Sea of Sand (1958) Movie Script
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GONG RESONATES
DRAMATIC SCORE PLAYS
MUSIC CONTINUES
JAUNTY THEME PLAYS
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
BRODY WHISTLES
JAUNTY THEME MELODY
WHISTLING CONTINUES
Here you are, sir.
Oh, right, thanks.
The CO's office is over there, sir.
That one. Right, thank you.
Hey, Brody. Who's this lot?
I don't know. Couldn't get nothing
out of them. What, you?
I'd back you to get something
out of an empty bottle.
Here, talking of that...
Where'd you get those?
Down, boy, down.
Off an Arab - brandy.
HE CHUCKLES
Rendezvous with S1 here.
Head for this airfield on the 19th.
Pick up some parashots
who are dropping in to blow it up.
Yes, sir.
Hello.
Captain Williams, sir.
Reporting from group.
Oh, yes, I had a signal about you.
I'll be with you in a minute.
Now you, Tom.
Yes, sir?
You relieve R1 at road watch here.
Oh, no, not road watch again, sir.
Sorry, old boy, yes, again.
Now, you two go and brief
your crews, huh?
Got your own papers?
Yes, sir.
Just a formality.
Only three months
out of England, eh?
Yes, sir. I've been at Alamein
till I came here.
And how was that?
Oh, very busy, sir.
They're really building up there
now.
Yes, so we've been hearing...
for a long, long time.
I'll check through this stuff
while you go and get cleaned up.
You'll be in with Tim Cotton.
Third hut on your left. Sir.
You're, er... You're a regular
officer, aren't you? Yes, sir.
I'm afraid you won't find us
terribly regimental here.
No, sir?
No.
By the way, my name's Simon.
What's yours? Bill, sir.
All right, Bill, see you later.
Hello. My name's Williams.
The CO sent me in here.
Yes. I saw you arrive.
I'm Tim Cotton.
Sling your stuff down over there.
Got the worst bed
in the Middle East,
if you ever get to sleep on it.
Oh, er, the wash house is next door.
Oh, thanks.
You're a replacement?
Not exactly, no.
Not talking, eh?
Quite right - I'm a spy.
Brody give you a good trip?
Well, we... We got here.
He's one of my lot. Tough egg.
We missed him on our last trip.
Just got back?
Yes.
Where've you been?
Awjila. Beat up a fort down there.
Awjila? That must be about, what,
500 miles behind enemy lines?
Yes, about that.
How was Cairo?
Oh, we just passed through.
I don't really know Cairo, anyway.
Have you been there lately?
No. Not for about a year.
A year?
Where do you spend your leave?
I don't take any.
Hello.
What do you think of the new boy?
Oh, he's all right. Special soldier.
You know, if he was dying of thirst,
he'd use his last drop of water
to black up his belt.
Keen.
HE CHUCKLES
Have fun.
Thank you.
Well, ten minutes to live
and mine's a B minor.
Oh! Have one.
You've got nothing to lose.
Thanks.
Jim, fag?
Oh, not for me, thanks.
I've got some Player's.
Hey, what?!
Hey, Player's!
Gentlemen, gentlemen,
don't rush, don't rush. Thank you.
Everybody will be positively served.
Thanks very much.
Now, don't rush, gentlemen, please.
CHUCKLING
Yes, well, there you are, Jim boy.
We're not used to rich people
round here.
Didn't you get one, bumpkin?
No. This'll do me.
You know where they get the stuff
they put in them things, don't you?
By the time the penny drops
with him, it's got mildew on it.
THEY LAUGH
Hey, Brody, wait a minute.
What was Brody
in civvy street, Blanco?
An orphan.
Hey?
He joined the army at 14
as a boy soldier
out of an orphanage.
The CO wants us.
Right. Won't be a second.
Oh, I-I found that on the floor.
Soon as you're ready.
Sarge.
Hey, Brody, cap back straight.
How many more times?
Shortened the war by at least
six months, ruddy guardsmen.
Oh, nothing against you, mate.
Tim, I've had orders from Cairo.
It looks like
you'll go out again tomorrow.
David's got sandfly fever,
and this is maximum effort.
Why?
Cairo having one of their flaps?
Rather more so this time.
They want all patrol raids
to strike at supply dumps
on the same date, the 19th.
Here, here, here. Here and here.
The other patrols have been briefed.
That's your lot.
Amara?
Yes.
We couldn't get past
those trick mines
they've got there last time.
This time, you will.
You've been working on these?
Yes, sir, we've got the answer,
unless they've made them
trickier since.
The drill is for you
to take Bill here
and the sapper Corporal Matheson
with your lot.
Amara's a main petrol dump.
These boys are to get you in,
then you're to knock it off.
There'll be four other
fuel dump raids at the same time -
2100 hours on the 19th.
That gives you three days.
You'll leave
first thing tomorrow morning.
Well, nobody lives forever.
Incidentally, no beating up anybody
on the way there unless you have to.
No, sir.
And I mean that.
Right, let's work out the details.
Ready here?
Ready, sir.
All set, White?
Yes, sir.
Is this the coat you meant?
Yes, that's it.
You'll need it if
you don't want to freeze at night.
No need to look pretty.
All right,
let's get these trucks rolling!
Come on, Nesbitt!
Put your flag down, driver,
you got a fare. See you later.
ENGINE STARTS
JAUNTY THEME PLAYS
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
SIZZLING
What about this petrol leaking,
Sergeant?
Ah, bound to lose a bit,
tins as thin as them.
Why not use heavier ones, then?
Well, we can take more,
to start with,
and tins like that come in handy
for a lot of things afterwards.
Simple enough, see?
Cut the bottom out
and you've got yourself
a frying pan.
Tell me, how do you navigate
out here?
Oh, dead reckoning course
in the daytime
with the sun compass
and speedometer.
Check your position at night
with a star fix with a theodolite.
Chuck us a biscuit.
OK.
Wouldn't do for Aldershot, would we?
That what you're thinking?
I thought some of the chaps at
Alamein looked pretty wild, but...
Not like a bunch of pirates, huh?
Well, that's what we are.
According to the rules,
nobody should be able to operate
here at all,
but our war's gotta be
less and less like the rules.
That's why it works out so well.
Rules are
the result of past experience.
Yes, that's the stuff.
You'll make
a great staff college wallah.
Oh, I suppose
that does sound a bit priggish,
but, well, I like soldiering.
What did you do
before they got you at it?
I was an architect.
Used to build things.
Now I knock 'em down.
Yes, war makes a mess of everything,
all right.
Yes. Everything.
DRINK SPLASHES
All right, pack up, let's get going.
Five minutes.
Is it gonna be like this
all the way?
No! Better tomorrow.
Your ride as comfortable
as a fat lady in a circus.
ENGINE REVS
Cut it! Sand channel.
You ought to be helping them dig.
You're a ditch digger back home,
aren't you?
And I'd like to be there now,
where I don't have to listen to you.
I'm keeping you in practice.
Man feels lost if he don't have
to do a lot of listening.
Isn't that right, sir?
You married, White?
Married? He's got four kids.
Don't know his own strength.
Righto, Nezzie.
Here, watch your fingers.
Come on, buck up!
We're a sitting target here.
Channel in place, sir.
Go on!
ENGINE STARTS
ENGINE REVS
REVVING CONTINUES
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
Aircraft! Aircraft!
Come on, men!
Hold it!
Don't shoot! Nobody shoot.
Carry on working.
Come on, come on!
Give us the word to open up at him!
Don't fire unless he does.
Wave to him. Wave!
Sucker.
All right, carry up the guns,
everybody get aboard.
Thought we was Jerrys.
Skipper's pulled that one before.
Right, switch off!
We'll camp here.
WIND HOWLS
Right, stand by for a star fix.
Stand by.
Coming up.
Coming.
Coming... up.
37... 41...
You look very smart.
Finished transmitting, Skipper.
Right.
Here, Blanco.
Hey, take a swig of that. Thanks.
Ugh!
HE COUGHS
Brandy?
No. Gripe water.
Got a couple more bottles
in the trunk.
You're crazy.
They'll court martial you,
bringing booze on a patrol.
Do you want it or don't you?!
Not me.
Then give here, then.
Now, look here, cockney...
Shut up talking there!
You're making too much noise.
All right, all right.
Hey, er, only one lump of sugar
in my early morning tea, my man.
Bonsoir.
Hey, not bad.
Only a mile out from dead reckoning.
You know, these navigation tables
were worked out years ago.
The army was actually ready
for this part of the war.
How ready were you, and all
the other civilians who grumble now?
What's our position?
Here. And our objective's there.
All we've got to do
is cross 400 miles of desert
and arrive there on the dot.
Nice, simple, direct orders
from staff brass hats.
It's the staff's job to simplify.
Oh, er, by the way, I know
the regular army wouldn't approve,
but in this lot,
when a truck gets bogged down,
everybody helps to dig it out,
including officers. Everybody.
Right.
Some of yours?
Month before last,
coming back from a raid with
some of them cloak and dagger boys.
Many casualties?
Six.
Not too good.
No, they didn't care for it either.
Brody... doesn't anybody
ever speak to you
about the way you talk to officers?
Yes, sir, officers... sir.
