All language subtitles for Bitter Victory (1957) - BRRip-RARBG

Have some more information
as soon as I know myself, alright?

Thank you Mokrane,
11 o'clock tonight, don't forget.

- General see you now Major Brand.
- Thank you, excuse me.

- You're late Wilkins, where have you been?
- Talking to the Major.

Don't understand
it sir, doesn't seem to like me.

Well, hurry up and try and
get used to this Arab costume.

We taking a little trip, are we?

- What do I do with this lot?
- Michael, you tell him.

It's a commando operation tomorrow at 18:30.

It's to go behind the lines,
surprise the Germans at Benghazi.

- Plan all worked out?
- Not quite.

We only received final
instructions an hour ago.

- You can call on me at any time sir.
- That's good.

I know you've always wanted action, well,
you may be the man to command this operation.

It is paperwork, after all.

- You speak Arabic?
- I'm afraid I'm not very good at languages.

I left South Africa but I
never got rid of my accent.

I know that your knowledge
of German will help anyway.

It's a great opportunity to show what you
can do and a chance of quick promotion too.

- We let you know later tonight, say 10:00.
- Thank you sir.

Hello Leith.

I thought the fan should cool the Colonel's
head and not the flies on the ceiling.

Yes, of course.

- It's not coming out Jimmy?
- Yes, thank you Mike.

- Major Brand sir.
- Yes?

It's your wife sir.

- What's happened?
- Nothing is happened sir, she's here.

Here?

Yes sir, she landed
in Heliopolis an hour ago.

- Where she now?
- She's waiting at your hotel sir.

Thank you.

- Will you have a cigarette?
- No, no. No, thank you sir.

- Well?
- Very difficult operation.

- But you think it's got a chance?
- One in a million.

- Does that mean you're against it?
- Of course not.

You do know Benghazi well, don't you?

Yes, I spent 2 years in Libya before the war.

But you were on archaeological work
then, weren't you? Andover's expedition.

No, that was in India sir, it was
more fashionable in those days.

Indeed.

- Do you speak Arabic?
- Yes sir.

- German?
- No sir.

- You considering me for this operation sir?
- We'll let you know that in good time.

Very well sir, I'm not a regular
officer like Major Brand, I'm a volunteer.

- Good night sir.
- Good night.

- Good night Michael.
- Good night Jimmy.

I want it.

- Did you tell him about Brand?
- No sir, he saw him outside.

I told you he's no fool,
he caught on right away.

No fool, you didn't tell
me he was hardly civilized.

He knows the desert sir, he's lived with
the people, he speaks their language.

Brand is got over 15 years' service and
he'll know all about those documents.

You don't think he's been
behind a desk for too long sir?

- Commander trained.
- So is Leith.

- Leith hasn't been in the battle.
- Neither is Brand.

I can't be expected to find the right
man for this at 20 minutes' notice.

Anyway, Brand will have
more authority over the men.

Leith's, he...

He's an intellectual and besides, he's Welsh.

It's MO4's idea sir.

They're going to surprise
Benghazi with 200 men...

let the prisoners out of the
cage, we've got 10,000 there.

Then bring the navy over from Malta and...

MI5 says there aren't any POW cages in
Benghazi, they're all 200 miles to the south.

Hello Leith, come on.
I want you to meet my wife.

- Jane, this is Capt. Leith.
- Hello.

- Won't you sit down please?
- Thank you.

You've been top-secret Mrs. Brand,
your husband hasn't spoken a word about you.

- How long?
- It's almost as old as the war.

That's quite old.

- We all have short memories nowadays.
- Maybe it's for the best.

What it'll be?

- Whiskey please.
- Two.

Mixing drinks Jane? Three whiskeys.

I wonder why people have short memories.

Do they forget what they want
to forget or don't they care?

- What do you think?
- They don't care.

Haven't you ever cared deeply about anything?

- Yes.
- What was it?

- Jane, careless talk costs lives.
- So does careless silence.

Well, isn't top secret.

I cared once.

- It happened before the war.
- Yes?

The first time I went to Libya,
helping to excavate a Roman city.

I've never cared about anything much since.

What about the war?

That's something you
have to survive like a, like love.

Is that what you told Gen. Paterson tonight?

Oh yes...

but he didn't agree, apparently he has
some elaborate plan to prevent my survival.

- They're considering you too?
- What you two talking about?

This is top-secret, so we
better have a little careful silence.

- To us Jane.
- To us.

Oh, good Lord, I forgot.

