Original subtitles

Isn't this outfit, 214, called the Black Sheep?

(Laird) Yes, sir.

I've heard they're trouble.

You're gonna run across that field, get in that plane,

start it up, taxi it out, take off with all these Japanese around here?

I gotta try!

I give you my word. No one will be killed.

The moment MacArthur's on the ground,

the Colonel's gonna kill every one of us.

Shoot him.

Come with me.

(Ishio Kato) Stop that plane!

Emergency. This is Black Sheep 1.

(Greg) Guys with grenades, cover us.

♪ We are poor, little lambs ♪

♪ Who have lost our way ♪

♪ Baa, baa, baa ♪♪

[siren wailing]

[engine roaring]

(announcer) Morale runs high in the war against Japan.

As Supreme Commander of the South West Pacific,

four-star General Douglas MacArthur,

visits our fighting men

with a new philosophy of warfare.

(MacArthur) My strategic concept

for the Pacific theater

contemplates massive strikes

against only main, strategic objectives.

Utilizing surprise and air-ground striking power,

supported by the fleet,

key points must, of course, be taken.

But a wise choice of such

will obviate the need

for storming the mass of islands now in enemy possession.

Island-hopping with extravagant losses

and slow progress

is not my idea of how to win a war

as soon and as cheaply as possible.

You require new and imaginative weapons.

Wars are never won in the past.

(announcer) Promising fewer losses for greater victories,

MacArthur has announced his intention to visit personally

every American unit in the Pacific theater

until he is assured that the fighting spirit

of all our brave young men remains undaunted

as we press to victory against Japan.

[birds twittering]

There it is. All right.

[shushing]

Why?

They'll see you. You'll spook them.

Who's gonna see me?

[whispering] T.J., fish have got eyes.

They can see shadows, movement.

Now, get up there.

[gasping]

Get your fly ready.

Fly ready.

Now just flip it over those bushes.

Try to put it right over there.

Don't let it sink too deep.

'Cause you'll get hung up on something on the bottom, okay?

Okay.

[whooshing]

The wind caught her.

T.J., you missed my point.

You're supposed to get the fly in the water.

Oh, that's funny.

[birds twittering]

[snoring]

[panting]

[pouncing]

(Hutch) Get out of here, Meatball. Get out!

[Meatball whimpering]

[Anderson whistles]

(Anderson) Come on, Meatball. Hey, Meatball.

Good morning. Look what I saved you for breakfast.

Oh, that's good.

[heaving]

[birds chirping]

Oh, Lord.

[gurgling]

Whoa!

[barking]

[Meatball growling]

Meatball!

[Meatball continues growling]

Meatball!

[Meatball growling]

Meatball!

[Meatball whining]

Meatball!

[whistling]

Meatball!

Hey, Meatball!

Meatball.

Anderson!

Who's on breakfast detail around here?

[gurgling]

[rifles clacking]

(Japanese soldier) Freeze!

[speaking Japanese]

[shouting in Japanese]

[footsteps approaching]

Don. Damn it.

[whispers] They bashed in his skull.

Is he alive?

Yeah.

Look, Pappy.

[groans]

Pappy, I'm sorry, I couldn't warn you.

Happened too fast.

Attention!

The Commanding Officer,

Major Boyington,

which one?

Who is Boyington?

I gotta help.

[speaking Japanese]

[grunting]

This man will be the first to die.

You can't tie up a man.

It's against the Geneva Convention.

You are Boyington.

I'm Boyington.

Come with me.

Whose tent?

Colonel, tying up a prisoner is a violation--

[smacking]

Are you a brave man, Major?

You want to die here in front of your men?

Whose tent is that?

Lt. Wiley and Lt. Casey.

Where are they?

They were shot down two days ago.

Major,

if you cooperate with us,

none of your men will be harmed.

Some of my men need medical attention.

And I want them dressed properly.

They are to dress as if they were for a normal day.

Tell them to gather up their clothing

and go into that building.

They will do exactly what they are told to do.

Unless they want to see their friend killed.

If there is any resistance,

one will die, then another,

until there is no resistance.

Tell them.

[birds twittering]

Hey, you guys, get your stuff.

Go into the Sheep Pen.

Be real calm with these monkeys.

Smile at 'em. They haven't killed anyone yet.

