I know all the nice girls love a sailor. 315 00:25:34,050 --> 00:25:37,610 But all the soldiers love a nice girl. 316 00:25:43,810 --> 00:25:49,890 Do it again. 317 00:26:05,979 --> 00:26:06,979 Hello, sweetheart. 318 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,500 Please carry on. 319 00:26:12,140 --> 00:26:13,580 What have you done with my aid? 320 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,080 Or does your madness extend to brutalizing wounded men? 321 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:21,020 Captain Noble has been returned to the sickbay. He's under constant guard, but 322 00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:22,080 is being attended to. 323 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:23,760 You take me for a barbarian. 324 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,240 You're worse than that. 325 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,460 You're a disgrace to your uniform. 326 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,360 You'd be surprised how often I have honored it. 327 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,620 Honor? You talk of honor. 328 00:26:35,180 --> 00:26:37,980 Unlock this door, damn it! I'm your superior officer! 329 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:39,620 Exactly. 330 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:41,580 You are a general. 331 00:26:42,170 --> 00:26:43,610 And I have been looking for a general. 332 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:46,970 I'm an ambitious man, and you are the key to my ambition. 333 00:26:47,630 --> 00:26:48,630 Sir. 334 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,110 Yes? 335 00:26:55,010 --> 00:26:57,650 What? Special commander. It sounds terribly dangerous. 336 00:26:58,010 --> 00:27:00,930 Oh, you like a touch of danger, do you, miss? The danger, not the touch. 337 00:27:02,370 --> 00:27:04,850 Makes a girl feel awfully secure surrounded by so much army. 338 00:27:05,050 --> 00:27:06,850 Yeah, little girls go for a uniform. 339 00:27:07,470 --> 00:27:08,470 That's dogs. 340 00:27:08,650 --> 00:27:10,450 Eh? Dogs. They go for postmen. 341 00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:16,240 Oh, dear, I seem to have come to take up all your... Fighting men? 342 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:18,160 You're not, are you? 343 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:19,400 What do you mean? 344 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:20,920 We're trained, our trained. 345 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:22,380 Oh, I don't doubt that. 346 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:26,080 Trained to shoot and bomb and mangle people, or whatever it is you do. 347 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:28,320 But no -one to practise on. 348 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:30,220 You might be surprised. 349 00:27:30,980 --> 00:27:32,200 Oh, you know something I don't know? 350 00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:34,420 I might just. 351 00:27:34,810 --> 00:27:37,270 Come on, admit it. You're all dressed up to kill with nowhere to go. 352 00:27:37,670 --> 00:27:39,270 Yeah? What about this, then? 353 00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:40,570 Oh, no. 354 00:27:41,630 --> 00:27:42,630 Hairy forearm. 355 00:27:42,690 --> 00:27:43,690 Yes. 356 00:27:45,530 --> 00:27:46,530 Bumped into a filing cabinet? 357 00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:48,910 Yeah, a South American filing cabinet. 358 00:27:49,230 --> 00:27:50,770 Came at me with a machete. No, 359 00:27:51,690 --> 00:27:52,690 six feet under. 360 00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:54,470 And what were you doing in South America? 361 00:27:54,810 --> 00:27:58,010 What was I doing? What were we all doing? Fighting, fighting, yes. 362 00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:04,670 It's barred now, out of bounds, off limits. 363 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:06,750 Sergeant, arrest this man. Sir. 364 00:28:11,230 --> 00:28:14,470 This is not a place for a young woman. You must allow me to escort you 365 00:28:14,470 --> 00:28:15,469 else. 366 00:28:15,470 --> 00:28:16,470 Thanks, I'm very happy. 367 00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:18,210 I insist. 368 00:28:20,870 --> 00:28:22,190 I absolutely insist. 