I'll take you back
to the hotel, won't be long.

- Well then, I can wait for you here.
- I'll look after her Brand.

Alright.

An officer can't keep GHQ waiting to
know how many camels were born this week.

See you later dear.

You don't understand, here.

- To your marriage Jane.
- Thank you Jimmy.

Friday, August 25, 1939.

3 o'clock in front of the
British Museum, like every Friday.

You never came.

I waited an hour and
then I telephoned, no answer.

I've never had an answer.

I had to go back to
Libya, you knew I had to go.

Why did you have to do it that way
Jimmy? Why did you have to run away?

Because I was afraid of you.

- If I'd stayed...
- If you stayed?

Jimmy, why didn't you stay?

So you married a major?

- So I married a major.
- Why?

I love him.

- David didn't run away, he isn't a coward.
- All men are cowards.

In some things.

Let's dance.

Yes, looks like may be just what we want.
When do they expect to have it in service?

- October sir.
- Fine.

- Excuse me, will you?
- Certainly sir.

- Excuse me sir, may I have a moment?
- Of course, what is it?

I just wanted to explain sir, in case
you thought I wasn't eager for action.

Dear fellow, I never
had the slightest doubt about it.

Go on, fall out. I'll probably see you later.

Thank you sir.

- Did you cure the General's insomnia?
- Beg your pardon?

By setting him right on
the birth rate of camels.

No time for jokes Leith.

Your permission to leave sir.

- Good night sir, good night Mrs. Brand.
- Good night.

Anything the matter?

Want to go home?

Sorry about...

- Sorry about what?
- Leith, no manners at all, famous for it.

- But I suppose one must make allowances.
- Yes.

Always.

Did you object to the way he invited
himself over tonight? Did you mind?

- But you invited him.
- No, next corner, here.

So you didn't mind? I thought so.

- You didn't dance with me.
- But, David, you didn't ask me to.

You never gave me a chance, the
moment he sat down, you ignored me.

But aren't you being a little silly David?

I thought he was your
friend, I was only being polite.

Polite? You call that polite?

You never took your eyes off him.

The way he held you
when you danced, I saw you.

- Oh, but Jimmy...
- Jimmy? You call him Jimmy?

- Please David, you're hurting me.
- How you know he's called Jimmy?

- Well, I heard you call him that.
- It's not true.

I've never called him anything but Leith.

If you knew just how much I needed you.
And now, the first night you are here...

Stop it David, you're hurting me.

- Is not bad, eh?
- I can't take me eyes off her.

- Hey Frenchie.
- How do you say chick in Fran�ais?

I'm sorry Jane, I
didn't care so much, I wouldn't...

I can't help being jealous.

- It's alright David.
- Let's go home.

- You want something?
- The General wants to see you.

Already?

I'm sorry darling, I'll
be back as soon as possible.

- What is it David?
- Can't tell you now.

- A little walk in the desert.
- You shouldn't joke about it Leith.

- Especially when you're staying behind.
- I'm not so sure that I am.

Goodbye.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Mokrane.

I am very happy to
see you sir, it has been long time.

- Will be very good to work with you again.
- Thank you sir, so am I.

Very good Mokrane, very
lucky to have him with us.

- You seem to know him pretty well.
- Yes, I met him first about five years ago.

First time I went to
Libya, we worked together.

- Loyal?
- A friend.

- Michael?
- Sir.

- Start the briefing right away, will you?
- Very good sir.

I want to see you two, come on.

Alright gentlemen, I've decided
you're both indispensable.

So you're both going.

Major Brand will be in command of course.

John Barton, in my opinion is the
best young commando officer we've got...

will also be with you, these are your orders.

I need not remind you that you'll be
entirely responsible for the lives of 30 men.

- They're all expendable.
- All of us?

We don't expect you to do
anything inhuman of course.

But we need those documents from
Benghazi, we need them here, right away.

Understand sir.

- Alright then.
- Thank you sir.

Two planes will drop you in the desert,
three hours' march from German HQ Benghazi.

Sgt. Evans of the Camel Corp will meet you
with your gear and proceed to rendezvous.

At 23:05 Major Brand will lead his attack.

At the same time Mr. Barton will put in
his diversionary attack from the north.

Barton, will you show me on the model the
point from which you'll make your attack?

- From this direction sir.
- Good.

Now remember, if Major Brand is to
succeed you must hold out for 20 minutes.

- Yes sir.
- Now carry on.

After the two groups have
accomplished their missions...

they will rendezvous
24 hours later Bir El Sidi.

