The Rear Guard Page #2

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of this entire hall.

- Right, sir.

- Foster, go get a stepladder.

- Right, sir.

- Wagner.

- Charge!

- Never mind.

Raskin, I want you to

get all these prisoners

in a tight group in the

middle of the hall.

Achtung! Mach schnell! Mach schnell!

Wow, real Germans!

Just like in the movies!

That one looks like Erich von Stroheim.

Did you put detonators

in the hand grenades?

I can honestly say, sir, that all the

grenades now have detonators in them.

All right, because the army's going

to pick these guys up in a few minutes

and I want to have maximum security!

Captain... Captain...

If you want maximum security,

why don't you cut the

buttons off their pants.

What for?

They can't run very far with their

pants down around their ankles.

You wouldn't dare

do anything of the sort.

The Geneva Convention clearly states

that prisoners of war will not

be put into degrading positions.

One more word, and I'll put

this in a degrading position.

And don't threaten me,

you silly old fool, und call me 'sir'.

- Charge! Why, you...

- That's all right, Wagner.

You get back in the middle of the hall,

and you speak when you're spoken to.

I'm warning you too, Captain.

Foster, bring that ladder over here,

Henderson, get up

there with your gun

so you've got a clear

sweep of the entire hall.

- But Captain Rosatti...

- I gotta go call Colonel Walsh.

Captain Rosatti?

Mr Raskin?

You know I'm afraid of heights.

- This is war, kid.

But I brought a note from my mother.

"I brought a note from my mother..."

Get up the ladder!

Yes sir, yes sir,

we got 'em all right here.

You and your group are

holding German prisoners?

Now look, Rosatti, don't do anything

foolish. Just stay right there.

Colonel, could you speak up a little bit?

I can't hear you with all that thunder.

Listen carefully, Rosatti.

The bridge is washed out,

and I won't be able to send my

men over 'til tomorrow morning.

You mean, you want us to

keep the prisoners all night?

Yeah, give them a blanket each, bed them

down and give them something to eat.

But, but, sir we're in a church.

All we can do is scrape up a few wafers.

Send out for some sandwiches.

Oh, yes, sir. Should I put them all

on one, or is that separate cheques?

The army will reimburse you,

Rosatti. Goodbye.

The first captured Germans

on American soil,

and they wind up with those Civilian

Defence yoyos on Long Island.

I really think you ought to cut

the buttons off their pants.

That's what Teddy would do.

- Yeah, yeah, OK Wagner.

I gotta talk to these prisoners.

Prisoners, attention!

I gotta say they're

pretty well-disciplined.

That's not discipline.

They're just a country full of robots

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