Sole Survivor (1970) Movie Script
SOLE SURVIVOR
"Home Run"
Mac bandits
we may not be seen
Gant down to starboard!
It's all mine!
They're coming to you Elmo, at 5 o'clock sharp.
Watch out on the port side, Gant!
Faster Mac I can't control them
we exceed 500 K/h now
Elmo at 6 o'clock
hit the low-flyer
Oil pressure decreases!
Pulls CO2, cuts fuel
Mac fire extinguished
Turn around, Mac Turn around!
Mac Mr. Blowout
Brandy, raise the men
All right guys, stand up
To review
Tony, let's go
review time
Tell my girlfriend and maybe
maybe I'll make you a date
Leave me alone, with my dream!
We have no dreams
Don't you?
I have a table at Caf Rouge
at the Hotel Pennsylvania
Jimmy Dorsey is with his orchestra
I have a cute doll
we are having fun
Helen O'Connell sings for me
"Poppy" and "Green Eyes"?
My mom bought me some
Jimmy Dorsey records
I've listened to you for 17 years talking about your
mother, can you leave her out of my dream?
Let's start on time
Yes captain, my captain,
Is that an order captain?
That's the end of it
we have an agreement, we vote,
as long as they don't find us
baseball three times a day
you agreed
did not know it would last 17 years
None of them knew it
How many baseball innings
have we connected?
You go first
My boy,
you're not going to walk out of here
We realized in the early years, no matter how
no matter how far and how much you walk
you do it in circles and you end up
arriving here at the same place
Hey, you heard the captain, take the bat.
Leave him alone
Baseball
Behind you!
Look at that bird
it is really different
not from the navy
Did you see us?
I meant...
That would be an important issue
Comes back
I don't know about you... but I
Hey here we are, down below
Look here, come back!
You got it,
just need the number in the queue
Strange, that dry lake
is not on our maps
It is of no interest to anyone
Now, yes, it will be
Do you think the Americans
already found that plane years ago?
I doubt it, when they do
they paint "abandoned" on the wings.
when they were new, he would say:
"Follow me."
all is well boy They're gone
Did they leave?
No
They will come back, maybe not them but others
I can feel it in my bones
That's a good trick,
considering your condition
The good Lord will not leave us here
- Why did you do that?
- Game over kid
It's only a matter of time
before we get out of here
probably, 5 of 6
No one had time to worry about
to worry about Hamner
We are still together, and he is probably
to be at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea
Whose is this?
Mia
well, keep it where it belongs
-I don't remember
-Then start thinking
I do not receive orders from you Sergeant
Mac when those people come back here,
I'm going back to the United States
Maybe not in first class
or with a parade
We will all go home
True
Let's make sure the only thing they
they find is an airplane
they don't know where we jump
where we are, nothing
we have to help them
to find us
Mac
Start with the plane
everything should be back where it was
Brandy take care of the cabin
Tony
Copied, the radio
What about the diary?
True
is in there somewhere
What about Hamner?
What about him?
It also had a stand
As it was before he jumped
He should have stayed with us
he would have made it
Look who will make it today
Let's go home
Hey that's good
go to a place where...
flowers grow
Listening to the rain,
-The water, the winter
Snow
I feel sorry for such a man
I never saw his parachute open.
At an altitude of 1,000 meters
crashed into the sea
who cares, he is over there and we are over here
He's as dead as the rest of us
I'm glad Hamner is
a reliable source
I'm not so sure
maybe it won't come to anything
we have an early statement their impressions were
impressions were fresher than they are now
Joe Memories fade with the years
fade with the years
but sometimes a crisis
or a scare, anything
it's like turning on a light
What worries me is
a fire is lit, not a light
Any doubts about dealing with
with high-ranking officers?
We didn't have to come all the way to Georgetown
we could wait until tomorrow
that plane landed a thousand kilometers away
from where it was reported missing
But Devlin
if you want to get another one
for this research, let me know
I didn't have time to get another one
There are 5 families who have waited
17 years for an answer
All right, but do yourself a favor
do not get entangled in your own gallows
In cases like this Colonel
the pitchforks have made me a specialist
It doesn't compare to looking face to face
to a hostile power
I believe we all share a responsibility
a responsibility these days
General, I'm betting one of those medals
is for diplomacy under fire
Russ, there are two officers from the
Inspector General's office
I can't believe it, it can't be my plane.
In the nose section,
distinguishes the figure of the baseball player.
There must have been hundreds of
planes in the second war
who used the baseball player
baseball player as an emblem
In our base there were at least 3 or 4
Yes, sir, we do not expect you to give us
positive identification
until we reach
to the place where it crashed
Libyan desert 500 km south of Benghazi
south of Benghazi
It can't be the "Home Run", it fell into the sea off the coast of
off the coast of Sicily
We have your statement at the
at the time of your rescue, Mr.
But even then, he could not
he saw the plane go down
It could have kept flying but...
I can't believe it, it looks fantastic
all we have is you
and the discovery
I was at sea for 36 hours,
50 kilometers from the coast
This is what the file shows
I would imagine that Major Devlin and you
They will fly to Libya to
to conduct the investigation
Yes, sir, we can arrange for
transportation to Wheelus Air Force Base
I will see you off tonight
Russ I don't want this to become a public
a public relations problem
I'd better go with them
In many cases it has been valuable
that the survivors
crew members collaborate with the research group
the research group
of course, plus I have to go to
Turkey with the missile inspectors
there you go
we flew tonight, one day
in the place where it crashed
and another day to solve this
and I will be in Ankara on time
That doesn't give us much time
It is the time we have
Yes, sir.
I will do my best
I am sure this will be the case Gral.
After all, you flew with them.
Did you forget something?
You know, Mr. Mac, Tony was not attracted to the idea of baseball.
attracted to the idea of baseball
but the rest of us thank God
that you were a baseball player
Me too
The old girl, looking good
Old, she's only 18
queue section ready for review
Front section ready
We have done a good job this day
I don't think so
There is still the problem
of what's under the tail
We don't have time Tony
we will take the time
This sounds familiar
you've been wanting us to dig you out of the
to dig you out of the queue
All you have to do is find
my dog tags
You're no better off than the rest
at least you are here with the plane
Gant I give you my word,
I will not leave without you
It's not the most comfortable vehicle in the world.
comfortable vehicle in the world, is it?
Too bad they don't do it
with air conditioning
According to our guide
No traveler should be without this
guaranteed to raise your spirits
and lowers your temperature
What a godforsaken oven!
Yes, sir.
I don't understand how they don't
stray in this loneliness
drilling for oil over and over
and again for 15 years
this is my first time looking for an aircraft
These airplanes usually appear
in mountains at 30 degrees below zero
or in a remote sandy area like this one!
Easy, my friend
one day you might find one
crashed on the coast of Ibiza
No, I told you I'm not going to leave her.
-You heard the man
-My father gave it to me
You left it on the plane and
you'll put it there again
You do it, or we do it
You must hurry
we are about to receive visitors
All right, in formation
-Where is Gant?
That harmonica is evidence
Where is it?
Somewhere over there
I threw it away
Then, let's go
-I'm scared
-Relax kid, you're with friends.
Online
Attention
They look like dead people
-I have news for you
-Sergeant
Nobody move until I give the order
What a miserable place for a grave
I'm still not sure it's my aircraft
we will be in a moment
I do not feel well
I wish the ship could talk
break ranks
Dead
We are truly dead
So it seems
you can let me go now
Gen. Hamner Sr.
Hamner?
That was the number of the "Home Run".
-He doesn't look like him
-He's old
If I may interrupt
it is now daylight
At this latitude in 20 minutes
it will get quite dark
thank you
I don't know, if it is him and at the same time it is not
It is he
he survived
Do you recognize it?
This is my aircraft
there is no doubt about it
As impossible as it may seem, there is no doubt
It is he
This cushion
It's mine, I bought it in Benghazi
That's right, I was with him
Survived
He survived!
Wow, all the days
I have on earth
nothing has moved my faith in God
but today it has been shaken
yes
I thought we were going home
that I would see my mother
Check trucks
no drawers
-They didn't even look for us
-Why?
Ask him
Does not look very good
- Do you think he remembers?
- Do you?
Russ?
How much longer?
How much longer. Russ?
Pilot to navigator, over
Pilot to navigator, over
Don't worry Mac
I'll put you on target
Wait for the PI.
Chicken little calling Pollitas
Hold I.P.
check your cannons
I'm fine boy
me too
all work
Mac bandits
impossible, they said
it would be a routine mission
maybe they didn't see us
there is always the possibility
At least we have company
I.P.
I.P.