They will then proceed to Crown City...

where Sgt. Evans will be waiting
with the camels to bring you back.

Will be a four days ride.

Wilkins, tomorrow night at
23 o'clock where exactly will you be?

- Right here sir.
- Good.

Any questions?

What happens sir if the camels don't arrive?

- We walk it.
- What? With my feet?

- You'll have to carry me on your back sir.
- Anything else?

Alright, fall out.

And get some rest, it may be a long journey.

- Good night sir.
- Good night.

- Good night David.
- Good night sir.

Good night.

Sorry fellas, you can't go out tonight.

These are my orders.

- I've got a date tonight.
- I got to get out of here.

I'm sorry fellas.

- Yeah, whose orders are they then?
- Orders of Major Brand Wilkins.

Ah, it seems our Maj. Brand
doesn't like me personally.

- He likes discipline though.
- Yeah.

The only thing he ever
slept with is the book of rules.

- Major Brand please.
- Who are you. Please ma'am?

I'm the book of rules.

- Is true you're going?
- Yes.

When?

- In a few hours.
- How long will it last?

- The survivors should be back in a week.
- Survivors?

Your husband is still here.

I don't want to see him yet.

- Yeah?
- It's all so mixed up.

A year ago, I joined up to be with David.

What he doesn't come back?

Then he and I and you will
become a part of history.

- Of its futility.
- Don't talk to me in riddles Jimmy.

It's a long time since I was in Libya.

The Romans built wonderful
cities in Libya, you know.

Dead bones sticking out of the sand.

War rolled over them.

- Be good to see them again.
- You always seem to prefer stones to people.

- You learn things from stones.
- What?

All that people have
forgotten in the centuries and...

I seem to remember that I
was less than a stone to you.

I loved you Jimmy.

- Better go in, there isn't much time.
- What can I say to him?

Tell him all the things women have always
said to their men before they go to the war.

Tell him he's a hero,
tell him he's a good man.

Tell him you'll be waiting
for him when he comes back.

Tell him he'll be making history.

Sgt. Evans sir Mr.Barton's
plane arrived an hour ago.

- Very well, camels alright?
- Pretty healthy sir.

We're relying on you Sergeant,
they can't pick us up by plane.

If you're not at Crown
City with those camels...

Don't worry, we'll get you back alright.

- Here's your Arab clothing.
- Thank you Sergeant.

Your gear and provisions, you
will find at map reference 278225.

That's at the head of the wadi, the
riverbed, 27 kilometers due east of Benghazi.

Alright.

- I'll have a man watching for you sir.
- Thank you.

Synchronize watches.

What you waiting for?

Barton, he's early.

No sir, we're late.

Hey Wilkie, your baby.

Hello there.

Give us a touch lovely.

- Hurry it up Wilkins.
- Can't rush it sir, skilled labor.

Lucky I'm not charging you overtime.

Here she comes.

- Wilkie is won the war.
- So crime doesn't pay, hey?

Alright, start loading.

Assemble the others Leith, I've got them.

Alright, everybody out.

I'll wear your hat for you mate.

Glad to see you sir Mr.Barton left a few
minutes ago, he's just ahead at rendezvous..

- Was he alright?
- He seemed to be alright sir.

With your permission,
sir, I'll rejoin my group.

- Thanks.
- Thank you sir.

- I wanted to ask you something Leith.
- Go ahead.

- Why did you take over with the sentry?
- I've been wondering when you'd ask me that.

You have? What was the matter?

- Couldn't you stand the tension?
- Couldn't you?

Is that what you're going
to tell at headquarters?

- What?
- That I failed?

What happened tonight has nothing
to do with me, that's between you...

and you.

Are you insinuating that
I was afraid? Well, I wasn't.

Stout fellow, I was.

Alright.

- Let's move on.
- You're Ok sir.

Please yourself.

There's Barton.

Leave the documents.

Good work Barton.

We got here a few minutes before you did.

Jerries didn't see us, we saw
them, so we opened up on them.

You know what the instructions were.

We'll have all the patrols
in the desert on our tails.

We could have taken care of ourselves.

I'm sure you could've but we got
the radio truck with our first grenade.

Personally, I think you
lost your head, who's that?

You hang on there
Browning, you'll be alright.

Just my horrible luck.

The man in charge of the
documents. Good work Barton.

- Just the man to help you sort them out sir.
- Our patrols will sort you out.

Seems a bit sulky, doesn't he sir?