Sir, something heading this way!
Hey!
Stand by the guns! Keep going!
Let's hope he passes us by.
He doesn't seem suspicious.
Doesn't he know these vehicles?
They use a lot of stuff they
captured from us last year, sir.
Come on, come on!
He's going past.
Wave to him, Matheson.
He's going on.
Get him!
GUNFIRE
The gun's jammed!
Start that gun!
Get him, Blanco! Get him!
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
All right, Nesbitt, after him!
GUNFIRE
BULLET RICOCHETS
Keep your head down!
GUNFIRE
At his tyres, Simmy! At his tyres!
GUNFIRE
Straight at him, Nesbitt!
GUNFIRE
May the fellowship of the Holy Ghost
be with us all evermore.
Amen.
FLIES BUZZING
All right, get back to your trucks.
Let's get away
before anybody else comes looking.
These were good men.
We've been together a long time.
This is going to make the job
twice as tough.
That's right.
That's the way to look at it.
Here.
Six of 'em, eh?
All our of the Guards patrol.
Gonna be a bit dicey without them.
Changing your tune, aren't you?
You were always taking the mickey
out of the Guards.
Oh, they're always set to bust a gut
for the honour
of the dear old brigade.
Still, they bloody well win wars
for you.
You tell Parker and Hardy
I said that, and I'll kill you.
All right, let's go!
Lost a lot of water cans and petrol
in that beat up.
Gonna have to do
a bit of re-planning.
How?
Don't know yet.
Well, you're leaving it a bit late,
aren't you?
Yes, if you mean I haven't
written down a lot of bumf
about objective,
intention and method.
This isn't Salisbury Plain,
you know.
Time coming up to signal base, sir.
Matheson.
Sir.
All right?
Yes, thank you, sir. Good.
Erm... that was a pretty rotten do,
wasn't it, sir?
Yes, the worst kind of luck.
I didn't think it was gonna be
like that, going into action.
How do you mean?
Well, I... I expected to be scared
and that, but...
And I was. But I didn't think
I'd hear all the other blokes
talking about how scared they were.
Yes, they do be a lot of talking.
I know. It makes you feel
sort of better, though.
Sort of... well, like them.
TAPPING MORSE CODE
Thanks. When we get back from this,
I... I was thinking
I might volunteer for LRDG.
Would you like to stay with them,
sir? No.
Hurry up with that water, Matheson!
TAPPING MORSE CODE
All right, switch off
and go and get your tea.
I'm gonna head north-east and
try and find out road watch patrol,
pick up some water and petrol
from them.
Mm-hm. And how does that affect
the schedule? A bit.
Stand a good chance
of being spotted, too,
but, well,
there's nothing else for it.
Where's your map?
Yours?
Yes.
Nice-looking boy.
Well, we... we think so.
Do you have any kids?
No. That'd be a bit too complicated.
Now, this is the course
we're gonna have to take.
The road watch is there.
Here's something. German vehicles.
Eastbound, 1650 hours. AFEs, three.
Two carrier, one. Tanker, one.
Africa Korps.
HE SIGHS
Just our flaming luck,
getting road watch again.
You look at your watch at 4:45
and four-and-a-half hours later,
you look at it again. 4:50.
What's this lot?
Where they coming from, huh?
They've spotted us.
They're ours. That's Captain Cotton.
What are they doing here?
They must be barmy.
Humphreys, we're short of water.
I want Captain Owen.
Yes, sir. You'd better go down
and show 'em, Tony.
Had a bit of trouble, sir?
Yes.
What goes on here?
Some stuff going on, big stuff.
Right, thanks. Better keep your eyes
peeled, too, sir.
There's been a nosy aircraft
around here this afternoon.
Want a nip of brand, Blanco?
You're crazy.
Ah, that's better.
You know, 100 years ago,
just before this war started,
I used to envy blokes having a nice
motoring holiday in foreign parts.
Cor! Not me.
No, not you.
Stick in the mud in old Mummerset.
That's you. That's right.
And how long are they gonna keep us
out here?
I've got information. 50 years.
Get away. Ten years at the most.
BRODY CHUCKLES
It's irresponsible optimists
like you
that cause all the trouble
in the world.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
BRAKES SCREECH
White, Simms,
come and get this water.
Carrying the can again, Simmy?
Road watch ain't very nice, too.
Sitting up there,
watching the traffic
when I'm black and blue all over.
You were beaten up
all the time we were on road watch.
Well, what's that got to do with it?
THEY CHUCKLE
We'll have to wait
until it gets dark
before we move on.
We can't travel
over this rough stuff at night.
I'm going along the road.
What? Road's crawling with traffic.
I have to chance that. It's
the only way to make up time. OK?
Well, you're giving the orders.
Certainly building something up
all right.
Thousands of vehicles and men
moving up the line.
Makes us look kind of silly -
three trucks, nine men.
There's a lot to be said
for giving somebody big and powerful
a kick up the arse.
Right, quick, pull off the road.
Yes, turn off.
BRAKES SCREECH
Captain Williams hit something, sir.
Oh. Right, Simms, Matheson,
stay in the truck.
The rest of you,
get stun guns and come with me.
Come on! On the double!
ENGINE REVS
All right, cut the engine, Brody.
Switch on your sidelights.
Hardy, Nesbitt,
get into cover over there
and don't shoot unless I do.
Now, you three jack it up
and start changing the wheel.
Look busy and don't look at them.
We'll cover you. Put this on.
Come on, Parker.
Right, away you go.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Was ist passiert?
Ich habe dich gefragt,
was passiert ist.
HE REPLIES IN GERMAN
CONVINCINGLY
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
HE LAUGHS
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Nein, danke. Danke schoen.
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Here, sir, let me do that.
Thank you, Brody.
That had me sweating.
Where'd you learn to speak German?
Staff college.
HE CHUCKLES
Hurry up with this truck.
We'll have to do the last bit
by daylight now.
It's dodgy when we're so close.
Right, camouflage nets!
Amara. This is as close as
we're gonna get for now.
HE SIGHS
We're there.
No brew up again,
that's what kills me.
It wouldn't be tea that'd kill you
if Jerry saw fire smoking here.
I know, I know. I'm not stupid.
I want that in writing,
and not from your mother.
Don't want no chumps with me
on this raid.
What makes you think
the skipper's taking you?
He won't for sure.
There's only one truck going in.
Well, it won't be yours. You've got
the only wireless working.
Number three makes a noise
like a clapped-out steamroller,
so that leaves me.
Yeah, you're right.
I don't know, what an army!
If the sergeants are dumb,
think what
the generals must be like.
All right, stay where you are.
We're gonna have to sweat it out
until it gets dark.
Now, this raid is timed to coincide
with attacks on other dumps
further east,
all at 2100 hours.
It's the prelude to a big push,
so the more supply dumps that can be
knocked off behind the Jerry lines
before that happens,
better for our chaps
and worse for his.
Now, I'll be taking
the raiding party in one truck
as far as I can go, so, Brody,
fuel up truck two and check it over.
Yes, sir.
Thank you, Brody.
CHUCKLING
Sergeant Parker, post a lookout.
The rest of you,
try and get some sleep.
Matheson, you get up there.
Seen anything?
No, sir.
There were some trucks went into
the dump about half an hour ago,
but that's all.
I wonder if you'd like
a pint of beer as much as I would.
Sir... sorry I got into a flap
when we were attacked back there.
Forget about it.
Oh, I'll be all right on the raid,
though, sir,
doing my own job and that.
Those trick mines,
did they give you much trouble?
Well, yes, they did at first,
but Captain Williams
found the answer to them.
Him and me worked together.
Yes, he told me
you were pretty bright.
How old are you, Matheson?
Oh, I'm 21, sir.
Been married nearly two years.
Have you?
Yeah.
And I've got a son.
Really?
He's only a week old.
I've never seen him.
Well, got a lot to look forward to.
Well, the war won't last forever.
That's what you have to keep telling
yourself, isn't it, sir? Yep.
Africa, eh? Thousands of miles
of rotten soil like this.
Just muck.
The Arabs get a living of it,
even here.
HE LAUGHS
They can have it.
Why, don't you like it?
He wants to quit. Give him his cards
and let him go home.
I didn't say that.
Why are you always chiacking him?
Leave him alone.
Who, me?
Yeah, if I was Blanco sometimes,
I'd punch you in the nose.
What's the matter with you?
I was only...
Well, no-one asked you!
BRODY LAUGHS
Ah, this is the way to go to war -
stretch out and listen to
your own side fighting.
And they're paying us, too.
You're the one
ought to be going home.
Who, me?
Work in a war factory
for some rotten 20 quid a week?
Think I'm barmy?
Don't know about you, Parky.
I won't half be glad
when this caper's over.
Nothing's going right.
We got a Jonah with us.
Yeah, you.
No, I mean it. One of these sappers,
or both of 'em.
Look what's gone wrong so far.
I tell you, somebody's bad luck.
As long as they know their stuff
with those mines.
Yeah. That's a job I wouldn't want.
Like submarines.
I got a brother in subs.
He gets 2-9 a day extra,
hard line money.
Not bad, like, you know?
Not for me, boy.
That's too ruddy dangerous.
