All language subtitles for Sergeants 3 (1962) EN

Indians!

Get Sergeant Boswell.

That's all there is.
The line's gone dead,
Sergeant.

White Eagle, sir.

Hello, Chief.
Hello.

They explained
the situation?

Yes, Colonel,
but it is not possible.

Well, even though
the message was garbled,

we're almost certain
the word "Indian"
was included.

Isn't that correct, Boswell?

Yes, sir.

But,
Colonel, there are no Sioux
in direction of Medicine Bend

and no Sioux on warpath.

You're positive?
Yes, Colonel.

Boswell.
Yes, sir?

Find Sergeants Merry,
Deal and Barrett.
I want them at once.

Sir, they're off duty, sir.

Well, Sergeant.

Sir,
they're in Claymore, sir,

and you know
what that means, sir.

Find them, Boswell.
Yes, sir!

(MEN LAUGHING AND CHATTERING)

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

WOMAN: Well,
hi, soldier boy.

(WOMEN CONTINUE LAUGHING)

Why don't you dance?

I'd rather hear him play!

Dance, boy!

Come on, play!

Dance!

(ALL LAUGHING)

Come on, play!

ALL: Play!

Gentlemen, now,
I can either play

or I can dance,
but I can't...

MAN: Oh, yeah, you can.

You can play and dance.

Dance!

Play!

Come on! Come on!

Play!

(ALL CLAMORING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

Hey. Hey!

What's all
this bugle playing,
dancing and shooting?

Haul it down, will you?

Who's gonna stop us?

(ALL MURMURING)

You're gonna stop us?

No, he is.

(GROANS)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

(SCREAMING)

Oh, no.

(SCREAMING)

Ah!

There they are.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

Sergeant Merry,
report to the Colonel!

At once!

Where did you get
that big white mule?

Mr. Purdy gave it to me.
He also gave me this trumpet,

which I've been playing
since I was knee high.

Who is Mr. Purdy?

He was my master.

He freed me after the war.
He said to me,

"Jonah..."
That's my name, Jonah.

He said, "Jonah,
I'm ruined, so you take

"Cephie and that
blasted horn and
you get.

"You're a free man now."
So, I get.

Who is Cephie?

This here is Cephie.

That's not her real name.
Her real name is Bucephalus,

but that's too hard to say.

Where you heading?

With you.

With us?
It's impossible, son.

MIKE: You better go on back.

Go back where?

I ain't got no home,
Sergeant.

I'm just drifting.

But I'm looking
for a home, though.

I'm afraid
there's no home for
you where we're going.

Well, I've been
around animals all my
life, horses and mules.

Couldn't I work
around the fort
for my keep?

I don't think
we're taking on any help.

Sergeant Mike, I could
play the trumpet for you

when you fellows
are feeling low.

Or I could join up.

Why, I sure would
like to be a soldier

dressed in pretty blue
uniforms, like you fellows.

Let him come.

Sure, Mike, why not?

Come on.

I didn't write
the regulations.
It can't be done.

I'm sorry.
Come on, get up then.

It's a thing
I'll not tolerate.

Do you understand?
I will not tolerate it.

You men are
sworn to protect

the property
of the people
of this community.

Not break it up,
not smash it up.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

Well,
you'll pay for it.

Down to
every last dime,
you will pay for it.

All the glasses, the mirror,
the furniture, everything.

Boswell?
Yes, Colonel.

You will tell the owner of
the Antler bar to present
his claim to the paymaster,

who will make
the proper deductions

from the vouchers
of Sergeant Merry,
Deal and Barrett.

Yes, sir.

Sir...

You have something to say
for yourself, Sergeant Merry?

Yes, sir,
I mean, that is...
Well, the buffalo hunters

busted up half the place,
and they should pay
their share.

Are you arguing
with me, Sergeant?

No, sir.

Let me remind you of
what I've already said.

You did listen,
didn't you?

Oh, yes, sir.

They're citizens
and you're soldiers!

Or supposed to be.

Yes, Sergeant?

Nothing, sir.

Very well.

Now, let's just say
that I happen to need
you men at the moment.

You know, merely
paying for this is not
going to settle the matter.

We'll discuss
further punishment later.

You know, maybe I should
teach you men the value
of those stripes

by taking them
away from you.

Sergeant Merry.
Sir.

You will assemble
a detail and proceed
at once to Medicine Bend.

Telegraph line is
out there under very
mysterious circumstances.

We received what our
telegrapher believes
to be a distress call

when the line went dead.

You are to
investigate the situation

and report back to me
as soon as possible.

That'll be all.
Yes, sir.

You go along with them,
Wilson, and see that
they get started.

Yes, sir.

(MEN SHOUTING ORDERS)

Aaron Redhut, Jasper Mullino,
Blue Pigeon.

