1 00:00:02,069 --> 00:00:05,030 ♪ 2 00:01:03,957 --> 00:01:05,750 ♪ 3 00:01:27,050 --> 00:01:28,718 It's only Grey Bull. 4 00:01:38,848 --> 00:01:40,059 How, Schmidt. 5 00:01:40,142 --> 00:01:42,728 You ain't been around much. 6 00:01:42,852 --> 00:01:46,272 Hey, I heard you been having big doings at the Agency, huh? 7 00:01:46,391 --> 00:01:50,062 I bet you had yourselves a time. 8 00:01:51,814 --> 00:01:53,775 I'll bet I know what you want. 9 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:57,195 Some of that home-brew of mine, right? 10 00:01:57,272 --> 00:02:00,234 Well, I'd say that's what friends are for. 11 00:02:04,905 --> 00:02:08,284 Maybe I could spare a couple... Couple of bottles. 12 00:02:08,439 --> 00:02:11,317 ♪ 13 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,168 Turner, if you made the brand hotter 14 00:02:40,242 --> 00:02:42,494 and you kept it on the calf a shorter time, 15 00:02:42,547 --> 00:02:44,048 wouldn't it make a better brand 16 00:02:44,132 --> 00:02:46,801 and be less painful for the calf? 17 00:02:46,883 --> 00:02:48,236 You ever brand cows in England, Colonel? 18 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:51,305 Well, no, I can't say that... 19 00:02:51,461 --> 00:02:52,837 Well, then let's make a deal. 20 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,440 You tell me when to brand 'em, not how. 21 00:02:54,505 --> 00:02:56,345 - I've been branding these... - I know, I know. 22 00:02:56,424 --> 00:02:58,218 Your first brand was the NA. 23 00:02:58,309 --> 00:03:00,811 - NA? - Noah's Ark. 24 00:03:15,948 --> 00:03:17,742 All halt. 25 00:03:17,852 --> 00:03:19,812 Rest easy. 26 00:03:19,896 --> 00:03:22,357 - Colonel MacKenzie? - Oh, well, hardly, sir. 27 00:03:22,442 --> 00:03:24,362 Colonel MacKenzie is marking stock. 28 00:03:24,487 --> 00:03:25,922 Well, I'd like to speak to him, please. 29 00:03:25,946 --> 00:03:27,418 - Official Army business. - Of course, sir. 30 00:03:27,442 --> 00:03:29,778 If you'll wait by his tent, I'll bring him. 31 00:03:29,861 --> 00:03:32,822 Looks like your command could do with a nice hot drink. 32 00:03:32,907 --> 00:03:34,241 It could, and so could I. 33 00:03:34,367 --> 00:03:36,410 I'll see to it myself. This way please, sir. 34 00:03:39,781 --> 00:03:42,742 Sir? It seems we have the Army. 35 00:03:42,872 --> 00:03:44,707 Yes, so I've noticed, Parker. 36 00:03:44,832 --> 00:03:47,085 The young Lieutenant would like a word with you, sir. 37 00:03:47,176 --> 00:03:50,180 That's the story of my life, young lieutenants. 38 00:03:50,305 --> 00:03:51,848 Oh, Turner? 39 00:03:52,007 --> 00:03:54,009 You think you can possibly manage without me? 40 00:03:54,093 --> 00:03:56,220 Go on, boy. 41 00:03:59,010 --> 00:04:01,429 Gracious me. 42 00:04:01,521 --> 00:04:04,691 Look at all of them there soldier boys. 43 00:04:07,393 --> 00:04:09,978 My goodness, that mean old officer of yours 44 00:04:10,062 --> 00:04:13,399 take you away from that nice warm fort, huh? 45 00:04:15,776 --> 00:04:17,903 Looky here, soldier boy. 46 00:04:17,950 --> 00:04:20,036 You got dust on that there shine. 47 00:04:20,119 --> 00:04:21,621 Now, you know better than that. 48 00:04:23,774 --> 00:04:26,360 The first one of you who shoots that man 49 00:04:26,444 --> 00:04:27,778 will be dealt with severely. 50 00:04:30,446 --> 00:04:32,698 Gentlemen, I have a nice pot of hot coffee, 51 00:04:32,780 --> 00:04:35,825 and I might be able to produce a sandwich or two. 52 00:04:38,442 --> 00:04:39,693 Any takers? 53 00:04:39,776 --> 00:04:41,988 We never turn down anything free, sir. 54 00:04:42,113 --> 00:04:43,781 And our thanks to you. 55 00:04:43,906 --> 00:04:44,949 Splendid. 56 00:04:45,074 --> 00:04:47,368 O'Connor, Park! Take care of the mounts. 57 00:04:47,450 --> 00:04:53,456 Would you follow me to the field kitchen, please? 58 00:04:53,537 --> 00:04:54,788 - Lieutenant. - Sir. 59 00:04:54,913 --> 00:04:57,166 - Come in, sit down. - Thank you, sir. 60 00:04:57,291 --> 00:04:59,293 - Can I offer you a drink? - Thank you. 61 00:05:01,128 --> 00:05:03,964 Ah, this is rather spartan quarters. 62 00:05:04,090 --> 00:05:06,759 Oh, this is luxury, Lieutenant. 63 00:05:06,843 --> 00:05:10,806 Some of the places I've been in the world, this is luxury. 64 00:05:10,931 --> 00:05:12,683 - Thank you. - What can I do for you? 65 00:05:17,977 --> 00:05:20,688 Oh... 66 00:05:20,813 --> 00:05:22,815 That's Scotch whiskey. 67 00:05:24,860 --> 00:05:26,320 The soldier's best friend. 68 00:05:26,403 --> 00:05:28,780 Sir? 69 00:05:28,860 --> 00:05:30,296 Why don't you do what the Highlanders do? 70 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,132 You drink enough of that and you eat enough haggis 71 00:05:32,156 --> 00:05:35,118 and you'll be man enough to take on the world. 72 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:39,164 Didn't answer my question, Lieutenant. 73 00:05:39,246 --> 00:05:40,831 Oh, yes of course. 74 00:05:40,915 --> 00:05:43,334 First of all, my commanding officer, Colonel Harmon, 75 00:05:43,421 --> 00:05:46,090 made a particular point of my passing on his greetings to you. 76 00:05:46,174 --> 00:05:47,383 Well, thank you. 77 00:05:47,504 --> 00:05:50,173 We understand that you commanded an English regiment. 78 00:05:50,256 --> 00:05:52,008 British regiment. 79 00:05:52,092 --> 00:05:54,345 To be precise, the 16th Lancers. 80 00:05:54,428 --> 00:05:55,804 Lancers? 81 00:05:55,888 --> 00:05:57,848 Yes, light cavalry. 82 00:05:57,969 --> 00:05:59,847 Oh, Africa or someplace like that, 83 00:05:59,931 --> 00:06:01,682 wasn't it, where your outfit was? 84 00:06:01,809 --> 00:06:02,685 India. 85 00:06:02,769 --> 00:06:05,730 Oh. 86 00:06:05,855 --> 00:06:07,941 I'm afraid I'm not doing very well, am I, Colonel? 87 00:06:08,022 --> 00:06:10,274 Well, it doesn't matter. 88 00:06:10,358 --> 00:06:11,734 Don't worry. 89 00:06:11,858 --> 00:06:13,378 I'm not an expert on the American Army. 90 00:06:13,485 --> 00:06:15,153 We're 5th Cavalry, you know. 91 00:06:15,237 --> 00:06:16,905 We're the finest regiment in the Army. 92 00:06:17,027 --> 00:06:20,072 Why, we date back, oh, way before the war. 93 00:06:20,197 --> 00:06:21,782 What war, Lieutenant? 94 00:06:21,864 --> 00:06:24,700 The late war, the war of the cessation, 95 00:06:24,825 --> 00:06:26,703 the, uh... the last war. 96 00:06:28,235 --> 00:06:30,404 Well, I'm glad to see you're proud of your regiment, 97 00:06:30,487 --> 00:06:31,947 because I was proud of mine, too. 98 00:06:32,070 --> 00:06:33,791 How long have you been with the 5th Cavalry? 99 00:06:33,905 --> 00:06:35,073 Almost five years. 100 00:06:35,156 --> 00:06:36,741 - Five years. - Yes, sir. 101 00:06:36,789 --> 00:06:39,667 Well, I was 25 years in the field with mine. 102 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:41,377 By the time I retired, I got the feeling 103 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:43,170 I was just beginning to know them. 104 00:07:00,595 --> 00:07:02,763 Everything satisfactory, Sergeant? 105 00:07:02,814 --> 00:07:04,649 You got a Colleen and a nip of Irish whiskey, 106 00:07:04,732 --> 00:07:06,901 - I may never leave. - Splendid. 107 00:07:07,025 --> 00:07:08,902 My name's Parker. 108 00:07:08,986 --> 00:07:11,613 Terence Mulcahy, F troop, 109 00:07:11,738 --> 00:07:13,657 5th Calvary, Fort Laramie, Mr. Parker. 110 00:07:13,740 --> 00:07:15,784 Mulcahy. Mulcahy. 111 00:07:15,909 --> 00:07:18,413 Don't I know you, Sergeant Mulcahy? 112 00:07:18,493 --> 00:07:20,829 Not to my knowledge. Have you ever been in Ireland? 