I hope there ain't gonna be
too much walking tonight.
Walking don't agree with me.
What does? Get the fuses.
One, two...
OK, slap some of this stuff on.
Smells like chocolate.
Yes, it's cocoa powder.
If you use the mud in these parts,
it gives you skin sores.
You're really enjoying this,
aren't you?
Yes. Aren't you?
Better take a drop of Dutch courage.
You're not going to take
that brandy. The skipper'd kill you.
Well, what's one more trying to?
Anyway, it's gonna be cold
out there.
Oi, Nezzie!
Yeah?
'Ere.
Would you keep that for me?
What's that?
Well, it's, erm...
It's a letter I wrote to my wife.
You know, I thought if...
Look, it'll be all right, you know?
Oh, yeah, of course. I know.
But... Well, you know...
Yeah.
COTTON: All right!
All right, gather round
and I'll give you the drill.
Now, pay attention.
Here's where we are now,
and Amara depot here.
A road running east and west
and a track entering the place here.
Blockhouse and sentries,
and the minefield
is all the way around here.
We'll take truck two down
as far as this,
where there's some bushes for cover,
and cross the road at this point
on foot
and lie up at the edge of
the minefield here
while Captain Williams and Matheson
go in first.
Then we go in and plant the bombs
in the petrol dump here
and come out the same way.
Any questions?
All right, there's bound to be
plenty of sentries in the dump,
but the idea is to avoid them,
not kill them.
And whatever happens,
somebody's got to get back here
to signal base the job's been done.
That means no going back
for any chumps who may get caught.
Is that clear?
Right, now get aboard the truck,
and no talking once we go.
Nesbitt, you standby here
to signal base
the minute we get back.
Well, don't wait up, Mother,
I've got my key.
THEY LAUGH
Quiet there!
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
All right, Brody, you stop here.
Stop here, sir?
Give us covering fire in case
we have to double back in a hurry.
If you hear a beat up,
wait 15 minutes,
then bring the truck
back to camp. Sir... Shut up!
Come on, the rest of you.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
VEHICLE APPROACHES
VEHICLE APPROACHES
HE WHISPERS: Your hat!
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
This is it.
All set.
DETECTOR EMITS HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING
Go ahead slowly.
STEADY HUMMING CONTINUES
HUMMING INTENSIFIES
HUMMING CONTINUES
HUMMING QUIETENS
SNIPPING
SNIPPING
HUMMING INTENSIFIES
Don't move your foot, sir!
Don't move your foot!
STEADY HUMMING CONTINUES
HUMMING QUIETENS
HUMMING INTENSIFIES
HUMMING QUIETENS
MAN WHISTLES A TUNE
WHISTLING MAN APPROACHES
WHISTLING STOPS
Ugh!
HE WHISPERS: He's from a tank
division. What's he doing here?
Come on, get him out of here, quick.
We had to scribe this one.
Did you see anything in the depot?
No.
He's from a Panzer division.
There's supposed to be only petrol
in there.
How wide's the path you've cleared?
A yard, to the right of the twine.
Right. OK, give us 20 minutes,
or any sign that we've run
into something, then shove off.
Right.
Come on, single file. Good luck.
HE WHISPERS: Cutters.
SNIPPING
Simms, you come with me.
Parker, you take Hardy.
You go to the left,
we'll go to the right.
Rendezvous back here in ten minutes.
Come on. Right, sir.
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
LAUGHTER
It's a brand-new tank.
Place is full of them.
Come on, back to the wire.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
What's holding them up?
Here they are, sir.
Come on.
MAN SHOUTS IN GERMAN
GUNFIRE
Hardy, they've got him, sir!
Both of you, get back, quick.
SIREN BLARES
They've been rumbled, sir.
What do we do?
The orders are to go back
to the truck. Come on.
SIREN CONTINUES
VEHICLE APPROACHES
SIREN POWERS DOWN
HE WHISPERS: Sir, over here.
Get into cover.
There's a couple of German cars
about. You're telling me! Down!
VEHICLE APPROACHES
We'll give them a few more moments.
All right, we have to get back
to make the signal.
No, wait. I can hear someone.
Listen.
No. Come on.
No, listen, listen!
I'm a desert rat. I can hear 'em,
I tell you. Now wait.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Skipper!
All right, back to the truck.
Where's Hardy?
Where do you think?
They mowed him down
like a bloody rabbit.
Got a receipt for it, though.
Hold it.
There's only 30 seconds.
Let's watch it go up.
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
Argh!
Get aboard the truck! Bill!
EXPLOSION
Let's go.
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
Ready to signal base, sir.
Right, switch on.
Get aboard your own trucks
and ready to go!
GUNFIRE
Down!
BULLET RICOCHETS
Ugh! It's my leg, sir.
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
GUNFIRE STOPS
Nesbitt, get that signal off!
Bill, take a look over the top!
Now, who's first aid man? Simms?
Over here!
Hang on, Blanco, boy.
Get back to your truck, Brody.
Can't I help with Blanco, sir?
You've been drinking!
Now get back to your truck!
Blanco get it badly?
Yeah, hit in the leg.
What was it you spat in that
Jerry's eyes back there? Brandy.
If the skipper knew that, he'd...
He does, all right?
You'd all still be standing there
with guns in your ribs
if I hadn't had it.
Give it to me. Come on!
You're under open arrest.
Now go over and help Simms
get White into truck one.
We'd better get going
before anybody else jumps us.
What's the damage?
Truck three's had it, Skipper,
and all the fuel
and water cans, too.
Well, looks like standing room only
and a thirsty trip back.
Did you get that signal off?
Shot to rags, Skipper.
Can't do a thing with it.
Ah, that's great (!)
Vehicles heading this way!
Sergeant Parker, dump a time bomb
in truck number three.
The rest of you,
pile in the other two!
ENGINE STARTS
If I'd only had a few more minutes
to signal base.
How many big tanks did you see
in that dump?
Two squadrons at least.
We've got to let them
know back at base
while there's still time
to bomb them.
Room for breakfast, sir?
What? No. We can't risk
putting up any smoke yet,
we're still too close.
Dish out cold rations and water.
Here, no tea again?
I've had this lot.
Place down there
where you can get steak and chips.
Anything you like.
Where?
Down there. Cairo.
You could walk it in a year.
Yeah, I should live that long.
How's it going, Blanco?
I'll manage, sir.
Good. Brody.
All right, everybody, 20 minutes,
then we'll move.
How is he?
He's got a fever, sir.
Is he in much pain?
You can't tell with Blanco, Skipper.
He'd never let you know.
I'm, er, sorry about
bringing that brandy, sir.
Yes, you'll be a good deal sorrier
if we run out of water.
Why should anybody share with you?
Cold rations.
You gonna grumble, too?
No. I'm leaving.
Going back by train.
Well, what's up? Something wrong?
Yeah. Can't get any oil pressure.
Goes down to zero when she's hot.
Beats me.
Listen.
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
Cover!
It's a scout plane.
They're looking for us all right.
You'll soon be in Cairo
with all them glamorous nurses
looking after you,
you lucky blighter.
That way.
I reckon
you're trying to work your ticket.
BLANCO CHUCKLES
What do you think?
Ugh!
All right, mate, hold on, hold on.
I wonder how the other raids went.
They couldn't have done much worse
than us.
Well, we did the job, didn't we?
Yeah.
I'll give the whole of my back pay
for just one bottle of beer.
Just one.
The boys say the beer in England
is something awful now.
Yeah, leave me to it, boy,
I'll suffer.
Aircraft!
He's seen us. Enemy aircraft!
Speed up! Run for those hills!
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
He's not coming in to attack.
He must be spotting for someone.
Come on, speed up!
What's the matter?
Oil pressure's gone!
She's seized up.
Hold it, Parker. They've packed up.
Better get White clear of the truck
in case the plane has a go at us.
Start unloading, Nesbitt.
Fire!
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE
Right, that's far enough.
Get him, Jimmy!
I can't! I'll hit the others!
Open fire!
GUNFIRE
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN
GUNFIRE
BULLET RICOCHETS
GUNFIRE
Now!
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN
He's dead.
How's White?
OK.
We've gotta get out of here.
That German'll have gone for help.
Go and get the others.
Skipper...
I'm all right!
Now go and get the others!
Any sign of that aircraft?
No.
Why do you suppose he pushed off
instead of giving us the business?
He's spotting
for those two half-tracks.
There must be some more around.
They've never come this far before.
Why this time?
They want to bag us alive.
Maybe find out if we signalled
what we saw at Amara.
Come on, speed up.
Hello. You're the first.
Terry's lot's just coming in now.
Did you have any casualties?
No, I didn't.
What news of Tim, Simon?
None.
Not since the signal from Amara
to say he'd got there.
Ah, his wireless packed up.
Tim's indestructible.
He was coming home in LG-120.
I've had a scout plane up
all afternoon.
He spotted two wrecked vehicles
in the Ghoulam area,
then a sandstorm drove them back.
WIND HOWLS
HE SPITS
Can I have a drink of water?
Switch the wireless on, will you?
Should be a time signal coming up
in a minute or two.
Might be able to get a star sight
later on. Here.
Thanks.
Are you all right?
You look about ready to crack up.
I'm fine.