John Tippy.
Sir!

Red Eagle.
Caleb Iron-Mountain.

Aaron Redhut. Red Eagle.

Caleb.

Yes, Sergeant.

Where'd that big
white mule come from?

What big white mule,
Sergeant?

That big white mule.

Easy now. Easy now.
Let me put this on you.

Now that you're
all straightened out,
doesn't that feel good?

He give you that saddle?

Well, Sergeant...
He's a very good man

with the
mules and horses,
Sergeant, very good.

And he could
use a helper.

That's right.

All right, okay.

But remember, son,
you're a civilian.

You're not part
of the military,
you got it?

Yes, sir.
Yes, Sergeant Mike.

Column of twos.

Halt.

I pick up rider who
follow us, Sergeant.

Who is he?

Well, he... I...

So, you wouldn't listen?

Listen to what,
Sergeant Mike?

I told you this is
no place for civilians.

This is an army detail.

Well...
There are so many
horses to take care of.

And I can carry water, too.

You better go back.
Go on back to the fort.

It's against regulations,
so go on back to the fort.

He don't understand.
I'll explain.

Yeah, you do that,
Sergeant.

Is Caleb following
back there with
a rear guard?

Yes, Sergeant Chip.

All right,
you go back there
and stay out of sight.

But Sergeant Mike said...

Just stay out of sight.

Well, what do
you make of it?

I don't know.

CHIP: Nice quiet town.

Let's have a look.
Let's go, baby.

Corporal Ellis.
Yes, Sergeant.

Get the horses
into the corrals,
leave them saddled.

Jones, post your
men on that side!

(MULE BRAYING)

So you made him
understand, huh?

Still with that
detail there.

Still with the detail.

Anything happens to him,
I'm gonna see you get
court-martialed.

Let's take a look around.

Your posting, sentries.

Outside the town, Sergeant!

Ellis.

You seen any Indians?

How do you figure this?

I don't.

Go get those
horses some water.

All right.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

Who are you?

Psst.

Ask him who he is.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

He says he's
from the far west,

beyond the mountains.
Two moons.

That's 2,000 miles.

He's crazy.

What have we got here?

I don't know.
No arms, nothing.

Look at those
markings on his vest.

Never saw Indians
like this before.

Watanka!

MEN: Watanka! Watanka!

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(MEN RESPONDING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Watanka!

(SCREAMING) Watanka!

Ambush!

(GUNSHOTS)

What took you so long?

(INDIANS SCREAMING)

The Fourth of July.

Get out of there, Jonah.
It's no time to dig holes.

Yes, Sergeant.

(GUN FIRING)

You nitwit,
that's dynamite!

Well,
it wasn't dynamite
when I brought it in.

Now.

(GUN COCKING)

I'll go
across the street to the
barber shop and cover you.

Hey!
Larry!

Look out!

Go ahead and throw it,
I'm ready.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(GUNSHOTS)

(GUNSHOTS)

(INDIANS SCREAMING)

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

(SCREAMS)

Will you stop clowning
around and get up here?

(SCREAMS)

Whoa!

(COUGHING)

(LARRY SIGHS)

Report to the Colonel,
detail coming in with
wounded.

Sloppy!

Boswell.
Yes, sir?

Have those men report
to my office, immediately.

Yes, sir.

Well, that's it.

That's what?

I'm through.

Through with what?

The army!

Oh, sure. Sure.

Sure. We heard
that song before.

Oh, you think I'm joking.

I could have
been blown to bits
50 times on that roof.

I'm tired of
tempting fate.
That's it!

Don't tell me good
old Larry's a coward?

Now, you know
better than that.

Four days I'll be out,
and I'm not gonna
re-enlist.

What do you plan to do?

Go back east,
read law.

I went to college.

Not like you
ignorant apes.

Now you hurt me.

MIKE: For some
reason or other, I can't
picture you in a frock coat

and a stiff collar,
defending a bunch
of thieves.

By the way,
I'm getting married.

You're getting married?
What did he say?

The explosions, you know...

Getting married?
That's what he said.

My certificate.

Married.

Amelia?
Prettiest girl in town.

Not only
the prettiest girl in town,
but her father's an ex-Major,

and he's got a lot of...
Smart guy!

Smart enough
to be out of the army in
four days and married in five.

Meanwhile, I hope
you don't mind reporting
to the Colonel's office.

He's waiting for you.

Indians
who attacked
you wear that?

Yeah.

And this.

Colonel!

The Ghost Dancers.
Yes.

The Wanagi Wacipi
are here in our land.

The Ghost Dancers
are from the country
beyond the western mountain.

They're followers
of a fanatic religion,

a religion of death.

Their medicine
man is Watanka,

who says
he is the son of
the sun, Watanka.

That's the name that
that guy kept yelling.

That's it.
That's it, right.

