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(male narrator) In 1972, a crack commando unit...

was sent to prison by a military court...

for a crime they didn't commit.

These men promptly escaped...

from a maximum-security stockade...

to the Los Angeles underground.

Today, still wanted by the government...

they survive as soldiers of fortune.

If you have a problem, if no one else can help...

and if you can find them...

maybe you can hire the A-Team.

[gun firing]

[people chattering]

[grunts]

Can't I at least go out for some air?

You will do what is good for you.

And that is to obey me.

How much longer do you think you can keep me prisoner?

Until I hear from your father.

I'm going to tell him what I've been through and then you'll be sorry!

Drop it.

Put your hands in the air. Now!

All right, come on over here.

Come on, come on.

[gun rattling]

[door closing]

Hi, I'm Hannibal Smith.

I guess you're my prisoner.

What about the perimeter guard?

[door thudding open]

[guards grunting]

Knock, knock. Who's there?

Us. Us who?

Us who gonna knock you out, fool.

Now, uh, this is the perimeter guard here, huh?

(Jabar) You have violated the house of Sheik Kamal Fahd.

Do not think you can get away with this without retaliation.

(Hannibal) I don't think he'll do too much...

seeing he's the one who hired us to break in here in the first place.

Ah, Your Excellency.

Papa!

Salina.

Salina.

Explain to me, Your Excellency, about this whole thing.

Who are these men?

I'm Hannibal Smith...

this is Templeton Peck, Faceman.

"B.A." Baracus and "Howling Mad" Murdock.

At present running under a nom de guerre.

But you can call me Pasadena Murdock.

Make more sense to call you "fool."

But "fool" doesn't have that nice ring to it.

What's this?

He's an adventurer. Forging new frontiers.

No kidding?

These men are the A-Team.

I thought we decided that my men and I were to control security.

You failed the test.

So, since they overtook your guard...

I'm putting them in charge.

[sighs]

Yes, yes, of course, but--

But, but, but.

I think this situation describes itself, Jabar.

Oh, Papa, I was so worried about you.

(Salina) I had no idea where you were.

(Fahd) Salina, I had a very interesting time in America...

looking for the A-Team.

I assume you men want to get acquainted...

with the security measures we have taken...

to secure the princess's safe trip to her wedding tomorrow to Prince Hassan.

Sure. I've got some too.

You show me yours, I'll show you mine.

And then, he sent me to this one-armed juggler at some amusement....

Kamal!

Fatima.

I was so worried about you, all the gunfire.

I was worried that something happened to Salina.

Hopefully, nothing will happen now.

I brought some friends back with me.

I have missed you.

And I you.

But Salina and I have been keeping each other company.

Haven't we?

Please, Father, tell me about your trip.

I want to hear everything.

I've been cooped up here for days.

Oh, yes, yes, yes. I understand, Salina.

But I am doing all this for you.

So you will safely wed on Friday.

I have missed you too, Kamal.

I will see you as soon as Salina and I...

spend some time together.

All right.

I've waited this long.

I suppose I can occupy myself awhile longer.

(Face) Thirty-five, twenty-three...

thirty-four.

5'6".

Mmm, long-waisted.

You have a very good eye.

Mmm, years of experience.

Why not just put a machine gun in my arms as I walk down the aisle?

Actually, a small caliber revolver would fit in the dress.

That was a joke.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm just so....

I always thought my wedding would be a happy occasion.

This is crazy.

I just fell in love.

Now it's all a big political thing.

I'm afraid when your father's the head of a country, that's the way it is.

Now, we've been hired...

to deliver you safely to your wedding...

and that's exactly what we're going to do.

Look, have you ever...

considered putting the wedding off for a while?

You know, until things cool down.

Take it from me, marriage is a big step.

It's not something you should just jump into.

You don't know how important this wedding is.

I'm marrying a prince from a country...

that for years has had bad relations with my father's country.

This wedding could bring stabilization to the area.

I love Hassan very much.

And because of it, people want to hurt me.

This whole thing is just such a pain.

That's strange lingo for a princess.

Oh, Tammy used to say that all the time.

Tammy?

She used to be my roommate at Vassar.

And I can't think of a better way to describe the situation.

[chuckles]

It is preposterous...

to dress her as one of your own men.

Well, I'm open to suggestions.

I would think after what happened here today...

you'd be open to suggestions, too.

I have already laid out my security measures to you.

Yeah, and they're not bad.

Which is why, if they're gonna kidnap Salina...

or try to...

they'll try at the airport.

It's the place with the greatest security risk.

Now what objection could you possibly have...

to an additional precaution?

Nothing is wrong with what you propose.

I let my emotions cloud my judgment.

I'm at fault.

To disguise Salina as one of the security team...

is very good.

I think it'll work.

I stay on the ground, right?

At the last minute...

Murdock will change places with the pilot.

And I stay on the ground, right?

B.A., you can hide in one of those power generators under the plane, if you want to.

And it stays on the ground, right?

More or less.

Hey, man, I ain't gettin' in no airplane, and that's it.

(Kalem) They will be taking the girl to the plane...

as a member of the new security team.

I want men stationed here, here and here.

Ignore the limousine...

it will have dummy passengers.

I do not wish to waste manpower.

You have the maintenance uniforms?

Yes, that has been taken care of.

The uniforms will allow us to get close to the plane.

They will be expecting an attack on the limousine.