Repeat I.P. out
maintain this course and speed
begins descent to 1,200 m
They're coming from your side Elmo, at 5 o'clock sharp
turnaround
It's all mine
They're coming straight to the front, watch out Russ
Tony give them fast
I know
Gant under starboard!
We still have one engine
Mac there is fire!
Oil pressure decreases!
Pull the CO2 cut off the power supply
Where does the smoke come from?
I'm grilling sausages Do you want one?
Chicken 2 this is chicken leader
I'm out of an engine I'm retiring
take the lead
Good luck. Change
Copy that I see you at home Mac
the Mac fire was extinguished
Hamner when it's level
throw your bombs into the ocean
Something still comes out of the engine
Get rid of those bombs!
Mac there is land back there
position 270
And give the Nazis this bird as a gift?
We are going back to Benghazi
don't be silly, you don't have
enough fuel
Be ready
Hamner drops the communicator
and plots a course to Benghazi
- That's an order!
- Elmo 6 o'clock, hit the bass.
faster Mr. Mac,
I can't control them.
we exceed 500 K/h now
Where do they come from?
I am almost out of ammunition
Turn around, Mac Turn around!
Hamner, shut up and chart a course.
Don't do it!
Don't!
Hamner!
We jump here
We were pulled out of formation
by enemy aircraft
the pilot took evasive action to avoid
avoid destruction of the aircraft
I did not have time to locate our position
So I could say that this
was its approximate position
It is correct
and we are here
a thousand kilometers south
Explains Hamner
According to the report, this aircraft
and its crew were reported missing
in action after the jump
over the mediterranean
With only one survivor
I'm not surprised they didn't look for us
I am not sure if your secretary
wrote down everything I said
- if I go too fast...
- Will catch up
-Understand that this is just routine
-Let's go on then
first I want to review
exactly what happened
Exactly?
I have a reputation for good memory
but after 17 years I am not sure
Of course, just tell us what you can
Our target was this Messina
we leave at sunset
we led the first wave of bombers when we were attacked
when we were attacked
our engine was hit
and engulfed in flames
Mac...
Captain McDonald
Exited the formation
so far so good
We tried to put out the fire
I threw the bombs to avoid damage
We were attacked again
And at that point, you jumped
-Yes
The pilot gave the order to
to abandon the ship -That's right
This is a lie
you said that no one...
-He's lying, we're staying
-Sit down
Well, Major Devlin and I,
we have some reports to fill out
because it does not seek a place in the shade
I can stand the sun Col.
- Very well, sir.
- I'm going to stretch my legs
If you need me Gronke
Yes, sir.
Your hands feel sticky Joe
It's the heat and you treat the general
with kid gloves
You do not approve of the way
I am conducting this research
Trying for a speed record?
You had your chance there at Georgetown
Colonel can send me home
home at any time
Calm down
you press it very hard,
the man has stars on his neck
Quiet
Quiet?
There could be 5 bodies over there
There is only one problem. They don't
have a general to look out for them.
Major Devling we will
to make an investigation
to discover how
this plane flew a thousand kilometers
Without a soul on board?
This canteen still has water in it
- Do you want a drink Joe?
- Are you out of your mind?
It is neither bitter nor salty
You know, coffee is still drinkable
Don't you feel like time has stood still
has stood still these years?
Tell me, are you absolutely sure
that no one has ever been here before
impossible, the weapons
are still on the plane
There are men who would pay
for these weapons in Benghazi
and in Algeria, for one
would give me a thousand US dollars
We are not here to discuss
of the arms market
I am sure Gen. Hamner
has more important things waiting for him
Thank you Col.
The tank is empty
-Draw your conclusions Major
-The crew must have jumped into the sea
I would say that I would add: that those
saw the waves and threw everything
survival equipment
at sea, including the raft
the raft
and I would add a note
that the deposit of the raft
was closed
I don't see the importance
It all has to do with
what I said 17 years ago
we jump over the Mediterranean
I remember whose idea it was
the idea of taking out the raft
-It was yours
-Mine?
You said we were on the water
Yeah, and these guys are quickly becoming
fast becoming believers
-We must find that raft
-What for?
Are you ready to confirm
that we jumped together with Hamner
We need proof
that we fell in this desert
Does it have you intrigued?
I think it is a modification
made for this device
is a modification made by the
middle gunner
to place your harmonica
I got tired of listening to his rendition
of "Take me out to the ball game".
What music to drop bombs to!
- Was the harmonica in the wreckage?
- No device was empty
I didn't go anywhere without her
I even slept with her
Evidence
- I never thought...
- Go get it
Now?
Look, the report says that
we jumped in with Hamner
Hamner has this
Col. who believes him
and the raft proves it
What do we need to show you
that we jumped in the desert? What?
A harmonica?
-At least it's something, damn it
-Go get her!
Now!
This does not fall into the category of
regular team
You better show it to Col.
Col. what do you say about this?
That belonged to Capt. McDonald
the pilot, was a baseball player
Little League
Chicago Cubs 1937
transferred to the American League
Cleveland Indians 1939
Played two seasons
Enlisted in 1941
-has done his homework
-General Research
McDonald's batting average
McDonald's batting average was 0.236
He did not have much luck in his turn at bat
I wasn't having much luck at all
He was a good man Major,
a great pilot and a great commander
Yes, sir. Remember that I flew
22 missions with this equipment
-We almost died together
-But they didn't
No, we do not die together
Col. I want to take
this as a souvenir
- Did you hear him?
- He's a saint
if you have no objection
no, of course not,
- They are yours!
- No longer
You have been in the
too long in the military
Let's go, let's go!
You keep looking
Wow, we really went overboard,
we went way overboard
But how did it happen?
Simple, we got lost
We are here
and jump how far back?
About 15 to 25 kilometers away
Let's go!
What for?
For the raft
We bring the raft here, it has a number
If we really jump together with Hamner
What is the boat doing here?
-It's a good question,
-Do you want to vote on who will go?
-No, I will go
-We will all go
-I don't want them to stay here
-Hey guys!
-I found her
-Damela, you're going with Mac
Don't worry, it's a punishment
see you later
-I hope they find her
-They will
...I mean...
Suppose we can't...
do nothing Suppose that...
...that something stops us
does not let us intervene
Do you understand?
What's wrong with you Lieutenant?
Don't you believe in ghosts?
Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner
Mac bandits
We may not be seen
there is always the possibility
Gant under starboard!
It's all mine
come to you Elmo at 5 o'clock sharp
Watch out on the port side Gant!
Faster Mr. Mac I can't
control them
We have already surpassed 500 K/h
Elmo at 6 o'clock hit the bottom one
Oil pressure decreases!
Pulls CO2, cuts fuel
Gen. Hamner?
I am very sorry I did not want to bother you
Pass forward Col.
I was just remembering
It's hard after all these years
to see this aircraft appear here
Yes, sir, I imagine it is a
hard test for you.
Frankly, it is painful to bomb
we...
the crew and myself...
We live, we laugh,
we cry and fight together
but that is also what we do
A drink?
Thank you
Thank you Gral.
You know Major Devlin and I have
worked together before
We only collect one established fact
it is likely that there is no other active area
in the Inspector General's office
as routine as this one
well I'm here to help
Good luck
How long have you
been in the army? Col.
18 years Sr.
Look no more, the pension is approaching
It has succeeded, hasn't it?
The Army has been good to me, sir.
If for those of us who survived
the war years
The military can be a rewarding
rewarding career
Makes you think, doesn't it?
Yes, sir, and I want you to know
that I will do whatever it takes
in my power to
get us out of here so soon...
Devlin is right, that plane and its crew
crew deserve a few days of our time
For them
for them Sr.
What's wrong with you?
I don't know...
I feel like...
You can't feel,
you're not supposed to
you have been dead for 17 years
We have been dead for 17 years
and here they are examining
the wreckage of a plane
as if it were more important than us
well if they knew we were here
they would be examining our bones
My bones should be in
Arlington Cemetery
Yes, I know, your family members are soldiers.
four generations
four... generations of
West Point graduates
all artillerymen, and I
had to be the rebel
I had to fly
Yes, my old man also
thought I was crazy
Hey, what's wrong with you
you want to be a hero
You still drink milk Don't hurry!
You know, if I had listened to him,
I'd be an expert at ironing clothes by now.
Well Tony, I'm afraid we're both
we're both losers
we can say that we made a couple of
wrong decisions in our short lives
Not like our old friend
friend Gen. Hamner
Can we resolve this in the afternoon?
So?
Too soon Joe
If we hold Hamner we will have to respond to Gen.
answer to Gen. Sherman
and all of the Pentagon's top brass
Of all the disasters we have investigated
investigated, none is quite like this one.
everything is in its place,
it is too tidy
Doesn't that catch your attention?