Be about seven o'clock
in England now, wouldn't it? Yes.
The boy's just about in bed.
Kids look at their best then,
all bright and clean.
How long you been married, Bill?
Five years. Why?
Seems to work.
Yes, it does. It does.
Perhaps I've been lucky.
Didn't yours work?
I thought it did,
but, no, it doesn't.
I'm sorry.
That's all right.
Just a war casualty.
Plenty more like it.
It's being separated.
Some girls can't take that.
They start feeling lonely
and sorry for themselves, and...
Well, war puts plenty of
male lonely hearts on hand,
from... Warsaw or Montreal
or Chicago.
Even the house next door
to make them feel better.
It happens. Happened to me.
Time should be coming up... now.
BEEPING
How far to base now?
About 65 miles. We're here.
Divvy out our water rations, sir,
before we start?
Yes, you do it.
How's the arm, sir?
Well, I know it's there.
What's this supposed to be?
Boot leather and glue.
What do you think?
Oh, thought it was something
I couldn't eat.
We never had a trip like this. Ever.
I tell you, we're carrying a Jonah
with us.
How do you feel now?
Oh, I still keep being sick, sir.
Makes you feel weak.
We're gonna get back, though,
aren't we? Yes, course we are.
I've got to.
I've got to. That's all.
You're going to.
Oh, I dunno. I keep feeling rotten.
And poor old Nezzie back there.
What are you gonna call
this kid of yours, Matheson?
It's a boy, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know why...
but we always thought
it was gonna be a girl.
We always called it "she" and "her"
when she was coming.
When he was coming, I mean.
I was sure, you see?
We'd only thought of girls' names.
Well, you'd better buck up
with a boy's name
in case you don't like the one
your wife's given him.
I can't think about that any more.
Well, we'll work on one
in the truck today.
You'd better, you know.
My wife wanted to call my son
Horatio.
Blimey! Did she?
Women get these ideas.
We have to get ours in
before it's too late.
Yes. Yes, sir.
Right.
We'll work something out.
You cable it off
when we get back to base, right?
Well, that's the last of it.
For Blanco, sir.
Here, come on. Up. Ugh!
Oh!
One more day's run
with any luck, Blanco.
Oh, I'm fine, Skipper.
Brody'll give me a shout
if you want me to get up and push.
Right, let's have a hand here.
You take his head, Sarge. Right.
Up!
Oh!
THEY SPEAK GERMAN
Forward!
ENGINE SPUTTERS
Oh! Petrol.
ENGINE STOPS
Chuck him a can, one of you. Quick.
The only one not whole's got
a split seam, sir.
All right, we'll walk.
Skipper...
Count me out, Skipper.
We'll carry you.
Then no-one'll get home, sir.
Now, listen, Blanco...
Oh, shut up, cockney!
Leave me here.
Sir... I'll manage.
We've got 40 miles to go.
He's right, Tim.
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
That's him looking again.
If you leave the truck
so as he can spot it...
What are you talking about?!
...then he'll lead whoever's still
after us right here. You're barmy!
If you left me with a gun,
I could maybe shoot 'em up,
and when you get back to base,
you could send out for me.
Then I'm staying, too.
Ruddy fine one-man ambush
you'd make!
No, he's right.
Everyone who can goes on.
They've got to know back at the base
about those tank squadrons.
The more of us that try,
the better chance they'll have.
Simms, Parker,
set up the gun on that mound,
and a camouflage net.
Skipper, you can't do it.
You think I want to?
Somebody has to make it
back to the base.
Well, I can't just leave him.
He wouldn't last a day,
and you know it.
He knows it, too, Brody.
Now, let him do this.
Wanna spoil everything for him?
Whoever got left behind
would get it, too. I don't care.
Yes, sir.
Come on, quick as you can. Easy now.
This is fine, sir.
Oh, er, you'll want some cigarettes.
Might be a long wait.
Brought you some brandy, Blanco...
...in case you're cold tonight.
HE CHUCKLES EXHAUSTEDLY
All the comforts of home.
You'd better have the radio, too,
to pass the time.
Oh, thanks, sir.
Plenty of water and ammunition.
Sir.
All right, then, let's go.
Aim for their tyres and the engines
if they come, Blanco.
Put them out of business, lad.
You bet. Leave it to me.
So long, then, Blanco.
We'll send somebody back for you.
Hm.
All right.
So long, Blanco.
So long.
Four kids, he's got. Four kids!
Shut up!
I wanted to stay with you, farm boy.
To get a shooting lesson?
Yeah.
No jokes left, eh, cockney?
No. No jokes left.
Go on, shove off.
Be the first time I've had a day off
from you in two years.
I'll be back.
I will, you mean.
I'll come and visit you
in the glass house.
Yeah. I'll be there.
So long, Blanco.
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
All my life, I've hated walking.
You ought to try a route march
with the Coldstreams, lad.
Oh, that's something.
I just wish I was home in bed.
Or the Rifle Brigade.
They've got to quickstep
as if their boots was on fire.
My boots IS on fire.
HE STRAINS
FREQUENCY SWEEP
RADIO: 'Choose a sunny,
sheltered spot in the garden.
'Now, to anyone these days
'who still has a bit of ground
left over from the vegetable plot,
'I should like to say a word
about flowers.
'Start planning for the spring now.'
CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO
HE SNIFFLES
MUSIC CONTINUES
MUSIC CONTINUES
Come on, Matheson, keep going.
Come on, man, come on. Keep going.
Come on now.
Come on now, concentrate.
Simon, Tom, Hugo. Wake up!
No, I told you...
it's gotta be a Scots name.
Allan, then, huh? Alastair?
No. Jock.
No, that's too obvious.
Come on, think, think!
I can't!
Angus, Bruce. Jock!
RADIO: 'And the record
Mrs Collins has chosen
'is Vera Lynn singing
What A Day We'll Have,'
'so we hope you're listening,
Jonny.'
SONG BEGINS
When you come back again
What a day we'll have
You and me...
VEHICLE APPROACHES
When there's sunshine again
That I pray we'll have
Then our day will be
As it should be
Time goes slowly
Oh, so slowly
Counting hours, counting days
Impatiently
When you come back again...
SONG FADES
GUNFIRE
When you come back again
What a day we'll have
What a day...
SONG FADES
Argh!
When there's sunshine again...
GUNFIRE
Ugh!
Then our day will be
As it should be
Time goes slowly
Oh, so slowly
Counting hours, counting days
Impatiently.
FREQUENCY SWEEP,
SONG STOPS
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
All right, rest for five minutes.
What's the matter
with your foot, Brody?
I've got a blister.
You'd better let me have a look
at it. I'm all right.
Here. Go on.
Thank you, sir.
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
It's the spotter plane.
They've found us.
Go away! Get away from here!
Leave us alone! Leave us alone!
Stop him, someone.
Go away! Go away!
Take it easy! Take it easy!
Ugh.
Now pull yourself together.
I'm sorry, sir.
Sorry, everybody. I didn't mean...
Come on.
We can dodge him in these dunes.
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Take 'em home, Bill. I'm done.
We'll take you.
No, you can't.
I'm bleeding like a pig.
Well, we're not leaving you here.
I'm giving you an order
and putting you in charge.
Take them on.
Sergeant Parker, give Captain Cotton
your flare pistol,
and leave him a blanket.
We could give you a hand, sir.
Get on. You're wasting time.
All right, march.
Good luck, Tim.
Get there.
Good luck, sir.
All right, Brody?
Down!
Looks like one of ours.
It's the road watch lot,
Captain Owen!
Well, they won't see us.
Go and get the flare pistol.
No, wait, hold it. Keep down.
It's a Jerry.
He hasn't seen the truck yet.
And he won't.
Not while they're on that course.
I'll get the pistol from the skipper
and fire a flare.
You can't.
It'll bring the truck this way,
the Jerry will see them first
and shoot them up from the rear.
They're going on.
They're going!
Well, they've gotta get back, too,
haven't they?
Sergeant Parker, the report's
in there, and the map and compass.
What are you gonna do, sir?
I'll stay in cover.
And don't give a sign, anybody.
Is that clear?
Well, what are you doing, sir?
Hey!
ECHOES
Hey!
ECHOES
Hi! Hey-hey!
Hey!
Da ist einen von ihnen.
GUNFIRE
Over there, Wallace! Hard over!
On the gun, Jimson!
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE
Argh!
Come on, boys! Let 'em have it!
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN
He'd got everything to live for!
Everything!
Get this information signal
to Cairo.
We're just about on the deadline,
the biggest deadline of the war.
The 8th Army making the push
from Alamein tonight. Tonight?!
You'd better get to the MO
right away.
Mark on a map. To some of 'em here,
it doesn't seem worth it.
Thousands of marks on maps
everywhere.
They all add up.
One day, we'll know the answer.
Bill Williams won't.
He never had a chance out there. No.
But he gave you one,
and the rest of us.
Yes. Yes, he did.
I suppose that is the answer.
GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS
Listen to that.
That's the big barrage.
It's started.
Now you'll see.
EXPLOSIONS
We'll be on our way home
from here on.