113 00:07:20,912 --> 00:07:23,873 Never. Have you ever been in England? 114 00:07:23,957 --> 00:07:25,667 - Never. - Oh. 115 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:27,627 India, perhaps. 116 00:07:27,784 --> 00:07:30,287 Now what would a man like meself be doing in India? 117 00:07:30,412 --> 00:07:32,706 Possibly the same thing you're doing here. 118 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:35,220 A soldier I am, Mr. Parker, but a fool I'm not. 119 00:07:35,304 --> 00:07:36,972 Your coffee's very good. 120 00:07:42,918 --> 00:07:44,963 Ghost dancers? 121 00:07:45,088 --> 00:07:47,966 Sort of a religious movement 122 00:07:48,048 --> 00:07:50,091 going on among the northern tribes. 123 00:07:50,175 --> 00:07:51,801 They seem to think that the spirits 124 00:07:51,928 --> 00:07:53,680 of their warrior ancestors will come back 125 00:07:53,805 --> 00:07:55,766 and help drive the white man out. 126 00:07:55,849 --> 00:07:56,975 Oh, I see. 127 00:07:57,057 --> 00:07:58,857 Well, there was the same kind of superstitions 128 00:07:58,892 --> 00:08:00,644 among some of the more primitive tribesmen 129 00:08:00,727 --> 00:08:02,047 on the northern frontier in India. 130 00:08:02,147 --> 00:08:05,317 Yes, well, the thing is, they're making big medicine. 131 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,822 See, each ghost dancer gets a medicine bag 132 00:08:09,942 --> 00:08:12,654 full of, oh, all kinds of nasty little things. 133 00:08:12,737 --> 00:08:14,781 And as long as they wear these medicine bags, 134 00:08:14,864 --> 00:08:16,467 why, they're completely invulnerable to bullets, 135 00:08:16,491 --> 00:08:17,867 and they really believe this. 136 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:21,285 You know, Lieutenant, I think your problem 137 00:08:21,369 --> 00:08:24,413 is a defeated, desperate people clutching at straws. 138 00:08:24,498 --> 00:08:26,708 It's not a red Indian characteristic. 139 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:28,001 It's a human characteristic. 140 00:08:28,124 --> 00:08:31,044 I don't think there's too much to worry about. 141 00:08:31,169 --> 00:08:34,214 Well, we don't think so either, really, but, well, 142 00:08:34,335 --> 00:08:37,839 a week ago, a couple small bands of young Indian braves 143 00:08:37,959 --> 00:08:39,836 left the reservation with their amulets. 144 00:08:39,961 --> 00:08:43,173 By now, they've lifted five scalps that we know of, 145 00:08:43,254 --> 00:08:45,715 and now they're heading in this general direction. 146 00:08:46,966 --> 00:08:48,134 Hmm. 147 00:08:54,013 --> 00:08:55,723 A word with you, sir. 148 00:08:55,848 --> 00:08:59,185 This MacKenzie who owns the ranch, 149 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:00,886 tell me about him. 150 00:09:00,970 --> 00:09:02,221 The Colonel? Sure. 151 00:09:02,312 --> 00:09:05,065 Colonel? Colonel MacKenzie. 152 00:09:05,190 --> 00:09:07,192 Yeah, he was in the English army. 153 00:09:07,271 --> 00:09:08,832 You know, I didn't know that they had an army 154 00:09:08,856 --> 00:09:12,068 after Washington whooped 'em, but he was in it, India. 155 00:09:12,192 --> 00:09:14,695 As far as a boss, though, he's the best. 156 00:09:14,778 --> 00:09:16,697 Imagine that now. 157 00:09:16,780 --> 00:09:18,365 India. 158 00:09:21,863 --> 00:09:23,183 Offer you another one, Lieutenant? 159 00:09:23,231 --> 00:09:25,316 No, sir, one's enough for me. 160 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:26,651 Well, I'll tell you, 161 00:09:26,735 --> 00:09:29,363 I've got 32 men working for me at Shiloh, 162 00:09:29,445 --> 00:09:32,239 and they're all very capable of looking after themselves. 163 00:09:32,363 --> 00:09:34,323 I have no doubt, Colonel, it's just that we'd like 164 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:36,826 to recommend that they go about their duties in small groups. 165 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:38,841 We're giving the same warning all the ranchers in this area. 166 00:09:38,865 --> 00:09:40,783 All right, all right, I'll give the order. 167 00:09:40,908 --> 00:09:42,744 We don't think they'll get this far. 168 00:09:42,866 --> 00:09:45,285 At first we thought they were headed for Canada, 169 00:09:45,410 --> 00:09:47,829 but then they swung back south. 170 00:09:50,788 --> 00:09:52,707 Colonel MacKenzie! Colonel! 171 00:09:52,790 --> 00:09:56,711 We've got an awful mess up at the north flats, Colonel. 172 00:09:56,794 --> 00:09:57,962 What kind of a mess? 173 00:09:58,087 --> 00:10:01,257 Ten prime heads slaughtered. Injuns. 174 00:10:01,382 --> 00:10:02,425 Are you sure? 175 00:10:02,554 --> 00:10:05,724 I said so, didn't I? Pony tracks all right. 176 00:10:05,807 --> 00:10:07,768 Couple of head had arrows in 'em. 177 00:10:07,813 --> 00:10:09,773 They didn't even butcher them for eating, Colonel, 178 00:10:09,857 --> 00:10:11,900 just cut them down and rode off. 179 00:10:12,020 --> 00:10:15,815 - Go on, get yourself some hot coffee. - Thanks. 180 00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:19,195 I thought I knew Indians. Stealing cattle, certainly. 181 00:10:19,274 --> 00:10:20,752 Butchering one or two of them for food? 182 00:10:20,776 --> 00:10:23,695 It happens all the time, but a thing like this. 183 00:10:23,816 --> 00:10:26,318 It's a pretty good battle tactic, Lieutenant, 184 00:10:26,443 --> 00:10:27,861 if you're planning an all-out war. 185 00:10:27,947 --> 00:10:30,074 Russians did the same thing to Napoleon. 186 00:10:30,158 --> 00:10:32,952 You give them a little too much credit, Colonel. 187 00:10:33,079 --> 00:10:34,831 Yeah, and you don't give them enough credit. 188 00:10:34,956 --> 00:10:38,794 Don't forget one thing, Lieutenant, Indians are man, 189 00:10:38,945 --> 00:10:42,240 and men, well, they're pretty much the same all over. 190 00:10:42,291 --> 00:10:43,769 No, they just slaughtered those cattle 191 00:10:43,793 --> 00:10:46,046 as a pure gesture of defiance, that's all. 192 00:10:46,129 --> 00:10:48,882 Colonel, take my advice. 193 00:10:48,964 --> 00:10:51,258 These murderous savages we're dealing with out here 194 00:10:51,342 --> 00:10:53,886 are nothing like the tribesmen you fought in India. 195 00:10:53,969 --> 00:10:57,807 Oh, yes, they are, in all the most important ways, 196 00:10:57,930 --> 00:10:59,890 but it takes a long time to realize that. 197 00:10:59,973 --> 00:11:02,309 I'm afraid you're gonna have them all killed off 198 00:11:02,434 --> 00:11:03,811 before you do. 199 00:11:03,894 --> 00:11:06,146 Anyway, will you give my respects to Colonel Harmon? 200 00:11:06,271 --> 00:11:07,856 Tell him I'll drop by for the a visit 201 00:11:07,978 --> 00:11:10,147 - next time I'm near the fort. - I shall, sir. 202 00:11:27,789 --> 00:11:30,875 Parker, was I as self-important 203 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,669 and serious when I was his age? 204 00:11:32,796 --> 00:11:34,005 Never, sir. 205 00:11:34,089 --> 00:11:36,843 Well, rarely, sir. 206 00:11:36,926 --> 00:11:39,303 You are getting tactless in your old age. 207 00:11:39,382 --> 00:11:42,677 Colonel, there's something rather strange, sir. 208 00:11:42,872 --> 00:11:44,123 What? 209 00:11:44,248 --> 00:11:46,584 The sergeant, would you mind taking a look at him, sir? 210 00:11:54,989 --> 00:11:57,449 - Sergeant? - Forward ho! 211 00:12:04,450 --> 00:12:08,829 But it's impossible. Baxter's dead. 212 00:12:08,879 --> 00:12:10,422 10 years ago, dead. 213 00:12:10,547 --> 00:12:14,050 Yes, sir, and that one's a sergeant in the American Army, 214 00:12:14,135 --> 00:12:16,762 and yet I'll wager everything I own in the world 215 00:12:16,888 --> 00:12:19,140 that we're standing here watching... 