369 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,200 After you. 370 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:55,560 I'm afraid we have no facility for the imprisonment of young women. 371 00:28:55,940 --> 00:28:57,620 You mean you haven't got a hairdryer? 372 00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:01,900 I mean that there are no special considerations. 373 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,260 I regard you as a spy. 374 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,940 Why, or for whom, I've yet to ascertain. 375 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,180 But I will, I promise you. 376 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:13,460 I will. 377 00:29:22,090 --> 00:29:23,090 Permission to enter, sir. 378 00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:24,190 New adjutant, sir. 379 00:29:28,330 --> 00:29:29,890 Major Gambart reporting for duty, sir. 380 00:29:38,030 --> 00:29:39,030 Care for a drink? 381 00:29:39,190 --> 00:29:43,730 Sir. The classicism of Waterloo has never been equaled. 382 00:29:44,190 --> 00:29:45,190 Never. 383 00:29:47,010 --> 00:29:48,650 Never equaled. Not in my view. 384 00:29:49,790 --> 00:29:50,790 Apprentice, have you seen this? 385 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,240 What's that, old boy? 386 00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:55,320 Purchased by Colonel Miller for essential equipment. 387 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,000 That's normal. 388 00:29:57,780 --> 00:29:59,240 500 camel saddles. 389 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,880 Camel saddles? 390 00:30:05,220 --> 00:30:06,220 You're puzzled. 391 00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:09,760 The 19th commando in Arab uniform. Why? 392 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:11,120 I'll tell you why. 393 00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:14,680 Because we're prepared for every eventuality, that's why. But, Colonel... 394 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,040 explanation we'll have to do, Major. 395 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:17,360 For the moment. 396 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,140 Your official army record. 397 00:30:20,970 --> 00:30:22,190 It makes interesting reading. 398 00:30:22,910 --> 00:30:25,530 The allegation about the regimental funds. 399 00:30:25,770 --> 00:30:26,770 There's no truth in it, sir. 400 00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:30,770 And I suppose no truth in the womanising, the appropriation of army 401 00:30:30,790 --> 00:30:34,750 Nothing has ever been proved against me, sir. Which means you're innocent, or 402 00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:35,810 exceptionally cunning. 403 00:30:36,650 --> 00:30:40,010 The only allegation which hasn't been made against you is cowardice. 404 00:30:40,450 --> 00:30:43,250 In terms of practical soldiering, you pass first class. 405 00:30:47,690 --> 00:30:49,450 It's a disgusting record, Major. 406 00:30:49,790 --> 00:30:50,790 Despicable. 407 00:30:53,050 --> 00:30:57,330 As far as I'm concerned, the very best recommendation you could have. 408 00:30:58,850 --> 00:31:01,610 You're in the 19th Special Commando now, Major. 409 00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:05,890 We do things rather differently here. 410 00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:08,490 As you will see. 411 00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:27,490 Discipline is all, would you not agree, Major? 412 00:31:27,830 --> 00:31:28,830 Probably so. 413 00:31:29,090 --> 00:31:30,690 Wellington knew how to maintain it. 414 00:31:31,130 --> 00:31:32,530 Traitors faced immediate death. 415 00:31:32,850 --> 00:31:36,730 Minor transgressors faced the ordeal of a rough ride lashed to a gun carriage. 416 00:31:37,010 --> 00:31:38,910 And poor we to disagree with Wellington. 417 00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:40,750 Carry on, Sergeant. 418 00:31:41,170 --> 00:31:42,170 Up! 419 00:31:44,030 --> 00:31:45,030 Party for party! 420 00:31:45,310 --> 00:31:46,310 Move up! 421 00:31:48,830 --> 00:31:52,350 Justice is deemed to be done, and it is a talented lesson to others. 422 00:31:53,090 --> 00:31:54,750 Yes, we do things very differently here. 423 00:31:56,750 --> 00:32:03,590 Dismiss. Do I sense your disapproval, 424 00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:04,630 Major? 425 00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:06,650 Your stomach not as strong as I thought? 