- Do you see ghosts Devlin?
- Maybe so
We are here to make
an analysis of the facts
Anything else you keep to yourself
- Understood?
- Yes, sir
I want a report, a simple report
Nothing more, no complications
Gral. cannot be serious
You can bet that if
I enlisted 18 years ago,
I was just a kid
No parents, no relatives
drifting from one neighborhood to another
was a public nuisance
without the minimum benefit
of human compassion
It was a charity case
but the day I was born
was the day I wore this uniform
The Militia saved my life
And what does it have to do with Hamner
It's all about Hamner!
Because he represents
The power, the system,
In other words, "Stay out of it".
Don't you understand Devlin?
The system has been good to me
and I don't fight him
There is nothing heroic about being a martyr
I have two years left to enjoy my
years left to enjoy my pension
I beat everyone, I am
at the head of the group
I am not going to measure forces
with any Brigadier General.
What are you looking at?
It's the system
I did not design it, nor did you
And you can't change it
Life is hard enough
the winds are blowing around us
A bomb falls and...
It's all over
Write the report Let's get out of here
You and I and General Hamner
all trapped by the past
I will write your report
The flight capabilities of
this aircraft when it fails
a single engine is not affected
The aircraft does not need to be abandoned
unless the fuel...
We are not here to find out
Why did the pilot order to abandon ship?
We just want to know
How did this plane end up here?
I presume that your imagination
will confirm the report
The moment of truth
Major?
Not quite
What kind of answer is that?
You only have to give a Yes or No
You are not planning to ask for additional time
Examination suggests that the crew
left the ship over water
Of course they did
The survival kit over the sea,
is not on the plane
All the survival equipment
for the desert can be found
-Still on the plane and intact
-The conclusion then is obvious
It hurts but it is true
Col. I would like to
note that my examination
does not necessarily confirm the report
It is in our favor
thank you Major
Couldn't this plane have flown
1,000 km without a crew?
It could not, for example, fuel
is not automatically transferred from one wing to
from one wing to the other
Someone must have pumped it
What was left on the left wing
was enough for 800 Km
And what about the
right wing fuel?
He would stay there
Somewhere along the way Gral.
That right wing must have outweighed
more than the left
It would have happened to turn the plane and fall
No wing is exactly symmetrical
when they are assembled
Increasing the weight could cause
an increase in suspension
That's theory - you are
Qualified with practical experience
I don't see wings on his shirt
Forgive me, it's this heat
We can take a break, now
We can continue
Major, if you have no other
points you want to cover
Gral. said there was enough
fuel to travel 800 km
We are 1,000 km away from where it jumped
Tailwind
was 70 I would add
about 200 km beyond its range
Was there a tailwind?
-Yes
-At what altitude?
We are approaching the target
at 1 kilometer altitude
And at what altitude did the aircraft return?
I have no way of knowing
So you have no way of knowing what tailwind
tailwind was on your return trip?
It is true
But their fuel calculation
is based on a certain weight of the aircraft
6 men represent
a weight of 1000 pounds
without that weight, the range is extended
range considerably
As far as we know, only five
of the six were still on the plane
That sounds like an accusation to me
only speculation
We are not here to speculate
delete Major Devlin's remark
Forget it, Colonel.
Just finish what you came here to do
Yes, sir.
We will take that break now
Major. Devlin
Write your report, I want you to
confirm or deny this report
signed by you
That Devlin loves Hamner
as much as we do
I thought we already had it
Not finished yet
Hamner's version is
that plane soaring on its own
and us drinking beer in Benghazi
What is it?
Stands still there
I remember it was in a magazine
of air progress in the states
A Heli. Helicopter
I don't care what it's called.
If it doesn't sprout wings, it will crash.
Hey I never saw a plane crash
finally, after 17 years
Company Company!
Another first baseman, for Mac
-I hope they bring beers
- Ice cold beer!
General
- This report has just arrived for you, sir.
- Thank you Lieutenant
Look at this thing
Does it rise horizontally,
and descends vertically?
I wonder if this is the only progress
of humanity in 17 years
Gen.
-Thank you Major
-Patric takes that other file to my store.
- Gral.
- Thank you
-Joe
-Thank you, you read my mind
I don't want to interrupt your party, but
we must conclude this investigation
as quickly as possible.
I have to leave sooner than expected
- How much sooner?
- The latest would be first thing tomorrow morning
-We need more time
-They won't give it to us
The only thing we are going to accomplish here is to tie up a loose end
a loose end part of ancient history
I am more concerned about the future
Sometimes our future is determined by the past,
is determined by the past
Major, with the time we have left
I would advise you to focus your efforts
considering its own future
You better get to work on that report
Did fighting with Generals
become a profession for you?
If you want to make him happy,
sign your confirmation
-Leave me out of this
-He said it was ancient history
not a matter of national security
not a matter of life and death
-Nobody cares
-I do care
-I know Hamner is lying
-Hamner did not shoot down that plane
He has an excellent record
What do you want?
I want the truth Maybe it won't work for me
but for 5 men who did not return for
a meeting at the Pentagon or anywhere else.
Please Devlin, the Libyan desert
is not the place to make waves
It's probably blood -Hard to
to tell after all this time
I can understand how a man
to be totally focused on his work
and exclude everything else
I also made the same mistake
From where I'm sitting, I'm not very
good at seeing the big picture
From where I sit, I'm not very sensitive to human
sensitive to human feelings
Forgive me for disrespecting you
you have not harmed me, sir.
Gen. Mowing sent me some excellent vodka from Poland
an excellent vodka from Poland
I prefer not to drink alone
on certain occasions I am happy to
happy to please a Gen.
Already bought Devlin
We're going to have to catch Hamner
ourselves
Not us Brandy, just me
Hamner belongs to me
- I didn't ask for any of this stuff -Gral.
- He's not the kind of person to ask for anything.
sit Major
I wondered?
What would be the next step?
If your report said that the B-25
could not have flown without its crew
start again to establish
how many crew members remained
Where did they actually jump?
That will take time
-I have all the time in the world
-I don't
we will not stop it
He gave us everything he was going to give us
everything I could Major
when I leave here tomorrow
I want to let all this go
you don't think we will make it without you
I prefer to control my own destiny
I don't think I can trust my career
junior officers
Gral. we are not talking about
talking about careers
but we can talk about yours
Surely you don't enjoy digging
in the tragedy of others
Exposing other people's mistakes
I find it a very useful function
Delusions of grandeur
In his role as judge
of those who have given their all
It takes guts
There are all kinds of Gral.
Sometimes a special kind of value
a special kind of value
to admit that one does not meet
meet your expectations
Where did you learn that, on the ground,
at his desk in the Pentagon?
I've been in the action up there
dodging anti-aircraft fire,
fighting Migs
making decisions
Thousands of lives in the balance
Okay, maybe I don't
I have your flight time
but I've been up there
and I have been in their position
On the verge of panic
was a training flight
in California
my engine died, I jumped
76 gallons of fuel
fell on the grounds of a school
I watched from my parachute
those children, running and screaming
in all directions
did what it had to do
it's not that easy
except for his own life
The strongest instinct
is self-preservation
I could have controlled myself
I was able to glide that plane
two more minutes and put it in the water.
-It is in the past, it has already happened
-It has not happened
has to face it and take it from there
That's your penance Devlin,
don't put me on that cross with you
it's not me, it's what's in his head.
I can still see those kids,
running and screaming
-For you it is something different
-Nothing
The voices of his crew calling out to him
No!
I am not your enemy Gral.
Don't make me your enemy
Whatever happened to that plane and its crew is finished, dead and buried.
crew is finished, dead and buried
Dead if...
buried No
Here we go, it's the 9th inning
in the Angels tie 7-7
at the end of the 9 Maury Wills beginning
That's your penance Devlin,
don't put me on that cross with you
it's not me, it's what's in his head.
-It is in the past, it has already happened
-It has not happened
has to face it
We are at the end of the 9th in the event that
we have just been tuned in to Los Angeles
Dodger and Giants tied 7 to 7
They confirm the report and then go home.
From the first day we were cheated
we underestimated Hamner
What could a harmonica achieve?
If Mac doesn't come back with that raft....
will miss the Baseball game
Mr. Mac
Have you ever thought about what would have been
if this had not happened to you
I would have tried my luck in baseball
Although I don't think I would have done well
-Surely well
My dad is a pastor, and he used to tell me that all you needed to do was to believe.
all that was needed was to believe
and if you have faith the Lord
will be by your side
and then why, despite how much I prayed
how much I prayed and how many times I tried
Could not hit a fastball
-You were just walking past me
- You were just starting
sooner or later you were going to hit him
Now we'll never know, will we?