216 00:12:19,217 --> 00:12:21,219 Watching... 217 00:12:21,303 --> 00:12:24,389 Watching the long-dead Lieutenant Patrick Baxter 218 00:12:24,474 --> 00:12:27,227 of the 16th Lancers ride out of Shiloh Ranch. 219 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:36,736 Come on, this isn't your mother's farm you're working on. 220 00:12:36,819 --> 00:12:39,196 What do you men think you're doing? 221 00:12:41,815 --> 00:12:43,775 Would you tell me that? 222 00:12:43,904 --> 00:12:45,447 Are you looking for something? 223 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,231 Look around, Parker, huh? Ask some questions. 224 00:13:15,315 --> 00:13:17,275 Keep away from Mulcahy if you see him. 225 00:13:17,394 --> 00:13:18,728 I don't want to frighten him away. 226 00:13:18,812 --> 00:13:20,314 - Of course, sir. - Hmm. 227 00:13:29,130 --> 00:13:30,130 Alfredson. 228 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:34,389 Do your old Sergeant a favor 229 00:13:34,472 --> 00:13:36,683 and go saddle up his horse, if you please. 230 00:13:36,808 --> 00:13:38,208 I just remembered a thing I must do. 231 00:13:38,310 --> 00:13:39,812 Yes, sir. 232 00:13:41,355 --> 00:13:44,024 Colonel, MacKenzie! 233 00:13:44,151 --> 00:13:45,820 Well, this is an overdue pleasure. 234 00:13:45,903 --> 00:13:48,156 - Yes, thank you. - Sit down, sit down. 235 00:13:48,242 --> 00:13:49,827 Long ride from Shiloh. 236 00:13:49,910 --> 00:13:51,120 - Yeah. - Like a drink? 237 00:13:51,203 --> 00:13:52,955 Oh, I'd be delighted. 238 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,835 I know that we're not as eminently civilized 239 00:13:55,918 --> 00:13:57,753 as your regiments in India are, Colonel, 240 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,135 but our posts on the frontier are not permanent. 241 00:14:02,514 --> 00:14:04,808 To your health and to the military life. 242 00:14:04,891 --> 00:14:08,979 Well, that's rather a contradiction in terms, but... 243 00:14:09,064 --> 00:14:10,441 Mmm. 244 00:14:21,538 --> 00:14:22,998 What about Sergeant Mulcahy? 245 00:14:23,053 --> 00:14:25,347 That's what I'm asking you. 246 00:14:27,257 --> 00:14:28,884 Best sergeant in the regiment, 247 00:14:28,967 --> 00:14:31,011 which makes him the best sergeant in the U.S. Army. 248 00:14:31,094 --> 00:14:32,262 Mm-hmm. 249 00:14:32,357 --> 00:14:33,859 Why? 250 00:14:33,942 --> 00:14:37,237 You know about his, uh.. Background? 251 00:14:41,860 --> 00:14:43,070 Sergeant Major! 252 00:14:45,917 --> 00:14:46,918 Yes, sir. 253 00:14:47,044 --> 00:14:48,962 Will you bring me the service record file 254 00:14:49,049 --> 00:14:51,176 on Sergeant Mulcahy? 255 00:14:51,259 --> 00:14:54,888 Tell Lieutenant Dorn to report to me at once. 256 00:14:55,050 --> 00:14:56,259 Yes, sir. 257 00:15:09,748 --> 00:15:13,251 Baxter! Lieutenant Baxter! 258 00:15:13,337 --> 00:15:15,089 Lieutenant Baxter! 259 00:15:17,926 --> 00:15:19,761 Sergeant Mulcahy leaving the fort. 260 00:15:19,844 --> 00:15:20,970 Right. 261 00:15:38,007 --> 00:15:40,676 Terence Mulcahy, 262 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,264 born County Kerry, Ireland, 1853. 263 00:15:45,426 --> 00:15:48,138 Father was so-and-so, so-and-so, so-and-so. 264 00:15:48,223 --> 00:15:52,102 Ah, arrived in this country and enlisted in the Army 265 00:15:52,185 --> 00:15:54,855 and in this regiment 10 years ago. 266 00:15:54,950 --> 00:15:57,328 If I may add, he holds the Congressional Medal of Honor 267 00:15:57,457 --> 00:15:58,792 among other commendations. 268 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:01,128 He's the best soldier I ever saw. 269 00:16:01,211 --> 00:16:04,214 In your entire career in the Army, Lieutenant? 270 00:16:04,299 --> 00:16:07,427 I have done some soldiering, Colonel. 271 00:16:07,513 --> 00:16:09,932 When old Shannon retires, 272 00:16:10,015 --> 00:16:12,309 Mulcahy will become the new Sergeant Major 273 00:16:12,396 --> 00:16:15,816 of this regiment after only 10 years. 274 00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:18,652 That's an accomplishment worthy of note. 275 00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:20,991 May I ask the Colonel specifically 276 00:16:21,116 --> 00:16:24,036 why he's interested in Sergeant Mulcahy? 277 00:16:24,167 --> 00:16:26,377 Well, I may know him under another name. 278 00:16:26,502 --> 00:16:28,838 I only caught a glimpse of him at Shiloh the other day, 279 00:16:28,966 --> 00:16:32,344 but my batman spoke to him, and he swears he's the man. 280 00:16:32,429 --> 00:16:34,097 What man? Tell us more. 281 00:16:34,181 --> 00:16:37,225 All right. 282 00:16:37,352 --> 00:16:40,397 About 10 years ago, 283 00:16:40,522 --> 00:16:42,816 my regiment was fighting the Batans 284 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:44,862 on the northern frontier in India. 285 00:16:44,945 --> 00:16:49,284 I had a young, very young lieutenant in my command, 286 00:16:49,369 --> 00:16:50,871 Patrick Baxter. 287 00:16:50,996 --> 00:16:54,163 Anglo-Irish, Sandhurst, very old family, 288 00:16:54,187 --> 00:16:56,982 history of regimental service 100 years old, 289 00:16:57,065 --> 00:16:58,441 all that sort of thing. 290 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:03,148 Now this Patrick Baxter led a patrol into the field. 291 00:17:03,233 --> 00:17:05,694 He was ambushed by the tribesmen, 292 00:17:05,777 --> 00:17:08,780 fought them to the last man, wiped out. 293 00:17:08,865 --> 00:17:12,327 In consequence of course, both he and the patrol 294 00:17:12,446 --> 00:17:16,910 rank rather high on our regimental list of honors. 295 00:17:17,035 --> 00:17:20,830 And you think that Mulcahy was a member of this patrol? 296 00:17:20,881 --> 00:17:22,758 Oh, he was more than a member. 297 00:17:22,852 --> 00:17:24,187 He was in command. 298 00:17:24,270 --> 00:17:25,980 You see, he's Baxter. 299 00:17:26,063 --> 00:17:27,857 Well, doesn't the British Army count 300 00:17:27,976 --> 00:17:30,229 and identify their dead, Colonel? 301 00:17:30,312 --> 00:17:32,397 Well, when it's possible, Lieutenant. 302 00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:34,895 It's rather difficult to count heads 303 00:17:34,979 --> 00:17:36,272 when there aren't any heads. 304 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:39,943 You see, the Batans leave a rather messy battlefield. 305 00:17:40,004 --> 00:17:45,760 Look, there is one way we could solve your curiosity. 306 00:17:45,953 --> 00:17:48,789 Lieutenant, why don't you bring Sergeant Mulcahy in here? 307 00:17:50,549 --> 00:17:51,759 Yes, sir. 308 00:17:57,937 --> 00:17:59,772 He's a fine young officer, Colonel, 309 00:17:59,855 --> 00:18:01,274 very protective of his men. 310 00:18:01,357 --> 00:18:02,942 Yes, so I've noticed. 311 00:18:03,103 --> 00:18:05,439 Suppose Sergeant Mulcahy is your man, 312 00:18:05,523 --> 00:18:07,817 what do you propose to do about it? 313 00:18:07,869 --> 00:18:11,707 He has four more years of his present enlistment to go. 314 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:14,793 He has broken no laws in this country, 315 00:18:14,846 --> 00:18:15,973 far from it. 316 00:18:16,098 --> 00:18:19,017 He's served the United States exceedingly well. 317 00:18:19,070 --> 00:18:21,072 And this Army and this regiment, 318 00:18:21,197 --> 00:18:23,241 my regiment, Colonel MacKenzie. 