They believe that
when all white men

have been killed
the buffalo will return,

in millions,
like in the old days,

and that everything
will be as it once was.

Hey, I used to
have an uncle like...

Sergeant Merry,

you'll reassemble a detail
to act as garrison at
Medicine Bend.

Let me caution you,

we have no way of
knowing when or where

this trouble
may break out again.

You're to act as
a garrison only,
remaining

in constant
communication with me.

You'll stay in the town.

There will be no
scouting expeditions,

or no sorties,
or anything of that kind.

Is that understood?

Yes, sir, understand.

I'll see that Sergeant Deal
and Sergeant Barrett do it,
right away.

Not Sergeant Barrett,
his enlistment is almost up.

He'll be replaced
by Sergeant Boswell.

Sergeant Boswell?

Port arms. Order arms.

Follow me, by the numbers.
Port arms.

One, two.

Order arms. One, two.

Right shoulder. Turn.

I wanna cut.

You don't trust me?
No.

Cut.

Thank you.

I'll open with a file.

I'll see your file,
and I'll raise you
an awl.

Well, I'll call your
awl with a hoof-cutter,

and I'll raise
you a small file.

Hi, Lieutenant.

Thanks, Poppy.

All right,
I'll see your raise.

How many do you want?

I don't want any.

You don't want any?
No.

What are we playing?
Poker.

What kind of poker?
Draw poker.

Then you have to draw!

Have to draw?

Yeah.
Now, how many do you want?

Give me four.
Four.

Four. Take two.

Your bet.

I'll open with a pincher.

Fine.
I'll see your pincher
and raise you a rasp.

I call your rasp and
raise you a monkey wrench.

I call
your monkey wrench
and raise you a hatchet.

I call your hatchet and
raise you a sledgehammer.

I'll see you.

What do you got?
Queens.

How many?

One.

Beats me.

(OFFICER SHOUTING ORDERS)

One, two, three, four.
Order arms.

One, two, three. Port arms.

One, two. Order arms.

Where'd you get
this blunderbuss?

Well, Sergeant,
I can't exactly say
I found it lying around.

Port arms. One, two.

Order arms. One, two.

Right shoulder, turn.
One, two, three, four.

Order arms. One, two, three.

That's pretty good.

Order arms.
One, two, three, four.

Dismissed!

What's this?

Seems like old
Cephie's got the pip.

She's terrible sick,
Sergeant Mike.

I'm worried sick
about her, myself.

I don't know what to do.
She's really sick.

The vet been here, yet?

Yeah.
He said maybe
it's some weeds

that she ate on
the parade ground

and now
she's got poison wind,
but that don't seem right

because I remember she ate
a whole field full of
weeds once

and never acted
like this.

I don't think
the vet knows
what to do.

An old Sioux remedy.

A Sioux remedy?

Herbs, mixed by the dark of
the moon by six medicine men.

Now, that ain't gonna
hurt her none, is it?

You know I
wouldn't hurt Cephie.

That's all you use?
Just that little bit, huh?

No, that's all you need.
You see, this is very strong.

A little bit
goes a long way.

(BRAYING)

You feel better now, Cephie?

I think she's all right.

Good girl, Cephie.

Why don't you get
yourself a girl
and join in?

That's Shoemaker's Holiday.
March, march.

Why don't they give them
some guns so they can go
through the Manual of Arms?

When did you ever
do any marching,
or anything else?

I got a lot of
endorsements in my file.

You have? For what?

I don't remember.

Hi, Boswell.

Evening, Boswell.

Thank you very much,
Mrs. Parent, and good night.

Good night.
Darling.

Well, Sergeant,
now that your party
is off to a good start,

I believe
Mrs. Collingwood
and I will leave.

Won't you stay, sir?

I think you'll have
a better time if we leave.

Go ahead and dance.
Enjoy yourselves.

Good night.
Good night, sir.

Have a good night.
Good night.

Good night.

Well, what's the matter
with you two fellas?
Couple of wallflowers?

Oh, no, sir. You see,
we've been working too hard

trying to get
the detail ready to go.

Well, don't strain
yourself, Sergeant.

Night.
Good night.

"Oh, no, sir. You see,
we've been working too hard

"trying to get
the detail ready..."
Why, you dirty...

What do you say
we go and put a good
word in for old Larry?

Yeah, for old...

Beautiful party, Miss Amelia.

Oh, thank you.

Lovely party, Miss Amelia.

Why don't you two join in?

Well, thank you, but we've
got a great deal on our minds.

You know,
about the expedition

that's coming up
and all those things.

Well, you sure
are lucky, Larry.

This is gonna
be a rough one.

Yes.
Worse than the last one?

By all means, yes.

(GASPS) Larry told
me all about that.

My, you two should be
very grateful to Larry

for having saved
your life so many times.