426 00:32:06,930 --> 00:32:09,550 I have seen a number of sickening sights in my time, sir. 427 00:32:10,010 --> 00:32:11,710 I run a tough bunch here, Major. 428 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:13,130 Calls for tough measures. 429 00:32:14,150 --> 00:32:15,570 And ample rewards. 430 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:19,360 Reward. Greed for money. 431 00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:23,600 That's the key to your personality, is it not? Well, the lowliest private here 432 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,800 makes 10 ,000 a year. 433 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,580 As a full major, I'd expect you to treble that. 434 00:32:27,860 --> 00:32:29,300 Plus a bounty for each sortie. 435 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:31,280 Danger money. 436 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,660 The devil finds work for idle hands. 437 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,220 That's how it started, really. 438 00:32:38,980 --> 00:32:39,980 Idle hands. 439 00:32:41,140 --> 00:32:46,020 And what more idle hands than those of a soldier during a period of unremitting 440 00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:47,020 peace? 441 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:48,860 I command a whole unit here, Major. 442 00:32:49,340 --> 00:32:52,300 Trained, armed and self -sufficient to the point of having our own air 443 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:55,880 transport. A whole fighting unit with no one to fight. 444 00:32:57,020 --> 00:32:59,700 Yet across the globe, small wars are always flaring up. 445 00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:04,200 Wars between factions prepared to pay highly for trained men. Do you follow 446 00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:06,460 I'm beginning to get the drift, Colonel. 447 00:33:08,140 --> 00:33:11,860 Don't make the mistake of thinking of me as a political animal. 448 00:33:12,420 --> 00:33:13,420 I'm not. 449 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:14,640 No. 450 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:17,360 I'm a professional. 451 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,160 I fight for reward. 452 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,020 And the pickings are very easy. 453 00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:26,060 Put a professional amongst the amateurs, put him against ramshackle terrorists 454 00:33:26,060 --> 00:33:30,640 and fools who only want to die for a cause, and the pickings are very easy 455 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:31,640 indeed. 456 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:40,040 Mercenary is a term banded around a lot these days. 457 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,720 But the 19th Special Commando are the real mercenaries. 458 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:44,980 We fight. 459 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:46,100 For high pay. 460 00:33:46,380 --> 00:33:50,220 And along the route, we make that old army joke into a reality. 461 00:33:50,620 --> 00:33:52,720 Anything that isn't nailed down belongs to me. 462 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,080 We have elevated the crime of looting into a fine art. 463 00:33:58,980 --> 00:34:00,660 I haven't even started yet. 464 00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:05,660 That's enough! 465 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,000 I'm not a barbarian. What did he do, Colonel? 466 00:34:10,659 --> 00:34:12,659 He was indiscreet with the enemy. Enemy. 467 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,280 What enemy, sir? 468 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:16,639 Young woman. 469 00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:18,940 Very attractive young woman, actually. 470 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:20,520 Don't worry, Major. 471 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,639 We have her safely under lock and key. 472 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:29,199 Desperate situations. 473 00:34:31,420 --> 00:34:32,420 Desperate remedies. 