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Your comrades will be men
who need only one order. Go.

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Kill. Return. Go again.

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We're going to be taking
a guest with us.

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His first name is Randolph.

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His second name is Churchill.

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So you're going to just drive
into Benghazi and plant explosives?

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LOUD EXPLOSIONS

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I'm now 25.

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What will you say to your father
when we get back to London?

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I will say holy, holy...

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I have 20 of the toughest, finest
paratroopers in the French army

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under my command.

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Paddy, perhaps you would
like to inspect your men.

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You are a German in a
Frenchman's uniform.

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Expect to be isolated
by my contempt.

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I'm German too. Tweedledum
and Tweedledeutsche.

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This is Aspirant Halevy,
he speaks German as well.

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He is Jewish.

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I am a hand grenade, sir.

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Pull the pin, throw me
where the enemy is most numerous.

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And how is Dudley Clark responding
to all the glory?

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It seems he is impatient
for your destruction.

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We are apparently
the talk of Cairo.

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I'm going to ask GHQ for Jeeps,
Vickers, machine guns,

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explosives, more men.
Now is our moment.

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RADIO: ...In the Western desert
battle in the fall of Tobruk.

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Disappointment, another defeat after
so many defeats in Egypt.

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RADIO: ...are fighting back
in the Mediterranean.

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If Malta falls, Africa is lost.

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Can't be relied upon
to do it yourself.

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Besides, some of the infected places
would be very difficult

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for you to reach.

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I don't want you going into any
of those places. Sh, sh, sh.

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You got nowhere the
sunlight does not go.

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Fortunately, in the desert,
the sun goes everywhere.

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And the sand. It's the grit
that does the damage.

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Oh, God. Argh! Sh, sh.

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Do you remember collapsing?

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I remember hearing
Tobruk had fallen and then I fell.

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And I remember getting
very drunk and dancing at...

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..the Empire Club.

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You were leaning, not dancing.

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You stood on the table and
told everyone you loved me.

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Dear God.

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Love?

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Now, I do apologise.

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It must have been the whisky.
HE GASPS

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It was delirium, sunstroke,
deep tissue infections

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accumulated during three months in
the deep desert without a break.

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While I was delirious,
I had this rather mad delusion

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that I should officially confirm
that you are my girlfriend.

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Officially? As if it were
a military wreck.

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Quite.

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And as my temperature rose,
I thought I might propose marriage.

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But in the cold light of day...
It's never cold in the day in Cairo.

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And in the light of day, I suppose
it would be rather odd to propose

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to a woman while she removes pus
from open wounds

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in your infected groin.

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If that is rather odd,
I'd hate to see very odd.

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Oh, very odd would be me talking
about the subject at all.

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But if I were to propose...

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If you were to propose,
I would remind you

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that there is a war going on
which we are losing.

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I have nothing else on my mind.

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You need to be on top form for your
meeting with your Prime Minister.

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Try not to walk like a duck.

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Turn over for me.

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Absolutely not.

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Nooo!

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# You've bitten off

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# Much more than you can chew

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# Come on, hold your hand out

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# We're all fed up with you. #

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Julius Caesar.

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Act one, scene two.

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Let me have men about me
that are fat.

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LAUGHTER

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Sleek-headed men
and such as sleep o'nights.

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Yond Cassius has a lean
and hungry look.

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He thinks too much.

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Such men are dangerous.

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Come on, Winston.

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Next line.

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Fear him not, Caesar,
he is not dangerous.

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He is a noble Roman
and well given.

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He reads much,
he is a great observer.

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And he looks quite
through the deeds of men.

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You are Major David Stirling.

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L Detachment SAS, sir.

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This is the famous Phantom Major.

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This is Field Marshal Jan Smuts,

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Prime Minister of South Africa.

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And General Auchinleck you know.

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You were walking in a little
awkwardly, Stirling.

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Have you been wounded? No, I...

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I have desert sores
all over my cock.

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GUESTS GASP

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Most crucially, I have one
four inches up my arse.

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Can I pinch a light?

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Sorry. I've been in the desert
a long, long time.

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One loses propriety very quickly.

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When my son reported
back to me about you,

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he quoted Lord Byron.

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He was the mildest mannered man

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Who ever scuttled a ship
or cut a throat.

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We are a band of oddities,
gentlemen and pirates.

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I brought you into the garden
to tell you that now,

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more than ever, your new brand
of warfare is needed.