Come on out Let's find that boat
GANI even slept with her
Are you a Major musician?
I used to play one, when I was a kid
Beddo and I must return to the
oil company
we have everything packed on the truck
Won't they think about driving in the middle of the night?
in the middle of the night?
It is cooler
And in the moonlight, the sand
looks like a wide sea
That's not just poetry
hardly, I have flown through the night
across the desert many times
From there they look like waves on the surface
surface and even movement
-Something very strange
-Not only strange
but something very tragic
five statutory body bags
statutory body bags
are now excess baggage
-I want more time Joe
-You know how: bring me "facts".
We have Hamner
Do we have it?
A push, a push is what it takes
I don't want to know what Devlin is hiding
To me he is your "friendly neighbor and one star
general of a star".
over almost 20 years I have learned to live with
learned to live with their kind
He's a different kind, I can smell it
I've been there myself
I don't need you to sign that report,
I can do it myself
-You have been a strong tower during this time
-Do not question my courage
I have the battle scars
scars to prove it
That was another Joe Gronke,
the one in front of me is a politician
and you can make me to the side or down
I will not paint your "friendly neighbor and one-star general" white.
neighbor and general of a star".
I want that report by tomorrow, before
that helicopter takes flight
You will have your report tomorrow
I still want dog tags
inside those bags
How, by passing all the sand
of this desert through a sieve?
They come to you Elmo at 5 o'clock sharp
Watch out on the port side Gant!
Faster Mr. Mac I can't
control them
We have already exceeded 500 K/h
Elmo at 6 o'clock hit the bottom one
Oil pressure decreases!
Pull CO2,
How was the baseball game Elmo?
It was good
You can say more
than just "it was good".
Things have changed
quite a bit there in the country
Maybe you shouldn't tell them this
What is it?
Well...
I don't know how it happened
but Brooklyn is in Los Angeles now
Mac bandits
We may not be seen
there is always the possibility
Gant under starboard!
It's all mine
Watch out on the port side Gant!
Faster Mr. Mac I can't
control them
We have already surpassed 500 K/h
Elmo at 6 o'clock hit the bottom one
Oil pressure decreases!
Pull CO2,
-We can't wait
-No
-They're going back with the raft
-Save him!
Tony 15 minutes
No
Wait, wait, wait,
is all they can think of
When we were in the desert,
we waited for rain
we are waiting for help to arrive
but when the water ran out
and someone had to look for the plane
Who was the fool who did it?
I made it, four days leaning on my hands and knees
on my hands and knees
I didn't imagine that the tail section
of the tail was about to fall
I crawled under it
for a canteen of water
fell suddenly
your...
...You really want to dig
yourself...
I want my identity badges.
It's a positive test
count me out
nor with me
We only have 8 hours left
guys please, I don't
I want to do it alone
Mac!
Mac!
-The raft
-What happened to it?
-It's still there, we didn't get it.
-You have to
Tony every time we tried,
we started all over again
in the same way that when we try to
we try to get away from this place
We were never able to get more
more than two kilometers
We could not reach the raft
-Leaving tomorrow
-Not all
- Where are you going?
- To catch Hamner
it won't change anything anyway
-Let me have half of it
-So I'll take the half that breathes
-Stop that
-Here comes your chance!
- Gant?
- Not this time Gral.
I found it
That proves nothing
But it is a start, a first step
You won't catch me
much less using a card
as bad as a harmonica
not what I want
don't try to confront me Devlin
is not in my category
-We have something in common
-No, I have never felt panic in my life.
I have never made a decision
without having thought about it first
from start to finish
Even when he jumped
I knew they were not going to make it
I offered them a route and a safe destination.
rejected it like rejecting life
I jumped, they jumped I made it.
They didn't make it
-He owed them nothing
- They were his crewmates
five naive boys
trying to save that piece of scrap metal
Heroes?
Heroes yes
What about you, Devlin?
Trying to settle his account with
account with humanity?
At my expense
It's not my fight Gral.
It's theirs
They are not here
Water at 800 or 1,000 km is not here.
Well, if that's true
Then you have nothing to worry about
But if this is not the case
They will not stop tormenting him
Devlin
Devlin!
No
You are dead
The Lord says, Vengeance is yours
They can't touch me
They had their chance,
they didn't take it
we will take advantage of this
You owe us 17 years Hamner
You are alive
you can eat, drink, breathe, love
you stole it from us
try to save them
You killed us
I will compensate you
what price the lives of 5 people
5 futures cut short
I couldn't help it
Stop him!
As you pay 5 lives
-He's running away
-Stop him!
Hamner!
Wait a minute!
-Look at him go
-He's going in the right direction
Keep it up, Hamner, keep it up...
Do you still want my report Joe?
Or now you finally get it
Give me our position Joe
330 degrees
The opposite of 150
150 degrees?
This is what the plane's autopilot
autopilot of the plane
Correct
The raft
I saw them and then they led me here
Why did they launch the boat?
I don't understand
They were going to need it because they thought
they were jumping over the sea
poor dumb kids
I told them to leave, they had parachutes.
parachutes, they didn't have to complicate it.
They should have jumped
Imagine these guys getting lost over Benghazi.
Benghazi any fool could spot her
If that fool had been a
trained navigator
were flying with tailwinds of 70 km (43 miles).
You didn't tell that to the
pilot before jumping
So it is possible that
also killed them
That was the reason why
that the reserve water
and survival equipment
for the desert
Remain inside the aircraft
The score 0 to 1 in Devlin's favor.
is not a marker Joe
There is no pleasure in
breaking a man
probably a good man,
he just made a mistake, that's all
It's just that it took
17 years to confront it
You made a mistake once
Who can I hurt in my work?
Incorrectly identify a group of
incorrectly identify a group of bones?
I got the wrong name on a rusty
a rusty identity badge?
Yes, but we have yet to find
some bones and identity badges
Somewhere around here - I think we have a good idea
we have a good idea where to start
He drove here
as if guided by a lighthouse
We should have realized earlier
all the evidence we needed
-He was at this address
-His subconscious took over.
Perhaps
and yet, he thought that he really saw those men
saw those men
Joe did it, the same way
I still see those kids at school
Running, trying
to run away from those flames
Gral.
I want you to know that...
that we did not plan to harm
to harm, or destroy anyone
my respect for your career achievements
has not decreased
Col. is still defending the fort, even
after the enemy has been decimated.
I have no respect for my achievements,
my self-respect has disappeared
I am a Gral. de titulo y solamente
changes everything, for better or worse
I have been neutralized Col.
I must find out what
is left of Gen. Hamner
Gen. Hamner, sir?
The helicopter is waiting for you
-And we are going in the next one
-The States, here we go
I'm leaving first, they're going to disassemble
this thing, pack it up and I'm on my way.
They will find you too
Col. what do we do with the plane,
Do we burn it?
Burn it?
Not of military interest
mark it is enough
- They will leave him!
- If
Let's start with the assumption that
they had a canteen of water
would have reached 80 kilometers
direction 150 degrees
If they went to the coast
so we will start the search here
Gen.
Good luck!
Any luck?
Kill 5 men
learn to live with it
the time has come to take you out
Let's try to move the tail of the plane
is the only way
the weight is not enough
is against us
Too late
that's why I pushed them to clean the plane
to be taken back
and in that way...
We know Tony
For me, if one of us leaves, we all leave
count on me
guys please
Someday an Arab scrap dealer
will come with his camel
and I will see The States again
we may not even leave
Who would want to be in a cemetery
with a bunch of people that you don't even know
In spring you will see the flowers
and your mother will visit you on Sundays
I lied about my mother
She was a...
It was not good, you know
He left, from here to there
The last time I saw her, I was 10 years old.
No one cared until....
that I entered this plane
Now I have to go home
I don't want to go home
This is home
Someone is touching me
Col. Maj.
I have to go now
hands around me, and eyes everywhere
eyes everywhere
A sack, they will put me in a bag.
Tony!
I got you kid, it's okay
The flag, why is it dark?
Tony
Elmo!
Gant!
Randy!
Mac!
4 of 5
4 out of 5 is a miracle
I didn't expect to find any
let's go home
There's still a man around
Devlin You'll never find it,
you'd have to search the whole desert
Col. Major Devlin!
The Beddo pilot's logbook found it
Can you read it?
First day, Randy badly wounded
I spend the night cold in the sand
Too little water, Tony is going to
try to get to the plane
for water and supplies
we have a canteen for everyone
Look at the last major,
Days too hot, nights too cold, can't sleep
I can't sleep, I can't sleep, no more water
all very sick now
no sign of Tony
Trying to get to the plane
-I want to take one last look
-No sign there
Devlin
Shall we wait here for the Major?