Let's not give 'em a reason to start.

(Saguchi) Put up your flags, Major.

We want your camp to look normal.

Bragg!

Up the flags.

Yes, sir.

Take it slowly, will you, please, Jerry?

Banzai! Sayonara!

What are we gonna do?

[grunts]

Exactly what they tell us to do, Bobby.

Colonel, it's 07:00. We have reveille at 07:00.

I have to go to the radio shack.

It's on a record. You know, it's on a phonograph record.

[speaking Japanese]

Thank you very much, Tojo.

You don't mind if I called your mother an old sow, do you?

[speaking Japanese]

Hmm.

Here it is.

[clears throat]

♪♪[bugling]

What's that supposed to mean?

♪♪[bugling]

(both) Reveille?

No, can't be.

Today is Sunday. Besides, it's our day off.

Uh, let's go on back.

We ain't catchin' nothin' anyway.

That's kind of weird. Reveille on Sunday mornin'.

Reveille around here anytime is pretty strange.

Let's go on back.

Hmm.

♪♪[bugling]

[bugling stops]

[grunts]

(Gutterman) Hey, look here, Bobby.

♪♪[bugling]

How you doing, French?

Well, I'm here, Pappy.

Hutch.

[sighing] I must be all right, Pappy. I'm hungry.

[speaking Japanese]

What do these fools want, Greg?

These monkeys must want something from us.

Otherwise they would've shot us in our underwear.

[speaking Japanese]

They want everything to look as normal as possible.

That means they're gonna keep us alive.

(Greg) Now, this is an order.

I want you guys to cooperate with them

until we find out why they're here.

[speaking Japanese]

What if we just jump 'em, Pappy?

Then half our guys go to hell.

Seems like that's where we're headed anyway, Greg.

These boys ain't gonna let us off this island breathing.

[shouts in Japanese]

You were warned. No talking.

[squawks]

You will sit with your hands on your heads.

I'm for getting this over with, one way or another, Pappy.

I've got two wild cards. Casey and T.J.

Let's wait and see how they fall.

(T.J.) I was really counting on having fish for breakfast

this morning.

T.J., if I was you,

I wouldn't count on my fishing technique for my sustenance.

You get funnier everyday, Casey.

Hey, look at the flag. It's upside down.

[T.J. chuckling]

Somebody's hung-over again this morning.

Who are those guys?

Get down.

They're Japanese.

(Casey) What?

(T.J.) They're wearing our uniforms.

Somebody put the flag upside down.

Somebody blew reveille.

The place is crawling with Japanese!

What happened? I didn't here any shots. Did you?

No.

Get up. We gotta go in there and take a look.

Stay down.

[birds chirping]

[Meatball growling]

[speaking Japanese]

[barks]

[yowling]

[speaking Japanese]

[Meatball growling]

[speaking Japanese]

[speaking Japanese]

[speaking Japanese]

[speaking Japanese]

Did you see that?

They're heading for the Sheep Pen.

That means everybody must be in there.

I'm gonna go and get a closer look.

Be careful.

[Meatball growling]

[speaking Japanese]

(Ishio Kato) That won't be necessary.

Sit down and lower your hands, gentlemen.

Good morning.

[shushing]

(Ishio Kato) Which is Major Boyington?

Ah, yes.

Major, I am Ishio Kato

with the University of Tokyo, American Studies department.

I'm in charge of this operation.

[speaking Japanese]

I'm very pleased that none of you has been killed.

Now, this man, here...

[speaking Japanese]

You see,

I could as easily have said, "shoot him."

But why waste a life?

All of you can still live to see your families

and your homes again.

(Ishio Kato) We require very little of you.

There will be a courier plane landing on the island this morning.

A distinguished visitor

will be making an inspection tour.

He'll expect to see your squadron

lined up at attention to greet him.

The last thing we want to do is, uh, disappoint him.

I know that

many of you are considering, uh, heroics.

Don't.

I am a scholar.

Col. Saguchi here is a soldier.

(Ishio Kato) He is prepared to take command

of this operation and carry out his orders,

leaving no one alive on the island.

Moreover, destroying the airplane and everyone in it.

Should the plane be diverted from landing,

we have carrier-based fighter planes

standing by to destroy it in the air.