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Auchinleck has been too cautious,
Tobruk has fallen

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and Rommel is now 50 miles
outside of Alexandria.

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Malta is our last remaining hope
for controlling the Mediterranean

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and supplying our
North Africa armies.

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Now, Malta is still under siege.

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Has been hammered and hammered,
but it has not surrendered.

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My wish is that the
island of Malta be saved.

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I intend to send two convoys
of relief supplies

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from Gibraltar and Alexandria.

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These convoys must get through.

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And what exactly would
you like me to do?

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I want you to not ask that question.

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Do whatever you think best
to achieve this goal.

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You have a free hand.

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From Tripoli to Greece.

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To Greece?

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I've told General Auchinleck

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the whole of the south Mediterranean
coast is now your remit.

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If you succeed, I will recommend
to Army Council the SAS

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become a regiment.

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Not a phantom regiment,
but a real one

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with you as commanding officer.

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Yes, sir.

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It would be... It would be what?

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I would be achieving
what I set out to achieve, sir.

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Exactly how serious
is your cock and arse condition?

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It's nothing that kind hands
and iodine cannot resolve.

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Then we must set you to work
straight away. What will you need?

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I will need your autograph, sir.

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My autograph?

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Souvenir to remember the day.

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Of course.

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My autograph.

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Do you have a pen handy?

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General Auchinleck.

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Prime Minister? Stirling
would like your autograph,

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he wants your signature.

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A souvenir of the day.

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Sir, a blank sheet of paper
signed by the two of us

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could be used for...
Just sign it, general.

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Thank you.

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Stirling.

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Forget the etiquette of war.

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Do whatever it takes.

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Prime Minister,
I hope you know what you're doing.

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Of course I know what I'm doing.

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I'm letting slip the dogs of war.

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# I've been staying in
watching television

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# While my mates got put in prison

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# You don't care
what's happening to me

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# You don't care
what's happening to me

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# I went out on a Saturday night

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# I got in a bleedin' fight... #

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Bloody hell.

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I'm going to shoot the wee ball bag.

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Well, well, well.

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Nice 'tache, Erroll.

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Is this Agincourt or Orleans?

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Oh, it's Orleans, sir.

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Then I'm afraid the game is over.

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I have new instructions from
Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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Go to the mess hall
and take off all your clothes.

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There we are, boys. Winston
wants to see your winkies.

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MEN CHEER

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Firstly, I've asked you
all to stand naked

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because this gentleman is a doctor.

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Dr Gamal is a man I've known
for a very long time

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and whom I trust implicitly,

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even when he's high out of his head
on his own laughing gas.

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He is very discreet. Go on.

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I've brought him here from Cairo
to make sure you men are all fit

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and ready for what lies ahead.

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First task I have given him is to
inspect you all for desert sores

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and open ulcers, which many of you
have and conceal

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as I once did.

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So we need you all to be fit
because, gentlemen,

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our moment of truth has come.

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Dear God, man. I'm sorry, sir.

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That's not a desert sore, doctor,
I can hear Dave at night.

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Sorry.

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We are about to embark on a mission
from which I would estimate

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one third of us will not return.

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In 48 hours, two convoys
are taking supplies to Malta.

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Hitler will throw every plane
he has at them.

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Our job is to destroy as many of
those planes on the ground as we can

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before those convoys set sail.

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We are going to simultaneously
attack six air bases

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along the Mediterranean coast.

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From Benina in the west...

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..to Heraklion in the east.

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Yes, Paddy.
What business do we have in Crete?

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Our sphere of operation has
expanded.

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How the fuck do we get to Crete?
In a submarine.

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And how the fuck are we going to get
a submarine?

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I've already got a
fucking submarine.

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MEN LAUGH

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As well as 50 extra jeeps
to go with the 50 already promised,

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which will all be fitted
with Vickers heavy machine guns

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and bulletproof windscreens taken
from fighter planes.

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We also have 20 new trucks,
Beretta submachine guns

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adapted for sand conditions,
replacement engines

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for all our vehicles,
with cooling systems.

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Just wait till you see what the
twin Vickers can do.

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Ow!

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And good wishes of the King via
the Commander in Chief

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of British forces, North Africa.

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Precisely whose cock did you
suck in Cairo, sir?

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Right, those of you with ribbons
go with Dr Gamal.

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He will remove the infected
flesh with a toothbrush.

