All language subtitles for Man in the Middle 1964 Robert Mitchum & Trevor Howard (English (Original) (auto))

Here you are. Cup of tea, Yank?

Thanks, pal.

Cheer up, you guys out there. You may be

seeing that New York skyline sooner than

you think.

And that's all from the newsroom. We'll

be with you again first thing tomorrow

morning.

Colonel Adams?

Welcome to India, sir. Captain Gunther,

area public relations officer. Captain.

General Kimble asked me to meet you. Did

you have a good trip?

Well, I was having a good trip till I

got hijacked on that crate in Colombo. I

think you'll find it a little quieter

here than it normally is, sir.

Uh let me take care of the formalities

here, Colonel. General Kimble would like

to see you at headquarters as soon as

possible.

This is Corporal Baxter. He'll be your

driver.

Is the service always this good? We aim

to please, Colonel. We aim to please.

How much for that, then, mush? For the

last time, limey, if you want a genuine

antique buy a genuine antique of your

own. Now, don't come that with me, Yank.

I bought the swiny thing and I'm going

to pay for it.

You've got a lot TO LEARN, LIMEY.

WE'VE GOT OUR OWN PRIVATE WAR HERE, SIR.

Move it. Sergeant.

You get those clowns out of here on the

double. Yes, sir.

All right, let's go.

The general won't keep you long, sir.

Fine.

How are things in Europe? Well, what I

can see from the King George V Hospital,

Luton, Bedfordshire, England, great.

I've already acquainted General

Cunningham with the reasons for this

4-week delay. I'm aware of that, sir.

So, you can give the general my personal

promise that the affair will be cleared

up this week. The court-martial will

take place on Monday. Undoubtedly,

Winston will hang.

Gentlemen.

Barney. Barney, my boy.

Gosh, where is that skinny second

lieutenant I left at Fort Bragg? What is

this? That's what 8 months in a hospital

bed does to you, General. How is the

leg? Uh Johnny, I'll need that transport

breakdown.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. With the key, Major?

Yes, sir. See me after I finish with

Colonel Adams, okay?

Sit down, Barney. Sit down. What do you

hear from your father? He still sweats

vinegar, sir. I'll bet he does. General

Adams, I can't imagine that man in

retirement. Yes.

You've got me wrong, Colonel. I didn't

propose replacements. I ordered

replacements.

Well, Barney, I'd hoped to see you a

full bird colonel by now.

So would I, sir. Maybe if I had jumped

instead of ducked. Sit down, Barney. Sit

down.

I've got an assignment here for you,

Barney, that's right down your alley.

We're going to put some of that legal

training of yours to good use.

Legal training?

I haven't cracked a law book since the

Judge Advocate's Department. That's 14

That's 15 years.

Ah, don't give me that. You did pretty

well in law at the Point, and you know

it. We're holding an important

court-martial here next week. I need

your help. Well,

Are those urgent, Johnny? Yes, sir.

Let me give you the facts, anyway.

It's a hill station called Bakri, about

50 miles from here. 4 weeks ago, Staff

Sergeant Alfred Quinn of the British

Army was murdered by Second Lieutenant

Charles Winston of the Army of the

United States.

I'll keep this one for the conference,

Johnny. Quinn was unarmed. Winston shot

him at close range. There were 11

eyewitnesses. He's confessed. Thank you,

Johnny.

And those are the facts.

Well, I'm ready for any assignment you

have for me, General. Let me tell you

why the case is important, Barney.

We have dual responsibility with the

British in this theater. It's no secret

that all is not joy and brotherhood

between us and our British cousins. So

I've noticed. 11 eyewitnesses, Barney.

We couldn't play it down. The effect on

morale was devastating. I canceled all

leaves. I clamped down a curfew. But,

damn it, you can't put a whole army

under lock and key.

It's getting so a man can't cross town

without getting into an alley fight.

Barney, this theater is the springboard

for the last all-out offensive. I can't

tell you because I don't know myself

when that offensive begins, but when it

does,

my god, I want to see us fighting the

enemy and not each other.

So, for the sake of this theater, the

alliance and the war, Lieutenant Winston

will be tried, found guilty, and hanged.

I'm with you, General. I'll be glad to

handle the prosecution.

I don't want you for the prosecution,

Barney. I want you for the defense.

But, if he's guilty anyway?

Chief, the staff conference in 5

minutes, sir. I'm on my way, Johnny.

He's guilty as hell, Barney, and

obviously the army wants a conviction,

but it's got to be a conviction without

loopholes.

I've got to have a satisfactory,

intelligent, and responsible defense.

I shouldn't think that would be too

difficult, sir. Isn't there somebody in

the Judge Advocate's office?

No, no, no. I don't want any of those

two-bit, time-serving civilian lawyers.

I'm an army man. I want an army man

behind me.

This is an important court-martial. I

want a good prosecution, I want a good

defense. I want you, Barney. With me?

When do I start, sir? You start it.

You've got an appointment with the Judge

Advocate at 2:00. As for me, I've got an

appointment right now.

It's good to see you, Barney. When you

write to your father, give him my best.

Will do, sir. I got a message about 5

minutes ago.

Colonel Adams, I'm honored to make your

acquaintance.

Colonel Thompson. Sit down.

May I say that you come highly

recommended.

I've seen your record.

I was tempted to demand you as a

permanent member of my staff.

You might feel differently after the

trial, Colonel.

We've got some good men here. The trial

officer, Major Fred Smith.

Fine fellow. 11 years with Williston,

Good, and Honey set. You know the firm?

No, but I saw the movie.

Colonel, look, I never practiced

civilian law. Military law either to any

extent.

You have your ribbons. There's a war on.

Williston, Good, and Honey set don't

amount to a row of beans. A Purple Heart

and a Silver Star do. That's impressive.

I'll tell you, I could have used you as

the trial officer.

Well, it's my understanding that it

makes no difference who's prosecuting

and who's defending.

In terms of a conviction, you're right.

There's too much talk that Winston will

hang because our British cousins want

it. Sure they want it. They've got every

right. Sure it's important. The unity of

the theater is important.

But, more important is the fact that

this man is a murderer,

and he will die because murder cannot be

tolerated. Right?

Well, I am the defense counsel. Indeed

you are, sir.

And I'm looking to you to acquire a

thorough knowledge of the case.

Your client is waiting for you. Go and

see him.

Remember that I'm always at your

disposal.

Feel free to use the department in any

way that you wish. We're here to serve.

Remember, Barney, we've been with this

for weeks,

and now there's nothing we want more

than to finish with it and wipe the

slate clean so that the whole world can

look at this case and say, "There, by

God, is due process of the law." Do you

play golf?

The British have a very good club here.

My name is Adams.

I've been appointed your defense

counsel.

On your feet, Winston.

Look,

I'm here to help you.

Well,

Silver Star,

Purple Heart,

big deal.

You won't get any medals for defending

me, Colonel.

Medals or not, you've agreed to me as

your defense counsel.

I would have agreed to a gorilla being

my defense counsel, Colonel. Look,

Winston,

I've got 4 days in which to prepare your

case. I've got a lot of people to see

and a lot of papers to read. So, when I

walk in here, you cut out the wise

cracks, and when I ask a question, you

answer it, right?