319 00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:27,315 And you will find that I, too, 320 00:18:27,408 --> 00:18:30,869 am very protective of my men. 321 00:18:30,953 --> 00:18:34,457 And you are, after all, a civilian. 322 00:18:34,510 --> 00:18:37,972 Yes, I became a civilian, Colonel Harmon, 323 00:18:38,165 --> 00:18:41,752 because I was fed up with military red tape, 324 00:18:41,835 --> 00:18:44,171 and I have no intention of letting it stand in my way now. 325 00:18:46,109 --> 00:18:48,278 Oh, Colonel... 326 00:18:48,406 --> 00:18:50,908 why don't we agree to disagree, hmm? 327 00:18:50,992 --> 00:18:53,452 At least while we're waiting. 328 00:18:53,541 --> 00:18:55,084 Very well. 329 00:19:04,850 --> 00:19:08,729 Isn't it rather late in the day for an Indian uprising? 330 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:11,985 I don't believe it's an uprising yet, 331 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:16,323 just a band of braves letting off steam. 332 00:19:16,442 --> 00:19:19,195 We thought they're headed for Canada. 333 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:21,169 The Canadians are a lot friendlier 334 00:19:21,294 --> 00:19:22,962 to their aborigines than we are, 335 00:19:23,049 --> 00:19:25,719 but they fooled us and swung back down here, 336 00:19:25,844 --> 00:19:27,846 where they burned out a settlement 337 00:19:27,964 --> 00:19:30,801 and shot up a camp of sheepherders over here, 338 00:19:30,884 --> 00:19:34,471 and I have no idea where they're gonna come next. 339 00:19:34,521 --> 00:19:35,814 Sooner or later, 340 00:19:35,898 --> 00:19:37,983 they'll have to return to the reservation 341 00:19:38,068 --> 00:19:39,736 to show off their scalp collection. 342 00:19:39,861 --> 00:19:42,781 You don't seem overly worried. 343 00:19:42,902 --> 00:19:44,904 I'm not happy about it. 344 00:19:44,987 --> 00:19:46,823 Having to small find a small band 345 00:19:46,906 --> 00:19:48,741 in a land this size? 346 00:19:48,793 --> 00:19:50,212 What does worry me 347 00:19:50,337 --> 00:19:52,839 is what will happen when they come back. 348 00:19:52,893 --> 00:19:54,770 I'm afraid... 349 00:19:54,853 --> 00:19:56,855 I'm afraid I don't understand. 350 00:19:56,938 --> 00:19:59,983 Well, I think it's a test of their big medicine, 351 00:20:00,065 --> 00:20:00,857 their magic. 352 00:20:00,982 --> 00:20:02,817 If these raids are successful, 353 00:20:02,899 --> 00:20:04,859 every young Sioux and Blackfoot 354 00:20:04,942 --> 00:20:06,778 from Minnesota to the mountains 355 00:20:06,861 --> 00:20:08,738 will be putting on ghost dance amulets 356 00:20:08,861 --> 00:20:12,406 and heading out after scalps. 357 00:20:12,566 --> 00:20:15,153 Mulcahy seems to have left the fort, sir. 358 00:20:15,237 --> 00:20:17,781 - On whose authority? - I can't seem to find out. 359 00:20:17,872 --> 00:20:19,791 But of course, he might've just gone into town. 360 00:20:19,874 --> 00:20:20,917 Yeah. 361 00:20:24,874 --> 00:20:26,194 I tried to intercept him, Colonel, 362 00:20:26,251 --> 00:20:27,811 but he was off before I could reach him. 363 00:20:27,870 --> 00:20:30,248 - Tell the sentry where he was going? - No, sir. 364 00:20:34,006 --> 00:20:36,759 Apparently he left on a personal errand of some sort. 365 00:20:36,843 --> 00:20:39,512 It wouldn't be at all surprised. 366 00:20:39,586 --> 00:20:41,923 Obviously, he saw us arrive. 367 00:20:42,006 --> 00:20:43,258 That proves nothing, Mackenzie. 368 00:20:43,341 --> 00:20:44,426 It does to me. 369 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:47,470 Mulcahy's past is no concern of mine. 370 00:20:47,555 --> 00:20:49,265 If you want an official inquiry, 371 00:20:49,391 --> 00:20:51,726 I'll be happy to pass your request 372 00:20:51,810 --> 00:20:53,019 along to the War Department. 373 00:20:53,172 --> 00:20:55,191 And give your precious sergeant all the time he needs 374 00:20:55,215 --> 00:20:57,926 - to get out of the country? - Mulcahy is no deserter. 375 00:20:57,970 --> 00:20:59,805 He'll be back in the requisite time. 376 00:20:59,930 --> 00:21:02,015 He was running from me. You know it as well as I do! 377 00:21:02,099 --> 00:21:04,143 He won't be back, and in my Army, 378 00:21:04,303 --> 00:21:05,471 that makes him a deserter. 379 00:21:05,554 --> 00:21:07,474 I don't know what you're getting so upset about. 380 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,273 The incident you spoke of took place over 10 years ago! 381 00:21:10,356 --> 00:21:11,774 You're not in the British Army now! 382 00:21:11,858 --> 00:21:13,734 You're a rancher, and you're behaving 383 00:21:13,819 --> 00:21:16,113 - as if it's a personal matter! - It is. 384 00:21:16,238 --> 00:21:18,949 Patrick Baxter was in command of that patrol, 385 00:21:19,069 --> 00:21:21,280 but his second in command was a very young, 386 00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:23,782 green lieutenant named Donald MacKenzie, 387 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:25,193 my kid brother. 388 00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:28,863 Now, wouldn't you say that made it a personal matter? 389 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,343 - Did you manage? - Quite well, sir. 390 00:21:55,426 --> 00:21:58,054 Rations, cold-weather clothing, everything you asked for. 391 00:21:58,146 --> 00:22:00,149 You are a talented man, Parker. 392 00:22:00,232 --> 00:22:01,692 Oh, not talent, sir, 393 00:22:01,817 --> 00:22:05,821 years of experience bribing supply sergeants. 394 00:22:05,948 --> 00:22:08,326 I'm sure he's gonna head for the coast, Astoria. 395 00:22:08,409 --> 00:22:10,244 He'll try and pick up a ship there. 396 00:22:10,328 --> 00:22:12,747 Now either he'll take the pass at Freemont 397 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:14,541 or over the mountains at Lovelace. 398 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:16,001 Lovelace is the easier. 399 00:22:16,084 --> 00:22:18,170 And Fremont is quicker. He'll know I'll be after him. 400 00:22:18,252 --> 00:22:21,422 Look, you stay here, keep your eyes open, huh? 401 00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:23,841 Maybe he'll try and give me the slip and double back. 402 00:22:23,992 --> 00:22:25,995 And if you do catch Baxter, sir? 403 00:22:26,078 --> 00:22:28,914 - I'll deliver him here. - Of course, sir. 404 00:22:29,002 --> 00:22:31,380 This time of year there may be early snow in the mountains. 405 00:22:31,505 --> 00:22:32,505 Yeah. 406 00:22:32,548 --> 00:22:34,007 Won't be worse than the Himalayas. 407 00:22:34,124 --> 00:22:36,004 I wouldn't put that on for a minute or two, sir, 408 00:22:36,042 --> 00:22:38,044 until you're well away from the fort. 409 00:22:38,125 --> 00:22:40,294 It's one of the Colonel's. 410 00:22:42,379 --> 00:22:44,131 Parker. 411 00:23:18,229 --> 00:23:21,440 Mulcahy didn't desert, sir. He'll be back. 412 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:22,984 Of course. 413 00:23:23,137 --> 00:23:25,806 He probably just rode into town. Maybe there's a woman. 414 00:23:25,890 --> 00:23:26,932 Mm-hmm. 415 00:23:27,016 --> 00:23:29,143 He's always been a great one for women. 416 00:23:29,266 --> 00:23:31,143 He'll be back in time. 417 00:23:34,911 --> 00:23:37,872 If he isn't, post him, Lieutenant. 418 00:23:37,954 --> 00:23:39,080 Yes, sir. 419 00:23:45,154 --> 00:23:48,240 ♪ 420 00:24:21,532 --> 00:24:24,702 Big fella, black hair, black eyes, a scar on his cheek. 