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When you are brushed, bandaged up,
pumped full of painkillers,

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amphetamines and sulphur,

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we will begin our glorious
expansion.

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Yes!

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MEN CHEER

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God almighty, from here on in,

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I'm going to keep my toothbrush
on me at all times

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so that Dr Gamal doesn't
get to it first.

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Six targets.

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Who's going where?

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Well, Paddy, you will take Berka
satellite airfield number one.

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While, Zirnheld, you will take Berka
satellite airfield number two,

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so that you can compete with one
another for most number

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of planes destroyed.

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Captain Berge, you will board
the submarine Triton

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and travel to the Gulf of Mali
off the coast of Crete.

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You will be met by
Captain Alexander Norton.

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Together you will attack
the airstrip at Heraklion.

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Who will take Derna and Martuba?

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They're 190 kilometres
behind German lines.

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You will take Derna and Martuba.

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Intelligence have provided us
with a stolen German truck.

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Yes. And I have offered the services
of Brukner and Essner,

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our two native Germans.

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Essner? Yes, Essner.
What is it, Paddy?

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If it were me crossing front lines
into German territory

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with Sergeant Essner,
I would keep a Colt 45 revolver

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in very close proximity to the back
of his head at all times.

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I mean, look at my friend here.

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Before he left for Cairo,
he was like a pirate.

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Now there's a different
look about him.

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Too many pats on the head from
generals has made you dizzy, boy.

250
00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,639
Counting air strips like a
rich man counting coins.

251
00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,759
You have great difficulty
with approval, don't you, Paddy?

252
00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,359
You'd just rather play the renegade.
I see a new ambition.

253
00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,919
There is no time to be unambitious.

254
00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,039
Convoys are setting sail for Malta.
Sh!

255
00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,639
You don't know who he might
be listening to you.

256
00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:13,879
I know my fucking...

257
00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,439
Colt 45 at all times.

258
00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,919
Fuck you. David, I assume you'll be
taking the remaining airstrip.

259
00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,479
Benina. Benina.

260
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,559
Ah, right, Benina. The biggest
airstrip of them all.

261
00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,799
More kills and blood at Benina.

262
00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,919
More bangs and fuel at Benina.

263
00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,999
Giving himself the best
as per fucking usual.

264
00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,599
Oh, yes, that's right, Paddy. And
I'm bringing back the blackboard.

265
00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,439
Now, you should know I'll be taking
no part in counting dead bodies.

266
00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,079
Nobody's asking you to,

267
00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,319
you white-flagged wagon of shite
of buckets... Paddy!

268
00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,919
Tonight we are soldiers
with one goal.

269
00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,040
We fight as one or we fail,
including the two Germans, Paddy.

270
00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,639
Do not think that I did not see
you refuse Dr Gamal's ribbon.

271
00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,759
Go and get your fucking ulcers
scrubbed before we depart.

272
00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,400
And that is an order.

273
00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:09,120
I remember when this regiment
used to be unknown and unobserved.

274
00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,959
Christ, we used to be some
crack back then.

275
00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,920
Well, we're not a regiment.

276
00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,439
Not yet. Ah!

277
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,440
Now, I get it.

278
00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,399
We will be reckless in pursuit
of your own lofty ambitions.

279
00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,559
Yes, that's right, Paddy.
Exactly right.

280
00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,279
The prize has been offered.

281
00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,280
The game is on and we will win
if we do this my way.

282
00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,760
When the rest of you fuck up,
I'm answerable to myself.

283
00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,160
Good luck, old chap.
Race you to Burka.

284
00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,160
Our biggest jolly, yet.

285
00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,240
Let's go.

286
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,639
# Out of my mind on Saturday night

287
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:08,119
# 1970 rollin' in sight

288
00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:10,639
# Radio burnin'

289
00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,959
# Up above... #

290
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,160
Frenchie! This is where we split.

291
00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,159
You're going northeast.

292
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,599
And Frenchie!

293
00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,359
Remember, you don't fire a shot
until the moon sets.

294
00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:26,639
# Oh, man... #

295
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,720
May the best man win. Aye, right.

296
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,079
# All right

297
00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,240
# I feel all right

298
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,719
# Baby, oh, baby

299
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,879
# Burn my heart

300
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,319
# Baby, oh, baby

301
00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,279
# Burn my heart

302
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,559
# Fall apart, babe

303
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,279
# Fall apart

304
00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,479
# Baby, oh, baby

305
00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,399
# Burn my heart

306
00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,119
# All night

307
00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:02,800
# Till I blow away

308
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,719
# All night

309
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,520
# Till I blow away

310
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,440
# I feel all right
I feel all right. #

311
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,200
Roll out the barrel.