(LARRY CLEARS THROAT)

Oh, we are. We are.

We certainly are.

But, you know, Miss Amelia,
I think he's absolutely right.

He should
get out of this.

After all,
he's an educated man

who can
look forward
to better things.

I mean, he's not at
all like Chip and I,
you know?

We're used to constant
fighting and hardships.

And it's beginning
to tell a little bit

on old Larry,
don't you think so?

Mike, I'm so glad
to hear you say that.

And you're so right,
isn't he, Larry?

Well, dear? Isn't he?

He's probably thinking about
that cozy little home you're
going to have.

Fireplace.

Maybe a little
kitty-cat on the rug.

CHIP: Slippers.

And a smoking jacket.

Peace and solid comfort,
right?

Mortgage.

Don't pay him any mind,
he's just jesting.

You know, Larry,
it's a wonderful thing

having understanding friends
like this.

Excuse me.

Sergeant.

Nice party,
eh, Boswell?

Yes, very nice party.

You see, Mike and me,
we've been meaning
to talk to you.

Talk to me?

Sure. You see,
you're staff and...

We're horse barn.

And, you know, we don't get
a chance to see each other.

And I figure since
we're gonna be
comrades,

you know, together...

That's very nice
of you, gentlemen.

But it's true.
It's true, Sergeant.

We wanna be one
big happy family.

That's the way we want it.

Well, I'm...

I'm glad
you bear me
no ill will.

No!

I was merely
doing my duty as
a soldier, you know.

As we all must do.

True, Sergeant, true.

Hey, Chip,
did you tell him
about our secret?

You see,
a few of the fellas,

we got together,
we chipped in,

and we took up
a collection.
We, sort of,

got some fine
drinking whiskey.

That's against regulations.

Sergeant!

Well...

On a night like this...

Right this way.
Come on, Sergeant.

Bar.

Water, Sergeant?

No, thank you.

Eh?

I always use
a little tonic, myself,

so I'll just take
a little pinch of it.

There we are.

To the expedition,
gentlemen.

To its success
and its return.

We could be busted
for this, you know?

Oh, Sarge.

(PEOPLE CLAPPING)

Excellent whiskey!
Excellent!

I don't wish to
seem forward but...

May I?

Oh, why, sure
you may, Sarge.

Comradeship.
Good fellowship.

It's wonderful to
have in the army.

It's good for
morale of the men.

Don't you think so,
Sergeant?

I'm glad
we've finally
become friends.

I'm not a bad fella,
really. Just dedicated.

Dedicated.

To dedication!

That's the best
whiskey I have
ever tasted.

Well...

See, you know, we know

you're a dedicated
sergeant and

in the Colonel's confidence.

Well, the reason we
didn't get together,

you're staff,
and I guess we
sort of resented it.

I hope
that's at an end.

Okay. Little more tonic.

Sergeant,

let us
not be selfish
with the tonic.

Why, certainly.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Men,

I am staff,
and you are horse barn.

However,

when we meet the enemy,
I assure you...

Oh, yes. Here's the book.

Now, Larry,
you stay right
there and stand still.

Oh.

Here, girls.

Let's pretend these
are your bouquets.

One for you.

(CLEARING THROAT)

One for you, one for you.
Now, stand up straight
and look beautiful.

And then...
Oh, no, you're the Colonel.

Here. Here, dear.

Now, stand up
straight and smile.

Yes, Mama.

Now come on down, darling.

And take
the Colonel's left arm.

Yes, Mama.

That's right. Now...

Music!

(HERE COMES THE BRIDE
PLAYING ON PIANO)

(HUMMING)

Oh, and there's Sergeant...

I'm the best man.

That's right,
you're the best man.

There's the minister.

I'm the preacher
Wallingham.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Jenny,
let's have no levity.

Oh, Mama,
Jenny was only
having a little fun.

Oh,
please don't
start crying.

Amelia, naturally
your mother's upset.

Larry, dear,
I'm awfully sorry.

Oh, Larry.

He understands me
better than my own daughter.

(ALL CLAMORING)

(MRS. PARENT CRYING)

Wait a minute,
please don't...

Report for duty?

What happened to Boswell?

Sergeant Boswell
came down with a...

He had a gastric attack.

Gastric attack?

Sorry, ma'am
but he's got to
report at once.

Larry? What is it?
What does it mean?

It means my two
wonderful friends,

my pals,
can't seem to
get along without me.

You're gonna have to
go on the expedition?

That's right.

Oh, Larry.

I knew
they'd figure a way.

Do you mean Mike
and Chip did this?

Nobody else.

Well, Larry,
that's outrageous!

Well, dear,
can't you do something
about it? Talk to someone.

Talk to the Colonel.
That wouldn't do any...

Maybe it would.