Don't ask me,
I'm just in charge
I am not the man who believes in ghosts
"Home Run"
Mac bandits
we may not be seen
Gant down to starboard!
It's all mine!
They're coming to you Elmo, at 5 o'clock sharp.
Watch out on the port side, Gant!
Faster Mac I can't control them
we exceed 500 K/h now
Elmo at 6 o'clock
hit the low-flyer
Oil pressure decreases!
Pulls CO2, cuts fuel
Mac fire extinguished
Turn around, Mac Turn around!
Mac Mr. Blowout
Brandy, raise the men
All right guys, stand up
To review
Tony, let's go
review time
Tell my girlfriend and maybe
maybe I'll make you a date
Leave me alone, with my dream!
We have no dreams
Don't you?
I have a table at Caf Rouge
at the Hotel Pennsylvania
Jimmy Dorsey is with his orchestra
I have a cute doll
we are having fun
Helen O'Connell sings for me
"Poppy" and "Green Eyes"?
My mom bought me some
Jimmy Dorsey records
I've listened to you for 17 years talking about your
mother, can you leave her out of my dream?
Let's start on time
Yes captain, my captain,
Is that an order captain?
That's the end of it
we have an agreement, we vote,
as long as they don't find us
baseball three times a day
you agreed
did not know it would last 17 years
None of them knew it
How many baseball innings
have we connected?
You go first
My boy,
you're not going to walk out of here
We realized in the early years, no matter how
no matter how far and how much you walk
you do it in circles and you end up
arriving here at the same place
Hey, you heard the captain, take the bat.
Leave him alone
Baseball
Behind you!
Look at that bird
it is really different
not from the navy
Did you see us?
I meant...
That would be an important issue
Comes back
I don't know about you... but I
Hey here we are, down below
Look here, come back!
You got it,
just need the number in the queue
Strange, that dry lake
is not on our maps
It is of no interest to anyone
Now, yes, it will be
Do you think the Americans
already found that plane years ago?
I doubt it, when they do
they paint "abandoned" on the wings.
when they were new, he would say:
"Follow me."
all is well boy They're gone
Did they leave?
No
They will come back, maybe not them but others
I can feel it in my bones
That's a good trick,
considering your condition
The good Lord will not leave us here
- Why did you do that?
- Game over kid
It's only a matter of time
before we get out of here
probably, 5 of 6
No one had time to worry about
to worry about Hamner
We are still together, and he is probably
to be at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea
Whose is this?
Mia
well, keep it where it belongs
-I don't remember
-Then start thinking
I do not receive orders from you Sergeant
Mac when those people come back here,
I'm going back to the United States
Maybe not in first class
or with a parade
We will all go home
True
Let's make sure the only thing they
they find is an airplane
they don't know where we jump
where we are, nothing
we have to help them
to find us
Mac
Start with the plane
everything should be back where it was
Brandy take care of the cabin
Tony
Copied, the radio
What about the diary?
True
is in there somewhere
What about Hamner?
What about him?
It also had a stand
As it was before he jumped
He should have stayed with us
he would have made it
Look who will make it today
Let's go home
Hey that's good
go to a place where...
flowers grow
Listening to the rain,
-The water, the winter
Snow
I feel sorry for such a man
I never saw his parachute open.
At an altitude of 1,000 meters
crashed into the sea
who cares, he is over there and we are over here
He's as dead as the rest of us
I'm glad Hamner is
a reliable source
I'm not so sure
maybe it won't come to anything
we have an early statement their impressions were
impressions were fresher than they are now
Joe Memories fade with the years
fade with the years
but sometimes a crisis
or a scare, anything
it's like turning on a light
What worries me is
a fire is lit, not a light
Any doubts about dealing with
with high-ranking officers?
We didn't have to come all the way to Georgetown
we could wait until tomorrow
that plane landed a thousand kilometers away
from where it was reported missing
But Devlin
if you want to get another one
for this research, let me know
I didn't have time to get another one
There are 5 families who have waited
17 years for an answer
All right, but do yourself a favor
do not get entangled in your own gallows
In cases like this Colonel
the pitchforks have made me a specialist
It doesn't compare to looking face to face
to a hostile power
I believe we all share a responsibility
a responsibility these days
General, I'm betting one of those medals
is for diplomacy under fire
Russ, there are two officers from the
Inspector General's office
I can't believe it, it can't be my plane.
In the nose section,
distinguishes the figure of the baseball player.
There must have been hundreds of
planes in the second war
who used the baseball player
baseball player as an emblem
In our base there were at least 3 or 4
Yes, sir, we do not expect you to give us
positive identification
until we reach
to the place where it crashed
Libyan desert 500 km south of Benghazi
south of Benghazi
It can't be the "Home Run", it fell into the sea off the coast of
off the coast of Sicily
We have your statement at the
at the time of your rescue, Mr.
But even then, he could not
he saw the plane go down
It could have kept flying but...
I can't believe it, it looks fantastic
all we have is you
and the discovery
I was at sea for 36 hours,
50 kilometers from the coast
This is what the file shows
I would imagine that Major Devlin and you
They will fly to Libya to
to conduct the investigation
Yes, sir, we can arrange for
transportation to Wheelus Air Force Base
I will see you off tonight
Russ I don't want this to become a public
a public relations problem
I'd better go with them
In many cases it has been valuable
that the survivors
crew members collaborate with the research group
the research group
of course, plus I have to go to
Turkey with the missile inspectors
there you go
we flew tonight, one day
in the place where it crashed
and another day to solve this
and I will be in Ankara on time
That doesn't give us much time
It is the time we have
Yes, sir.
I will do my best
I am sure this will be the case Gral.
After all, you flew with them.
Did you forget something?
You know, Mr. Mac, Tony was not attracted to the idea of baseball.
attracted to the idea of baseball
but the rest of us thank God
that you were a baseball player
Me too
The old girl, looking good
Old, she's only 18
queue section ready for review
Front section ready
We have done a good job this day
I don't think so
There is still the problem
of what's under the tail
We don't have time Tony
we will take the time
This sounds familiar
you've been wanting us to dig you out of the
to dig you out of the queue
All you have to do is find
my dog tags
You're no better off than the rest
at least you are here with the plane
Gant I give you my word,
I will not leave without you
It's not the most comfortable vehicle in the world.
comfortable vehicle in the world, is it?
Too bad they don't do it
with air conditioning
According to our guide
No traveler should be without this
guaranteed to raise your spirits
and lowers your temperature
What a godforsaken oven!
Yes, sir.
I don't understand how they don't
stray in this loneliness
drilling for oil over and over
and again for 15 years
this is my first time looking for an aircraft
These airplanes usually appear
in mountains at 30 degrees below zero
or in a remote sandy area like this one!
Easy, my friend
one day you might find one
crashed on the coast of Ibiza
No, I told you I'm not going to leave her.
-You heard the man
-My father gave it to me
You left it on the plane and
you'll put it there again
You do it, or we do it
You must hurry
we are about to receive visitors
All right, in formation
-Where is Gant?
That harmonica is evidence
Where is it?
Somewhere over there
I threw it away
Then, let's go
-I'm scared
-Relax kid, you're with friends.
Online
Attention
They look like dead people
-I have news for you
-Sergeant
Nobody move until I give the order
What a miserable place for a grave
I'm still not sure it's my aircraft
we will be in a moment
I do not feel well
I wish the ship could talk
break ranks
Dead
We are truly dead
So it seems
you can let me go now
Gen. Hamner Sr.
Hamner?
That was the number of the "Home Run".
-He doesn't look like him
-He's old
If I may interrupt
it is now daylight
At this latitude in 20 minutes
it will get quite dark
thank you
I don't know, if it is him and at the same time it is not
It is he
he survived
Do you recognize it?
This is my aircraft
there is no doubt about it
As impossible as it may seem, there is no doubt
It is he
This cushion
It's mine, I bought it in Benghazi
That's right, I was with him
Survived
He survived!
Wow, all the days
I have on earth
nothing has moved my faith in God
but today it has been shaken
yes
I thought we were going home
that I would see my mother
Check trucks
no drawers
-They didn't even look for us
-Why?
Ask him
Does not look very good
- Do you think he remembers?
- Do you?
Russ?
How much longer?
How much longer. Russ?
Pilot to navigator, over
Pilot to navigator, over
Don't worry Mac
I'll put you on target
Wait for the PI.
Chicken little calling Pollitas
Hold I.P.
check your cannons
I'm fine boy
me too
all work
Mac bandits
impossible, they said
it would be a routine mission
maybe they didn't see us
there is always the possibility
At least we have company
I.P.
I.P.