312
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:13,759
The gang's all here.

313
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,119
Those are your disguises, gentlemen.

314
00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:19,879
Got a bit wet when the tide came in.
Hung them out to dry.

315
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:24,480
Everyone on this island wears black
to mourn the death of the Messiah.

316
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,519
You're Norton, I presume. Yes.

317
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,879
Better get into costume.
Curtain up in 45 minutes, chaps.

318
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:37,520
Monsieur.

319
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,759
Pistols only, gents.

320
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,480
We don't want to draw attention
to ourselves.

321
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,160
What fuses do we use tonight, boss?

322
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,639
Tonight we don't use fuses.

323
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,559
So what do we do?

324
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:17,719
They used to call people whose minds
were altered by the moon lunatics.

325
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,839
Tonight we will raise a little
bedlam with our new toys.

326
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,880
I have had an idea. Oh, fuck.

327
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,480
We'll wait here until the moon sets.

328
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,080
SINGING AND MERRIMENT

329
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,599
We've seen Nazi occupied Europe.

330
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,760
For every German we kill,
there may be a reprisal.

331
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,720
Don't think about it, old boy.

332
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:22,440
Just do it.

333
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,120
Right, this is where we split up.

334
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:30,800
Bon chance. Good luck.

335
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:33,560
Come on.

336
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,040
Right. Prepare to attack.

337
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,440
DISTANT BOOMING

338
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,079
Oh, for fuck's sake.

339
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,520
SIREN WAILS

340
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,039
Think Zirnheld might have gone
a tad early, sir.

341
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,680
Very free. Very French.

342
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,879
Fuck, I knew it. Bravo, Stirling.

343
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,599
There goes Malta.

344
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,600
Paddy?

345
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,520
Paddy?

346
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,440
Paddy, come on, you know we can't
do this. You have to stand down.

347
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,800
Paddy, I can give the order.

348
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,600
Let the French have this one.

349
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,359
We can get them another day, Paddy.

350
00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,599
Maybe the others
will have better luck.

351
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,040
SIRENS WAIL

352
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,840
We're standing down, boys.
Back to rendezvous point.

353
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,920
Fuck sake.

354
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,560
ENGINE SPLUTTERS

355
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,040
LORRY BACKFIRES

356
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,120
GEARS GRIND

357
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,000
Huh?

358
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,400
THEY CHUCKLE

359
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,480
Danke. Danke.

360
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,400
Hey, hey.

361
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,720
SHOUTS IN GERMAN

362
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,360
SHOUTING IN GERMAN

363
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,800
GERMAN SOLDIERS CONVERSE

364
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,960
Go, go, go.

365
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,960
SOLDIERS LAUGH

366
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,920
Now fly like geese.

367
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,200
Butcher 'em.

368
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,920
Sarge, they're unarmed.

369
00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:26,280
Yeah!

370
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,319
Yeah!

371
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,160
Yeah!

372
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,280
Kraut bastards!

373
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,479
Woohoo!

374
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,239
Come on!

375
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:23,320
CHEERING

376
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,959
Johnny, how old are you now?

377
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,440
I don't add unarmed men to my tally.

378
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,640
WOMEN SCREAM
GUNFIRE

379
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,280
GERMAN CONVERSE IN GERMAN

380
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,280
Stay low.

381
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,200
Nearly on, lads.

382
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,199
Oh, any score?

383
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,639
Anything for your famous blackboard?

384
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,320
15 Stukas.

385
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:43,880
18 Messerschmitts.

386
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,760
How about you? Nothing.

387
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,560
Premature ejaculation
on the part of the French.

388
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,720
Who's back? You, me,
Zirnheld and Jordan.

389
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,759
You did well.

390
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,239
Why is there no jollity?

391
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:05,440
Jollity?

392
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,400
Because...

393
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,080
..we caught them off guard, shot at
them rather like you at Tamet.

394
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,520
Armed or unarmed,
they are the enemy.

395
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,040
Yes?

396
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,560
I asked you a question...

397
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:29,719
..Captain Mayne.

398
00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:31,360
Yes, sir.

399
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,640
Armed or unarmed,
they are the enemy.