421 00:24:24,862 --> 00:24:26,280 - You see him? - No. 422 00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:30,368 You sure? You didn't see him? He didn't go up this way? 423 00:24:30,441 --> 00:24:32,110 Thank you. 424 00:24:54,509 --> 00:24:55,760 You mean Mulcahy. 425 00:24:55,843 --> 00:24:57,178 Yes, Sergeant Mulcahy. 426 00:24:57,303 --> 00:24:59,389 Went by here like a scalded calf. 427 00:24:59,547 --> 00:25:02,134 First time he ever passed a saloon that I know of. 428 00:25:02,217 --> 00:25:03,218 Did you talk to him? 429 00:25:03,341 --> 00:25:05,719 Well, I yelled at him. 430 00:25:05,844 --> 00:25:07,887 He just waved at me and kept moving. 431 00:25:07,937 --> 00:25:10,690 Wanted ask him about them Injuns I keep hearing about. 432 00:25:10,815 --> 00:25:12,316 Oh, these ghost dancers? 433 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:13,859 Injuns is Injuns. 434 00:25:13,975 --> 00:25:15,727 They killed old man Twambe and his wife 435 00:25:15,810 --> 00:25:17,854 up along Wild Onion Creek the other day. 436 00:25:17,969 --> 00:25:20,930 Folks around here are getting real scared. 437 00:25:21,014 --> 00:25:22,140 Which way was he heading? 438 00:25:22,265 --> 00:25:23,767 Straight for the mountains. 439 00:25:23,826 --> 00:25:25,285 Fremont Pass? 440 00:25:25,369 --> 00:25:27,706 Well, if he went on that far, maybe. 441 00:25:27,789 --> 00:25:28,873 I'll tell you one thing, 442 00:25:29,031 --> 00:25:30,908 if he is heading for Fremont Pass 443 00:25:30,992 --> 00:25:32,952 and he goes over as fast as he came by here, 444 00:25:33,077 --> 00:25:35,830 he's gonna skid right on down into Oregon. 445 00:25:35,913 --> 00:25:37,874 Thank you, sir. Goodbye. 446 00:25:37,917 --> 00:25:41,087 ♪ 447 00:30:00,098 --> 00:30:01,891 Mr. Parker. 448 00:30:02,017 --> 00:30:04,144 You can no longer stay here. 449 00:30:04,190 --> 00:30:05,190 Why not, sir? 450 00:30:05,274 --> 00:30:06,693 This is government property. 451 00:30:06,818 --> 00:30:09,404 Although it's a source of constant dismay to me, sir, 452 00:30:09,519 --> 00:30:12,064 I happen to be a taxpayer of that government, 453 00:30:12,189 --> 00:30:13,983 and I'm here on government business. 454 00:30:14,064 --> 00:30:15,691 Government business is our business, 455 00:30:15,816 --> 00:30:17,234 Parker, not yours. 456 00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:20,237 Colonel MacKenzie is in pursuit of a deserter from your army. 457 00:30:20,359 --> 00:30:23,279 Since you appear to be doing nothing about that, I shall. 458 00:30:23,361 --> 00:30:26,239 - Now, if Baxter... - Sergeant Mulcahy! 459 00:30:26,364 --> 00:30:28,158 Whatever his name, sir, if he does return, 460 00:30:28,241 --> 00:30:29,868 I shall be waiting for him. 461 00:30:29,993 --> 00:30:32,287 You've received your orders to leave this post, Parker. 462 00:30:32,370 --> 00:30:34,914 You may force me to do so, sir, in which case, 463 00:30:35,038 --> 00:30:37,123 I shall set up outside your gate. 464 00:30:37,206 --> 00:30:39,793 I merely thought that by remaining inside, 465 00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:41,948 out of sight of the general public, 466 00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:44,993 I was being... discreet, sir. 467 00:30:47,047 --> 00:30:49,215 However, if you wish me to move... 468 00:30:49,301 --> 00:30:51,887 You may remain if you wish. 469 00:30:55,060 --> 00:30:57,187 How long do you plan to stay? 470 00:30:57,270 --> 00:30:59,898 Till Colonel MacKenzie tells me to leave. 471 00:31:00,021 --> 00:31:02,815 Mr. Parker, we have already posted 472 00:31:02,899 --> 00:31:04,401 Sergeant Mulcahy as a deserter. 473 00:31:04,486 --> 00:31:06,237 We can do no more than that. 474 00:31:06,321 --> 00:31:10,116 No doubt, sir, but Colonel MacKenzie can. 475 00:33:04,322 --> 00:33:07,784 ♪ 476 00:35:35,305 --> 00:35:36,890 Yah! 477 00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:32,301 It's no good, old timer. 478 00:36:32,427 --> 00:36:35,847 We gotta get out of this. 479 00:36:35,931 --> 00:36:37,808 I know a place where we can hole up. 480 00:42:00,169 --> 00:42:01,253 You take him. 481 00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:15,809 What in blazes is wrong with you? 482 00:42:15,936 --> 00:42:18,398 You could've bagged the both of them. 483 00:42:18,482 --> 00:42:21,818 We don't fight this war according to Sandhurst rules! 484 00:42:21,938 --> 00:42:24,399 You show them heathen a stiff British upper lip 485 00:42:24,485 --> 00:42:26,820 and they'll cut it off and hang it on a totem stick! 486 00:42:26,945 --> 00:42:29,782 Well now, Sergeant Mulcahy. 487 00:42:29,901 --> 00:42:32,111 How did you know I was a Sandhurst man 488 00:42:32,195 --> 00:42:34,113 since I haven't spoken one word to you? 489 00:42:35,950 --> 00:42:37,243 You stink of Sandhurst. 490 00:42:49,003 --> 00:42:50,463 Better let me have a look at that. 491 00:42:50,579 --> 00:42:53,040 Keep your hands off me leg. 492 00:42:53,165 --> 00:42:56,877 Won't be the first time I've done it myself. 493 00:42:56,969 --> 00:42:59,555 That's a very acceptable Irish brogue 494 00:42:59,634 --> 00:43:01,427 you have there, Lieutenant Baxter. 495 00:43:01,511 --> 00:43:03,262 You don't have to waste it on me. 496 00:43:03,346 --> 00:43:06,849 Me name's Terence Mulcahy, Sergeant of the line, 497 00:43:06,972 --> 00:43:10,310 5th cavalry, United States Army. 498 00:43:11,894 --> 00:43:13,854 No doubt it is for the moment. 499 00:43:13,979 --> 00:43:16,106 We'll talk about that later. 500 00:43:16,222 --> 00:43:18,182 The only thing well have time to talk about 501 00:43:18,307 --> 00:43:20,226 is how to get out of this thing alive. 502 00:43:20,315 --> 00:43:23,902 ♪ 503 00:43:36,237 --> 00:43:38,531 You put on a couple of pounds. 504 00:43:38,614 --> 00:43:40,783 That's natural after 10 years. 505 00:43:40,862 --> 00:43:43,197 You need a shave. 506 00:43:43,281 --> 00:43:46,534 The Lieutenant Baxter I knew, he didn't even own a razor. 507 00:43:46,660 --> 00:43:49,121 Didn't need one. 508 00:43:49,204 --> 00:43:52,791 He didn't have that scar, either. 509 00:43:52,875 --> 00:43:54,877 Did the Batans do that to you? 510 00:43:55,002 --> 00:43:58,922 I don't know what you're talking about, MacKenzie. 511 00:43:59,047 --> 00:44:00,966 16th Lancers, Baxter. 512 00:44:01,046 --> 00:44:03,758 I said my name's Terence Mulcahy, 513 00:44:03,884 --> 00:44:05,719 County Kerry be born, and you can take 514 00:44:05,814 --> 00:44:08,316 your pretty public-school accent and go to hell. 515 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,069 Mm, well, under the circumstances, 516 00:44:11,225 --> 00:44:12,393 if I'm to go to hell, 517 00:44:12,476 --> 00:44:14,854 I suspect it'll be in your company. 518 00:44:14,938 --> 00:44:17,900 Aye. We got a small problem. 519 00:44:18,025 --> 00:44:19,902 Ten of them to start, I make it, 520 00:44:20,022 --> 00:44:22,232 and you bagged two, maybe another. 521 00:44:22,316 --> 00:44:24,067 That leaves at least seven or eight, 522 00:44:24,192 --> 00:44:25,903 and I got a hole in me upper leg 523 00:44:26,029 --> 00:44:27,907 and a smashed bone in me lower. 524 00:44:30,905 --> 00:44:32,072 You've still got your hair. 525 00:44:32,197 --> 00:44:34,742 That I have, but it ain't gonna help me run. 526 00:44:34,834 --> 00:44:36,419 You like to run, don't you, Baxter? 