Repeat I.P. out
maintain this course and speed
begins descent to 1,200 m
They're coming from your side Elmo, at 5 o'clock sharp
turnaround
It's all mine
They're coming straight to the front, watch out Russ
Tony give them fast
I know
Gant under starboard!
We still have one engine
Mac there is fire!
Oil pressure decreases!
Pull the CO2 cut off the power supply
Where does the smoke come from?
I'm grilling sausages Do you want one?
Chicken 2 this is chicken leader
I'm out of an engine I'm retiring
take the lead
Good luck. Change
Copy that I see you at home Mac
the Mac fire was extinguished
Hamner when it's level
throw your bombs into the ocean
Something still comes out of the engine
Get rid of those bombs!
Mac there is land back there
position 270
And give the Nazis this bird as a gift?
We are going back to Benghazi
don't be silly, you don't have
enough fuel
Be ready
Hamner drops the communicator
and plots a course to Benghazi
- That's an order!
- Elmo 6 o'clock, hit the bass.
faster Mr. Mac,
I can't control them.
we exceed 500 K/h now
Where do they come from?
I am almost out of ammunition
Turn around, Mac Turn around!
Hamner, shut up and chart a course.
Don't do it!
Don't!
Hamner!
We jump here
We were pulled out of formation
by enemy aircraft
the pilot took evasive action to avoid
avoid destruction of the aircraft
I did not have time to locate our position
So I could say that this
was its approximate position
It is correct
and we are here
a thousand kilometers south
Explains Hamner
According to the report, this aircraft
and its crew were reported missing
in action after the jump
over the mediterranean
With only one survivor
I'm not surprised they didn't look for us
I am not sure if your secretary
wrote down everything I said
- if I go too fast...
- Will catch up
-Understand that this is just routine
-Let's go on then
first I want to review
exactly what happened
Exactly?
I have a reputation for good memory
but after 17 years I am not sure
Of course, just tell us what you can
Our target was this Messina
we leave at sunset
we led the first wave of bombers when we were attacked
when we were attacked
our engine was hit
and engulfed in flames
Mac...
Captain McDonald
Exited the formation
so far so good
We tried to put out the fire
I threw the bombs to avoid damage
We were attacked again
And at that point, you jumped
-Yes
The pilot gave the order to
to abandon the ship -That's right
This is a lie
you said that no one...
-He's lying, we're staying
-Sit down
Well, Major Devlin and I,
we have some reports to fill out
because it does not seek a place in the shade
I can stand the sun Col.
- Very well, sir.
- I'm going to stretch my legs
If you need me Gronke
Yes, sir.
Your hands feel sticky Joe
It's the heat and you treat the general
with kid gloves
You do not approve of the way
I am conducting this research
Trying for a speed record?
You had your chance there at Georgetown
Colonel can send me home
home at any time
Calm down
you press it very hard,
the man has stars on his neck
Quiet
Quiet?
There could be 5 bodies over there
There is only one problem. They don't
have a general to look out for them.
Major Devling we will
to make an investigation
to discover how
this plane flew a thousand kilometers
Without a soul on board?
This canteen still has water in it
- Do you want a drink Joe?
- Are you out of your mind?
It is neither bitter nor salty
You know, coffee is still drinkable
Don't you feel like time has stood still
has stood still these years?
Tell me, are you absolutely sure
that no one has ever been here before
impossible, the weapons
are still on the plane
There are men who would pay
for these weapons in Benghazi
and in Algeria, for one
would give me a thousand US dollars
We are not here to discuss
of the arms market
I am sure Gen. Hamner
has more important things waiting for him
Thank you Col.
The tank is empty
-Draw your conclusions Major
-The crew must have jumped into the sea
I would say that I would add: that those
saw the waves and threw everything
survival equipment
at sea, including the raft
the raft
and I would add a note
that the deposit of the raft
was closed
I don't see the importance
It all has to do with
what I said 17 years ago
we jump over the Mediterranean
I remember whose idea it was
the idea of taking out the raft
-It was yours
-Mine?
You said we were on the water
Yeah, and these guys are quickly becoming
fast becoming believers
-We must find that raft
-What for?
Are you ready to confirm
that we jumped together with Hamner
We need proof
that we fell in this desert
Does it have you intrigued?
I think it is a modification
made for this device
is a modification made by the
middle gunner
to place your harmonica
I got tired of listening to his rendition
of "Take me out to the ball game".
What music to drop bombs to!
- Was the harmonica in the wreckage?
- No device was empty
I didn't go anywhere without her
I even slept with her
Evidence
- I never thought...
- Go get it
Now?
Look, the report says that
we jumped in with Hamner
Hamner has this
Col. who believes him
and the raft proves it
What do we need to show you
that we jumped in the desert? What?
A harmonica?
-At least it's something, damn it
-Go get her!
Now!
This does not fall into the category of
regular team
You better show it to Col.
Col. what do you say about this?
That belonged to Capt. McDonald
the pilot, was a baseball player
Little League
Chicago Cubs 1937
transferred to the American League
Cleveland Indians 1939
Played two seasons
Enlisted in 1941
-has done his homework
-General Research
McDonald's batting average
McDonald's batting average was 0.236
He did not have much luck in his turn at bat
I wasn't having much luck at all
He was a good man Major,
a great pilot and a great commander
Yes, sir. Remember that I flew
22 missions with this equipment
-We almost died together
-But they didn't
No, we do not die together
Col. I want to take
this as a souvenir
- Did you hear him?
- He's a saint
if you have no objection
no, of course not,
- They are yours!
- No longer
You have been in the
too long in the military
Let's go, let's go!
You keep looking
Wow, we really went overboard,
we went way overboard
But how did it happen?
Simple, we got lost
We are here
and jump how far back?
About 15 to 25 kilometers away
Let's go!
What for?
For the raft
We bring the raft here, it has a number
If we really jump together with Hamner
What is the boat doing here?
-It's a good question,
-Do you want to vote on who will go?
-No, I will go
-We will all go
-I don't want them to stay here
-Hey guys!
-I found her
-Damela, you're going with Mac
Don't worry, it's a punishment
see you later
-I hope they find her
-They will
...I mean...
Suppose we can't...
do nothing Suppose that...
...that something stops us
does not let us intervene
Do you understand?
What's wrong with you Lieutenant?
Don't you believe in ghosts?
Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner
Mac bandits
We may not be seen
there is always the possibility
Gant under starboard!
It's all mine
come to you Elmo at 5 o'clock sharp
Watch out on the port side Gant!
Faster Mr. Mac I can't
control them
We have already surpassed 500 K/h
Elmo at 6 o'clock hit the bottom one
Oil pressure decreases!
Pulls CO2, cuts fuel
Gen. Hamner?
I am very sorry I did not want to bother you
Pass forward Col.
I was just remembering
It's hard after all these years
to see this aircraft appear here
Yes, sir, I imagine it is a
hard test for you.
Frankly, it is painful to bomb
we...
the crew and myself...
We live, we laugh,
we cry and fight together
but that is also what we do
A drink?
Thank you
Thank you Gral.
You know Major Devlin and I have
worked together before
We only collect one established fact
it is likely that there is no other active area
in the Inspector General's office
as routine as this one
well I'm here to help
Good luck
How long have you
been in the army? Col.
18 years Sr.
Look no more, the pension is approaching
It has succeeded, hasn't it?
The Army has been good to me, sir.
If for those of us who survived
the war years
The military can be a rewarding
rewarding career
Makes you think, doesn't it?
Yes, sir, and I want you to know
that I will do whatever it takes
in my power to
get us out of here so soon...
Devlin is right, that plane and its crew
crew deserve a few days of our time
For them
for them Sr.
What's wrong with you?
I don't know...
I feel like...
You can't feel,
you're not supposed to
you have been dead for 17 years
We have been dead for 17 years
and here they are examining
the wreckage of a plane
as if it were more important than us
well if they knew we were here
they would be examining our bones
My bones should be in
Arlington Cemetery
Yes, I know, your family members are soldiers.
four generations
four... generations of
West Point graduates
all artillerymen, and I
had to be the rebel
I had to fly
Yes, my old man also
thought I was crazy
Hey, what's wrong with you
you want to be a hero
You still drink milk Don't hurry!
You know, if I had listened to him,
I'd be an expert at ironing clothes by now.
Well Tony, I'm afraid we're both
we're both losers
we can say that we made a couple of
wrong decisions in our short lives
Not like our old friend
friend Gen. Hamner
Can we resolve this in the afternoon?
So?
Too soon Joe
If we hold Hamner we will have to respond to Gen.
answer to Gen. Sherman
and all of the Pentagon's top brass
Of all the disasters we have investigated
investigated, none is quite like this one.
everything is in its place,
it is too tidy
Doesn't that catch your attention?
- Do you see ghosts Devlin?