GONG RESONATES
DRAMATIC SCORE PLAYS
MUSIC CONTINUES
JAUNTY THEME PLAYS
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
BRODY WHISTLES
JAUNTY THEME MELODY
WHISTLING CONTINUES
Here you are, sir.
Oh, right, thanks.
The CO's office is over there, sir.
That one. Right, thank you.
Hey, Brody. Who's this lot?
I don't know. Couldn't get nothing
out of them. What, you?
I'd back you to get something
out of an empty bottle.
Here, talking of that...
Where'd you get those?
Down, boy, down.
Off an Arab - brandy.
HE CHUCKLES
Rendezvous with S1 here.
Head for this airfield on the 19th.
Pick up some parashots
who are dropping in to blow it up.
Yes, sir.
Hello.
Captain Williams, sir.
Reporting from group.
Oh, yes, I had a signal about you.
I'll be with you in a minute.
Now you, Tom.
Yes, sir?
You relieve R1 at road watch here.
Oh, no, not road watch again, sir.
Sorry, old boy, yes, again.
Now, you two go and brief
your crews, huh?
Got your own papers?
Yes, sir.
Just a formality.
Only three months
out of England, eh?
Yes, sir. I've been at Alamein
till I came here.
And how was that?
Oh, very busy, sir.
They're really building up there
now.
Yes, so we've been hearing...
for a long, long time.
I'll check through this stuff
while you go and get cleaned up.
You'll be in with Tim Cotton.
Third hut on your left. Sir.
You're, er... You're a regular
officer, aren't you? Yes, sir.
I'm afraid you won't find us
terribly regimental here.
No, sir?
No.
By the way, my name's Simon.
What's yours? Bill, sir.
All right, Bill, see you later.
Hello. My name's Williams.
The CO sent me in here.
Yes. I saw you arrive.
I'm Tim Cotton.
Sling your stuff down over there.
Got the worst bed
in the Middle East,
if you ever get to sleep on it.
Oh, er, the wash house is next door.
Oh, thanks.
You're a replacement?
Not exactly, no.
Not talking, eh?
Quite right - I'm a spy.
Brody give you a good trip?
Well, we... We got here.
He's one of my lot. Tough egg.
We missed him on our last trip.
Just got back?
Yes.
Where've you been?
Awjila. Beat up a fort down there.
Awjila? That must be about, what,
500 miles behind enemy lines?
Yes, about that.
How was Cairo?
Oh, we just passed through.
I don't really know Cairo, anyway.
Have you been there lately?
No. Not for about a year.
A year?
Where do you spend your leave?
I don't take any.
Hello.
What do you think of the new boy?
Oh, he's all right. Special soldier.
You know, if he was dying of thirst,
he'd use his last drop of water
to black up his belt.
Keen.
HE CHUCKLES
Have fun.
Thank you.
Well, ten minutes to live
and mine's a B minor.
Oh! Have one.
You've got nothing to lose.
Thanks.
Jim, fag?
Oh, not for me, thanks.
I've got some Player's.
Hey, what?!
Hey, Player's!
Gentlemen, gentlemen,
don't rush, don't rush. Thank you.
Everybody will be positively served.
Thanks very much.
Now, don't rush, gentlemen, please.
CHUCKLING
Yes, well, there you are, Jim boy.
We're not used to rich people
round here.
Didn't you get one, bumpkin?
No. This'll do me.
You know where they get the stuff
they put in them things, don't you?
By the time the penny drops
with him, it's got mildew on it.
THEY LAUGH
Hey, Brody, wait a minute.
What was Brody
in civvy street, Blanco?
An orphan.
Hey?
He joined the army at 14
as a boy soldier
out of an orphanage.
The CO wants us.
Right. Won't be a second.
Oh, I-I found that on the floor.
Soon as you're ready.
Sarge.
Hey, Brody, cap back straight.
How many more times?
Shortened the war by at least
six months, ruddy guardsmen.
Oh, nothing against you, mate.
Tim, I've had orders from Cairo.
It looks like
you'll go out again tomorrow.
David's got sandfly fever,
and this is maximum effort.
Why?
Cairo having one of their flaps?
Rather more so this time.
They want all patrol raids
to strike at supply dumps
on the same date, the 19th.
Here, here, here. Here and here.
The other patrols have been briefed.
That's your lot.
Amara?
Yes.
We couldn't get past
those trick mines
they've got there last time.
This time, you will.
You've been working on these?
Yes, sir, we've got the answer,
unless they've made them
trickier since.
The drill is for you
to take Bill here
and the sapper Corporal Matheson
with your lot.
Amara's a main petrol dump.
These boys are to get you in,
then you're to knock it off.
There'll be four other
fuel dump raids at the same time -
2100 hours on the 19th.
That gives you three days.
You'll leave
first thing tomorrow morning.
Well, nobody lives forever.
Incidentally, no beating up anybody
on the way there unless you have to.
No, sir.
And I mean that.
Right, let's work out the details.
Ready here?
Ready, sir.
All set, White?
Yes, sir.
Is this the coat you meant?
Yes, that's it.
You'll need it if
you don't want to freeze at night.
No need to look pretty.
All right,
let's get these trucks rolling!
Come on, Nesbitt!
Put your flag down, driver,
you got a fare. See you later.
ENGINE STARTS
JAUNTY THEME PLAYS
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
JAUNTY THEME CONTINUES
SIZZLING
What about this petrol leaking,
Sergeant?
Ah, bound to lose a bit,
tins as thin as them.
Why not use heavier ones, then?
Well, we can take more,
to start with,
and tins like that come in handy
for a lot of things afterwards.
Simple enough, see?
Cut the bottom out
and you've got yourself
a frying pan.
Tell me, how do you navigate
out here?
Oh, dead reckoning course
in the daytime
with the sun compass
and speedometer.
Check your position at night
with a star fix with a theodolite.
Chuck us a biscuit.
OK.
Wouldn't do for Aldershot, would we?
That what you're thinking?
I thought some of the chaps at
Alamein looked pretty wild, but...
Not like a bunch of pirates, huh?
Well, that's what we are.
According to the rules,
nobody should be able to operate
here at all,
but our war's gotta be
less and less like the rules.
That's why it works out so well.
Rules are
the result of past experience.
Yes, that's the stuff.
You'll make
a great staff college wallah.
Oh, I suppose
that does sound a bit priggish,
but, well, I like soldiering.
What did you do
before they got you at it?
I was an architect.
Used to build things.
Now I knock 'em down.
Yes, war makes a mess of everything,
all right.
Yes. Everything.
DRINK SPLASHES
All right, pack up, let's get going.
Five minutes.
Is it gonna be like this
all the way?
No! Better tomorrow.
Your ride as comfortable
as a fat lady in a circus.
ENGINE REVS
Cut it! Sand channel.
You ought to be helping them dig.
You're a ditch digger back home,
aren't you?
And I'd like to be there now,
where I don't have to listen to you.
I'm keeping you in practice.
Man feels lost if he don't have
to do a lot of listening.
Isn't that right, sir?
You married, White?
Married? He's got four kids.
Don't know his own strength.
Righto, Nezzie.
Here, watch your fingers.
Come on, buck up!
We're a sitting target here.
Channel in place, sir.
Go on!
ENGINE STARTS
ENGINE REVS
REVVING CONTINUES
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
Aircraft! Aircraft!
Come on, men!
Hold it!
Don't shoot! Nobody shoot.
Carry on working.
Come on, come on!
Give us the word to open up at him!
Don't fire unless he does.
Wave to him. Wave!
Sucker.
All right, carry up the guns,
everybody get aboard.
Thought we was Jerrys.
Skipper's pulled that one before.
Right, switch off!
We'll camp here.
WIND HOWLS
Right, stand by for a star fix.
Stand by.
Coming up.
Coming.
Coming... up.
37... 41...
You look very smart.
Finished transmitting, Skipper.
Right.
Here, Blanco.
Hey, take a swig of that. Thanks.
Ugh!
HE COUGHS
Brandy?
No. Gripe water.
Got a couple more bottles
in the trunk.
You're crazy.
They'll court martial you,
bringing booze on a patrol.
Do you want it or don't you?!
Not me.
Then give here, then.
Now, look here, cockney...
Shut up talking there!
You're making too much noise.
All right, all right.
Hey, er, only one lump of sugar
in my early morning tea, my man.
Bonsoir.
Hey, not bad.
Only a mile out from dead reckoning.
You know, these navigation tables
were worked out years ago.
The army was actually ready
for this part of the war.
How ready were you, and all
the other civilians who grumble now?
What's our position?
Here. And our objective's there.
All we've got to do
is cross 400 miles of desert
and arrive there on the dot.
Nice, simple, direct orders
from staff brass hats.
It's the staff's job to simplify.
Oh, er, by the way, I know
the regular army wouldn't approve,
but in this lot,
when a truck gets bogged down,
everybody helps to dig it out,
including officers. Everybody.
Right.
Some of yours?
Month before last,
coming back from a raid with
some of them cloak and dagger boys.
Many casualties?
Six.
Not too good.
No, they didn't care for it either.
Brody... doesn't anybody
ever speak to you
about the way you talk to officers?
Yes, sir, officers... sir.
Sir, something heading this way!
Hey!
Stand by the guns! Keep going!
Let's hope he passes us by.