400
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,479
I was wrong about Essner.

401
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,520
The traitor was Bruckner.

402
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,720
The whole unit wiped out
except Jordan.

403
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,319
Death sits easy on your shoulders,
comrade.

404
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,760
Turns out we drank from the same
well after all.

405
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,679
If you're drunk, please go away.

406
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,720
If you're sober,
I will throw you off this balcony.

407
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,520
I stopped drinking completely.
Right. Three months.

408
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,520
I need to speak to you.

409
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,919
Yes, I've found someone, someone
who's prepared to tolerate

410
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,239
the sharp words, harsh impulses.

411
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,879
You nearly...

412
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,280
..killed the son
of the Prime Minister.

413
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:25,920
Yes, well, vodka does...

414
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,959
It does make some poor decisions.
Yes.

415
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,239
I would apologise but,

416
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:35,599
well, after you've heard
what I have to say,

417
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,000
you won't remember anything
I said before so... Ah.

418
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,400
When did you get back to Cairo?

419
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,159
Yesterday.
Have you been trying to contact Eve?

420
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,399
I called her,
but there was no reply.

421
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,440
I thought she might be here.

422
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:58,519
Eve was flown over to Alexandria
three days ago

423
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,439
on the orders of General de Gaulle.

424
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,999
She set off back to Cairo
yesterday afternoon.

425
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,719
I think she was wanting
to be there for your arrival.

426
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:11,120
And she hitched
a lift from a mail plane.

427
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,320
There was a terrible sandstorm east
of Alexandria last night.

428
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,160
And the pilot took evasive action,
but...

429
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:31,319
The Chief of the Cairo Bureau
said that the plane went down

430
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,279
in the Qattara Depression.

431
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,400
Wreckage hasn't been located yet.

432
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,680
So sorry, David.

433
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,280
I mean...

434
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,399
..of course.

435
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,359
So, so sorry. It's just...
What else?

436
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,880
Everything I touch... Boom! Gone.

437
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:01,920
There no more.

438
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:07,480
Would you like me to order you a,
order you a car? No.

439
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,280
No, I'm just,
I'm just waiting for it to catch up.

440
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,360
it's never real the first minutes.

441
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,439
And she was a remarkable woman.

442
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,679
Terribly bad luck, isn't it,
I suppose?

443
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,200
Just when we had something
to celebrate, I mean.

444
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,560
You should go home.

445
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,319
I was going to take her dancing.

446
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:40,920
Dancing.

447
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,800
Well, I'll be at the bar.

448
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,680
When you're ready to leave,
I'll order you a car.

449
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,599
So, gentlemen,

450
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:14,600
news of the real world
beyond our jolly little circus.

451
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,919
We are fewer than we were.

452
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:27,640
But those men we lost
gave their lives in a winning cause.

453
00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:36,679
The relief convoys which set sail
for Malta one week ago,

454
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:38,719
consisted of 17 ships.

455
00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:42,999
15 of those ships were sunk
by German aircraft,

456
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,320
but two ships made it through
to Valletta.

457
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:53,919
Two heavily laden supply ships
with food,

458
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,879
medicine, weapons and ammunition.

459
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,360
Malta is saved. Come on.

460
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:06,600
Africa is safe from fascism
because of you.

461
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,559
Because the planes you destroyed
are the planes that would have sunk

462
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,319
the two ships that made.

463
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:17,560
But in the words of Winston
Churchill, this is not...

464
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,240
..the beginning of the end,
this is the end...

465
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,320
..of the beginning.

466
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:31,599
While we were saving Malta,

467
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,639
our American cousins finally
finished their

468
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,679
extended round of golf
and decided to join in

469
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,279
and give us a bit of a hand.

470
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,559
Well, about fucking time.

471
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:45,119
The Americans are landing their
first detachment of elite troops

472
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,239
at Casablanca and will head east.

473
00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:51,159
We will gather our forces
in Egypt and head west.

474
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,679
Germans and the Italians
are in the middle.

475
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,239
It would be foolhardy to think
that any of our forces can make it

476
00:46:57,240 --> 00:47:00,199
all the way through enemy lines
to link up with the Americans.

477
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:01,600
But we are fools.

478
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:04,719
Famous fools.

479
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:08,000
So that is exactly what I am
going to try to do.

480
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,959
I shall enter the lion's den
in search of a potential supply line

481
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:16,000
through Gabes Gap to
link up our two armies.