Amelia,

would you mind
being in a town,
alone, with 36 men?

No, Larry.
Not if you're there.

I'll be there.

Amelia! Amelia!

Whoa!

Thank you,
Private Danvers.

My pleasure,
Miss Parent.

Larry.

Oh, Larry!

I'm so glad to see you.

I thought the days
would never go by.

Ain't that cute?
It's sickening.

Howdy, ma'am.
Welcome to Medicine Bend.

Thank you. Sure good
to get here. It was
a rough ride.

Yeah,
the boys fixed you
up a real nice place.

(CLEARS THROAT)

All to yourself.

They did?

Well, thank you, Mike, Chip.

You're welcome.

Well, it's right over here.

How long is
she gonna stay?

Overnight.

Gonna be a long night.

You just gonna stand around
and let her take him away
like that?

In here?

Nicest place in town for you.

Combs, mirror.

Lovely. Just lovely.

Look.

Hot water.

Bathtub.

And we hung the drapes.

Oh, Jonah,
he picked the wildflowers.

Oh, Larry.

Oh, Larry.

Amelia, Amelia,
what's the matter?

Nothing.
It's just so sweet.

(DOG BARKING)

Larry,
aren't you
off duty yet?

Two minutes
and 15 seconds.

Sergeant Chip.
One hand of blackjack.

No, no, no, no.
I've been looking
all over for you.

Caleb and I
got something
important to tell you.

Go ahead, Caleb,
tell him about it.

It's about
the Wanagi Wacipi.

The what?
The Ghost Dancers.

Ghost Dancers?

(DOOR CLOSES)

12:00,
all is well,
and I'm off duty.

All right,
so you're off duty.

Off my last duty.

Pretty soon
I'll be back east.

Nice clean office,
no Indians, no dust.

No danger.

Oh, Mike...
Yeah?

I don't quite
know how to say this,

after all we've
been through together.

Go ahead and say it.

You're a louse!

Mike!

Hey, Mike.

Get out of here,
I've got work to do.

Work? Wait till you hear
what I gotta tell you,
you'll forget about work.

You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna make a hero out
of you,

a hero out of me
and a hero out of
good old Larry.

What are you
talking about?

What's the biggest danger
this country is in right now?

I don't know.
Ghost Dancers!

Ghost Dancers?
Yeah.

And I know where their
medicine man hangs out.

Huh?

You know what?

I know where they hang out.

So, you and me
and good old Larry,
we jump on our horses,

we ride out there
and we creep in,
we grab them.

No more Ghost Dancers.
No leaders.

No chain of command.
No medicine man.

No Ghost Dancers.
How about that?

See, I knew you'd
be interested, Mike.

Now, look,
when we get this guy,

we bring him
back here, right?

And we put him
under heavy guard.

You send
a courier to the fort,
to the good old Colonel.

He'll come back here,
get him.

And we'll get every
medal in the book.

You and me and
good old Larry.

Smart?

You can do better
than that, Chip.

What are you
drinking tonight?

Come on,
Mike, I'm serious.
Where's your patriotism?

Patriotism?
Yeah.

Where did you get
this cock-and-bull...

You had help.

Yeah, Jonah.

Jonah?
And Caleb.

Caleb?
Yeah, they're friends.

And Caleb is half Sioux.
And he's got a lot
of cousins

up in the north country,
you know? They hunt and
fish and trap

and do everything.
And one of his cousins
was telling Caleb that

he saw all these guys
up in the high places,
you know?

With the lights going and
the yelling and screaming.
That's how he found out.

And you believed it?
Sure, I believed it.

You believe this stupid,
idiotic rumor?

Sure, I do.

You mean, we just go,
and we grab them, and
we bring them back,

and we get the medals?

Do you remember
what the Colonel said
before we left the fort?

What did he say?

He said, "This is
to be a garrison only."

No fights,
no sorties and
no exceptions.

Mike, this is an emergency!

Look, go to bed.

Sleep it off
and forget about it.

That's an order.

It's an order?

That's an order!

You may out-rank me
a little bit with all these
here little fancy doo-dads,

but you're still nothing
but a lousy non-com.

I'm in command.

Well, don't give me
that command stuff.

You listen to me, Mike.
If you don't do anything
about this, I'm going to,

and there's nothing
you can do to stop me.

I can put you in jail!

Jail?

In jail!
For what?

Insubordination.

You really mean it,
don't you?
I mean it!

Insubordination?

Insubordination!

Okay.

You wanna
be insubordination?
Let's make it good. Come on.

Get up.
Come on. Come on.

Put them up. Come on.

Come on,
I'm not afraid
of you. Come on.

Come on!
Put them up. Come on.

Come on.

Put them up.
Come on. Come on.

(SIGHING)

Personal matter?

Drunk.

Lock him up.