474 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:38,679 What? 475 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:40,440 What? 476 00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:43,120 How many fingers on my hand? 477 00:34:43,530 --> 00:34:44,530 What hand? 478 00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,650 Oh, Prentice. 479 00:34:47,030 --> 00:34:50,429 Look, I, uh, I think I must have dozed off. 480 00:34:50,750 --> 00:34:53,070 Yes, but you're awake now and making excellent sense. 481 00:34:56,590 --> 00:34:57,610 Camel saddles. 482 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,230 Lightweight canoes. 483 00:35:01,150 --> 00:35:02,150 Alpine tackle. 484 00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:03,790 Ammunition. 485 00:35:05,090 --> 00:35:06,150 More ammunition. 486 00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:08,270 Conclusion? 487 00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:13,460 Going into a desert area where there's water to cross, mountains and fighting. 488 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:14,900 Exactly. 489 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:23,520 Where would you find desert, mountain, waters to cross? 490 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:29,840 If some fool were to start trouble there, now... The Middle East could go 491 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:30,840 flames. 492 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,260 Could even escalate into World War III. 493 00:36:35,210 --> 00:36:36,870 Now what shall we do? Start building a nest? 494 00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:38,230 Are you in good shape? 495 00:36:38,830 --> 00:36:39,830 Silly question. 496 00:36:41,470 --> 00:36:42,470 Damn. What's wrong? 497 00:36:43,210 --> 00:36:44,210 It's locked. 498 00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:45,670 Gambit. Yes. 499 00:36:45,890 --> 00:36:48,090 I could have told you it was locked. Can't you open it? 500 00:36:48,310 --> 00:36:49,310 It's a hefty lock. 501 00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:50,790 Would it help if you motivated? 502 00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:52,310 Eh? 503 00:36:52,630 --> 00:36:53,810 Pretend it's a chastity belt. 504 00:36:54,010 --> 00:36:54,769 I'll get the key. 505 00:36:54,770 --> 00:36:55,770 Don't go away. 506 00:37:11,950 --> 00:37:13,690 The general is our fuse, Sergeant. 507 00:37:14,730 --> 00:37:15,730 Sir? 508 00:37:16,110 --> 00:37:19,890 A fuse is something you attach to a bomb, and a bomb is something that goes 509 00:37:19,890 --> 00:37:23,370 bang. I know that, sir. Beckon call, soldiers. That's all we've been so far. 510 00:37:23,630 --> 00:37:28,030 Small wars, trouble breaks, call goes out. And we more often than not fly in 511 00:37:28,030 --> 00:37:30,370 settle it, sir. Yes, but we have to wait for that call. 512 00:37:30,710 --> 00:37:33,010 We've not yet created our own opportunities. 513 00:37:33,770 --> 00:37:34,770 Don't you see, Sergeant? 514 00:37:35,290 --> 00:37:40,150 If we could create our own war, guide it, control it. Somewhere where the 515 00:37:40,150 --> 00:37:41,150 pickings are rich, sir. 516 00:37:41,310 --> 00:37:42,310 Exactly. 517 00:37:43,490 --> 00:37:46,530 And where are the pickings so rich at the moment? 518 00:37:47,950 --> 00:37:48,950 The Middle East. 519 00:37:49,550 --> 00:37:54,370 Homes of oil -rich sheikhs, banks bulging with money, golden moths lush 520 00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:57,090 treasure. They shall become our mecca. 521 00:37:58,490 --> 00:37:59,488 Yes, sir. 522 00:37:59,490 --> 00:38:01,670 But I don't see how the general fits in. 523 00:38:02,310 --> 00:38:03,310 At all. 524 00:38:03,810 --> 00:38:05,190 At which to lay the blame. 525 00:38:05,890 --> 00:38:10,070 Soon after the fighting starts, his body, the body of a high -ranking 526 00:38:10,070 --> 00:38:13,800 officer, will be found amongst the dead. Country will point the finger at 527 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,140 country. Diplomats will scuffle amongst themselves. 528 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:17,920 While we scurry away with the looter. 529 00:38:18,260 --> 00:38:19,260 Yes. 530 00:38:20,580 --> 00:38:21,580 Yes. 531 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,580 Excuse me, sir. I forgot my copy of the standard notice. 532 00:38:28,460 --> 00:38:29,460 Carry on. 533 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:32,720 Uh, orders of the day, sir. 534 00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,780 Morning form up in front of me. I'm afraid I've been taken care of, sir. 535 00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:39,240 Ten hundred hours, inspection of the guardroom. 