Where Eagles Dare Page #5

Here, give me that boot.

You've had TB and were forced

to give up yourjob.

You have a cousin called Heidi

who works in Zum Wilden Hirsch.

It's because of her that you got thejob.

-Where are my identity papers?

-In that case...

...togetherwith your travel permit.

Heidi will give you the rest later.

It must have taken time

to prepare these things.

Very likely. Our Forgery Department

did a special job on your papers.

But l thought General Carnaby's

plane crashed only yesterday morning.

It was carefully arranged.

The plane was crash-landed

in Oberhausen Military Airfield...

...about five miles from here.

It was riddled with machine-gun holes,

British machine-gun holes.

But what the heIl?

A hoIe is a hole is a hole, as they say.

Are you trying to say that you'd risk

the life of an American general...

-...and all the plans for the second front?

-Of course not.

Give me the other boot.

I'm in a hurry to get to the castle...

...before they find out

they haven't got General Carnaby.

The chap they've got knows no more

about the second front...

...than I know about the back end of

the moon. He's an American corporal.

His name is Cartwright Jones.

He's an ex-actor, probably second-rate...

...but he's the dead spitting image

ofthe general.

Did you taIk this poor man

into getting involved with alI this?

I didn't have to. He volunteered.

What actor wouldn't?

If he pulls this off, it'll be

the summit of his professional career.

Mind you,

it might be a short engagement.

Yes. A one-night stand.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Ah.

Well, here we are.

Mary, now Maria,

this is your cousin Heidi.

Leave this behind in case you're searched.

Heidi will tell you what to do from now on.

She's been one of our top agents

in Bavaria since 1941 and....

What a disguise.

So he left three minutes after me...

...in a hurry, you say,

so he wasn't after me.

Any ofthe others Ieave?

Not that l could see,

but this place is so crowded...

...and there are several other exits.

Any one ofthem could have slipped out.

You better start pIaying it straight

or you can deal me out ofthis mess.

Now, we both know that radio operator

wasn't killed in any drop.

Now, with MacPherson dead,

there's only five of us left.

You either let me know what's going on

or there's only gonna be four.

All right, lieutenant.

This morning you asked me why you,

an American, was on this mission.

Well, the answer is realIy very simple.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Maria.

Oh, my dear Maria, you came after all.

My dear cousin Heidi, how wonderful

to see you after all these years.

Gestapo. I am so happy to see you.

May I introduce you to a friend of mine?

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