A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die Page #2
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- 1972
- 92 min
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A gold cross was stolen from the church.
If we don't we won't catch the thief.
- What kind of cross is it?
- It's a gold cross, that big.
Covered with precious stones.
Come on sergeant, he'll get away.
Are you looking for me?
And for this?
- Is that him?
- Yeah. And that's the cross.
- It belongs to me.
- To hell, it belongs to the church.
- And that gun, too?
- That is right, sergeant.
Take it off.
God bless you, Sergeant.
- If you can give me the cross...
- I'll give it to the priest myself.
It is my responsibility.
I am church caretaker.
- Put the other in the car.
- Aren't you gonna search him too?
You can't do that.
I am the sacr...
- A couple of looters, sir.
- Very well, to the major.
Major Ballard, we caught them
to loot the church in Buckstown.
- Send the one with the hat on over
to my quarters, sergeant. - Yes, sir.
The court martial says you handed Fort Holman
over to the enemy without a shot being fired.
For God sake, why?
I remember at West Point
what you thought of Benedict Arnold,
and what he tried to do.
It's not important.
Not important? Our campaign in the
southwest depended on that stronghold.
With your best friend I wish you'd rotten
in that southern prison camp instead of...
coming back here to the gallows,
ordered by the Court Martial.
Don't let the thought of executing me
ruin your appetite, Charlie.
- They will probably make you a Colonel
for it. - It could be right.
It's good wine.
And what if I took Fort Holman back?
- They'll make you a general for that.
- You are impossible.
Why do you want to retake it?
It was you who gave it away.
- It's a personal matter.
- Also military.
Once I've done it I'd disappear.
You never see me again.
You have my word on it, Charlie.
You know me.
I can't risk it. I have already
lost a third of my men.
Not with a frontal attack...
...but from within.
Surprise them from within.
From the defense platform, called the
Pulpit, and across the suspension bridge...
- ...through the gallery and into the fort.
- You must be completely out of your mind.
- It's impossible to reach the Pulpit!
- It's not for me.
With a few men.
- I'm not allowed to spend one more soldier.
- If the Fort's fallen, the route is to the north is open.
You can get reinforcements from Gen. Canbie,
you can take Santa Fe in one day.
Sibley is in Arizona with his forces
left the city practically defenseless.
If you're wondering how I know,
I just escaped from there.
If we capture Santa Fe, Sibley will be
cut off from his troops south of there.
You'll cut him to pieces and
chase him down to Rio Grande
right through Texas, all the way to New Orleans.
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