And he's probably right about the patrols.

Colonel, you come with me.

Capt. Leith, we have to go on.
You stay behind with the wounded.

Casualty report sir.

We lost Perkins and Hunter.
Robert is very badly wounded sir.

Browning got a small
chunk taken out of his leg.

The Germans?

They're all dead sir, except the
Colonel here and one badly wounded.

- Thank you Sergeant.
- Sir.

Yes.

Yes, what?

- I'll stay.
- Then take the men you need.

Wilkns, Sgt. Dunnigan...

- you'll stay with Capt. Leith.
- Sir.

With your knowledge of the desert you should
be able to overtake us before tomorrow night.

- Barton, fall in the men.
- Yes sir.

What are we going to do
about the two wounded men sir?

Maybe we could rig
up a stretcher of some sort.

No, they bleed to death in an hour.

Anything I can do for you?
You'd you like a cigarette?

Easy, easy, try to take it easy.

What you going to do guv? Knock them off?

I'm the one for that job,
you know, they're no good to you.

Stand in your way, there's no profit in it.

- Why don't you let me do it for you?
- Follow the others.

I'd like to stay here with you sir, if I may.

- Follow the others.
- Sir.

- Alright Jackie, I'll take that.
- I can manage.

- Come on, give it to me.
- Thanks Sergeant.

I get along with you.

- I still don't get it.
- What?

- Not waiting for Leith.
- Maybe he's trying to lose him.

Maybe not, training for the postwar Olympics.

I wonder when that'll be.

We were so happy before the war.

Help.

Help me.

No.

Hurry up.

Any family?

Don't drag things out.

Do what you've got to do.

But be quick about it.

You're brave man.

Oh, damn you.

Let me down, damn it, you're hurting me.
You coward, leave me alone.

I've been watching you my friend.

He's dead.

I kill the living and I save the dead.

It's written for everyone
to die, it makes no difference.

Yes, except for that little
matter of when and for what.

German.

- Alright, Browning, let's have a look at it.
- Don't hurt much.

This is not a break.

We have to reach the
camels as soon as possible.

- If we don't make an effort...
- This little piggy went to Benghazi...

and this little piggy stayed
home, you sensible fella.

And this little piggy had roast Jerry.

Wilkins, don't you want to reach the camels?

It's not me sir, it's them.

Get up.

I don't think we can go on
sir, the men are worn out.

It's none of your business Bob, get up.

Ask me nicely Major.

Death for death,
I'll take this one, it's quicker.

- He's right off his rocker.
- He's gone barmy, nutty as a fruitcake.

Who is? Wilkins or the Major?

- Jimmy and Jane, Jane and Jimmy.
- Who's Jane and Jimmy?

Jane and Jimmy Jimmy and Jane.

Take a break.

Alright, let's take a look at that leg now.

Hadn't we better make
sure that Wilkins is alright?

- He'll come out of it.
- More than we will, he always does.

Alright, come on.

- Up here sir.
- Fall in the men.

Yes sir, come on men, let's get moving.

- Sergeant.
- Yes?

- Why do they call it Crown City?
- It looks like a crown.

- Does it?
- Yes, why, it goes in and out.

Tents and things.

- Can't you see that?
- No.

- No, it looks like Piccadilly Circus.
- Yeah, if the camels are there.

- Tired Sergeant?
- I'll be alright for another five days sir.

Soon as I get my tablespoonful full of water.

I'm glad someone isn't thirsty.

Evans.

- Evans sir.
- Where are the camels?

Mokrane.

Captain Leith.

It's Mokrane and Capt. Leith sir.

What happened to you?

I had to hide from a German plane
after you left, when that had gone...

you'd gone.

Mokrane knows the desert.

- Without him I'd probably be dead too.
- Too?

- The wounded you left me to kill.
- I left you to save them.

- One man to save three?
- You should've waited.

- Barton.
- Sir?

- Detail a party to bury those men.
- Sir.

- Sergeant.
- Yes sir?

- Get up a burial party, will you?
- Yes sir.

- Spicer Anderson, over here.
- You broke the rules.

- I know.
- It's inhuman.

- War is inhuman.
- No good trying to shift the responsibility.

What else have you been doing all this week?

I have my orders.

What were your orders about
attacking the sentry in Benghazi?

I've been in the army for 13 years.

I still find it very difficult
to kill a man in cold blood.

But not to arrange for him to die by himself.

You said the wounded hadn't a chance.

Without Mokrane, I didn't have a chance.

