Word Of Honor Page #6

Synopsis: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Robert Markowitz
Production: Voice Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
2003
91 min
314 Views


l'm not going to b*tch.

David, if l had done everything

that they're saying l did...

...l'd admit that to you.

l don't give a damn what you did.

Come on, David, you know that's crap.

But it happened.

Hi, guys.

So he saw it.

Where did they get that?

lt's called freedom of the press.

You're free to say ''no comment'' ...

...and they are free to print

whatever the hell they want.

l am not going to defend

myself in the press.

-You know why.

-No, l don't.

Because you won't tell me.

You at least knew about my past.

l didn't hide anything.

You're right.

l should be beyond all that.

But it's a little difficult

dealing with the fact...

...that your wife's sexual history is on the

cover of every newspaper in the country.

Damn it, l had a few boyfriends, okay?

l had a life before you,

and you knew all about it...

...long before you came into this.

So l screwed some guys. So what? Hell,

you killed more guys than l ever screwed.

l've got a feeling about Brandt.

The fact that he's-- Oh, here.

The fact that he sat on

the story all this time.

Suppose he's got an agenda here.

Some, you know,

some vendetta against Tyson.

We'll find out his motive.

Arthur Peterson was killed

outside that hospital...

...and his body was returned

stateside for a hero's burial.

Larry Cane is the son of an Army general.

His brother served in the U.S. Senate.

lf Brandt's story's true, and Cane

was killed outside the building...

...how come his body

never came home?

This came in while you were still in the air,

and Van Arken wants us to keep a lid on it.

Another one of Tyson's men

has come forward.

Vince Farley confirms that Cane

was killed inside the hospital.

He claims Tyson shot him

in cold blood.

Hell of a storm once the press gets wind

that Tyson fragged the son of a commander.

-Mustang Six, this is Cane! This is Cane!

-Mustang Six!

We're backing out! l repeat,

we are backing out! Lt. is down!

-We need a chopper now!

-Give us a marker.

Roger, guide on that!

We're gonna have to leave the dead!

-Lieutenant!

-Fall back!

Take the wounded and leave the dead!

You know the difference!

You're in early.

Good morning, Lew.

All-nighter, actually.

Peterson, get over here!

Give me a hand!

Come on in.

Hold on! Help's coming.

Ben, look....

This is awkward.

We've been colleagues a long time,

friends a lot longer.

But l have become a liability.

-How do l make this easier?

-Accept a paid leave of absence?

Until this situation is resolved.

l can't accept pay for work l don't do.

-You got a partnership to answer to.

-You let me handle the partners.

l appreciate it, Lew, but no thanks.

You'll have my resignation in an hour.

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Nelson DeMille

Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews. more…

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