He doesn't seem suspicious.
Doesn't he know these vehicles?
They use a lot of stuff they
captured from us last year, sir.
Come on, come on!
He's going past.
Wave to him, Matheson.
He's going on.
Get him!
GUNFIRE
The gun's jammed!
Start that gun!
Get him, Blanco! Get him!
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
All right, Nesbitt, after him!
GUNFIRE
BULLET RICOCHETS
Keep your head down!
GUNFIRE
At his tyres, Simmy! At his tyres!
GUNFIRE
Straight at him, Nesbitt!
GUNFIRE
May the fellowship of the Holy Ghost
be with us all evermore.
Amen.
FLIES BUZZING
All right, get back to your trucks.
Let's get away
before anybody else comes looking.
These were good men.
We've been together a long time.
This is going to make the job
twice as tough.
That's right.
That's the way to look at it.
Here.
Six of 'em, eh?
All our of the Guards patrol.
Gonna be a bit dicey without them.
Changing your tune, aren't you?
You were always taking the mickey
out of the Guards.
Oh, they're always set to bust a gut
for the honour
of the dear old brigade.
Still, they bloody well win wars
for you.
You tell Parker and Hardy
I said that, and I'll kill you.
All right, let's go!
Lost a lot of water cans and petrol
in that beat up.
Gonna have to do
a bit of re-planning.
How?
Don't know yet.
Well, you're leaving it a bit late,
aren't you?
Yes, if you mean I haven't
written down a lot of bumf
about objective,
intention and method.
This isn't Salisbury Plain,
you know.
Time coming up to signal base, sir.
Matheson.
Sir.
All right?
Yes, thank you, sir. Good.
Erm... that was a pretty rotten do,
wasn't it, sir?
Yes, the worst kind of luck.
I didn't think it was gonna be
like that, going into action.
How do you mean?
Well, I... I expected to be scared
and that, but...
And I was. But I didn't think
I'd hear all the other blokes
talking about how scared they were.
Yes, they do be a lot of talking.
I know. It makes you feel
sort of better, though.
Sort of... well, like them.
TAPPING MORSE CODE
Thanks. When we get back from this,
I... I was thinking
I might volunteer for LRDG.
Would you like to stay with them,
sir? No.
Hurry up with that water, Matheson!
TAPPING MORSE CODE
All right, switch off
and go and get your tea.
I'm gonna head north-east and
try and find out road watch patrol,
pick up some water and petrol
from them.
Mm-hm. And how does that affect
the schedule? A bit.
Stand a good chance
of being spotted, too,
but, well,
there's nothing else for it.
Where's your map?
Yours?
Yes.
Nice-looking boy.
Well, we... we think so.
Do you have any kids?
No. That'd be a bit too complicated.
Now, this is the course
we're gonna have to take.
The road watch is there.
Here's something. German vehicles.
Eastbound, 1650 hours. AFEs, three.
Two carrier, one. Tanker, one.
Africa Korps.
HE SIGHS
Just our flaming luck,
getting road watch again.
You look at your watch at 4:45
and four-and-a-half hours later,
you look at it again. 4:50.
What's this lot?
Where they coming from, huh?
They've spotted us.
They're ours. That's Captain Cotton.
What are they doing here?
They must be barmy.
Humphreys, we're short of water.
I want Captain Owen.
Yes, sir. You'd better go down
and show 'em, Tony.
Had a bit of trouble, sir?
Yes.
What goes on here?
Some stuff going on, big stuff.
Right, thanks. Better keep your eyes
peeled, too, sir.
There's been a nosy aircraft
around here this afternoon.
Want a nip of brand, Blanco?
You're crazy.
Ah, that's better.
You know, 100 years ago,
just before this war started,
I used to envy blokes having a nice
motoring holiday in foreign parts.
Cor! Not me.
No, not you.
Stick in the mud in old Mummerset.
That's you. That's right.
And how long are they gonna keep us
out here?
I've got information. 50 years.
Get away. Ten years at the most.
BRODY CHUCKLES
It's irresponsible optimists
like you
that cause all the trouble
in the world.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
BRAKES SCREECH
White, Simms,
come and get this water.
Carrying the can again, Simmy?
Road watch ain't very nice, too.
Sitting up there,
watching the traffic
when I'm black and blue all over.
You were beaten up
all the time we were on road watch.
Well, what's that got to do with it?
THEY CHUCKLE
We'll have to wait
until it gets dark
before we move on.
We can't travel
over this rough stuff at night.
I'm going along the road.
What? Road's crawling with traffic.
I have to chance that. It's
the only way to make up time. OK?
Well, you're giving the orders.
Certainly building something up
all right.
Thousands of vehicles and men
moving up the line.
Makes us look kind of silly -
three trucks, nine men.
There's a lot to be said
for giving somebody big and powerful
a kick up the arse.
Right, quick, pull off the road.
Yes, turn off.
BRAKES SCREECH
Captain Williams hit something, sir.
Oh. Right, Simms, Matheson,
stay in the truck.
The rest of you,
get stun guns and come with me.
Come on! On the double!
ENGINE REVS
All right, cut the engine, Brody.
Switch on your sidelights.
Hardy, Nesbitt,
get into cover over there
and don't shoot unless I do.
Now, you three jack it up
and start changing the wheel.
Look busy and don't look at them.
We'll cover you. Put this on.
Come on, Parker.
Right, away you go.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Was ist passiert?
Ich habe dich gefragt,
was passiert ist.
HE REPLIES IN GERMAN
CONVINCINGLY
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
HE LAUGHS
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Nein, danke. Danke schoen.
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Here, sir, let me do that.
Thank you, Brody.
That had me sweating.
Where'd you learn to speak German?
Staff college.
HE CHUCKLES
Hurry up with this truck.
We'll have to do the last bit
by daylight now.
It's dodgy when we're so close.
Right, camouflage nets!
Amara. This is as close as
we're gonna get for now.
HE SIGHS
We're there.
No brew up again,
that's what kills me.
It wouldn't be tea that'd kill you
if Jerry saw fire smoking here.
I know, I know. I'm not stupid.
I want that in writing,
and not from your mother.
Don't want no chumps with me
on this raid.
What makes you think
the skipper's taking you?
He won't for sure.
There's only one truck going in.
Well, it won't be yours. You've got
the only wireless working.
Number three makes a noise
like a clapped-out steamroller,
so that leaves me.
Yeah, you're right.
I don't know, what an army!
If the sergeants are dumb,
think what
the generals must be like.
All right, stay where you are.
We're gonna have to sweat it out
until it gets dark.
Now, this raid is timed to coincide
with attacks on other dumps
further east,
all at 2100 hours.
It's the prelude to a big push,
so the more supply dumps that can be
knocked off behind the Jerry lines
before that happens,
better for our chaps
and worse for his.
Now, I'll be taking
the raiding party in one truck
as far as I can go, so, Brody,
fuel up truck two and check it over.
Yes, sir.
Thank you, Brody.
CHUCKLING
Sergeant Parker, post a lookout.
The rest of you,
try and get some sleep.
Matheson, you get up there.
Seen anything?
No, sir.
There were some trucks went into
the dump about half an hour ago,
but that's all.
I wonder if you'd like
a pint of beer as much as I would.
Sir... sorry I got into a flap
when we were attacked back there.
Forget about it.
Oh, I'll be all right on the raid,
though, sir,
doing my own job and that.
Those trick mines,
did they give you much trouble?
Well, yes, they did at first,
but Captain Williams
found the answer to them.
Him and me worked together.
Yes, he told me
you were pretty bright.
How old are you, Matheson?
Oh, I'm 21, sir.
Been married nearly two years.
Have you?
Yeah.
And I've got a son.
Really?
He's only a week old.
I've never seen him.
Well, got a lot to look forward to.
Well, the war won't last forever.
That's what you have to keep telling
yourself, isn't it, sir? Yep.
Africa, eh? Thousands of miles
of rotten soil like this.
Just muck.
The Arabs get a living of it,
even here.
HE LAUGHS
They can have it.
Why, don't you like it?
He wants to quit. Give him his cards
and let him go home.
I didn't say that.
Why are you always chiacking him?
Leave him alone.
Who, me?
Yeah, if I was Blanco sometimes,
I'd punch you in the nose.
What's the matter with you?
I was only...
Well, no-one asked you!
BRODY LAUGHS
Ah, this is the way to go to war -
stretch out and listen to
your own side fighting.
And they're paying us, too.
You're the one
ought to be going home.
Who, me?
Work in a war factory
for some rotten 20 quid a week?
Think I'm barmy?
Don't know about you, Parky.
I won't half be glad
when this caper's over.
Nothing's going right.
We got a Jonah with us.
Yeah, you.
No, I mean it. One of these sappers,
or both of 'em.
Look what's gone wrong so far.
I tell you, somebody's bad luck.
As long as they know their stuff
with those mines.
Yeah. That's a job I wouldn't want.
Like submarines.
I got a brother in subs.
He gets 2-9 a day extra,
hard line money.
Not bad, like, you know?
Not for me, boy.
That's too ruddy dangerous.
I hope there ain't gonna be
too much walking tonight.
Walking don't agree with me.
What does? Get the fuses.
One, two...