527 00:44:36,544 --> 00:44:37,896 Why don't you just keep your mouth shut 528 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,964 about things you're ignorant of, McDougall? 529 00:44:40,072 --> 00:44:41,866 MacKenzie, Baxter. 530 00:44:41,949 --> 00:44:43,826 Mulcahy, MacKenzie. 531 00:44:43,910 --> 00:44:46,245 Colonel Mackenzie, Baxter, your colonel. 532 00:44:46,369 --> 00:44:48,747 Are you sure you're feeling all right, Mr. MacKenzie? 533 00:44:48,872 --> 00:44:51,082 'Cause you're no colonel of mine. 534 00:44:51,198 --> 00:44:52,449 We'll see to that. 535 00:44:52,532 --> 00:44:54,786 We'll see nothing. 536 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,799 Our gentle playmates out there'll see to that. 537 00:44:57,925 --> 00:44:59,125 Are you so frightened of them? 538 00:45:02,255 --> 00:45:04,132 Frightened? 539 00:45:04,257 --> 00:45:05,258 Why, you horse-faced... 540 00:45:15,180 --> 00:45:18,141 "Frightened" may not be the precise word. 541 00:45:18,266 --> 00:45:19,852 Let's just say they worry me. 542 00:45:20,002 --> 00:45:21,336 Yes. 543 00:45:27,978 --> 00:45:31,231 I read somewhere that the American Indian 544 00:45:31,276 --> 00:45:32,945 doesn't attack at night. 545 00:45:33,070 --> 00:45:37,074 All depends on your Injun. Some will, some won't. 546 00:45:37,159 --> 00:45:38,994 Ordinarily, those out there won't. 547 00:45:39,119 --> 00:45:40,204 Why? 548 00:45:40,314 --> 00:45:41,834 They figure their spirits won't be able 549 00:45:41,941 --> 00:45:45,153 to find their way to heaven in the dark. 550 00:45:45,281 --> 00:45:46,992 The dark only works when they think 551 00:45:47,117 --> 00:45:48,469 there's a chance they might be killed. 552 00:45:48,493 --> 00:45:50,787 These think they won't be? 553 00:45:50,902 --> 00:45:52,320 Ghost dancers. 554 00:45:52,404 --> 00:45:54,084 The stinking little bags around their necks 555 00:45:54,156 --> 00:45:55,866 will protect them from bullets. 556 00:45:55,915 --> 00:45:59,961 It's not very logical. We've shot a few already. 557 00:46:00,042 --> 00:46:02,461 Oh, they simply didn't have enough faith. 558 00:46:02,545 --> 00:46:04,839 They broke a rule, weakened the amulets. 559 00:46:04,889 --> 00:46:06,099 A dozen reasons. 560 00:46:06,182 --> 00:46:07,976 Maybe one of them went with a squaw 561 00:46:08,059 --> 00:46:11,105 during purification ceremonies, broke a taboo. 562 00:46:11,186 --> 00:46:13,271 Who knows why. 563 00:46:13,355 --> 00:46:16,274 It's always the other one who gets killed or shot, 564 00:46:16,389 --> 00:46:19,767 and it's always because of something wrong they did, clear? 565 00:46:19,848 --> 00:46:20,974 Yeah. 566 00:46:21,057 --> 00:46:24,352 I'm familiar with primitive superstition. 567 00:46:28,896 --> 00:46:32,859 So you think that these Indians will attack at night, huh? 568 00:46:32,983 --> 00:46:34,818 They'll attack, and when they do, 569 00:46:34,868 --> 00:46:36,704 we'll have to try to kill them. 570 00:46:36,829 --> 00:46:40,208 Dying will come as a great surprise to them, no doubt, 571 00:46:40,399 --> 00:46:42,943 but that's the only way we'll stop them. 572 00:46:43,069 --> 00:46:46,781 That's a pity. I'm sick of killing. 573 00:46:46,908 --> 00:46:48,826 You maybe wouldn't think so if you have any idea 574 00:46:48,910 --> 00:46:50,078 what they do with captives. 575 00:46:52,914 --> 00:46:55,249 I have an idea. 576 00:46:55,335 --> 00:46:57,796 It's one of the reasons why I'm here, 577 00:46:57,921 --> 00:47:00,090 to find out why regimental hero... 578 00:47:00,176 --> 00:47:02,261 Regimental hero... 579 00:47:02,386 --> 00:47:04,890 Patrick Baxter of the 16th Lancers 580 00:47:05,016 --> 00:47:08,269 is not buried in India in an honorable grave. 581 00:47:10,260 --> 00:47:12,930 And why he left five of his own men 582 00:47:13,013 --> 00:47:15,390 to take three days dying under torture so horrible 583 00:47:15,476 --> 00:47:17,853 it doesn't even bear thinking about. 584 00:47:23,489 --> 00:47:26,825 I don't know what kind of a lie you're fabricating, Mackenzie, 585 00:47:26,945 --> 00:47:30,032 but I'm liable to kill you for it. 586 00:47:30,075 --> 00:47:33,119 Careful, Sergeant. You're losing your accent. 587 00:47:33,244 --> 00:47:35,747 Never mind me accent! I want an explanation! 588 00:47:35,833 --> 00:47:37,418 So do I. 589 00:47:37,543 --> 00:47:39,087 Oh, sure, I understand 590 00:47:39,170 --> 00:47:41,422 why you passed yourself off as an Irishman. 591 00:47:41,578 --> 00:47:43,914 You were born and raised in Ireland. 592 00:47:43,997 --> 00:47:45,499 Half of Ireland immigrated here. 593 00:47:45,626 --> 00:47:47,461 Half the American Army is Irish. 594 00:47:47,545 --> 00:47:50,214 Oh, sure, you're older, maybe a little wiser, 595 00:47:50,262 --> 00:47:53,766 but that doesn't answer the important question. 596 00:47:53,891 --> 00:47:56,770 Why aren't you dead with the rest of your men, Baxter? 597 00:47:56,886 --> 00:47:59,305 Now, look, since I can't move so well, 598 00:47:59,430 --> 00:48:01,307 it might be wise if you start keeping a watch 599 00:48:01,429 --> 00:48:02,931 in the rest of the directions! 600 00:48:03,014 --> 00:48:05,433 Those bully boys out there aren't waiting for us 601 00:48:05,481 --> 00:48:07,066 to die of old age! 602 00:48:14,021 --> 00:48:15,314 Well... 603 00:48:15,396 --> 00:48:19,775 they could burn us out, I suppose. 604 00:48:19,823 --> 00:48:23,619 But these logs are pretty thick. 605 00:48:23,744 --> 00:48:25,121 It'd take a lot to set them off. 606 00:48:25,247 --> 00:48:28,416 We've got a good sod roof, just like in the old country. 607 00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:31,086 They'll never burn it, at least. 608 00:48:31,201 --> 00:48:33,912 Well, I doubt very much if the Baxter I knew 609 00:48:33,996 --> 00:48:35,455 ever saw a sod roof. 610 00:48:35,507 --> 00:48:39,219 And I say me name's Mulcahy. 611 00:48:39,302 --> 00:48:40,887 Confound it! 612 00:48:40,965 --> 00:48:43,008 Will you shut up about that?! 613 00:48:43,134 --> 00:48:45,219 I wet-nursed you when you joined the regiment! 614 00:48:45,372 --> 00:48:47,333 Do you think I don't remember my junior officers?! 615 00:48:55,379 --> 00:48:57,340 Not for a moment. 616 00:48:57,423 --> 00:49:00,384 Colonel Mackenzie remembered everything. 617 00:49:02,422 --> 00:49:04,341 Always. 618 00:49:04,424 --> 00:49:06,051 Well. 619 00:49:06,178 --> 00:49:07,221 At last. 620 00:49:11,983 --> 00:49:14,695 Now we have an understanding. 621 00:49:14,853 --> 00:49:16,813 We have an understanding, Colonel. 622 00:49:16,897 --> 00:49:19,107 But I rather suspect it will be a short one. 623 00:49:56,589 --> 00:49:58,841 All right, Lieutenant. 624 00:49:58,925 --> 00:50:01,094 Tell us about Mankipur. 625 00:50:01,174 --> 00:50:03,927 Let it die, Colonel. 626 00:50:04,052 --> 00:50:05,805 It's all over. 627 00:50:05,929 --> 00:50:09,349 Your whole command was decorated for that action. 628 00:50:09,432 --> 00:50:11,268 Hmm? And you? 629 00:50:11,392 --> 00:50:14,270 You got the Distinguished Service Order. 630 00:50:14,395 --> 00:50:15,938 Oh, no. 631 00:50:19,897 --> 00:50:21,941 Why did they? 632 00:50:22,024 --> 00:50:24,902 Don't worry about why they did what they did. 633 00:50:24,988 --> 00:50:27,907 I want to know exactly why you did what you did. 634 00:50:27,991 --> 00:50:31,578 Not me, Colonel, a 20-year-old boy 635 00:50:31,661 --> 00:50:35,915 who was a fool and one of our precious natural aristocrats, 636 00:50:35,998 --> 00:50:38,458 thought he was better than the common herd. 637 00:50:40,667 --> 00:50:43,128 He had no more business leading a combat unit 638 00:50:43,253 --> 00:50:45,547 than I do leading a symphony orchestra. 