Do you really want to help me, Colonel?

That's what I'm here for.

Every morning when they bring in my

breakfast,

I ask for rye bread.

Every morning they bring in whole wheat.

Could you do something about that,

Colonel?

You're a great comedian, Winston.

Unfortunately, I have no sense of humor.

Glad to see you here, Colonel. Your

quarters comfortable?

Great, thanks. Room quiet enough to work

in? If it isn't, I can always organize

you an office. No, no, I'll make out.

Thanks.

Captain Devereaux.

Half French, half Chinese, unattached.

Anything else I can tell you?

Barney Adams? Yes. Fred Smith. I'm in

the opposite corner. Excuse me, Colonel.

How's that? We met on Monday. I'm

handling the prosecution.

I hear you're going to give it the good

old college try. I hope so.

You uh

you met your client yet? Wow, who let

him in the army? Uh Navy.

Very good. Now, we'll meet in the trial

room.

Is that all?

Oh, pardon me. Have you ever thought of

looking where you're going?

I don't think we've been introduced.

We'll just skip the formalities. The

pleasure's entirely mine.

Meanwhile, we'll make sure that our

esteemed ally has left his revolver at

home.

Why don't you just go to bed?

I apologize, Colonel.

I'll take care of it.

Come on, you bloody fool.

Do you think it'll stain? I'll be quite

all right, don't worry. Will you excuse

me? Certainly.

She's from Marseille, so you just might

be able to interest her in the news from

Europe. I think you're wrong.

Can I get a real drink at the bar?

Captain, that's the happiest suggestion

I've heard since I landed here. Let's

go.

Morning, sir. Colonel Harvey Bender.

This is Lieutenant Oscar Morse, your

assistant, sir. We're very pleased to be

assigned to this case. We took the

liberty of ordering your breakfast, sir.

Hope I'm not too early. We understood

you want to make an early start.

And a good morning to you.

We're both familiar with court-martial

procedure, and of course we were both

lawyers back in New York. I was with

General Mercantile, Oscar with Pete

Spencer Richmond.

Any relation to Williston, Good, and

Honey set?

Huh. Well, we're ready to start right

in. You name the hours, we'll work them.

Remember the army versus Corporal

Frederick? We worked 48 hours, twice

around the clock on that one.

Oh, I don't think that'll be necessary,

gentlemen. We thought we'd discuss the

possibility of asking for a delay. It's

been made pretty plain to me that the

army doesn't want any further delay.

We've got 3 days. You men must know

there's a hell of a lot of unrest about

this case. But, that's unreasonable.

It's not unreasonable. It's military

necessity.

We have a list of the officers assigned

to the court here, sir. We thought it

might be a good idea if we went over

them. Mhm.

Court of 10 officers, president not yet

appointed, law officer Colonel Mayberry.

And Colonel Mayberry says his law is

law, and you can depend on it. Colonel

Kelly, regular, sound man. Colonel

Hardy.

Judge Hardy.

What'd he say?

Judge Hardy type, sir. It's true, he is

a judge in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Can we

say in effect this conversation is

privileged, sir? Hm? Can we talk

frankly? Oh, sure, go ahead.

Colonel Burnside, Southern gentleman,

fine amenable, but uh not over

intelligent. Would you agree, Oscar?

Birdbrain. Birdbrain is right, sir.

He'll agree with you, he'll agree with

the prosecution, but in the long run,

he'll agree with the man in charge.

think we need go any further, gentlemen.

We'll uh

We'll go over this just before the

trial.

I'm just trying to

say who's for us and who against.

What about your challenges? We have a

replacement list of 17 officers. Want to

go over them?

I don't propose to use any challenges.

I'm afraid I don't follow you, Colonel.

I'm not going to challenge any member of

the courts.

And what if the challenge an officer,

I've got to show cause, right?

I know, sir. You men are civilian

lawyers, you've got a living to go back

to. I make my living right here in the

army, gentlemen.

Can't you just see me challenging a

senior officer on the grounds that he's

a birdbrain?

Have you men talked to Winston?

No, sir.

A difficult man to deal with. Examined

by a lunacy commission, found sane, fit

to stand trial.

Think I'll just mosey on over to the

hospital. Talk to some of those doctors,

see if I can't get a lead on the best

way of getting through to him.

You must appreciate, Colonel, that I've

got 1,200 cases here. Not only disease,

cholera, malaria, dysentery. I'm the

base general hospital for the Burma war.

Wounds, infections, battle fatigue.

There's a constant airlift, hundreds of

new cases every day. I do appreciate

that, Colonel, but I'm just trying to

get a general picture of the man.

Something that might help me get through

to him. We weren't concerned with

getting through to him. Our job was

simply to establish that he could

distinguish right from wrong.

Thank you, sir. Well, anything you

remember, Colonel. After all, you did

have the lunacy commission.

Oh, he was uncouth. He was an

officer-like uncooperative. You must

realize, Colonel, that lunacy boards

Well, that's normal's the wrong word,

but let me say it, they're not unusual

in this theater. We men cracking up

every day, one way or another. You asked

for an impression. You know, my only

clear impression is that there was no

reason to send Winston to this hospital

in the first place. Good morning.

Good morning, sir.

I suppose somebody was just playing it

safe.

I don't want to waste your time.

Can you remember who recommended

Lieutenant Winston to the lunacy board?

Well, again, it's difficult. May I It's

the kind of thing the shipping people

over to me every day. I'm afraid they're

inclined to make a schizophrenic out of

every case of battle fatigue. Yes, miss.

From Dr. Kaufman.

Hello.

Thank you, miss.

I could check through my records, I

suppose. Well, that probably won't be

necessary, Colonel.

I'm going to see Winston again today.

We'll just see how it turns out.

I don't envy you your job defending that

man. It's an assignment, sir. I

apologize for being so busy. Is there

anything else I can tell you?

I shouldn't think so.

Sorry to have intruded.

I'm afraid I haven't been much help. If

there's anything further I can do,

please call me. I'm sure we can find

some time together. Thank you, sir.

Colonel Adams.

I know your name, too. Kate Davray. I

didn't know you were a nurse or had

reported sick. You are defending

Winston. Yeah. Colonel Burton knows very

well who examined Winston. It was Dr.

Kaufman, the head of psychiatry. I was

there, I work for him.

Well, then, getting down to cases. Will

he let you have the evening off? Major

Kaufman found Winston insane. Don't take

any notice of Colonel Burton. He hasn't

got anything like Dr. Kaufman's

qualifications. He's the commanding

officer, honey. That gives him

qualifications.

I don't like it when men like Leon

Kaufman get shoved around. What you're

telling me, lady, is that a major had a

run-in with a colonel and the colonel

won. Colonels usually do, you know.

How about dinner?

No, thank you. I'm busy.

Take it easy, soldier. The first 10

miles are the roughest.

Right outside, Colonel.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Oh.

Come in, Colonel Adams.

Please sit down.

I'm uh sorry I blew my stack yesterday.

Uh

place like this makes you like that.

Forget it.

Like I said, I'm just here to help you.