OK, slap some of this stuff on.
Smells like chocolate.
Yes, it's cocoa powder.
If you use the mud in these parts,
it gives you skin sores.
You're really enjoying this,
aren't you?
Yes. Aren't you?
Better take a drop of Dutch courage.
You're not going to take
that brandy. The skipper'd kill you.
Well, what's one more trying to?
Anyway, it's gonna be cold
out there.
Oi, Nezzie!
Yeah?
'Ere.
Would you keep that for me?
What's that?
Well, it's, erm...
It's a letter I wrote to my wife.
You know, I thought if...
Look, it'll be all right, you know?
Oh, yeah, of course. I know.
But... Well, you know...
Yeah.
COTTON: All right!
All right, gather round
and I'll give you the drill.
Now, pay attention.
Here's where we are now,
and Amara depot here.
A road running east and west
and a track entering the place here.
Blockhouse and sentries,
and the minefield
is all the way around here.
We'll take truck two down
as far as this,
where there's some bushes for cover,
and cross the road at this point
on foot
and lie up at the edge of
the minefield here
while Captain Williams and Matheson
go in first.
Then we go in and plant the bombs
in the petrol dump here
and come out the same way.
Any questions?
All right, there's bound to be
plenty of sentries in the dump,
but the idea is to avoid them,
not kill them.
And whatever happens,
somebody's got to get back here
to signal base the job's been done.
That means no going back
for any chumps who may get caught.
Is that clear?
Right, now get aboard the truck,
and no talking once we go.
Nesbitt, you standby here
to signal base
the minute we get back.
Well, don't wait up, Mother,
I've got my key.
THEY LAUGH
Quiet there!
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
All right, Brody, you stop here.
Stop here, sir?
Give us covering fire in case
we have to double back in a hurry.
If you hear a beat up,
wait 15 minutes,
then bring the truck
back to camp. Sir... Shut up!
Come on, the rest of you.
VEHICLE APPROACHES
VEHICLE APPROACHES
VEHICLE APPROACHES
HE WHISPERS: Your hat!
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
This is it.
All set.
DETECTOR EMITS HIGH-PITCHED HUMMING
Go ahead slowly.
STEADY HUMMING CONTINUES
HUMMING INTENSIFIES
HUMMING CONTINUES
HUMMING QUIETENS
SNIPPING
SNIPPING
HUMMING INTENSIFIES
Don't move your foot, sir!
Don't move your foot!
STEADY HUMMING CONTINUES
HUMMING QUIETENS
HUMMING INTENSIFIES
HUMMING QUIETENS
MAN WHISTLES A TUNE
WHISTLING MAN APPROACHES
WHISTLING STOPS
Ugh!
HE WHISPERS: He's from a tank
division. What's he doing here?
Come on, get him out of here, quick.
We had to scribe this one.
Did you see anything in the depot?
No.
He's from a Panzer division.
There's supposed to be only petrol
in there.
How wide's the path you've cleared?
A yard, to the right of the twine.
Right. OK, give us 20 minutes,
or any sign that we've run
into something, then shove off.
Right.
Come on, single file. Good luck.
HE WHISPERS: Cutters.
SNIPPING
Simms, you come with me.
Parker, you take Hardy.
You go to the left,
we'll go to the right.
Rendezvous back here in ten minutes.
Come on. Right, sir.
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
LAUGHTER
It's a brand-new tank.
Place is full of them.
Come on, back to the wire.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
What's holding them up?
Here they are, sir.
Come on.
MAN SHOUTS IN GERMAN
GUNFIRE
Hardy, they've got him, sir!
Both of you, get back, quick.
SIREN BLARES
They've been rumbled, sir.
What do we do?
The orders are to go back
to the truck. Come on.
SIREN CONTINUES
VEHICLE APPROACHES
SIREN POWERS DOWN
HE WHISPERS: Sir, over here.
Get into cover.
There's a couple of German cars
about. You're telling me! Down!
VEHICLE APPROACHES
We'll give them a few more moments.
All right, we have to get back
to make the signal.
No, wait. I can hear someone.
Listen.
No. Come on.
No, listen, listen!
I'm a desert rat. I can hear 'em,
I tell you. Now wait.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Skipper!
All right, back to the truck.
Where's Hardy?
Where do you think?
They mowed him down
like a bloody rabbit.
Got a receipt for it, though.
Hold it.
There's only 30 seconds.
Let's watch it go up.
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
Argh!
Get aboard the truck! Bill!
EXPLOSION
Let's go.
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
Ready to signal base, sir.
Right, switch on.
Get aboard your own trucks
and ready to go!
GUNFIRE
Down!
BULLET RICOCHETS
Ugh! It's my leg, sir.
GUNFIRE CONTINUES
GUNFIRE STOPS
Nesbitt, get that signal off!
Bill, take a look over the top!
Now, who's first aid man? Simms?
Over here!
Hang on, Blanco, boy.
Get back to your truck, Brody.
Can't I help with Blanco, sir?
You've been drinking!
Now get back to your truck!
Blanco get it badly?
Yeah, hit in the leg.
What was it you spat in that
Jerry's eyes back there? Brandy.
If the skipper knew that, he'd...
He does, all right?
You'd all still be standing there
with guns in your ribs
if I hadn't had it.
Give it to me. Come on!
You're under open arrest.
Now go over and help Simms
get White into truck one.
We'd better get going
before anybody else jumps us.
What's the damage?
Truck three's had it, Skipper,
and all the fuel
and water cans, too.
Well, looks like standing room only
and a thirsty trip back.
Did you get that signal off?
Shot to rags, Skipper.
Can't do a thing with it.
Ah, that's great (!)
Vehicles heading this way!
Sergeant Parker, dump a time bomb
in truck number three.
The rest of you,
pile in the other two!
ENGINE STARTS
If I'd only had a few more minutes
to signal base.
How many big tanks did you see
in that dump?
Two squadrons at least.
We've got to let them
know back at base
while there's still time
to bomb them.
Room for breakfast, sir?
What? No. We can't risk
putting up any smoke yet,
we're still too close.
Dish out cold rations and water.
Here, no tea again?
I've had this lot.
Place down there
where you can get steak and chips.
Anything you like.
Where?
Down there. Cairo.
You could walk it in a year.
Yeah, I should live that long.
How's it going, Blanco?
I'll manage, sir.
Good. Brody.
All right, everybody, 20 minutes,
then we'll move.
How is he?
He's got a fever, sir.
Is he in much pain?
You can't tell with Blanco, Skipper.
He'd never let you know.
I'm, er, sorry about
bringing that brandy, sir.
Yes, you'll be a good deal sorrier
if we run out of water.
Why should anybody share with you?
Cold rations.
You gonna grumble, too?
No. I'm leaving.
Going back by train.
Well, what's up? Something wrong?
Yeah. Can't get any oil pressure.
Goes down to zero when she's hot.
Beats me.
Listen.
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
Cover!
It's a scout plane.
They're looking for us all right.
You'll soon be in Cairo
with all them glamorous nurses
looking after you,
you lucky blighter.
That way.
I reckon
you're trying to work your ticket.
BLANCO CHUCKLES
What do you think?
Ugh!
All right, mate, hold on, hold on.
I wonder how the other raids went.
They couldn't have done much worse
than us.
Well, we did the job, didn't we?
Yeah.
I'll give the whole of my back pay
for just one bottle of beer.
Just one.
The boys say the beer in England
is something awful now.
Yeah, leave me to it, boy,
I'll suffer.
Aircraft!
He's seen us. Enemy aircraft!
Speed up! Run for those hills!
MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
He's not coming in to attack.
He must be spotting for someone.
Come on, speed up!
What's the matter?
Oil pressure's gone!
She's seized up.
Hold it, Parker. They've packed up.
Better get White clear of the truck
in case the plane has a go at us.
Start unloading, Nesbitt.
Fire!
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE
Right, that's far enough.
Get him, Jimmy!
I can't! I'll hit the others!
Open fire!
GUNFIRE
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN
GUNFIRE
BULLET RICOCHETS
GUNFIRE
Now!
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN
He's dead.
How's White?
OK.
We've gotta get out of here.
That German'll have gone for help.
Go and get the others.
Skipper...
I'm all right!
Now go and get the others!
Any sign of that aircraft?
No.
Why do you suppose he pushed off
instead of giving us the business?
He's spotting
for those two half-tracks.
There must be some more around.
They've never come this far before.
Why this time?
They want to bag us alive.
Maybe find out if we signalled
what we saw at Amara.
Come on, speed up.
Hello. You're the first.
Terry's lot's just coming in now.
Did you have any casualties?
No, I didn't.
What news of Tim, Simon?
None.
Not since the signal from Amara
to say he'd got there.
Ah, his wireless packed up.
Tim's indestructible.
He was coming home in LG-120.
I've had a scout plane up
all afternoon.
He spotted two wrecked vehicles
in the Ghoulam area,
then a sandstorm drove them back.
WIND HOWLS
HE SPITS
Can I have a drink of water?
Switch the wireless on, will you?
Should be a time signal coming up
in a minute or two.
Might be able to get a star sight
later on. Here.
Thanks.
Are you all right?
You look about ready to crack up.
I'm fine.