482
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,239
The rest of you continue
your fantastic work

483
00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:24,320
making Axis aeroplanes go pop and
bang in the middle of the night.

484
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,960
While I was in Cairo,
I got a note from GHQ.

485
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:37,080
The Special Air Service,
known as L Detachment...

486
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,480
..is now officially...

487
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:44,959
..a British Army regiment.

488
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,479
Yes!
THE MEN CHEER

489
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,239
I owe you a shilling, Reg. Come on!

490
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,280
We did it, gentlemen.

491
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,079
We did it.

492
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:57,880
Congratulations, sir.

493
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,399
Hurrah for the new colonel, lads.
Hip, hip!

494
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:03,679
ALL: Hurray!

495
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,560
Hip, hip!
Hurray!

496
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,439
Well done, Reg. Well done. Yes.

497
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,240
Congratulations, boys. Well done.

498
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,199
STIRLING READS: Dear Mother,
you may have read in the papers

499
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,440
the good news about Malta.

500
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:42,719
I don't want to come the swank or be
pomposo, but I want you to know

501
00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:46,120
that I had some part
in making this happen.

502
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,239
And you should know that you
and father had some part

503
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:53,720
in making me the soldier
who could play that part.

504
00:48:55,800 --> 00:49:00,440
Meanwhile, my holiday in the sun
continues to be eventful.

505
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:06,840
Yours in victory,
your loving son, David.

506
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:34,680
Go.

507
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:39,240
Kill.

508
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,200
Return.

509
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:48,120
Go again.

510
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:53,880
At the front!

511
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,320
Fuck!

512
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,960
Sir! Sir!

513
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,479
Sadler! Run!

514
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,280
Sir, fucking go!

515
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,400
Phantom Major, drop your weapon.

516
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:00,399
He's got to surrender.

517
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,279
He shoots, he's dead.

518
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:03,680
Fuck sake. What's he doing?

519
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,200
Shit! Sh!

520
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:18,160
Drop your weapon.
Last warning or we will shoot.

521
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:48,800
March.

522
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,599
What the fuck are we
supposed to do now?

523
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:07,120
Erm...

524
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:13,160
I suppose we'd better go
and find some Americans.

525
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:16,399
Come on.

526
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,599
Head down.

527
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,079
# Wish me luck
as you wave me goodbye

528
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:24,679
# Cheerio, here I go on my way

529
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:28,599
# Wish me luck as you wave goodbye

530
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:33,199
# Not a tear but a cheer
Make it gay

531
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:36,479
# Give me a smile
I can keep all the while

532
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:40,279
# In my heart while I'm away

533
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:44,199
# Till we meet once again, you and I

534
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:48,559
# Wish me luck as you wave me
goodbye

535
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:53,039
# Wish me luck as you wave me
goodbye

536
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:56,759
# Cheerio, here I go on my way

537
00:53:56,760 --> 00:54:00,999
# Wish me luck as you wave me
goodbye

538
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,959
# With a cheer not a tear
Make it gay

539
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:08,279
# Give me a smile I can keep
all the while

540
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:12,199
# In my heart while I'm away

541
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,959
# Till we meet once again, you and I

542
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:19,399
# Wish me luck as you wave me

543
00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:22,920
# Goodbye. #

544
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:50,400
Vehicle approaching.

545
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,520
This came in from GHQ, Cairo, sir.

546
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,760
Stirling captured at Gabes Gap.

547
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:40,640
Stop.

548
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:47,960
Overall command of SAS regiment,
all units to pass to Maj...

549
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:53,400
Overall command of SAS regiment,
all units to pass to...

550
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:58,040
..Major Robert Blair Paddy Mayne.

551
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:03,159
They've made you a major
and put you in charge, Paddy.

552
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:07,240
The mad bastards have put you
in charge of fucking everything.

553
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:14,880
PADDY CHUCKLES

554
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,600
Now the blood will flow.

555
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,400
MUSIC: If You Want Blood
- You've Got It by AC-DC

556
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:17,760
# It's criminal

557
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,800
# There ought to be a law

558
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:24,719
# Criminal

559
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,439
# There ought to be a whole lot more

560
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:31,400
# You get nothing for nothing

561
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:34,880
# Tell me who can you trust

562
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,400
# We got what you want

563
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,599
# And you got the lust

564
00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:44,040
# If you want blood

565
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:47,920
# You got it. #