You're imagining things.

That's exactly what I mean.

- What?
- You're running away again.

And you are running into a court-martial.

Capt. Leith, if you've any complaints
against me, we'll take them up in Cairo.

I suppose there was nothing else
to do, about the wounded I mean.

I broke the rules, what would you've done?

I don't know, I don't
know enough to break the rules.

You're lucky.

- How many others?
- The entire party.

- Evans too, I suppose?
- Yes sir.

- Camels?
- No sign of them.

I see.

- Any trouble with Lutze?
- Not so far sir.

- This must've been quite a city.
- I can't make it out.

Berber I think, 10th century. Built I suppose
to protect themselves from Arab invasions.

I'm not very good in
this period too modern for me.

Without camels, how long do you think
it will take us to reach headquarters?

Hadn't thought about it.

Blimey, the camels are here.
What about that bloke Mokrane then? Come on.

- The camels are coming, hooray, hooray.
- Hooray, let's go.

This is it.

- You couldn't find any more?
- He says he's found only one.

- Load the documents on him.
- Yes sir.

Come on.

Leith, as soon as the burial detail is
completed, will you fall in the men?

- We'll move out.
- Alright.

He's got some.

- Wait, it may be poisoned.
- Cheerful Charlie.Wait.

I don't mind a bit of arsenic in mine.

Get back Wilkins, Mokrane
knows his desert, get back.,

Yes, he knows his Jerries too, it's
an old German trick, poisoning wells.

How about letting him
take the first drink sir?

We do not poison wells.

Then it will be alright
to drink this, won't it?

You'll take a Crown City
cocktail with us, won't you?

- With or without a cherry Jerry?
- I tell you, we do not poison wells.

Who is poisoning wells?

Mokrane is afraid the Germans
may have poisoned the well sir.

So, suddenly nobody is thirsty anymore.

This water is not poisoned.

It's too soon to tell yet.

Come and get it.

Are you disappointed Jimmy?

Would you be happier if the
poison were burning out my guts?

Why did you drink the water Brand?

Was it to make yourself a
hero in front of the German?

We may be missing an officer.

Drink sir?

Thank you, no.

Alright, fall in, get underway.

What's so funny?

- Courage.
- What about it?

It's odd that you had the
courage to drink that water...

but you didn't have the
courage to kill the sentry...

and you don't have the courage to kill me.

- Why should I want to kill you?
- Because I...

I saw the truth of you.

- I wasn't afraid.
- Yes, you were.

You were afraid to go
and kill with your bare hands.

That's what makes a soldier
and destroys you as a man.

War is not murder.

Brand, you're wonderful.

You have the Christian decency
that forbids killing a dying man...

but approves the work of the sharpshooter.

Well, war is killing.

Better and better.

So the fine line between
war and murder is distance.

Anybody can kill at a distance.

With the same sort of courage
that a man shoots rabbits.

When it comes to the dirty work,
you have to call in the civilian.

What are you trying to say?

That I despise you for the
professional coward that you are.

You left me in the desert so there
wouldn't be any witnesses left...

to the real Major Brand, didn't you?

Therefore my death becomes essential to you.

I'm a kind of mirror of your own weakness.

And it's unbearable, isn't it?

Are you trying to goad me into killing you?

Perhaps.

Why?

Perhaps because I haven't
the courage to do it myself.

Nice work, eh Brand? Approved
killing from an approved distance.

They were the Arabs you saw at
the waterhole with the Jerry.

Weren't they sir?

- Of course they were.
- You sure?

- What's the matter sir?
- Scorpion, kill it, kill it.

- Look at his leg.
- It's alright.

- Where's the kit?
- Yes sir, right here.

Here, drink.

Here.

- Blimey, a gent with guts.
- Knock it off.

- There's nothing in the kit for this?
- It wasn't foreseen in regulations.

It may help you sir, if it gets any worse,
we can always put you on the camel.

Then who'll carry the
water and the documents, eh?

Exactly.

Mokrane.

You want to kill me too?

Ammonia, I should've thought of that. Finest
medicine chest in the desert is a camel.

- It could save him sir.
- You call that saving?

Pity about the camel.
Might've saved one of us, mightn't it Major?

Now we have to go on.

Divide the water and the
documents among yourselves.

Yes sir, come on.

- Barton, fall in the men.
- Yes sir.

Come on men, fall in.

- I'll give you a hand.
- Alright.

- Here you are Barney.
- It's fine.

- Come on, alright sir.
- I've got him.