So, there's nothing to be gained

from resisting us.

Nor is there any shame involved in cooperation.

Not even your highest ranking officers

have any idea

that we know the whereabouts of Gen. MacArthur.

MacArthur's coming here?

You heard him.

You're surprised.

(Ishio Kato) Even you were not informed.

Then, clearly you could not have been prepared for us.

There is no dishonor in this for any of you.

[birds chirping]

[soldier talking in Japanese]

[growling]

[speaks Japanese]

[Meatball growling]

[gun cocking]

[exclaims]

[speaks Japanese]

[grunting]

[thudding]

[panting]

T.J., you almost bought it.

What did you hear?

[clears throat] Gen. MacArthur--

What?

[panting]

MacArthur is coming in on a courier plane.

That's why they want to make everything look like it's normal.

Then they're gonna try and take him.

Mac-MacArthur?

I think it would be better if you and I talked, uh,

away from your men.

They're very young.

It always surprises me how young they are.

I ask you, Major,

will they cooperate?

I give you my word.

No one will be killed.

Professor, you may think you're in charge.

But let me tell you this.

The moment that MacArthur's on the ground,

the Colonel's gonna kill every one of us,

whether you say so or not.

You say that because you're a soldier.

I think you're wrong.

Will you cooperate with us, Major?

Your men will follow your lead.

[birds chirping]

The radio room?

If we can get to that radio.

No, no, no. I--I can-- I can never get the message out in time.

Well, think of something.

[panting]

The pl-- the planes!

The radio's not strong enough. They'll never hear you.

They would be if I were in the air,

flying toward Espritos Marcos.

You're gonna run across that field,

get in that plane, start it up,

taxi it out, take off with all these Japanese around here?

I've gotta try!

What do you mean, you gotta try? What about me?

T.J., I've seen you run. I'm faster than you are.

I ran the 440 in high school.

What's the 440 in high school got to do with this?

You're a desk jockey! I've had more time in the Corsairs than you.

I am not! I can fly with any man in this squad.

Shh.

[crickets chirping]

Let's flip for it.

All right.

I don't have any coins, sorry.

Wait a minute.

Rock, paper, scissors.

All right.

Rocks.

Rocks crush scissors.

I go.

Best two out of three.

Wiley, I'm going!

Did you really run the 440 in high school?

Watch me.

[men shouting in Japanese]

[men shouting]

[speaking Japanese]

(Greg) A deal.

I promised the professor.

I gave him my word,

that we will cooperate, we will not try anything,

if he would give us proper medical attention and food.

Pappy...

Jerry--

You mean we have to deal with those creeps?

No.

(Gutterman) What do you mean?

I mean I want French to have proper medical attention,

and I want all of us to have some food.

And when we do move on these guys,

at least we will have a fighting chance.

Now if we try anything...

If we try it right now, it's going to be suicide.

So we wait.

And maybe at the last moment, it will be suicide.

But that will be the last resort.

Understood?

Did you have to give him your word?

Jerry, you know I never keep my word.

The flag, major.

What about the flag?

You know very well.

[ignition sputtering]

[engine starts up]

[speaking Japanese]

[thudding]

[guns firing]

[guns cocking]

[guns firing]

Who's in that airplane?

I don't know.

[speaking Japanese]

He says he'll kill all of you

if you don't stop that plane, Major!

It's too late to stop it!

You were warned what would happen.

[speaking Japanese]

What did you tell him?

I saved your life, Major.

For the moment.

Do you realize what the man flying that airplane has done?

You told me you'd cooperate.

You gave me your word.

Use your head, Kato.

None of my men had anything to do with this.

Then who, Major?

Who did?

One of my boys went fishing this morning,

before Saguchi took over the camp.

I won't be responsible for the consequences of this.

[birds chirping]

[men shouting]

(Bragg) T.J.?

Bragg.

T.J., I'm glad to see you.

How'd you get here? Where's everybody else?

I came through the jungle. They're still at camp.

This Jeep went crazy through camp!

I got some hand grenades.

Oh, great!

You know how to put the pin back in one of these?

Major!

Major,

our fighter plane will shoot down your Corsair.

But the man flying it

will only be the first of you to die.

[Casey on radio] This is Black Sheep 1. Over.

Emergency, emergency.

This is Black Sheep 1 on open frequency, over.