You can't help me, Colonel.

I can defend you in court. No matter

what you did, you're entitled to a fair

trial.

I killed a man, Colonel. I said there's

no defense for that.

Why did you do it?

You wouldn't believe me. Try me.

Colonel, do you know what this war is

all about?

I've got a couple of theories, yeah.

They be wrong, believe me.

The war is nothing.

It's what's going to happen after that

counts.

It's going to start right here in Asia.

East against West. Black against white.

Well, suppose we put the political

discussions aside for the moment and get

down to cases, huh?

All right, then. Sergeant Quinn was not

on our side, he was on the other. He was

a bad influence. He was spreading

sedition. He was altogether an evil man.

He'd sit and

spout democracy.

Then he'd go out.

Where'd he go? Up into the hills, one of

those native villages.

He had women up there.

Black women.

I saw him.

And then he'd come back and tell us

about this brave new world that he and

his black brothers were going to make

after the war was over. Well, I mean,

Colonel, I could only take so much of

that.

Winston, it's my experience that a man

rarely kills for an ideal.

Didn't you have some personal reason for

killing Quinn?

You haven't listened to one word I said,

have you? I'm just trying to understand

you.

You know, men like you make me sick.

You're so busy at acting the hero and

winning your war and scrambling up your

little lattice for promotion, you can't

see further than the next rung.

You make me want to throw up.

Is there anything else you'd like to

tell me, Lieutenant?

Winston.

Sergeant.

You can send for me anytime you need me.

Take me to the hospital. Again?

Yes, again.

Nurse, can you tell me where I can find

Dr. Kaufman's office, please? Uh last

hut on the left, Colonel. Thank you.

Dr. Kaufman? Colonel.

My name's Barney Adams.

Mind if I ask you a few questions? Let

me say at once, Colonel Adams, that

Nurse Davray had no authority to

introduce my name to you.

No authority whatever.

I don't need any authorities, Major. I

have my own.

Very well, then.

In what way can I help you?

You examined Winston, right? Mhm. Why

was he brought here in the first place?

It was a formality. He killed a man in

cold blood and apparently without

reason. Obviously, he had to be

examined.

What were your conclusions?

That is confidential.

Major.

I am the defense counsel in a murder

trial.

Admittedly, you don't have to talk now,

but I can order you to appear before me

and tell me everything I want to know.

So, why don't we discuss this like

sensible people? There's nothing to

discuss. I wrote a report on Winston's

condition, which my CO found

unacceptable. I know you wrote a report,

Major. I want to know what was in that

report.

Colonel, for a senior officer, you seem

to know very little about army protocol.

I wrote a report on Winston, which was

rejected.

I was ordered to discharge him from the

hospital, and I refused.

From that point on, he was no longer my

responsibility. He is not my

responsibility now, Colonel. You must

see my commanding officer. I'll see your

commanding officer in due time. Right

now, I want that report.

I am unable to give it to you. Oh,

Major, have I got news for you.

You're able to give me anything I want.

Very well then.

I've been ordered not to give it to you.

Are you telling me that Colonel Burton

has forbidden you to give me that

report?

Let's say he advised me not to. Let's

say that I'm demanding it, Kaufman.

There is no document in this theater

which I cannot obtain.

Why? What good would it do? You can't

save Winston. It's done. I can't save

him. You know he's got to hang. So, why

don't you just leave me alone to go

away? Major, I'm ordering you to give me

that report.

Colonel Adams.

Would you excuse us, Ness?

Colonel Adams, if you wish to interview

members of my staff, I'd take it as a

courtesy if you'd see me first. This

happens to be my office, Colonel. It

happens to be my hospital, Major. If you

wish to interview Major Kaufman, I'm

afraid I'll have to ask you to do it on

his own time. Colonel Burton.

I am the defending officer in the trial

for a man's life.

I don't know what your powers are in

this theater, but believe me, mine are

greater. There is no one, repeat, no one

whose presence is forbidden to me from

General Kenton himself on downward. That

goes for Major Kaufman, and bank on

this, it goes for you, too.

Major, you will report to the senior

officer's mess at 6:00 tonight and bring

that report on Lieutenant Winston with

you.

Colonel Adams.

Is the dinner date still open?

Sure.

Ever tried Chinese food? I'll settle for

Indian.

Do you know the Akbar restaurant? I'll

check with the American Express. About

9:00? Okay.

I heard that newscast the other day.

It's been alive an hour and it's got the

German High Command signing a peace

pact.

Now we're pushing ahead by two points.

It's my guess that the war in Europe

will be over by the end of the year. Do

you agree with that, Major?

Good evening, sir. Good evening, sir.

Good evening. I got the list of

prosecution witnesses. I don't think any

of them will be much use to us. Okay,

we'll go over those later.

Do you need us any more tonight, sir?

Yeah, I might.

I'm meeting with Major Kaufman in a few

minutes.

Major Kaufman, sir? You're going to get

a statement from him?

If he's got anything to say, I am.

You fellows better stick around. Yes,

sir. That ought to start the ball

rolling.

Oh, I hear the brother-in-law has

approved of you as defense counsel.

What brother-in-law?

The congressman, Winston's

brother-in-law. The congressman kept

objecting to the defense counsel. That's

why the case was delayed. And you know,

sir, I guess he reckons you fill the

bill.

At ease.

Coffee, press, gentlemen?

That's what I like to see, working by

day and night.

I've been talking to Smith.

He tells me you're going to give him a

run for his money. I hope so. You'll

need to. You've got one hell of a

stickler as trial judge. Uh who is the

trial judge, sir?

I am, my boy.

See you at dinner, Barney.

Excuse me, sir. There is an officer

waiting for you to see you.

You can wait here.

Kaufman, huh?

We're moving, Harvey.

I'm waiting, Colonel. Can I get you a

drink? No, thanks. I'm just looking for

Major Kaufman.

Well, I don't think you'll find him

here, sir. There was an urgent

requirement for the doctor at the

malaria hospital up at Secret. He sends

his apologies.

What the hell do you mean he sends his

apologies, Captain? I ordered him here.

Well, it was a pretty urgent transfer,

sir. They sent him up this afternoon.

What's he going to do, psychoanalyze

mosquitoes?

Well, I understand there's a shortage of

staff up there. Who shipped him up

there, Burton?

Colonel Burton, the vet fellow. The

Colonel, uh

the order came direct from General

Kenton himself.

It would did, huh?

What would you like to do, sir? Do you

NEED AN INTERVIEW?

COLONEL ADAMS IS HERE, SIR.

COLONEL ADAMS, SHOW HIM IN, MAN. SHOW

HIM IN.

YOU THERE, BARNEY?

GENERAL, DO YOU WANT ME TO defend

Winston or just get up in court and tell

jokes? I'll be with you in a minute.

You've already handed me a rifle loaded

with blanks. Do you have to take away

the bolt, too?

I'm not with you, Barney. I don't wish

to be impertinent, General, but you've

just plucked my only witness right out

from under my nose.

That's tough luck. Hey, hand me that

towel, would you? General, damn it, I've

got two days in which to prepare a case.

Barney.

Barney, if you had a year, you're still

defending a confessed murderer.