Wilkins and I look after him sir.

There's alright.

- Captain isn't look too good, does he?
- No, he doesn't, poor devil.

- Everything alright?
- Yeah.

- Don't see anything?
- No.

- Keep your eyes open.
- Yeah.

- I could do with some sleep.
- Aye, so could I.

Major Brand?

- Mokrane? What's the matter?
- I'm going to kill you.

I know you saw the...

He tried to kill me.

Is it that easy to kill?

I'm afraid Capt. Leith is pretty bad sir.

- Can he walk?
- I don't think so.

Barney is afraid it's gangrene.

If we left him half our water.

He has a gun.

To shoot himself with?
When he runs out of water?

This is from my orders...

You must not be captured by the enemy.

If it endangers your mission, you
are not obliged to save the wounded.

- But that's, that's not war sir.
- Isn't it?

- I'll stay with Capt. Leith sir.
- No.

I can't spare you.

I'm sorry James...

but I hoped you would feel more fit today.

Prepare to move Sergeant.

Yes sir.

- Is there anything I can do for you sir?
- Take over Mr. Barton, get the men started.

I have to talk to Capt. Leith.

- But sir I, I...
- Take over Mr. Barton.

We're all murderers now, aren't we?

- Welcome to the club.
- Don't be a fool Leith.

- I want to get you out of this if I can.
- So I see.

I wonder if you have the
courage to finish me off now.

- You said you wanted to die.
- Did I?

Whatever I did, you drove me to it
with your insinuations about Jane.

Your insinuations, not mine.

You're not the sort of man
Brand, who'd, who'd kill for his woman.

But you'd...

murder to stop her from finding out
that you're a coward, wouldn't you?

Brand, the returning hero.

The stuffed dummy with...

the medal on his chest
and all the witnesses dead.

Mokrane dead, Leith.

My veins full of poison.

You're, you're not a man Brand.

You're an empty uniform...

starched by authority so that it...

that it can stand up by itself.

- But I'm standing.
- Yes.

You're right.

You know Brand, for the first time...

I almost have some respect for you.

You better go now, you'll miss the column.

There anyone to notify?

Mrs. Brand.

- Any message?
- Tell her she was right and I was wrong.

And ask her to forgive me.

Now, if you haven't
got the courage to kill me...

don't try to save me.

Stop, you'll walk your death.

Don't you try to save me.

I contradict myself.

I always contradict myself.

Dig in.

Can we hold out?
How much longer will it last?

Ghibli can blow 24 hours sir or minutes.

Leith and Brand, we got to get back to them.

We can't sir, unless this lifts.

The ghibli must've killed him.

Wilkins, here, take this.

There they are.

Lucky lads.

- Barton Barney, come on.
- Sir.

What's the matter? What happened?

Should've never left that Jerry alone sir.

So, you think it's funny?

Sir.

Oh Mrs. Brand, I'm glad you're
here, just had some news.

Eight men and two officers
are on their way back.

Which officers?

- I beg your pardon?
- Which officers?

- We don't know yet, I'm afraid.
- Michael.

Coming, excuse me, the
General is waiting for me.

Hey, the group from Benghazi.

Hello Brand, I'm glad to see you got back.

Will you bring your stuff
into the office right away?

The General is waiting for your report.

David, I'm glad to see you back.
Well done. Splendid, splendid show.

- Start on these right away, will you?
- Yes sir.

I hope what we've brought
back is of some help sir.

So do I.

May I ask your permission
to leave for a few minutes sir?

What?

Oh yes, yes of course, don't go away though.

- I want to see the men with you.
- Thank you sir.

It's good to have
you home dear, proud of you.

I suppose you'd like to
know what happened to Leith.

Yes.

The men think I killed him.

Did you?

I wanted to save him but it was too late.

Anything else?

Just before the ghibli
struck us, he was saying...

Tell Jane...

And then the wind drowned him out.

I suppose he would've
said, tell Jane I love her.

Those would've been my last words too.

Where is the hero of Benghazi?

Here comes the old man.

- Attention.
- First, may I congratulate you? All of you.

From what I've seen
of the stuff you brought back...

I think I can assure you that Gen.
Rommel is shortly going to find himself...

in a very delicate situation.

And I have the authority and pleasure...

to award to the man who
led you Major David Brand...

the Distinguished Service Order.

Those who did not come back...

when I write to their families I will do my
best to tell them exactly what happened.

May I say how proud I am to have you
all under my command for this operation?

It's all I think, fall out, get some rest.