639 00:50:45,664 --> 00:50:49,877 Oh, I don't know. I knew that boy. 640 00:50:50,001 --> 00:50:51,878 He was young and foolish, maybe, 641 00:50:52,003 --> 00:50:53,963 but I saw promise in him. 642 00:50:54,047 --> 00:50:55,673 Than you've got keener eyes than I have. 643 00:50:59,313 --> 00:51:03,275 25 miles in that heat, and... 644 00:51:03,392 --> 00:51:06,020 Mankipur was cool. 645 00:51:06,115 --> 00:51:08,200 And the headman there had a cold bottle 646 00:51:08,326 --> 00:51:11,078 of that sweet wine they make. 647 00:51:11,159 --> 00:51:14,078 And a servant girl with dark eyes 648 00:51:14,162 --> 00:51:16,914 and a certain cooperative attitude, you understand. 649 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,086 We were to bivouac three miles up the road. 650 00:51:20,168 --> 00:51:21,919 The men knew how to take care of themselves, 651 00:51:22,003 --> 00:51:25,883 and Sergeant Masters was a good man. 652 00:51:26,008 --> 00:51:32,097 I knew he'd watch over the... The Colonel's brother. 653 00:51:49,056 --> 00:51:53,352 My brother was one of 20. 654 00:51:53,435 --> 00:51:57,022 I sent him out to gain experience with an older man. 655 00:51:57,071 --> 00:52:00,115 A whole year older? 656 00:52:00,230 --> 00:52:01,856 And a fine fighting man 657 00:52:01,940 --> 00:52:03,942 he was, too, that one. 658 00:52:04,067 --> 00:52:06,403 A beautiful choice you made, Colonel Mackenzie. 659 00:52:06,529 --> 00:52:09,031 Well, at the time, Colonel darling, 660 00:52:09,115 --> 00:52:10,491 I wasn't yet used to the idea 661 00:52:10,571 --> 00:52:12,824 that a soldier's feet are supposed to hurt. 662 00:52:15,202 --> 00:52:17,996 And there was only one young pretty dark thing 663 00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,542 with big eyes, you understand. 664 00:52:21,623 --> 00:52:25,377 The sort of thing a young fool does sometimes. 665 00:52:25,460 --> 00:52:28,922 You might even understand it. 666 00:52:29,005 --> 00:52:32,092 You mean that you... You weren't with them 667 00:52:32,140 --> 00:52:34,434 when the Batans attacked, you were back at the village? 668 00:52:37,097 --> 00:52:38,515 With cold wine 669 00:52:38,598 --> 00:52:41,853 and a warm young thing and my feet in a pan of water. 670 00:52:55,648 --> 00:52:59,444 Then I... I heard the shooting, 671 00:52:59,569 --> 00:53:03,156 so much of it, I ran three miles 672 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:07,452 in my bare feet, bare and bleeding, 673 00:53:07,536 --> 00:53:08,996 lacerated and torn, 674 00:53:09,121 --> 00:53:11,790 torn nothing like the things I found. 675 00:53:11,916 --> 00:53:15,295 I know what you found. I got there three days later. 676 00:53:20,925 --> 00:53:22,218 They were all dead. 677 00:53:25,096 --> 00:53:27,182 I couldn't recognize a man of them. 678 00:53:29,601 --> 00:53:31,269 I should be with them. 679 00:53:31,350 --> 00:53:33,270 Since I wasn't, the only thing left for me 680 00:53:33,353 --> 00:53:36,565 was court-martial and disgrace, 681 00:53:36,615 --> 00:53:38,784 not only for me but for my whole family. 682 00:53:38,868 --> 00:53:41,287 So you ran. 683 00:53:41,399 --> 00:53:42,817 So I ran. 684 00:53:51,910 --> 00:53:55,538 What could I do? My men were dead. 685 00:53:55,662 --> 00:53:58,082 Better the regiment think I were dead, too. 686 00:53:58,166 --> 00:54:01,002 That way there'd be no stain on its battle flag. 687 00:54:02,586 --> 00:54:06,924 Of course I ran. And hid and begged and ran. 688 00:54:07,008 --> 00:54:09,385 Until I got here. 689 00:54:09,511 --> 00:54:12,347 And an army needed soldiers to fight savages. 690 00:54:12,428 --> 00:54:15,264 I had a lot to make up for. 691 00:54:15,347 --> 00:54:19,768 Be honest with me, Colonel, what else could I have done? 692 00:54:19,851 --> 00:54:23,438 You could have counted your dead command, Lieutenant, 693 00:54:23,521 --> 00:54:25,899 counted them and learned that besides yourself, 694 00:54:26,023 --> 00:54:29,777 there were five men missing including my kid brother, 695 00:54:29,860 --> 00:54:32,530 five wounded, defenseless men 696 00:54:32,614 --> 00:54:34,407 who were carried off by the tribesmen 697 00:54:34,533 --> 00:54:37,035 and handed over to their women for a three-day celebration. 698 00:54:37,161 --> 00:54:41,499 That's how long it took them to die, Lieutenant, three days! 699 00:54:45,035 --> 00:54:46,537 No. 700 00:54:46,665 --> 00:54:48,542 No. 701 00:54:48,667 --> 00:54:49,877 No. 702 00:55:04,051 --> 00:55:05,844 You say you could have done nothing for them? 703 00:55:05,933 --> 00:55:09,228 - Hmm? - There was a telegraph at Mankipur. 704 00:55:09,353 --> 00:55:10,896 You could've contacted me for help. 705 00:55:11,013 --> 00:55:13,849 Oh, sure, you'd have been court-martialed. 706 00:55:13,932 --> 00:55:16,894 But you might have saved the lives of five brave man. 707 00:55:16,947 --> 00:55:18,907 I led the rescue party, Lieutenant. 708 00:55:18,991 --> 00:55:20,909 I helped cut those men loose from the stakes, 709 00:55:21,033 --> 00:55:24,036 what was left of them, but that was after three days. 710 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,373 One day earlier and we might've saved their lives. 711 00:55:27,459 --> 00:55:30,421 You, you might've saved their lives. 712 00:56:31,219 --> 00:56:34,140 They'll be back. But not right away. 713 00:56:35,975 --> 00:56:39,479 That was very observant of you, the... the chap on the roof. 714 00:56:39,604 --> 00:56:41,230 Yeah, wasn't it? 715 00:56:41,342 --> 00:56:43,886 What you told me before, 716 00:56:44,011 --> 00:56:48,349 about the men and your brother... 717 00:56:48,433 --> 00:56:49,559 it really happened? 718 00:56:49,685 --> 00:56:53,355 Mm-hmm, thanks to you, it really happened. 719 00:56:58,944 --> 00:57:03,866 All these years, I thought I was... 720 00:57:03,946 --> 00:57:05,364 just a deserter. 721 00:57:07,865 --> 00:57:10,993 I've been working to make up for it. 722 00:57:11,077 --> 00:57:12,537 And I think I have. 723 00:57:12,620 --> 00:57:16,374 Colonel MacKenzie, how does one make up 724 00:57:16,458 --> 00:57:18,168 for being a traitor and a murderer? 725 00:57:35,273 --> 00:57:38,818 I've been a good soldier, Colonel. 726 00:57:38,901 --> 00:57:40,236 I've done my best. 727 00:57:40,389 --> 00:57:41,557 Since I joined this Army, 728 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,267 I've done nothing to be ashamed of. 729 00:57:43,392 --> 00:57:46,264 I'm aware of your record here. 730 00:57:46,288 --> 00:57:49,333 It's a good one. It's a very good one. 731 00:57:49,417 --> 00:57:51,881 I don't know how much it'll help you at a British court martial. 732 00:57:51,905 --> 00:57:55,075 That's academic. I won't be facing a British court-martial. 733 00:57:55,159 --> 00:57:57,244 I'm asking for your extradition. 734 00:57:57,362 --> 00:57:59,573 - No, you're not. - Oh, you think not? 735 00:57:59,656 --> 00:58:02,358 I've stopped thinking. 736 00:58:02,382 --> 00:58:04,968 It's what they think that counts. 737 00:58:08,841 --> 00:58:11,886 I'd have been the next regimental Sergeant Major, 738 00:58:11,966 --> 00:58:14,510 the youngest one in the regiment's history. 739 00:58:14,594 --> 00:58:16,345 Too bad. 740 00:58:16,431 --> 00:58:19,935 You know you're forgetting your Sandhurst, Baxter? 741 00:58:20,019 --> 00:58:22,772 While you're alive, you haven't lost. 742 00:58:22,894 --> 00:58:24,771 I forgot my Sandhurst the first day 743 00:58:24,854 --> 00:58:26,063 I fought a Plains Indian. 