It's a formality. You know what's a

formality. And release that robe.

General, why was Kaufman transferred?

Colonel, Barney.

You don't think that every time I

transfer an officer I can take time out

to check if he's going to be needed as a

court-martial witness. Don't stall with

me, please, General. Why did you

transfer Kaufman? The exigencies of war,

Barney.

All right. Play it that way.

But for my part, I want off the case.

Would you locate General Cunningham for

me, please? He may still be at

headquarters.

All right, Barney. I'll lay it on the

table for you.

I have no doubt that by now

you've heard about Winston's

brother-in-law. You mean the

congressman? Now, that's another thing.

to tell you about him, but I was in a

hell of a rush. Barney, this fellow is a

one-man Washington. I've got a file of

wires from him as thick as your arm.

Who's defending Winston? What are his

qualifications? Objection. Objection.

Then the British sniping at me, baying

for blood.

Wires from the Pentagon, by what

authority have I postponed a

court-martial? Well, Barney, I'm no

hero.

I've had the army behind me on this

case, but they've taken all the delay

and dithering they're going to take. So,

if you're worried, Barney, you'll have

to stay worried. I will not have another

postponement.

General, have you considered that

Winston might be insane? Oh, the hell

with that. Obviously, he's not normal.

Normal people don't shoot other people

dead. So, that's your idea of a defense,

forget it. What other defense is there?

That's your job, not mine. But we do

have the word of a lunacy board that

Winston can recognize right from wrong,

and you haven't got a snowball's chance

in hell of proving otherwise. So, do us

both a favor, find a defense that can't

be tossed out in 2 and 1/2 minutes flat,

right?

Look, do you think I fixed this trial?

No, sir.

Do you think I fixed the lunacy board?

No, sir.

Barney, we're not strangers. You're the

son of one of my best friends. We share

something. We're army. You must

understand that. When I say that

anything is worth a price if it brings

unity, then you know what I'm talking

about. I know, General.

But I'm not so sure we bring unity by

hanging a sick man.

If Winston's death could shorten this

war even by a moment, it becomes the one

positive fact of his life.

Hell's bells, Barney. What are you

kicking at?

I'm not asking you to judge Winston. I'm

asking you to handle a crisis.

Before this war is over, I'll have a

thousand problems like this one. I'm

asking you to take just one of them off

my back. I still don't like it.

I'm not asking you to like it, Colonel.

I'm telling you to defend Winston, and

I'm telling you to get on with it.

You'll do your job, Colonel. Like it or

not, you'll do it, and you'll do it the

army's way. Yes?

Oh, hello, Peter.

Mhm.

Yes, yes, yes. That's exactly how I feel

about it. Great. Good.

Is that easy?

What time?

Oh, yes. I'm sure I can manage it.

Colonel Adams. This way, madam.

Well, how are you?

Furious. Join the club.

What do you have?

Uh Martini, please. And another large

scotch for me. Yes, sir.

Do you know what they have done to Leon

Kaufman?

Well, I know they transferred him. What

else have they done? Taken away his

stethoscope?

Are you going to let them get away with

it? I tried to call the White House, but

the line was busy.

You are just as angry as I am about Dr.

Kaufman's transfer. Why try to joke

about it?

So, I know how to relax. You're not

relaxing. You're just bottling it up.

Well,

we have deli chicken hot, deli chicken

cold, chicken tandoori.

Just how much do you want to help

Winston? Just how much do you like

chicken?

Because it's either that or my dress

lamp.

Do you know that Dr. Kaufman destroyed

this report before he left?

Doesn't surprise me a bit. How about

wine? You like wine?

Here's a copy of it.

I took it from the confidential file.

Well, then you're an idiot. What are

you, some kind of a kleptomaniac? Now,

you take that thing right back where you

found it.

Aren't you going to read it?

It's a carbon copy.

It's unsigned, it's unauthorized, and

it's stolen.

I'd look pretty funny bringing that up

in court, wouldn't I? Why, would it harm

your career?

Oh, come on, honey. I've got my own

conscience. I don't need yours, too. If

you want to take on the big bad army

dragon, that's okay by me. Just let me

do my job my way, huh?

It's been a long, hard day. If you want

to eat, let's eat. If you want to argue

about principle, about hospital

politics, about the true course of

justice,

that's the way out right there.

Chicken dolly for one.

Hot.

Oh, there you are, sir.

We got a message from Captain Gunther.

He forgot to tell you there's a press

conference on Sunday at 12:00 noon.

Incidentally, Colonel, how'd you make

out with Quinn?

Lieutenant,

this is a private room, not an annex to

the officer's mess. In the future, when

you wish food and drink, you will go out

and get it at the proper time.

Yes, sir.

How do you get to Backree?

Backree, sir?

You heard me the first time.

By train.

You go up there tomorrow. You're in

charge of arrangements, Lieutenant.

Why are we going?

How many witnesses do we have in

Backree? 11, sir, but they're all

prosecution witnesses. They all saw the

murder. Frankly, I think we'd be wasting

our time.

I'm not telling you to think,

Lieutenant.

11 witnesses, that's 11 different

stories. I want every statement checked

against every other statement. I want

every discrepancy examined.

And that is the day's work.

If you say so, Colonel, we'll just be

going through the motions. All right, so

we'll go through the motions.

Whose side is he on? The army's.

Why?

Talk about a third degree in there. Wow.

Next time I see those guys, I'm going to

bring my own lawyers.

All right, gentlemen, back to work. It's

the King's birthday on the 4th of July,

you know.

Which hand did he have the gun in? His

right hand. No, left hand, I think.

You saw him fire the gun, yet you can't

remember what hand he held it in. Well,

I don't see it makes much difference. He

still shot him.

He's got a point there.

Now,

according to the diagram here, where was

your bed located? Right here.

Uh if your bed was here,

SERGEANT JOHNSON!

WHO THE DEVIL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

WEMBLEY STADIUM?

Which of you is supposed to be on sick

parade?

Where's Sergeant Johnson? He's in there,

sir, being questioned. What the hell are

you talking about?

Are you responsible for all this

kafaffing out here?

That I am, Major. Well, you might have

given us a bit of warning.

I've got three hellholes like this to

visit before nightfall, and there's

nothing but 50 miles of damn all between

every one of them. Sorry, sir.

I will stroll around it. They're all

malingerers in any case. John

Kensington, by the way. Barney Adams.

Now you're here, you better have a quick

one. This way.

That'd be a half gin.

I have to go to great lengths to whip

these thieving nits out here.

Sorry I was a bit choppy over there.

I don't mind you wasting your own time,

but I always take it rather amiss when

people waste mine.

Water?

I'll take it neat.

What makes you think I'm wasting my

time?

Well, it's a bit of a farce, isn't it?

You been out here long?

Do you know Winston well?

As well as I know anyone here.

I'm up at supply headquarters. This is

only one of half a dozen stations on my

parish.

But I spoke to him occasionally.

Tell you the truth, I had developed the

habit of nipping very smartly around the

side of the huts when I saw him coming.

Completely off his junk, you know.

What do you mean?

Well, he's crackers, you know that.