Be about seven o'clock
in England now, wouldn't it? Yes.
The boy's just about in bed.
Kids look at their best then,
all bright and clean.
How long you been married, Bill?
Five years. Why?
Seems to work.
Yes, it does. It does.
Perhaps I've been lucky.
Didn't yours work?
I thought it did,
but, no, it doesn't.
I'm sorry.
That's all right.
Just a war casualty.
Plenty more like it.
It's being separated.
Some girls can't take that.
They start feeling lonely
and sorry for themselves, and...
Well, war puts plenty of
male lonely hearts on hand,
from... Warsaw or Montreal
or Chicago.
Even the house next door
to make them feel better.
It happens. Happened to me.
Time should be coming up... now.
BEEPING
How far to base now?
About 65 miles. We're here.
Divvy out our water rations, sir,
before we start?
Yes, you do it.
How's the arm, sir?
Well, I know it's there.
What's this supposed to be?
Boot leather and glue.
What do you think?
Oh, thought it was something
I couldn't eat.
We never had a trip like this. Ever.
I tell you, we're carrying a Jonah
with us.
How do you feel now?
Oh, I still keep being sick, sir.
Makes you feel weak.
We're gonna get back, though,
aren't we? Yes, course we are.
I've got to.
I've got to. That's all.
You're going to.
Oh, I dunno. I keep feeling rotten.
And poor old Nezzie back there.
What are you gonna call
this kid of yours, Matheson?
It's a boy, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know why...
but we always thought
it was gonna be a girl.
We always called it "she" and "her"
when she was coming.
When he was coming, I mean.
I was sure, you see?
We'd only thought of girls' names.
Well, you'd better buck up
with a boy's name
in case you don't like the one
your wife's given him.
I can't think about that any more.
Well, we'll work on one
in the truck today.
You'd better, you know.
My wife wanted to call my son
Horatio.
Blimey! Did she?
Women get these ideas.
We have to get ours in
before it's too late.
Yes. Yes, sir.
Right.
We'll work something out.
You cable it off
when we get back to base, right?
Well, that's the last of it.
For Blanco, sir.
Here, come on. Up. Ugh!
Oh!
One more day's run
with any luck, Blanco.
Oh, I'm fine, Skipper.
Brody'll give me a shout
if you want me to get up and push.
Right, let's have a hand here.
You take his head, Sarge. Right.
Up!
Oh!
THEY SPEAK GERMAN
Forward!
ENGINE SPUTTERS
Oh! Petrol.
ENGINE STOPS
Chuck him a can, one of you. Quick.
The only one not whole's got
a split seam, sir.
All right, we'll walk.
Skipper...
Count me out, Skipper.
We'll carry you.
Then no-one'll get home, sir.
Now, listen, Blanco...
Oh, shut up, cockney!
Leave me here.
Sir... I'll manage.
We've got 40 miles to go.
He's right, Tim.
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
That's him looking again.
If you leave the truck
so as he can spot it...
What are you talking about?!
...then he'll lead whoever's still
after us right here. You're barmy!
If you left me with a gun,
I could maybe shoot 'em up,
and when you get back to base,
you could send out for me.
Then I'm staying, too.
Ruddy fine one-man ambush
you'd make!
No, he's right.
Everyone who can goes on.
They've got to know back at the base
about those tank squadrons.
The more of us that try,
the better chance they'll have.
Simms, Parker,
set up the gun on that mound,
and a camouflage net.
Skipper, you can't do it.
You think I want to?
Somebody has to make it
back to the base.
Well, I can't just leave him.
He wouldn't last a day,
and you know it.
He knows it, too, Brody.
Now, let him do this.
Wanna spoil everything for him?
Whoever got left behind
would get it, too. I don't care.
Yes, sir.
Come on, quick as you can. Easy now.
This is fine, sir.
Oh, er, you'll want some cigarettes.
Might be a long wait.
Brought you some brandy, Blanco...
...in case you're cold tonight.
HE CHUCKLES EXHAUSTEDLY
All the comforts of home.
You'd better have the radio, too,
to pass the time.
Oh, thanks, sir.
Plenty of water and ammunition.
Sir.
All right, then, let's go.
Aim for their tyres and the engines
if they come, Blanco.
Put them out of business, lad.
You bet. Leave it to me.
So long, then, Blanco.
We'll send somebody back for you.
Hm.
All right.
So long, Blanco.
So long.
Four kids, he's got. Four kids!
Shut up!
I wanted to stay with you, farm boy.
To get a shooting lesson?
Yeah.
No jokes left, eh, cockney?
No. No jokes left.
Go on, shove off.
Be the first time I've had a day off
from you in two years.
I'll be back.
I will, you mean.
I'll come and visit you
in the glass house.
Yeah. I'll be there.
So long, Blanco.
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
All my life, I've hated walking.
You ought to try a route march
with the Coldstreams, lad.
Oh, that's something.
I just wish I was home in bed.
Or the Rifle Brigade.
They've got to quickstep
as if their boots was on fire.
My boots IS on fire.
HE STRAINS
FREQUENCY SWEEP
RADIO: 'Choose a sunny,
sheltered spot in the garden.
'Now, to anyone these days
'who still has a bit of ground
left over from the vegetable plot,
'I should like to say a word
about flowers.
'Start planning for the spring now.'
CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO
HE SNIFFLES
MUSIC CONTINUES
MUSIC CONTINUES
Come on, Matheson, keep going.
Come on, man, come on. Keep going.
Come on now.
Come on now, concentrate.
Simon, Tom, Hugo. Wake up!
No, I told you...
it's gotta be a Scots name.
Allan, then, huh? Alastair?
No. Jock.
No, that's too obvious.
Come on, think, think!
I can't!
Angus, Bruce. Jock!
RADIO: 'And the record
Mrs Collins has chosen
'is Vera Lynn singing
What A Day We'll Have,'
'so we hope you're listening,
Jonny.'
SONG BEGINS
When you come back again
What a day we'll have
You and me...
VEHICLE APPROACHES
When there's sunshine again
That I pray we'll have
Then our day will be
As it should be
Time goes slowly
Oh, so slowly
Counting hours, counting days
Impatiently
When you come back again...
SONG FADES
GUNFIRE
When you come back again
What a day we'll have
What a day...
SONG FADES
Argh!
When there's sunshine again...
GUNFIRE
Ugh!
Then our day will be
As it should be
Time goes slowly
Oh, so slowly
Counting hours, counting days
Impatiently.
FREQUENCY SWEEP,
SONG STOPS
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
All right, rest for five minutes.
What's the matter
with your foot, Brody?
I've got a blister.
You'd better let me have a look
at it. I'm all right.
Here. Go on.
Thank you, sir.
AEROPLANE OVERHEAD
It's the spotter plane.
They've found us.
Go away! Get away from here!
Leave us alone! Leave us alone!
Stop him, someone.
Go away! Go away!
Take it easy! Take it easy!
Ugh.
Now pull yourself together.
I'm sorry, sir.
Sorry, everybody. I didn't mean...
Come on.
We can dodge him in these dunes.
HE SPEAKS GERMAN
Take 'em home, Bill. I'm done.
We'll take you.
No, you can't.
I'm bleeding like a pig.
Well, we're not leaving you here.
I'm giving you an order
and putting you in charge.
Take them on.
Sergeant Parker, give Captain Cotton
your flare pistol,
and leave him a blanket.
We could give you a hand, sir.
Get on. You're wasting time.
All right, march.
Good luck, Tim.
Get there.
Good luck, sir.
All right, Brody?
Down!
Looks like one of ours.
It's the road watch lot,
Captain Owen!
Well, they won't see us.
Go and get the flare pistol.
No, wait, hold it. Keep down.
It's a Jerry.
He hasn't seen the truck yet.
And he won't.
Not while they're on that course.
I'll get the pistol from the skipper
and fire a flare.
You can't.
It'll bring the truck this way,
the Jerry will see them first
and shoot them up from the rear.
They're going on.
They're going!
Well, they've gotta get back, too,
haven't they?
Sergeant Parker, the report's
in there, and the map and compass.
What are you gonna do, sir?
I'll stay in cover.
And don't give a sign, anybody.
Is that clear?
Well, what are you doing, sir?
Hey!
ECHOES
Hey!
ECHOES
Hi! Hey-hey!
Hey!
Da ist einen von ihnen.
GUNFIRE
Over there, Wallace! Hard over!
On the gun, Jimson!
GUNFIRE
GUNFIRE
Argh!
Come on, boys! Let 'em have it!
HE SHOUTS IN GERMAN
He'd got everything to live for!
Everything!
Get this information signal
to Cairo.
We're just about on the deadline,
the biggest deadline of the war.
The 8th Army making the push
from Alamein tonight. Tonight?!
You'd better get to the MO
right away.
Mark on a map. To some of 'em here,
it doesn't seem worth it.
Thousands of marks on maps
everywhere.
They all add up.
One day, we'll know the answer.
Bill Williams won't.
He never had a chance out there. No.
But he gave you one,
and the rest of us.
Yes. Yes, he did.
I suppose that is the answer.
GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS
Listen to that.
That's the big barrage.
It's started.
Now you'll see.
EXPLOSIONS
We'll be on our way home
from here on.