- Maybe so
We are here to make
an analysis of the facts
Anything else you keep to yourself
- Understood?
- Yes, sir
I want a report, a simple report
Nothing more, no complications
Gral. cannot be serious
You can bet that if
I enlisted 18 years ago,
I was just a kid
No parents, no relatives
drifting from one neighborhood to another
was a public nuisance
without the minimum benefit
of human compassion
It was a charity case
but the day I was born
was the day I wore this uniform
The Militia saved my life
And what does it have to do with Hamner
It's all about Hamner!
Because he represents
The power, the system,
In other words, "Stay out of it".
Don't you understand Devlin?
The system has been good to me
and I don't fight him
There is nothing heroic about being a martyr
I have two years left to enjoy my
years left to enjoy my pension
I beat everyone, I am
at the head of the group
I am not going to measure forces
with any Brigadier General.
What are you looking at?
It's the system
I did not design it, nor did you
And you can't change it
Life is hard enough
the winds are blowing around us
A bomb falls and...
It's all over
Write the report Let's get out of here
You and I and General Hamner
all trapped by the past
I will write your report
The flight capabilities of
this aircraft when it fails
a single engine is not affected
The aircraft does not need to be abandoned
unless the fuel...
We are not here to find out
Why did the pilot order to abandon ship?
We just want to know
How did this plane end up here?
I presume that your imagination
will confirm the report
The moment of truth
Major?
Not quite
What kind of answer is that?
You only have to give a Yes or No
You are not planning to ask for additional time
Examination suggests that the crew
left the ship over water
Of course they did
The survival kit over the sea,
is not on the plane
All the survival equipment
for the desert can be found
-Still on the plane and intact
-The conclusion then is obvious
It hurts but it is true
Col. I would like to
note that my examination
does not necessarily confirm the report
It is in our favor
thank you Major
Couldn't this plane have flown
1,000 km without a crew?
It could not, for example, fuel
is not automatically transferred from one wing to
from one wing to the other
Someone must have pumped it
What was left on the left wing
was enough for 800 Km
And what about the
right wing fuel?
He would stay there
Somewhere along the way Gral.
That right wing must have outweighed
more than the left
It would have happened to turn the plane and fall
No wing is exactly symmetrical
when they are assembled
Increasing the weight could cause
an increase in suspension
That's theory - you are
Qualified with practical experience
I don't see wings on his shirt
Forgive me, it's this heat
We can take a break, now
We can continue
Major, if you have no other
points you want to cover
Gral. said there was enough
fuel to travel 800 km
We are 1,000 km away from where it jumped
Tailwind
was 70 I would add
about 200 km beyond its range
Was there a tailwind?
-Yes
-At what altitude?
We are approaching the target
at 1 kilometer altitude
And at what altitude did the aircraft return?
I have no way of knowing
So you have no way of knowing what tailwind
tailwind was on your return trip?
It is true
But their fuel calculation
is based on a certain weight of the aircraft
6 men represent
a weight of 1000 pounds
without that weight, the range is extended
range considerably
As far as we know, only five
of the six were still on the plane
That sounds like an accusation to me
only speculation
We are not here to speculate
delete Major Devlin's remark
Forget it, Colonel.
Just finish what you came here to do
Yes, sir.
We will take that break now
Major. Devlin
Write your report, I want you to
confirm or deny this report
signed by you
That Devlin loves Hamner
as much as we do
I thought we already had it
Not finished yet
Hamner's version is
that plane soaring on its own
and us drinking beer in Benghazi
What is it?
Stands still there
I remember it was in a magazine
of air progress in the states
A Heli. Helicopter
I don't care what it's called.
If it doesn't sprout wings, it will crash.
Hey I never saw a plane crash
finally, after 17 years
Company Company!
Another first baseman, for Mac
-I hope they bring beers
- Ice cold beer!
General
- This report has just arrived for you, sir.
- Thank you Lieutenant
Look at this thing
Does it rise horizontally,
and descends vertically?
I wonder if this is the only progress
of humanity in 17 years
Gen.
-Thank you Major
-Patric takes that other file to my store.
- Gral.
- Thank you
-Joe
-Thank you, you read my mind
I don't want to interrupt your party, but
we must conclude this investigation
as quickly as possible.
I have to leave sooner than expected
- How much sooner?
- The latest would be first thing tomorrow morning
-We need more time
-They won't give it to us
The only thing we are going to accomplish here is to tie up a loose end
a loose end part of ancient history
I am more concerned about the future
Sometimes our future is determined by the past,
is determined by the past
Major, with the time we have left
I would advise you to focus your efforts
considering its own future
You better get to work on that report
Did fighting with Generals
become a profession for you?
If you want to make him happy,
sign your confirmation
-Leave me out of this
-He said it was ancient history
not a matter of national security
not a matter of life and death
-Nobody cares
-I do care
-I know Hamner is lying
-Hamner did not shoot down that plane
He has an excellent record
What do you want?
I want the truth Maybe it won't work for me
but for 5 men who did not return for
a meeting at the Pentagon or anywhere else.
Please Devlin, the Libyan desert
is not the place to make waves
It's probably blood -Hard to
to tell after all this time
I can understand how a man
to be totally focused on his work
and exclude everything else
I also made the same mistake
From where I'm sitting, I'm not very
good at seeing the big picture
From where I sit, I'm not very sensitive to human
sensitive to human feelings
Forgive me for disrespecting you
you have not harmed me, sir.
Gen. Mowing sent me some excellent vodka from Poland
an excellent vodka from Poland
I prefer not to drink alone
on certain occasions I am happy to
happy to please a Gen.
Already bought Devlin
We're going to have to catch Hamner
ourselves
Not us Brandy, just me
Hamner belongs to me
- I didn't ask for any of this stuff -Gral.
- He's not the kind of person to ask for anything.
sit Major
I wondered?
What would be the next step?
If your report said that the B-25
could not have flown without its crew
start again to establish
how many crew members remained
Where did they actually jump?
That will take time
-I have all the time in the world
-I don't
we will not stop it
He gave us everything he was going to give us
everything I could Major
when I leave here tomorrow
I want to let all this go
you don't think we will make it without you
I prefer to control my own destiny
I don't think I can trust my career
junior officers
Gral. we are not talking about
talking about careers
but we can talk about yours
Surely you don't enjoy digging
in the tragedy of others
Exposing other people's mistakes
I find it a very useful function
Delusions of grandeur
In his role as judge
of those who have given their all
It takes guts
There are all kinds of Gral.
Sometimes a special kind of value
a special kind of value
to admit that one does not meet
meet your expectations
Where did you learn that, on the ground,
at his desk in the Pentagon?
I've been in the action up there
dodging anti-aircraft fire,
fighting Migs
making decisions
Thousands of lives in the balance
Okay, maybe I don't
I have your flight time
but I've been up there
and I have been in their position
On the verge of panic
was a training flight
in California
my engine died, I jumped
76 gallons of fuel
fell on the grounds of a school
I watched from my parachute
those children, running and screaming
in all directions
did what it had to do
it's not that easy
except for his own life
The strongest instinct
is self-preservation
I could have controlled myself
I was able to glide that plane
two more minutes and put it in the water.
-It is in the past, it has already happened
-It has not happened
has to face it and take it from there
That's your penance Devlin,
don't put me on that cross with you
it's not me, it's what's in his head.
I can still see those kids,
running and screaming
-For you it is something different
-Nothing
The voices of his crew calling out to him
No!
I am not your enemy Gral.
Don't make me your enemy
Whatever happened to that plane and its crew is finished, dead and buried.
crew is finished, dead and buried
Dead if...
buried No
Here we go, it's the 9th inning
in the Angels tie 7-7
at the end of the 9 Maury Wills beginning
That's your penance Devlin,
don't put me on that cross with you
it's not me, it's what's in his head.
-It is in the past, it has already happened
-It has not happened
has to face it
We are at the end of the 9th in the event that
we have just been tuned in to Los Angeles
Dodger and Giants tied 7 to 7
They confirm the report and then go home.
From the first day we were cheated
we underestimated Hamner
What could a harmonica achieve?
If Mac doesn't come back with that raft....
will miss the Baseball game
Mr. Mac
Have you ever thought about what would have been
if this had not happened to you
I would have tried my luck in baseball
Although I don't think I would have done well
-Surely well
My dad is a pastor, and he used to tell me that all you needed to do was to believe.
all that was needed was to believe
and if you have faith the Lord
will be by your side
and then why, despite how much I prayed
how much I prayed and how many times I tried
Could not hit a fastball
-You were just walking past me
- You were just starting
sooner or later you were going to hit him
Now we'll never know, will we?
Come on out Let's find that boat
GANI even slept with her
Are you a Major musician?