I've never heard of a murderer yet, but

someone didn't say he was crazy.

Look, Major, I'm not a doctor.

I'm not even a lawyer.

Just a soldier.

The only thing I do know is that

Winston's a confessed murderer.

Well, you're defending him, Ducky.

Why not? You've got to go through the

motions, haven't you?

Now, wait a minute.

Oh, come off it, Ducky. I know the

score.

You can plead anything for Winston

except insanity, because if he's insane,

he's not guilty.

Right?

But he's got to be found guilty because

he's got to hang.

And he's got to hang.

If only to save the American command

from a good deal of embarrassment. He's

got to hang because he's a murderer.

But he's mad all the same.

The man's a paranoid. He's an incurable

psychopath.

What are your qualifications for saying

that?

I'm a psychiatrist.

Well, then what are you doing in a dump

like this?

You may well ask.

I happened to take the view that a

certain liaison officer was too sick to

resume his duties.

They happened to need a liaison officer

at that time of the war more than they

needed a psychiatrist.

So, here I am inspecting neither

portions.

At the suggestion, I may say, of the

American command.

I take it you don't like Americans.

Oh, I

take them or leave them.

You seem to have all the clever answers,

Major.

If you're so sure that Winston is

insane, why haven't you come forward and

said so?

Well, why the hell should I?

I was told pointedly enough it was none

of my business when I sent him down to

the hospital.

I have been specially ordered to keep my

nose out of it, old man, and that I'll

do.

Good grief, man. If you want to prove

him insane, there's someone down there

that can do it for you in 5 minutes.

Kaufman. Go and see Kaufman.

When did you last see Winston?

The night of the murder, as they say.

I was called over to see if I could do

anything for poor old Quinn.

Winston had rather sensibly retired to

his huts, and there were about four

guards guarding him.

Did you talk to him?

Yes, I did, and a rather difficult job

it was, too.

He simply sat there staring in front of

him.

However, eventually he began to talk.

What about? Oh, the usual junk. All

about the teeming millions plotting to

overthrow the world.

Surely he's mentioned

Did he talk about Quinn?

No, he seemed to have forgotten all

about Quinn.

I can tell you why he killed him, if

that's what's worrying you.

Major Kensington.

Yes, Corporal. Reporting sick, sir.

Go inside, Corporal.

You see, there's no British officer here

in Backree.

As senior British NCO, Quinn had roughly

the same responsibilities as Winston had

as an American officer.

This always nettled Winston.

He held that there was some mysterious

plot afoot to keep him from a more

responsible job.

That's quite true.

The chap is totally incompetent. That's

still no reason for killing a man.

It is, if you're a psychopath.

It's my knee, sir.

Keep it clean. I'll look at it Thursday.

Lock the door and give the key to the

sergeant. Yes, sir.

Cheer up, Ducky.

The top brass is on your side.

My laundry ready?

Do you know what time it is?

Another long, hard day?

Yep.

How did you know where to find me? I've

got connections with the FBI.

I heard you went up to Backree. Yeah.

I met a Major Kensington up there.

I used to know him.

He's a brilliant man.

You've got some kind of a thing about

psychiatrists, haven't you? He's a very

honest man, too. If he tells you

something, you can believe it.

Yeah.

I'm sorry. You don't want to talk about

it.

Can I cook you something?

You mean girls still do the cooking?

Wow, have I been out of touch.

Aren't you married?

Nope.

Why?

Well, don't take me too literally. I was

married once.

She just got tired of chasing me around

from camp to camp. After a while, she

forgot who she was chasing.

And since then?

What do you mean since then?

Half the world is women.

Don't any of them love you?

Well, I suppose some of them do, some

don't.

Any happiness that way?

Happiness is not very high on the list

of army priorities, honey. You just take

it where you can.

Even the place doesn't make any

difference because tomorrow you're

someplace else.

Like Kaufman?

You just don't give up, do you?

Nope.

The trouble with the Winston affair,

Kate, is

that everybody's in the right.

Some people think he's insane and

shouldn't be hanged and some of them

couldn't give a hoot in hell whether

he's sane or insane.

They think that there are bigger things

at stake than Winston, that there's a

war to be won.

He's just there to be sacrificed like

anyone else.

What do you believe, Barney?

I don't know, honey. I just don't know.

Look at me, Barney.

Look at me.

I am part French, part Chinese.

Can't you imagine how much I despise the

Winstons of this world?

But I couldn't be his executioner.

Jasmine

It only comes out at night.

Yeah, Jasmine and me both.

It's very late.

Uh-huh.

On the other hand, you did offer to do

the cooking.

All right.

On the other hand, I'm hungry.

If you want to put your conscience on my

pillow,

it's all right by me.

Gentlemen Gentlemen, this briefing's

been called at your request because of

the widespread interest in the Winston

case in our respective countries. Now,

you all know the rules.

This is strictly an off-the-record

session for background use only. No

direct quotes.

You can ask a question of anyone you

like. If you get a no comment, then the

decision holds, right?

Now, it's Sunday and the bar's open and

we've all got a lot to do, so uh fire

away.

Colonel Thompson was Colonel Adams

brought into the theater specifically to

handle this case? No, he wasn't. By a

fortunate circumstance, a courageous

soldier

with a brilliant legal background was

dropped into our laps at this most

difficult time.

What chances Colonel Adams think he has

of saving Winston's life? I have no

idea.

I was assigned to defend Lieutenant

Winston and I shall do that to the best

of my ability.

Alec, what are the political issues

involved here?

No comment. This is a military trial and

there are no political issues involved.

Oh, come off it, Alec. Do be a bit more

flexible.

Let's face it. This case is a hot potato

because an American officer murdered a

British noncom. There are political

implications.

No comment.

And you may quote me.

Yes, sir. Go ahead.

On the subject of political

consequences, I think it is right to say

that this is a very broad topic for not

only the murderer, but the Sir, this is

not a forum. Now, if you have a

question, would you please ask it? I was

merely trying to explain, sir, that my

readers would ask this question.

Is there any justice apart from might?

Well, who's that question directed at?

I think possibly the gentleman for the

defense.

Justice exists only in its own right. It

exists apart from power and apart from

might. Expedience can have no part in

justice.

Thank you, sir.

Any more questions?

No? Good.

Court convenes at 900 hours tomorrow.

Press facilities in room 307. Lieutenant

Sabison will take care of you.

By the way

how's your client? I'm just on my way to

see him, Colonel. Well, you get a good

rest, Barney. See you in court tomorrow

morning.

Yes, sir.

You know, that's a good line. Expedience

can have no part in justice. Good quote.

Here it is, Colonel, all wrapped up.

Full brief and all the depositions.

Fine.

And my advice to you, gentlemen, is to

get out of here, go someplace cozy, and

get stoned.

Is Jackson out there? I haven't had my

dinner yet. You mean Sergeant Jackson?

He'll get you supper.

Winston

I have to enter a plea of not guilty

at your trial. The only case I have is

that you were not responsible for your

actions when you shot Quinn.

I was responsible. Well, there are some

people who hold that you were not.

What people?

Who have you been talking to?

Winston, I'm your counsel. You have to

trust me.

All right.

I'll trust you.