536 00:38:39,710 --> 00:38:41,910 1 ,100 hours his adjutant's orders, sir. 537 00:38:44,910 --> 00:38:45,910 Do you think he heard? 538 00:38:46,770 --> 00:38:47,770 No, sir. 539 00:38:48,050 --> 00:38:49,050 Anyway, what does it matter? 540 00:38:49,230 --> 00:38:50,270 He's on our side, isn't he? 541 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:54,230 I hope so. 542 00:38:58,750 --> 00:38:59,750 Pardon! 543 00:39:09,550 --> 00:39:10,550 Gambit, it's you. 544 00:39:10,630 --> 00:39:11,630 We're getting out. 545 00:39:12,190 --> 00:39:13,190 You sound scared. 546 00:39:13,430 --> 00:39:15,390 Scared? That's an understatement. I'm terrified. 547 00:39:15,870 --> 00:39:18,430 Why? Because Miller isn't a political animal. 548 00:39:18,770 --> 00:39:22,430 What? It doesn't matter. But he's planning a strike which might just end 549 00:39:22,430 --> 00:39:23,870 everybody pressing the red button. 550 00:39:31,530 --> 00:39:32,530 Yeah. 551 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:34,470 No doubt about it. It's you. 552 00:39:34,690 --> 00:39:35,850 I always knew I was me. 553 00:39:36,430 --> 00:39:37,590 We met before, remember? 554 00:39:38,380 --> 00:39:39,940 The airfield. Travis. 555 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:41,760 I remember. 556 00:40:10,830 --> 00:40:12,650 Time we interrogated the girl. 557 00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:14,010 Sir? 558 00:40:16,190 --> 00:40:17,190 Keep going, sir. 559 00:40:58,730 --> 00:40:59,910 I need to do the exercise, Gambit. 560 00:41:00,430 --> 00:41:01,430 What do we do now? 561 00:41:03,390 --> 00:41:04,390 Run! 562 00:41:13,970 --> 00:41:18,890 If we're right. 563 00:41:20,350 --> 00:41:21,350 We can't be. 564 00:41:21,970 --> 00:41:24,110 British unit being run for private gain. 565 00:41:24,450 --> 00:41:26,470 And running us straight into a world war. 566 00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:29,930 Purdy and Gambit are facing a whole army. 567 00:42:26,339 --> 00:42:28,220 Get that damn Major. 568 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:10,840 We'll never make it. 569 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:17,840 Neither will this. 570 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,240 If I could rig up some kind of slingshot. 571 00:43:33,460 --> 00:43:34,460 It's not wide enough. 572 00:43:35,380 --> 00:43:36,380 Try this. 573 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,180 Oh, a double -barreled slingshot. 574 00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,180 Why didn't you burn this along with the other girls? I didn't need to. 575 00:43:41,420 --> 00:43:42,420 I knew I was liberated. 576 00:43:44,820 --> 00:43:46,500 Well, here goes, Paddy. 577 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:56,160 Bravo. 578 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:13,750 Grab the commander. 579 00:45:14,110 --> 00:45:15,110 Demoralize the whole army. 580 00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:18,750 You wait here. 581 00:45:24,390 --> 00:45:26,990 What you need, Mike Gambit, is a little diversion. 582 00:46:23,050 --> 00:46:24,050 Drop it. 583 00:46:24,350 --> 00:46:26,550 I said drop it, sir. 584 00:46:29,570 --> 00:46:30,630 No, Sergeant. 585 00:46:31,790 --> 00:46:33,030 You drop it. 586 00:46:35,250 --> 00:46:36,250 Drop it. 587 00:46:39,750 --> 00:46:41,030 Now walk this way. 588 00:46:41,570 --> 00:46:44,590 Very, very slowly. 589 00:46:46,310 --> 00:46:47,310 Come on. 590 00:46:54,819 --> 00:47:01,700 Call them off You hear me I hear you, but I think you might be just 591 00:47:01,700 --> 00:47:02,700 too late 592 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:02,200 Checkmate, I think. 593 00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:05,200 Only I know the safe path through that minefield. 594 00:48:06,180 --> 00:48:08,480 If you value the young lady's life. 595 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:23,000 General Miller! 596 00:48:23,820 --> 00:48:24,980 We have you surrounded! 597 00:48:30,730 --> 00:48:32,410 Your fighting days are over, Colonel Miller. 598 00:48:33,090 --> 00:48:35,270 Order your men to lay down their arms. 599 00:48:35,490 --> 00:48:38,050 No, no, I'll die first. I'll die like a soldier. 600 00:49:49,310 --> 00:49:50,310 Cheers, Bertie! 601 00:49:51,910 --> 00:49:52,910 It's a good year.