Hey, Jonah, come here.
You got to get me out
of here.

We'll go up
and get the Ghost
Dancers ourselves,

and when we do,
I'll out-rank him.

Then will the Colonel
let me enlist?

Sure he will,
sure he will.

But you got to
get me out of here.

(WHISPERING) I got an idea.
Okay.

(DOOR OPENING)

What're you doing here,
Jonah?

Just visiting, bye.

Bye.

Hi, Ellis.
Hello, Sarge.

Hi, Page.
Hi, Sarge.

Come here.
Come on, I want to
talk to you. Come here.

How long
before next payday?

About two weeks.

So?
Two weeks, huh?

Well, aren't you guys
getting a little short?

We've heard all
about you, Sarge.

We've got strict
orders about you,
Sarge.

I just want to
help you out a little.

We've heard all
about you, Sarge.

We've been warned
about you, Sarge.

No, all you
have to do is...

Just...
Bye.

Why, you dirty
stinking rats!

Jonah! What are you
doing with that mule?

Cephie and I,
we're gonna get
you out of here.

Now, you just back off.

Wait a minute.

Back off, Sergeant Chip.

We going
to get you out,
now you back off.

Jonah...
I said back off.

Come on. Come on, Cephie.
Come on, now.

(BANGING)

That's it, Cephie,
give a good one.

Get up there, higher now!
Come on back here.

Nice one, Cephie.
Let's get harder now.

Got to get the Sergeant Chip
out of there.

Yahoo!
Cephie, come on!

(BRAYING)

Easy! Easy!

Will you watch it?
The whole building's
going to come down.

Doing the best I can, Sarge.

Easy!

(CEPHIE BRAYING)

(SHOUTING)

You'll be out of
there in a minute.

Well, watch it!
Hold it!

Look out, look out!

Oh! Oh!

Sergeant Chip!
Sergeant Chip?

Sergeant Chip?

Sergeant...
Sergeant... Sergeant Chip?

Over here.

Sergeant Chip,
Caleb's got the gun,

and the horses,
your gun belt, food
and water and everything

and two horses in the draw.

Come on,
we got to
get out of here.

Will you come on?

The jail fell down?

That's right, Mike.

He's telling the truth,
Chip is gone.

Why, that drunk!

Do we pursue him?

Bring him back?

No, forget about it.

If he's looking for
the Ghost Dancers,
maybe he'll find them.

They'll know
what to do with him.

Okay, on your way.
You too, civilian.

That's it. Hold it.

Here.

Jonah.
Yeah?

(EXHALES)

Oh, yeah.

Well, how much farther
we got to go? This is
the real end of nothing.

Soldiers
never come this
far along the river.

Only, maybe,
a few white
trappers.

Unknown country.

It sure is.

In the old days,
many hunting Sioux
lived along the river.

There is a high place
where the Sioux worshipped.

Well, that's what
we're looking for,
right?

We'll find it.

Right?

Right.

What are
we hanging around
here for? Let's get out.

Come on, Cephie.

We got to cross this thing?

Trappers and Sioux use it.

Is this thing safe?

It's been here 125 years.

Jonah,
you stay here
with the horses.

Caleb and I
will cross over
and take a look.

But Sergeant Chip...

What is it?

Well,
you remember
what you said,

that maybe the Colonel
will let me enlist.

He won't let me do nothing
if you leave me here with
the horses.

Well, Caleb knows the way.
Now, what's the matter
with you?

You want to get us lost?

Well, I know the way, too.
Caleb told me.

And besides,
you promised me.

What could I
have promised you?

I didn't know what
we were getting into.

Now that sure is going
to mess everything up.

Caleb,
you think we could
find the way okay?

Yes, Sergeant.
Just follow the trail,
you can't miss it.

All right, you're elected.
Come on.

Thanks, Sergeant.

I'm right behind you,
Sarge.

Bridge seems all right.

Sergeant Chip!

Sergeant Chip!
Sergeant Chip!

I'm right here.
Help me up.

Will you get her
off of that bridge?

Down, horse.
Cephie! Cephie!

Get back! Get her back!

You're swinging it
more than she is.

Hold it!

JONAH: I'll get her,
I'll get the horse.
Back!

CHIP: Tell her to get back.

JONAH: Not that way, Caleb!

Not that way.

(JONAH PANTING)

Cephie. Cephie, wait.
Do you love me?

Get off that bridge!

(CEPHIE BRAYING)

Get back! Get back!

I got a new idea.

Talk to her. That's nice.

Talk to her. That's nice.
She'll go. That's it.

Oh, Lord.

When I get back,
I'm going to kill her!
I'm going to kill her!

You can't, Sergeant.
What do you mean I can't?

Because, well,
if it wasn't for Cephie,
you'd still be in jail.

Yeah.

That old knot-head. Come on.