Shall I tell you why I shot Sergeant

Quinn?

Yes.

Will you believe me?

I'll believe you.

I watched him.

This was no sudden decision, Colonel. I

watched him for months. I followed him.

He never knew it.

I used to follow him up that hill

and watch him with those black witches

up there.

He was defiling the race, Colonel.

He was defiling the white race.

He wasn't fit to live in a white man's

world.

Then he come back and he starts

swaggering around and giving orders,

countermanding my orders. I was the only

officer there. I was responsible. I had

to kill him.

Will you tell this story in court,

Winston?

I kept a book and every little thing

that that man did, I wrote down in that

book. I had it in the book.

June 15th

appeared at parade in civilian shoes.

June 14th, back up the hill.

June 15th, whistling.

AND HE STOLE IT! HE STOLE MY BOOK!

NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE DONE IT!

WILL YOU SAY ALL THIS IN COURT?

What are you, mister?

Some kind of lousy [ __ ] lover? I'm your

counsel, Winston. You said you trusted

me. I DON'T TRUST ANYBODY!

YOU'RE LIKE THAT DR. CREEPY KAUFMAN.

YOU'RE ALWAYS SNIVELING AROUND.

YOU'VE GOT to trust me. Let me help you.

Big all-American boy, blue-eyed hero.

But you were talking to Kaufman, weren't

you?

What were you doing spending your time

there?

CRAWLING AROUND WITH [ __ ] LOVERS? COME

ON, WINSTON. SIT DOWN. I WON'T SIT DOWN!

[ __ ]

[ __ ]

YOU COTTON-PICKING [ __ ]

TAKE YOUR BROTHER OUT OF HERE.

Will you do that, officer? If he doesn't

you don't have to bother him. No, poor

fellow's crazy.

Okay, Colonel Thompson.

Exercise.

You're doing it to the Colonel again.

I just beat it for a while. I just beat

it, hey? Come on, get lost. That's good.

Now you get just what you deserve.

Well, I don't want to rob you guys, but

I've got 10 bucks says he'll be a full

bird Colonel the week after Winston gets

it. You really think so? Sure, it's the

old city hall handout. Have you seen

anything of Lieutenant Morris or Bender?

he's no Clarence

they went to that wasted club, sir.

standing up on his hind legs and saying

just what he's been told to say. Yes,

you could be right.

I know I'm right. I once knew Would you

mind repeating that? I said, "Look here,

wait a minute. This is Ah, Nutsy knows

what I'm saying. I was only saying that

uh you've got a lousy assignment.

As of now, Chum, so have you.

May I come in?

After a little more happiness?

I think I left a report here this

morning.

Men?

How far is it to the Sakuree Hospital?

Nearly a hundred miles. Mhm.

I'm going to have a long drive.

You are going to see Major Koffman?

Yes. Are you sure he's going to help

you?

I think I know my man.

Why now, Barney?

Why have you suddenly decided to defend

Winston?

I'm not defending Winston, Kate. I'm

defending myself.

I suppose you think it's a little late

for that.

You've been an Army man for 18 years.

You have been on the Winston case for 4

days. You haven't been doing too badly.

Well, you can take that and use it to

wrap souvenirs in. I want you to prepare

me a new brief for pleading insanity.

Yes, sir. Bender, I want you to go to

records, break in if necessary.

Get every possible word you can find on

Colonel Burton and all the other

officers on the lunacy board.

Colonel Burton will never admit

insanity, sir. No, but Koffman will.

He's up country. I know that. You want

us to contact him?

No, thank you. You mention Koffman's

name on the telephone, he'll be off to

the Philippines by morning.

I want him here in court because without

him we haven't got a case.

You bring me the brief, gentlemen, I'll

bring you the witness.

Can I help you, sir?

Where can I find the officers' quarters?

Block 34. Straight up, right, and then

left. Thank you. You're welcome.

Thanks.

Major

Koffman? Mhm.

What is it?

What are you doing here?

Hey, quiet.

I want you to come down to the trial in

the morning and give evidence for

Winston.

You've come a long way to ask a silly

question, Colonel. Hey, keep it down,

huh?

I'm not asking, Major. I'm ordering.

You can order me to appear, but you

can't order me to give the testimony you

want.

You prepared to see him hang? Hey, for

crying out loud, shut up, huh?

Look, Buster, unless you can pull rank

on me, and I'm a Lieutenant Colonel, you

just stick a pillow over your head.

Are you prepared to see him hang? Look,

I've done all that I could do. When

Burton asked me to declare Winston sane,

I refused. I didn't have to refuse.

I just couldn't sign that paper.

And what happened?

I was senior psychiatrist. Today I'm

handing out charcoal pills in the middle

of the jungle.

Now you want me to go even further. You

tell me why. Because you're a doctor.

Because you're the only man who can save

him.

Look.

The other day, Winston asked me if I

knew what this war was all about. I'm

sure he's asked you the same question.

Well,

right now,

this war is all about a man named

Winston.

It's uh it's easy to fight for the

innocent. But when you fight for the

sick, for the warped, for the lost, then

you've got justice.

It's a big word. I know it is, you know.

Bigger than my career.

Bigger than yours.

What time do you want me there?

11:00 a.m.

I've got my round to do at 7:00.

You'll make it, Major.

It's all right. I'll be there.

Thank you, Doctor.

Now, according to the diagram, That's

exhibit B, sir.

Your bed, Corporal Zimmerman, was

opposite and to the left of Staff

Sergeant Quinn's cot. Yes, sir.

And if Sergeant Quinn had made any move

at all to defend himself, you would have

seen

Yes, sir. And did he try and defend

himself?

No, sir. He didn't have a chance. Did he

reach out for his own gun? No, he

couldn't. And you were an eyewitness to

this cold-blooded killing? Yes, sir.

No further questions.

You may cross-examine, Colonel Adams.

I have no questions, sir.

Colonel Adams,

as you have elected not to make an

opening statement,

it would be improper for me to press you

on your line of defense.

However, the court has noted that so

far, four witnesses have taken the stand

without any cross-examination by defense

counsel. If it will help the court, sir,

the defense is prepared to concede that

Lieutenant Winston did shoot Staff

Sergeant Quinn in the manner described.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no need

for any further eyewitnesses. That is

for the court to decide, Colonel Adams.

What I require is that you satisfy me

that Lieutenant Winston will be provided

with an active and alert defense.

With respect to the court, sir, I claim

the right to present my defense in the

way that will most benefit the accused.

At this moment, all I intend to say is

that at the time of the murder,

Lieutenant Winston could not distinguish

right from wrong.

Corporal Zimmerman,

you have testified that you knew

Lieutenant Winston for 4 months.

Yes, sir. Yeah. In that time, did you

notice any peculiarities or

eccentricities of any kind in his

behavior?

No, sir. Nothing at all that would have

led you to suspect, even for a moment,

that Lieutenant Winston was not a

perfectly normal, rational officer?

No, sir.

Are you sure you have no questions

before I release this witness, Colonel

Adams?

Corporal Zimmerman,

what did you do in civilian life?

I moved around. Yeah. You know, there

was this bowling alley where

time in your career were you a

practicing psychiatrist.