I used to play one, when I was a kid
Beddo and I must return to the
oil company
we have everything packed on the truck
Won't they think about driving in the middle of the night?
in the middle of the night?
It is cooler
And in the moonlight, the sand
looks like a wide sea
That's not just poetry
hardly, I have flown through the night
across the desert many times
From there they look like waves on the surface
surface and even movement
-Something very strange
-Not only strange
but something very tragic
five statutory body bags
statutory body bags
are now excess baggage
-I want more time Joe
-You know how: bring me "facts".
We have Hamner
Do we have it?
A push, a push is what it takes
I don't want to know what Devlin is hiding
To me he is your "friendly neighbor and one star
general of a star".
over almost 20 years I have learned to live with
learned to live with their kind
He's a different kind, I can smell it
I've been there myself
I don't need you to sign that report,
I can do it myself
-You have been a strong tower during this time
-Do not question my courage
I have the battle scars
scars to prove it
That was another Joe Gronke,
the one in front of me is a politician
and you can make me to the side or down
I will not paint your "friendly neighbor and one-star general" white.
neighbor and general of a star".
I want that report by tomorrow, before
that helicopter takes flight
You will have your report tomorrow
I still want dog tags
inside those bags
How, by passing all the sand
of this desert through a sieve?
They come to you Elmo at 5 o'clock sharp
Watch out on the port side Gant!
Faster Mr. Mac I can't
control them
We have already exceeded 500 K/h
Elmo at 6 o'clock hit the bottom one
Oil pressure decreases!
Pull CO2,
How was the baseball game Elmo?
It was good
You can say more
than just "it was good".
Things have changed
quite a bit there in the country
Maybe you shouldn't tell them this
What is it?
Well...
I don't know how it happened
but Brooklyn is in Los Angeles now
Mac bandits
We may not be seen
there is always the possibility
Gant under starboard!
It's all mine
Watch out on the port side Gant!
Faster Mr. Mac I can't
control them
We have already surpassed 500 K/h
Elmo at 6 o'clock hit the bottom one
Oil pressure decreases!
Pull CO2,
-We can't wait
-No
-They're going back with the raft
-Save him!
Tony 15 minutes
No
Wait, wait, wait,
is all they can think of
When we were in the desert,
we waited for rain
we are waiting for help to arrive
but when the water ran out
and someone had to look for the plane
Who was the fool who did it?
I made it, four days leaning on my hands and knees
on my hands and knees
I didn't imagine that the tail section
of the tail was about to fall
I crawled under it
for a canteen of water
fell suddenly
your...
...You really want to dig
yourself...
I want my identity badges.
It's a positive test
count me out
nor with me
We only have 8 hours left
guys please, I don't
I want to do it alone
Mac!
Mac!
-The raft
-What happened to it?
-It's still there, we didn't get it.
-You have to
Tony every time we tried,
we started all over again
in the same way that when we try to
we try to get away from this place
We were never able to get more
more than two kilometers
We could not reach the raft
-Leaving tomorrow
-Not all
- Where are you going?
- To catch Hamner
it won't change anything anyway
-Let me have half of it
-So I'll take the half that breathes
-Stop that
-Here comes your chance!
- Gant?
- Not this time Gral.
I found it
That proves nothing
But it is a start, a first step
You won't catch me
much less using a card
as bad as a harmonica
not what I want
don't try to confront me Devlin
is not in my category
-We have something in common
-No, I have never felt panic in my life.
I have never made a decision
without having thought about it first
from start to finish
Even when he jumped
I knew they were not going to make it
I offered them a route and a safe destination.
rejected it like rejecting life
I jumped, they jumped I made it.
They didn't make it
-He owed them nothing
- They were his crewmates
five naive boys
trying to save that piece of scrap metal
Heroes?
Heroes yes
What about you, Devlin?
Trying to settle his account with
account with humanity?
At my expense
It's not my fight Gral.
It's theirs
They are not here
Water at 800 or 1,000 km is not here.
Well, if that's true
Then you have nothing to worry about
But if this is not the case
They will not stop tormenting him
Devlin
Devlin!
No
You are dead
The Lord says, Vengeance is yours
They can't touch me
They had their chance,
they didn't take it
we will take advantage of this
You owe us 17 years Hamner
You are alive
you can eat, drink, breathe, love
you stole it from us
try to save them
You killed us
I will compensate you
what price the lives of 5 people
5 futures cut short
I couldn't help it
Stop him!
As you pay 5 lives
-He's running away
-Stop him!
Hamner!
Wait a minute!
-Look at him go
-He's going in the right direction
Keep it up, Hamner, keep it up...
Do you still want my report Joe?
Or now you finally get it
Give me our position Joe
330 degrees
The opposite of 150
150 degrees?
This is what the plane's autopilot
autopilot of the plane
Correct
The raft
I saw them and then they led me here
Why did they launch the boat?
I don't understand
They were going to need it because they thought
they were jumping over the sea
poor dumb kids
I told them to leave, they had parachutes.
parachutes, they didn't have to complicate it.
They should have jumped
Imagine these guys getting lost over Benghazi.
Benghazi any fool could spot her
If that fool had been a
trained navigator
were flying with tailwinds of 70 km (43 miles).
You didn't tell that to the
pilot before jumping
So it is possible that
also killed them
That was the reason why
that the reserve water
and survival equipment
for the desert
Remain inside the aircraft
The score 0 to 1 in Devlin's favor.
is not a marker Joe
There is no pleasure in
breaking a man
probably a good man,
he just made a mistake, that's all
It's just that it took
17 years to confront it
You made a mistake once
Who can I hurt in my work?
Incorrectly identify a group of
incorrectly identify a group of bones?
I got the wrong name on a rusty
a rusty identity badge?
Yes, but we have yet to find
some bones and identity badges
Somewhere around here - I think we have a good idea
we have a good idea where to start
He drove here
as if guided by a lighthouse
We should have realized earlier
all the evidence we needed
-He was at this address
-His subconscious took over.
Perhaps
and yet, he thought that he really saw those men
saw those men
Joe did it, the same way
I still see those kids at school
Running, trying
to run away from those flames
Gral.
I want you to know that...
that we did not plan to harm
to harm, or destroy anyone
my respect for your career achievements
has not decreased
Col. is still defending the fort, even
after the enemy has been decimated.
I have no respect for my achievements,
my self-respect has disappeared
I am a Gral. de titulo y solamente
changes everything, for better or worse
I have been neutralized Col.
I must find out what
is left of Gen. Hamner
Gen. Hamner, sir?
The helicopter is waiting for you
-And we are going in the next one
-The States, here we go
I'm leaving first, they're going to disassemble
this thing, pack it up and I'm on my way.
They will find you too
Col. what do we do with the plane,
Do we burn it?
Burn it?
Not of military interest
mark it is enough
- They will leave him!
- If
Let's start with the assumption that
they had a canteen of water
would have reached 80 kilometers
direction 150 degrees
If they went to the coast
so we will start the search here
Gen.
Good luck!
Any luck?
Kill 5 men
learn to live with it
the time has come to take you out
Let's try to move the tail of the plane
is the only way
the weight is not enough
is against us
Too late
that's why I pushed them to clean the plane
to be taken back
and in that way...
We know Tony
For me, if one of us leaves, we all leave
count on me
guys please
Someday an Arab scrap dealer
will come with his camel
and I will see The States again
we may not even leave
Who would want to be in a cemetery
with a bunch of people that you don't even know
In spring you will see the flowers
and your mother will visit you on Sundays
I lied about my mother
She was a...
It was not good, you know
He left, from here to there
The last time I saw her, I was 10 years old.
No one cared until....
that I entered this plane
Now I have to go home
I don't want to go home
This is home
Someone is touching me
Col. Maj.
I have to go now
hands around me, and eyes everywhere
eyes everywhere
A sack, they will put me in a bag.
Tony!
I got you kid, it's okay
The flag, why is it dark?
Tony
Elmo!
Gant!
Randy!
Mac!
4 of 5
4 out of 5 is a miracle
I didn't expect to find any
let's go home
There's still a man around
Devlin You'll never find it,
you'd have to search the whole desert
Col. Major Devlin!
The Beddo pilot's logbook found it
Can you read it?
First day, Randy badly wounded
I spend the night cold in the sand
Too little water, Tony is going to
try to get to the plane
for water and supplies
we have a canteen for everyone
Look at the last major,
Days too hot, nights too cold, can't sleep
I can't sleep, I can't sleep, no more water
all very sick now
no sign of Tony
Trying to get to the plane
-I want to take one last look
-No sign there
Devlin
Shall we wait here for the Major?
Don't ask me,
I'm just in charge
I am not the man who believes in ghosts