744 00:58:26,151 --> 00:58:28,278 You forgot your Sandhurst at Mankipur 745 00:58:28,361 --> 00:58:29,946 when you panicked and ran. 746 00:58:30,030 --> 00:58:33,366 A fool mistake made by a fool kid. 747 00:58:33,448 --> 00:58:36,785 I've spent my life making up for that. 748 00:58:36,915 --> 00:58:38,458 I'm proud of what I've done. 749 00:58:38,541 --> 00:58:40,835 One stupid mistake in judgment shouldn't destroy 750 00:58:40,955 --> 00:58:43,125 a man's entire life, MacKenzie. 751 00:59:26,908 --> 00:59:28,910 We're gonna lose the moon soon. 752 00:59:28,993 --> 00:59:30,745 Yes, sir. 753 00:59:30,827 --> 00:59:32,829 You can count on them then. 754 00:59:32,912 --> 00:59:35,499 You mean they'll charge us? 755 00:59:35,581 --> 00:59:36,874 Oh, no. 756 00:59:36,999 --> 00:59:39,252 That's what they'll hope you'll be expecting. 757 00:59:39,335 --> 00:59:41,254 They'll be coming in through the windows, 758 00:59:41,335 --> 00:59:43,254 the door, the roof. 759 00:59:43,337 --> 00:59:45,297 They might try to get on our blind side over there 760 00:59:45,381 --> 00:59:47,842 and pile up brush and try to roast us. 761 00:59:51,260 --> 00:59:53,345 And me with this leg. 762 00:59:53,428 --> 00:59:54,972 I'd better take a look at it now. 763 01:00:26,963 --> 01:00:28,965 Your leg's in a mess, Baxter. 764 01:00:29,090 --> 01:00:30,884 Yes, I've been having the same feeling. 765 01:00:30,929 --> 01:00:34,057 Top one, it's just a flesh wound. 766 01:00:34,141 --> 01:00:36,184 A lot of bleeding and not much else. 767 01:00:36,268 --> 01:00:38,562 - You loosening the tourniquet? - Now and then. 768 01:00:38,645 --> 01:00:41,857 This lower one. 769 01:00:41,970 --> 01:00:45,933 You know, your ankle bone is just a mass of splinters. 770 01:00:46,026 --> 01:00:47,277 That bad? 771 01:00:48,653 --> 01:00:50,053 Well, with luck, you may ride again, 772 01:00:50,113 --> 01:00:53,075 but I... I doubt you'll do much walking. 773 01:00:53,197 --> 01:00:54,908 If I don't get you to a surgeon soon, 774 01:00:55,033 --> 01:00:56,576 you're gonna lose that foot. 775 01:00:56,701 --> 01:00:58,328 Very difficult being a good sergeant 776 01:00:58,411 --> 01:01:01,915 - with only one foot. - It doesn't help. 777 01:01:02,070 --> 01:01:03,321 But as I said, 778 01:01:03,446 --> 01:01:05,573 it's all academic. 779 01:01:05,655 --> 01:01:08,115 It doesn't go any further than this place. 780 01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:10,117 That's how you think? 781 01:01:10,201 --> 01:01:12,244 You want to just sit here and wait for them 782 01:01:12,327 --> 01:01:13,370 to come and get us? 783 01:01:13,453 --> 01:01:15,080 Why no, Colonel darling. 784 01:01:15,163 --> 01:01:17,332 I've been thinking about dashing out there 785 01:01:17,455 --> 01:01:19,083 and running away from them, 786 01:01:19,166 --> 01:01:21,293 leaving my shot-up leg behind, of course. 787 01:01:25,138 --> 01:01:29,017 You know, I don't think I like the idea of waiting. 788 01:01:31,010 --> 01:01:32,220 You're crazy. 789 01:01:36,067 --> 01:01:38,110 You want to try to beat them at their own game? 790 01:01:38,194 --> 01:01:41,864 It's a game I know how to play. 791 01:01:41,973 --> 01:01:44,016 You don't have your own personal bagpiper. 792 01:01:44,141 --> 01:01:45,852 Yeah. 793 01:01:51,954 --> 01:01:55,582 Would you let me have your sidearm? 794 01:01:55,732 --> 01:01:58,192 Give you my revolver? 795 01:01:58,317 --> 01:02:00,028 Or maybe you thought of something 796 01:02:00,111 --> 01:02:02,864 they didn't teach at Sandhurst. 797 01:02:02,950 --> 01:02:06,495 Sneak out there and right past them 798 01:02:06,613 --> 01:02:08,866 and keep going. 799 01:02:08,949 --> 01:02:10,869 You'd be clear of them by morning, 800 01:02:10,951 --> 01:02:13,037 and they'd have me to keep them occupied. 801 01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:14,830 That worries you, does it, 802 01:02:14,913 --> 01:02:17,207 the idea that I might run off and leave you here alone? 803 01:02:18,512 --> 01:02:21,015 You're not presiding at a court-martial here, 804 01:02:21,068 --> 01:02:23,821 Colonel MacKenzie, and you don't grease your way 805 01:02:23,946 --> 01:02:25,155 out of here using my blood. 806 01:02:25,239 --> 01:02:27,032 I don't mind dying, 807 01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:28,912 but I won't be sentenced to death. 808 01:02:45,958 --> 01:02:47,585 Because you panicked once and ran, 809 01:02:47,710 --> 01:02:50,296 do you really think I'd do it now? 810 01:02:50,379 --> 01:02:53,382 Whatever a boy officer might have done, 811 01:02:53,506 --> 01:02:55,842 Terence Mulcahy has never run from a fight 812 01:02:55,891 --> 01:02:57,893 - and never will. - And you're proud of that? 813 01:02:58,019 --> 01:02:59,520 I am. 814 01:02:59,603 --> 01:03:01,397 Well, I've never run from a fight either, 815 01:03:01,586 --> 01:03:03,339 and I'm proud of that. 816 01:03:20,314 --> 01:03:22,566 Good luck to you, Colonel, 817 01:03:22,614 --> 01:03:25,033 and keep a good tight grip on your hair. 818 01:03:29,990 --> 01:03:30,991 Yeah. 819 01:05:38,059 --> 01:05:39,185 Colonel, on your right! 820 01:07:13,334 --> 01:07:14,835 Colonel, darling. 821 01:07:14,918 --> 01:07:18,297 You would make a fine fighting corporal. 822 01:07:18,381 --> 01:07:21,301 And I'd be delighted to have you in my platoon. 823 01:07:23,015 --> 01:07:24,975 You took care of them, didn't you? 824 01:07:25,059 --> 01:07:27,353 Yes, all except the one you took care of for me. 825 01:07:27,439 --> 01:07:29,816 - Let me have a look. - Oh, no, no, forget it, no. 826 01:07:29,900 --> 01:07:34,071 It's all cold. He did for me. 827 01:07:34,192 --> 01:07:36,903 It was all going dark anyway. 828 01:07:37,029 --> 01:07:38,822 Colonel darling? 829 01:07:38,906 --> 01:07:40,991 Yes, Sergeant Mulcahy? 830 01:07:41,068 --> 01:07:44,321 You won't be letting a stupid, brainless, 831 01:07:44,404 --> 01:07:48,868 gutless bit of Lieutenant 832 01:07:48,992 --> 01:07:53,455 ruin totally the best sergeant you ever saw? 833 01:07:53,534 --> 01:07:54,535 No. 834 01:08:21,929 --> 01:08:24,056 Sergeant of the guard, post number one! 835 01:08:26,093 --> 01:08:27,428 Post number one! 836 01:08:27,511 --> 01:08:30,055 Officer of the day, post number one! 837 01:08:31,677 --> 01:08:34,263 - You all right, sir?! - I'm all right, Parker. 838 01:09:00,671 --> 01:09:02,131 I'm afraid we had trouble 839 01:09:02,251 --> 01:09:03,919 with your ghost dancers, Colonel. 840 01:09:04,044 --> 01:09:08,758 I'm afraid Sergeant Mulcahy was killed. 841 01:09:08,876 --> 01:09:11,962 Mulcahy, sir? You mean Baxter. 842 01:09:12,084 --> 01:09:15,379 No, Parker, Lieutenant Baxter died in India. 843 01:09:17,464 --> 01:09:20,341 Sergeant Mulcahy was a courageous man, sir, 844 01:09:20,467 --> 01:09:22,260 and a skilled soldier. 845 01:09:22,339 --> 01:09:23,841 He was a credit to your command, 846 01:09:23,966 --> 01:09:26,510 as he would have been to any man's command. 847 01:09:26,634 --> 01:09:28,803 Thank you, Colonel MacKenzie. 848 01:09:28,887 --> 01:09:30,972 But I don't understand, sir. 849 01:09:31,055 --> 01:09:32,892 Parker, we made a mistake, that's all. 850 01:09:34,977 --> 01:09:36,896 Everybody makes mistakes. 851 01:09:36,980 --> 01:09:38,815 You'll want a full report, Colonel? 852 01:09:38,940 --> 01:09:41,860 I should be glad to accommodate you. 853 01:09:41,979 --> 01:09:44,273 Thank you. 854 01:09:44,356 --> 01:09:46,859 Lieutenant Dorn? This way. 855 01:09:46,984 --> 01:09:49,236 ♪ 856 01:10:14,915 --> 01:10:18,001 ♪