No, no, sir.

Thank you. That's all.

I should like to draw your attention to

paragraph three here under "Civilian

Life".

I just I suggest

Yes.

Yes, Johnny.

No questions at all? Where the hell is

that defense he's supposed to put up?

How many more prosecution witnesses?

Call me again.

I'm sorry, Major. Go right ahead. Yes,

sir. I suggest that Now, you've told the

court, Colonel Burton, that when you had

heard from headquarters about the

murder, you telephoned Major Koffman and

asked him why he had admitted Lieutenant

Winston. Yes, I did. He said he was

sick. That he was in a

profound confusional and depressed

state. And then you examined Lieutenant

Winston yourself? Yes, I did. What were

the results of your examination? He was

suffering from general fatigue. He also

suffers from a nervous stomach and

athlete's foot. Apart from that, I'd say

his health was normal.

But did you find any indication at all

that Lieutenant Winston was mentally

sick? I did not. Well, having found that

Lieutenant Winston was sound of body and

mind, what did you do?

Having been advised by theater quarters

that this man should stand trial as soon

as possible,

I suggested to Major Kaufman that he be

immediately discharged from hospital and

transferred to the stockade. And was he

so discharged, Colonel Burton? He was

not. Major Kaufman refused to sign his

discharge papers. What did you do then?

I reported this to headquarters.

General Kimpton instructed me to convene

a lunacy commission and to examine

Winston.

And what were the findings of that

commission?

The commission found Lieutenant Winston

to be sane, fit, and responsible to

stand trial.

If the court pleases,

the United States Army is prepared to

rest on the evidence that has been

taken. I feel it has been proven that

the murder of Staff Sergeant Quinn, of

the Royal Army Service Corps, on the

night of August 16th at the United

States Army Corps Depot in Back Creek,

was willfully and with forethought

committed by the defendant Lieutenant

Charles Winston, while he was of sound

mind and in full possession of all of

his faculties.

You may present your witnesses, Colonel

Adams.

Colonel Adams.

The court is indeed distressed to hear

of the death

of Major Kaufman.

However, our first and only task is to

dispense justice in the trial now before

us.

The court will recess for 1 half hour.

If only we'd subpoenaed Kaufman 3 days

ago, he wouldn't have been transferred.

What's the use in saying if only? We

didn't, and he was. If only we'd

cross-examined.

Lords Bender, shut up.

Gentlemen,

the only court-martial case I ever

defended was 16 years ago when I got a

not guilty verdict for a master sergeant

accused of stealing by finding a 10-ton

truck.

So, I can honestly say I have never lost

a case yet.

Now, we're going to fight this thing

through,

and the hell with Thompson and all the

rest of them out there. Yes, sir.

Lieutenant,

I want to open up by putting you on the

witness stand. Why? I want you to tell

the court exactly as you told me why you

killed Quinn. I've already confessed to

the murder. I have nothing else to say.

I want you on that stand.

The court will rise.

I'm not getting on that stand. I don't

have to, and you can't make me.

Well, I know my rights, Colonel. What do

you think I am, some kind of a nut?

The court will come to order.

That's a joke, Colonel.

All parties to the trial who were

present when the court recessed are

again present in court.

Colonel Adams.

Try to report.

Sir,

Major Kaufman's evidence is no longer

available to us.

This is a report written by him in

respect to Lieutenant Winston. With your

permission, I would like it read into

the record. May I see that, please?

This is a carbon copy, Colonel Adams.

Have you the original?

The original has been destroyed. Well,

this is neither signed nor certified a

true copy.

As law officer, I must rule that this

document cannot be admitted as an

authentic copy of Major Kaufman's report

without proof that he was the author of

it.

Do you intend to produce that proof?

I intend to try, sir.

Call Colonel Burton.

Even if they won't accept the report as

evidence, you can put it on the record

for the information of the court. I

could put a comic book in the record if

I wanted to.

I want that report admitted as the

evidence of a qualified psychiatrist.

Colonel Burton.

Colonel Burton.

I will remind you that you are still

under oath.

Colonel Adams, you may cross-examine the

witness.

Thank you, sir.

Colonel Burton, this lunacy commission,

who were the members?

Colonel Hale, Major Frank, and myself.

Colonel Hale is some kind of a surgeon,

is he not? He is a surgeon.

And Major Frank is a dentist. Yes. And

you, sir,

before you were commissioned, you were

the resident company physician of the

Hamilton Truck Works in Detroit. Yes.

Are you a psychiatrist, sir?

Not in a formal sense. Well, in an

informal sense?

Well, I read books on the subject.

Oh, which books?

I repeat, sir,

what books?

I don't recollect the titles.

Uh-huh.

And in this general hospital of yours,

do you have a department of psychiatry?

We have a neuropsychopathic ward.

In other words, you do have a

psychiatric department.

I suppose so. You suppose so.

And how many psychiatrists are on the

staff of that department? Three, I

believe. Three, you believe. And what

you are telling the court is that none

of them was competent to sit on the

lunacy commission? That is so.

And yet, when one of them, Major

Kaufman, submitted a report to you on

Lieutenant Winston's condition, you

rejected that report?

Yes.

As I said, the report was neither

competent nor scientific. You read it

carefully.

Yes, I did. And this surgeon and this

dentist, they also read the report? I

don't know. Well, I submit that you do

know, sir. Was the report given to them?

Possibly not, as I rejected it. And so,

you, Colonel Burton, are the only man

who has read Major Kaufman's report.

I believe so. Thank you, sir.

If the court pleases, I would like this

to be stamped for

Colonel Adams. The law officer has

already ruled this document cannot be

admitted. I believe that what Colonel

Adams wishes to do is to have Colonel

Burton authenticate the report. Is that

so, Colonel? With the court's

permission.

Major Smith, do you wish to examine

this? Not at present.

Very well.

I rule that this document be admitted

into evidence as an anonymous report of

unspecified origin. It's up to the

defense to authenticate it as the work

of any particular person.

Thank you.

Colonel Burton, would you read this,

please?

You read it?

Yes.

In

45 seconds.

Is that the time you usually allow for

reports submitted to you?

Now, Colonel, would you tell the court,

please,

is this a copy of the report submitted

to you by Major Leon Kaufman?

I don't know. You don't know? Colonel,

you have sworn to the court that you

read Major Kaufman's report carefully,

and you rejected it. Must I remind you

that you were under oath?

May it please the court,

Colonel Burton is not on trial.

I object to this whole line of

questioning.

Colonel Adams will confine his questions

to the examination.

I ask you again, is this a copy of the

report submitted to you by Major

Kaufman?

No. Do you recognize any part of it as

the work of Major Kaufman?

That's impossible to say. He was in the

habit of making several drafts of his

reports. It might be an earlier draft.

Getting back to your days with the

Hamilton Truck Company, did you resign

or were you discharged?

I resigned. Were you not discharged

because you diagnosed a heart attack as

acute indigestion? Absolutely not.

All right.

We'll uh

put your civilian career to one side for

the moment.

I'm going to ask you once more about

this report, and I again remind you that

you are UNDER OATH.