This is Black Sheep 1. I have an emergency.

Does anybody read me? Over.

Come in, Espritos Marcos.

This is Black Sheep 1. Emergency.

Please, somebody's gotta hear me.

Emergency, emergency! This is Black Sheep 1.

This is Black Sheep 1. We have an emergency.

[radio static]

Emergency. Gen. Moore.

I'm pickin' up a distress signal.

Sounds like it's coming from Black Sheep 1

on open frequency.

What's the position?

Don't know, sir. I've lost it.

Black Sheep 1?

Yes, sir.

Isn't this outfit, 214, called the Black Sheep?

Uh, yes, sir.

That's what they like to call themselves.

I've heard they're trouble.

No, they're a good unit, sir.

They're, uh, high spirited--

See if you can take him up from this end, son.

Yes, sir.

Black Sheep 1, this is Infield. Do you read?

This is Black Sheep 1.

Emergency! Emergency!

If anybody can read me,

this is Black Sheep 1.

I'm flying east from Vella La Cava.

The entire island has been taken over by the Japanese.

[radio static]

[machine gun firing]

[radio static]

...Black Sheep 1. Emergency! Emergency!

[machine gun firing]

[speaking Japanese]

Major.

Your Corsair's been shot down.

No message got through.

Put your hands on your heads.

That man is going to die.

[speaking Japanese]

You're gonna have to buy it, Wong.

[grunting]

[fires gun]

[speaking Japanese]

Saguchi!

Saguchi!

[grunts]

[yelling in Japanese]

[guns cocking]

What's goin' on out there?

I don't know.

Are they gonna shoot Gutterman?

They're setting up a firing squad!

Saguchi!

[groans]

Get back, Major!

If you shoot him,

you'll have to shoot everyone on this base.

You won't have one Marine to see MacArthur when he gets here!

[speaking Japanese]

[speaking Japanese]

There's a radio call from the courier plane, come with me.

[grunting]

Infield to Black Sheep Ground, do you read? Over.

Infield to Black Sheep Ground,

do you read?

Be very careful what you say, Major.

Your friend's life is in your hands.

Black Sheep Ground, this is Infield.

Do you read?

Five by, Infield. Go ahead.

Boyington?

Yes, sir.

Uh, do you have a pilot in trouble, Greg?

We're picking up a distress.

Negative, sir.

[speaking Japanese]

Major, bring out your men.

The courier plane will be here in 20 minutes.

All of us are to line up on the runway.

Greg.

That's an order, French.

Pull your shirt out.

C'mon.

Some more.

Do you wanna take any?

Come on.

Hurry up.

Let's go.

(Saguchi) You men will form two lines!

Two lines!

[speaking Japanese]

Made another deal, didn't you, Greg?

That's right.

To saved my butt. You want my opinion?

No.

I ain't goin' through with this. I don't care about getting killed to stop it.

Listen to me, Jim.

We're to jump 'em at the airfield.

You take half and try for the jungle.

The rest of us will try and keep these guys occupied.

When I make a move for the jungle, you guys follow.

[man speaking Japanese]

Attention.

[speaking Japanese]

Pappy!

[clanking]

[clanking]

[Meatball barking]

[rounds firing]

[speaking Japanese]

Let's get out of here.

Guess we showed 'em, huh, Pappy?

Yeah, we did. We got our butts out of the fire.

They still have the airfield and the plane.

You guys with grenades, cover us!

[speaking Japanese]

Hold it!

I surrender.

Mind if we take these prisoners off your hands, Major?

Hey, much obliged.

What happened to General MacArthur?

We diverted his flight.

Your pilot, Lt. Casey, was picked up by Air-Sea Rescue.

[all cheer]

When he explained the situation to us,

we brought in this unit from Rendova.

Thanks, Skipper.

Thanks a lot, huh?

Hey!

Everybody made it okay, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, T.J.,

didn't you have the duty?

Oh, no--no--no. Look, Larry and I went fishing early this morning--

I know that, but didn't you have the duty?

No, you see, when we came back, I saw--

Who had the duty?

[all chattering]

Boyle. Boyle had the duty.

Boyle, did you have the duty?

I didn't have the duty.

Did you have the duty?

Me no speak the English.

You "no," what?

[all laugh]