(EXHALES)

This must be it, huh?

JONAH: That looks
like the high place
that Caleb was talking about.

Come on now,
let's go right
along the ledge here.

Attaboy.

That's the cave.

What's in it?

I can't rightly see
from here.

(JINGLING)

What's that?
What was that?
What's happening?

Sounds like crickets.

Come on, let's go
in the cave. Come on.

It's empty.

Caleb was right.

Sergeant Chip.

How come when
the skin came off,
the band didn't?

(JINGLING CONTINUES)

If those are crickets,
they got wooden legs.

There don't seem to be no
Ghost Dancers around here.

So, why don't we leave?

Come on.

(CHANTING)

(DRUM BEATING)

(ALL CHANTING)

(MAN HOOTS)

By the august face of this
image of our lord, Watanka,

I tell you,
the day is coming.

Listen to me with ears
of the cunning fox,
all of you.

The day is coming.

There will be peace
and good hunting
for us all.

The white-tailed deer
will return to the prairie.

The buffalo will come back
from the north in their
millions,

as in the days
of our fathers.

All this is promised
by our master Watanka,

lord of heaven and earth,

whose bright face
greets us at sunrise.

Kill!

It will be a golden day,

a red day.

Golden with the promise
of our future happiness...

Kill!

...red with the
blood of those enemy
intruders, the whites.

But this great day,
this promised day of

Watanka will not
come of itself.

The whites must be
killed by our own hands.

Kill!

The streams of
this hallowed land

must run red with
their alien blood!

ALL: Kill!

ALL: Kill!

(CHANTING)

We got to
find a way out of here.
The Colonel's got to know.

Kill!

All right, in the
name of the President of
the United States of America,

Ulysses S. Grant,
you are all under
arrest. Come on!

MAN: Sergeant!

Sergeant Merry!

We found them,
Sergeant Mike.

Found who?
The Ghost Dancers.

Just where Caleb
said they'd be, up
on the high place.

Wait a minute,
start again.

We found
the Ghost Dancers
that Caleb told us about.

They're up on
the high place.

Where's Sergeant Deal?

They got him.
Who got him?

The Ghost Dancers.
They got him there,

and there's
a whole bunch of them.

I'll tell you something.
The only reason I got out

was because of this
here, and the mask.

They're going to
kill him, Sergeant.

We'd better get moving,
Mike, so we can get
him out of there.

You'll do nothing,
you're a civilian.

Can you find your
way back there again?

Yes, Sergeant Mike.
Get two horses ready.

Yes, sir.

And get out of
those silly clothes.

Yes, Sergeant.

Mike, you taking a detail?

Detail?
The Colonel would
throw the book at me.

Well, I'm going with you.

You trying to
crawl back in the army,
Sergeant? We don't need you.

This has got nothing
to do with the army, and
I'm not going to re-enlist.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Well,

if you really want to
help your friend Chip,

just sign that.

You're crazy.

I'm not signing anything,
except this marriage
certificate.

Then you don't go.

We can't have any
meddling civilians
hanging around.

The army cannot
be responsible

for you getting
your hair lifted.

(WHISTLING)

I'll fill the rest in
later.

Come on, soldier,
get your stuff.

What is it, Larry?
What's wrong?

Well, Chip's in trouble.
I got to help Mike find him.

What kind of trouble?

Indian trouble.

Real live Indians?

Of course,
real live Indians.
What are you driving at?

Nothing. Just thinking about
Sergeant Boswell's gastric
attack.

What has Sergeant Boswell's
gastric...

In a word, trickery.

Trickery?

Oh, Larry, can't you see
they're doing it again?

All right,
so even if
it were true,

and I don't believe for
one single minute that
it is,

there're an awful lot of
other soldiers here that
can take care of it.

They don't need you.

Amelia, this may be hard
for you to understand,
but Chip is my friend.

Your what?
My friend!

I know it's hard
for you to understand.

Yes, it's hard
for me to understand

after all the things
he's done to you.

Well, what am I?

Don't I count?
Don't my feelings matter

after coming all
the way out here?

Amelia, I know
it's very hard and I...
If you would just listen.

No, I won't listen.
You listen to me, Larry.

My folks didn't want me
to come all the way out here.

In fact,
my mother was very angry.

And if something happens,
and we don't get started
back this morning...

Well, if you have to
go looking for Chip...

Larry, if you go after Chip,
then that's the end for us.

That's the kind
of a man you want.

What do you mean?

Someone who'll
run out on his friends
when they're in trouble?

Friends?
And what makes you
so sure about the trouble?

Amelia, you don't want a man,
you want a mouse,
and I'm not...

You're so right!

Then it's settled.

Yes.

Larry.
Yes?

Be careful.

Oh, please take
care of yourself.

I will.

I will.

