:06:00
Smith, Lt. Schaffer...
:06:02
Sgts. Harrod and MacPherson
in their military capacities...
:06:05
the rest of you in other duties.
:06:08
You all speak fluent German.
:06:10
You've been trained
in different types of combat.
:06:14
If anybody has a chance
of getting him out, you have.
:06:17
There is, of course, another way, sir.
:06:19
A way with a 100-percent guarantee
of success.
:06:23
Neither Adm. Rolland or I claim
to be omniscient or infallible.
:06:27
Is there an alternative that we've missed?
:06:30
Whistle up a Pathfinder squadron
of Lancasters with 10-ton bombs.
:06:35
I don't think anybody in that castle
would ever talk again.
:06:38
Nor do I think that you grasp
the realities of the situation.
:06:41
The captured man, Gen. Carnaby,
is an American.
:06:44
If we were to destroy him,
then I think Gen. Eisenhower...
:06:47
might launch his second front against us
rather than against the Germans.
:06:51
There are certain niceties to be observed
in our relationship with our allies.
:06:57
Very well, then, gentlemen.
10:00 p.m. tonight at the airfield.
:07:02
-No more questions, I take it?
-Yes, sir.
:07:05
Begging the Colonel's pardon, sir.
What's all this about?
:07:09
I mean, why is this man
so damned important?
:07:11
-Why--
-That'll do, Sergeant.
:07:13
You have all the information you require.
:07:15
I think if we're sending a man
to what may be his death...
:07:18
he has a right to know why.
:07:20
It's painfully simple, Sergeant.
:07:23
Gen. Carnaby is one
of the overall coordinators...
:07:26
of planning for the second front.
:07:29
He set out last night to meet
his opposite numbers in the Middle East...
:07:33
to finalize the plans
for the invasion of Europe.
:07:36
The rendezvous with the Russians
was to have been in Crete.
:07:39
Unfortunately, his plane
didn't get through.
:07:43
If the Germans can make him talk...
:07:47
it could mean no second front this year.
:07:50
-You understand, Sergeant?
-Yes, sir.
:07:54
-I'm sorry, sir.
-That's all right, Sergeant. Forget it.
:07:58
Now, if you have any more questions,
Maj. Smith will answer them.