I OBJECT. Colonel Adams, your constant

reminders to Colonel Burton that he is

still under oath are offensive.

You are not examining a criminal, but an

officer and a gentleman who accepts the

role of a cooperative witness.

Do you have any more questions for this

witness? Yes, sir, I do.

In that case, we will recess for lunch.

The court is recessed for 2:15 this

afternoon, at which time those persons

having business before it will appear

here again.

Well, was he ever saved by the bell?

Got a minute, sir?

Sure.

Come in, Barney.

Smoke?

Thank you.

What a luxury to be in a room without a

telephone.

Well, Barney, I made a mistake, didn't

I?

We all make mistakes, General.

What are you doing to Burton? Are you

trying to destroy that man?

Yes, I am. Why? For God's sake, why?

Because he's a liar, a cheapskate, a

coward. Because he's covered himself

with dirt and it rubs off everywhere.

He does his job.

He's required to contribute to the war

effort by running a base hospital

smoothly and efficiently. He does that.

Anyway, Burton can take care of himself.

It's you I'm thinking about, Barney.

Are you trying to throw your career out

the window? No, sir. What are you trying

to do? What are you trying to prove?

I'm trying to prove that the system

works, General.

You asked me to put on a demonstration.

I'm doing that. No man is above the law,

we know that, but no man is below it,

either. And that's what I'm proving.

Well, Barney,

you better go ahead and prove it.

For myself, I don't deal in individuals.

It's a luxury I can't afford. I'm here

to fight a war. I still say that you

don't buy victory by rigging a murder

trial. I don't know whether you do or

not, but that's your pigeon now. I'm

already on the next crisis.

You know, Barney,

I was hoping to tell you soon that you'd

been made full colonel.

Does that sound like bribery?

But it wasn't meant to be. Give my

regards to your old man when you write

to him.

I'll do that.

Well, if you will bold bugles and long

hops, inevitable as death. 207 for

I don't have any.

Good morning.

Have you just got up or did you manage

to stagger into court?

We got there.

Beer, I think. That's your two beers,

please. Well, have you rung down the

curtain on the high drama of the

courtroom? We recessed. And what's the

brilliant defense?

Self-preservation, provocation, or

didn't he know the gun was loaded? If

you must know, the brilliant defense is

insanity. Now, if you'll excuse us.

Why do English officers always use our

bar? We never use theirs.

I tried ducky. The beer's too warm.

Tell me,

are you putting Captain in the box?

Captain's dead.

Crashed up his car racing to get here.

Good.

God almighty.

So, you'll appreciate we're having a

difficult time enough without a running

commentary from you, sir.

Brilliant doctor.

Well, I hear you're making a complete

nonsense of it.

I'd like a large, cold glass of water.

Yes, sir.

Court will arise.

Court will come to order.

All parties who were present when the

court recessed are again present in

court.

I would remind the witness that he's

still under oath.

Colonel Adams.

I have no more questions for this

witness, sir.

Major Smith.

No question, sir.

Now, the witness may stand down.

If the defense rests, has the

prosecution any

The defense does not rest, sir.

I have one more witness to call.

Very well.

You swear that the evidence you shall

give in the case now in hearing shall be

the truth, the whole truth, and nothing

but the truth, so help you God? I do.

State your full name, rank,

organization, and station. John Gerald

Kensington, Major, Royal Army Medical

Corps, and the area medical officer at K

District. Be seated.

Major Kensington, what are your medical

qualifications, please, sir?

I'm a Doctor of Medicine, London

University.

I have the diploma in psychological

medicine.

I'm a fellow of the Royal College of

Physicians, and I was lecturer at Guy's

Hospital in psychopathology.

Late Whitley Fellow in psychological

medicine at London University.

I'm the author of a chapter on

psychosomatic illnesses in Taylor's

Medical Jurisprudence. Thank you, sir.

This is a report written by a medical

practitioner after an examination of

Lieutenant Winston. Would you read this,

please? I object. The defense has

introduced an unsigned, uncertified

document. There's no proof at all that

this is a report on Lieutenant Winston's

condition. The report is typed on

hospital stationery.

It is headed Lieutenant Charles Winston.

It bears his serial number. It is titled

history and prognosis. Now, what more

does the trial judge advocate want?

Colonel Adams, the law officer has

already ruled that this is an anonymous

and unspecified document. I would

suggest that defense counsel is pursuing

an unorthodox course, to say the least.

If it will help the court, I will

concede that this is an anonymous report

written about an anonymous patient. Even

if the court so wishes, a non-existent

patient.

That is in order.

The objection is overruled.

Thank you, sir.

Major Kensington,

you've read the report?

Yes.

Is there anything in this report, Major,

that is not consistent with your

diagnosis of Lieutenant Winston?

It is almost word for word what I would

have written myself.

Lieutenant Winston was the only

commissioned officer at Battery. He had

the power and the authority. But

Sergeant Quinn broke down his authority.

He undermined Lieutenant Winston. He

laughed at him and mocked him, and the

process of disintegration began.

He had an unhappy, lonely childhood.

He married a woman who terrified him.

His three sons apparently treated him

with contempt and pity.

And the only reason he joined the army

was with a pathetic attempt to impress

them.

After Pearl Harbor, he began to create a

fantasy of winning the war

single-handed.

That was when he began to degenerate

from a mere neurotic into a paranoid.

The murder of Sergeant Quinn was the

last, desperate effort of Lieutenant

Winston to defend himself with the

exercise of power.

But already at this point, he was

insane.

He was insane then, and he's insane now.

I'm sane.

I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO IS SANE.

I'M SANE, YOU LOUSY LIMEY QUACK. WELL,

TELL THEM I'M SANE. COME ON, YOU BIG

HERO LAWYER. WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

AND I DON'T CARE FOR THE LOT OF YOU.

YOU THINK YOU'RE I'M SANE?

I'M GOING TO [ __ ]

I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU, CORPORAL.

Tell them who your sister married. A

FILIPINO,

YES.

STAND UP AND TELL

TELL THEM. AND YOU, YEAH, YOU'LL GET

YOURS. YOU'LL GET YOURS. I'M GOING TO

REPORT ON HOW YOU OPERATE THERE, STINER.

I'M GOING TO DRAW MYSELF TO THE CONGRESS

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I'M

GOING TO TELL THEM.

I WATCHED THEM GO UP THAT HILL. I

WATCHED THEM. AND I KICKED THEM UP MY

FOOT. I IT. I HAD IT, MY BLACK BOOK.

THE cards

will reset.

Well, it's been an interesting old day

taking it all around.

Under the circumstances, I think I'd be

wiser to hotfoot it up the hills, don't

you?

Taking it all around.

Thanks.

It's all the same to me.

I can dream about Harley Street up in

Berkeley.

It's a lot of difference again down

here. It's rather different for you,

isn't it?

You're not just a wartime answer.

Oh,

war or peace, win or lose, it's my life.

Good luck.

I'll be right with you, Baxter.

I'm going to miss the jasmine.

Say goodbye to me.

Bonnie,

it was worth it, wasn't it?

Yes, J.D., it really was.

Just because you can't lick them, it

doesn't mean you have to join them.

They'll make out all right.