JONAH: This here is where
we almost lost Sergeant Chip.

MIKE: How much further?

JONAH: That...
That high place up there.

MIKE:
This is the only way up?

Or down.

LARRY: What if
the Indians are up there?

MIKE: We got to find Chip.

This is it, Sergeant.

MIKE: Looks pretty
deserted to me,
your hole.

This is the cave
you talked about?

Yes.

You're going in there?

Certainly.

How do you know
there's no one
in there?

I don't know.

You're going in anyway?

You got any better ideas?
Come on.

(CHIP SHOUTS)

(GRUNTS)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Great Gods have smiled
on us this day, Son.

Yes, Father.

Untie him.

He will never be untied now.

We asked him questions,
he would not answer,

so we leave him here to rot.

No food, no water,
till great buzzards come.

He's a cute kid, Mike.

So is his son.

(SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

I ask you question, you tell.

Where is Colonel
and his troops?

They're at the fort.

I give you one more chance.

Where is Colonel
and his troops?

At the fort.

Are you ready to answer?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Are you ready to answer?

Wait, wait.

Well?

I don't know
what the Colonel's
plans are, but...

He's got a piece of
paper in his pocket.

It's got some
information on it.

Right under that button.

Traitor.

Dirty rotten traitor.

You say, tell, you say.

You had it upside down.

(SCREAMING)

No chance, soldier.
Even with this, no chance.

Release my people.

Quickly!

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Now, get your people
down the trail.

No, Father, no.
Let him kill me.

Get them down the trail,
or I'll cut his throat.

Let him kill me!

Have you out of
here in a minute,
Sergeant Chip.

Get down the trail.

The bugle's right
where you left it.
Come on.

All will die.

Did you bring any
food, any water?

No.

Any liquor?

You ain't much good,
are you?

Oh, what I wouldn't
give for a big plate

of corned beef,
a nice tall beer

with a big,
thick head on it,
about two inches thick.

Like yours.

Larry,
at least you won't have to be
worrying about practicing law

and wearing
those high, thick collars
and defending those thieves.

Oh, he forgot
about that already.

Gave it up.

Welcome back, Larry!

If I don't get
something to eat soon,

I'm going to look
like one of them skulls.

If we don't figure
a way on how to get
down from here,

you won't need any food,
because you're gonna
have no place to put it.

How about we eat that Indian?

(SCREAMING) Watanka! Watanka!

(SHOUTING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

All come, all.

The big white man and
all the long knives.

They come
straight down the valley.

Already I see
the totem on its pole.

White and red stripes.

He means the flag.

Watanka, my honored father,
son of the sun god,
planned it so.

All will come, all will die.

We are hundreds
and we lie in wait.

Beyond
the ridge to the north.

Beyond
the ridge to the south,
where the rocks narrow.

The long knives will come
straight down the valley.

Where the valley narrows,
all will die.

MIKE: Watanka!
Can you hear me?

You give your word to
your warriors to move,

we kill your son
and throw him down to you.

Don't listen, Father.
Don't listen.

The sun god,
our lord, will take me to
his heart. Give the order.

No!

I'm warning you,
Chief, we kill him.

Don't listen, Father!

Give the order,
give the order!

No!

(SCREAMING)

(SHOUTING ORDERS)

(SHOUTING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Sergeant Chip.
Yeah.

I'm a soldier now,
ain't I?

(SCREAMS)

MIKE: Let them go!

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Now, you watch
your comrades die.

(PLAYING)

Deploy! Deploy!

(HORSE NEIGHING)

OFFICER: Come on!

(SCREAMING)

(GROANING)

Wait.

Larry.

Larry!

The knife.

(GROANING)

You all right? Let me see.

He's all right.
He's all right.
Yeah, I'm fine. Yeah, yeah.

(HORSES APPROACHING)

(GUNSHOTS)

(BUGLE BLOWING)

General orders, number 89.

On June 23, 1873,
this command engaged

a numerically superior
hostile Indian tribe
and emerged victorious.

This victory
was made possible

by the extraordinary heroism
and devotion to duty

of Sergeants Michael Merry,
Charles Deal

and Lawrence Barrett
of this command,

and a civilian by the name
of Jonah Williams,
now Private,

(BRAYING)

who will report to
the 10th Cavalry.

These men,
who through their
daring and valiant action

were able to warn
this command of an ambush

and thereby
turn a possible
annihilation into a victory.

For their
conspicuous gallantry,

undaunted
courage and fortitude

they have this
date been recommended
to the Secretary of War

to receive
a certificate of merit.

Hey!

Oh, Larry,
you don't understand this.

Let's show him what we
really think about his
re-enlistment papers.

You mean that?
Yup.

I don't know what to say.
It's all right.

Look after yourself.

Sergeant Boswell.
Yes.

Arrest that man.
He's a deserter.