Instead, we will rush the jeep and pull Salina from it.

Our rebel army cannot hold out against...

the combined nations of Sheik Fahd and Prince Hassan.

We must prevent the marriage from taking place.

What about these Americans?

They are supposed to be the best.

I do not worry about men who are supposed to be the best...

because I am the best.

Or perhaps you doubt that?

I do not doubt, I just--

No, no, no, let us speak of doubt now.

Tell me how you doubt me.

(Face) Twenty-six hours ago...

I was sitting at this great little club...

with the most beautiful blonde you've ever seen.

Now, I'm about to chauffeur a spoiled heiress...

to some sandlot of a country...

so she can marry some guy with a towel wrapped around his head.

You--you beginning to sound just like him, like B.A.

I mean, he finds every assignment as dangerous and problematic.

And look at all the fantastic characters that we meet.

Yes.

Yeah, like deranged mobsters and cold-blooded murderers.

(Murdock) It's that element of...

never knowing what we up against that excites me so much.

Although it does eat into my schedule from time to time.

They're pretty tough at the hospital around mealtime.

Ready, B.A.?

Let's go.

Okay, let's everybody set their watches.

I have, uh, 13:21.

We're all gonna be together.

But you gotta set your watches. Everybody's got to set their watches.

But we're all gonna be together.

But you gotta set your watches.

I mean, look, we are four adventurous men...

standing around a jeep...

once again setting out to forge new frontiers...

and to discover new and wondrous things.

I'm gonna forge new and wondrous things upside your head...

if you try to get me on the airplane.

(Kalem) There goes the pilot...

but there is no sign of the A-Team.

Here they come.

If they're gonna hit us, now's the time.

Drop your weapons or the girl is dead.

(Hannibal) Now, B.A. Blow it.

(Jabar) Pin the rebels down so they do not damage the aircraft.

[guns firing]

Let's get on!

No, I ain't gettin' on no plane!

Okay, whatever you say!

[guns firing]

[guns continue firing]

All right, everybody, take your seats! I'm taking off!

[guns firing]

Come on, baby.

(Senbet) Let's go!

(Kalem) The plane is gone. Let's get out of here.

Climb, baby, climb.

(Murdock) You don't seem to understand English.

How about Japanese?

[Murdock mimicking Japanese]

Yeah. Yeah, that's it. You responded to that.

[mimicking Japanese]

B.A.?

What happened to him?

He's always like that when he's on an airplane.

I don't understand.

Hannibal, how did they know she wasn't in the limo?

An inside man. We got a security leak for sure.

[metallic rattling]

[instruments beeping]

I think we're out of fuel.

How can we be out of fuel?

We've only been in the air five minutes.

Well, the tanks were full this morning. I think we must've taken a bullet.

That wouldn't explain why it reads "full" in the gauge.

Can you put it down?

Yeah, I think it's gonna do that on its own.

[instruments continue beeping]

We've lost an engine, right?

On the nose.

One of these days, you're gonna give me a fear of flying, Murdock.

It's all right, I think I can put her down on that open field there.

Or put her down in that valley.

Or right over on top of that mountain.

Or maybe in that tree.

Think-- You think you can? What does that mean?

Oh, don't let it bother you, Faceman.

No sweat.

And where's your sense of adventure, boy?

Mayday, Mayday. This is, uh....

Uh, uh....

2-0-4-4 Alpha.

2-0-4-4 Alpha.

We've lost power. We're going in.

(B.A.) Hannibal, I'm on a plane!

Buckle up, boy. Buckle up.

No airbags in this baby!

[crashing]

(B.A.) Hannibal, I'm on a plane!

I'm in a plane and we crashed!

You crashed me, you fool!

(Murdock) I did not crash this plane.

We simply landed without the customary accompaniment...

of forward thrust or lift.

(B.A.) You crashed this plane with me in it!

Don't be so cocky!

I could've crashed this plane with or without you aboard.

This isn't exactly the way I wanted to spend the day before my wedding.

This isn't exactly the way I want to spend the day before anything.

You did radio our position...

so help is on the way, yes?

No, I did not radio our position.

We've got a security leak, remember?

I called Jabar on the radio and told him we're all alive.

(B.A.) Come back here and untie me!

Not for long.

What about my father? Something could happen to him.

No, they're after you.

Let's get our backpacks and get going.

May I remind you that you are being paid to protect me?

Which does not look like a job you are exactly doing very well.

Got a light?

(B.A.) Hannibal, you're going to look worse than this plane...

if you don't let me out of here.

Well, it's time to let B.A. out.

This I'm gonna love.

(B.A.) Pretty soon, I'm gonna be really mad, Hannibal.

[groans]

I think I'd rather sit naked with a king cobra than let him out of that plane.

Face, relax.

Once I explain to him...

the circumstances under which he got aboard the plane...

he's going to be very understanding.

You don't really believe that, do you?

Of course not.

(B.A.) That's it, Hannibal. Now I'm really mad.

Let me loose. I'm gonna get even with you.

Now, just take it easy, B.A.

(B.A.) Take it easy?

I'm going to hit you so hard, I'm going to knock you into next week.

(Hannibal) Now let me get these ropes off...

so we can talk.

And what I suggest is if I....

[Hannibal whispering] (B.A.) I don't know about that.

I don't think it's going very well.

(B.A.) All right. All right.

[B.A. chuckling]

Hi--hi--hi, how you doing there, B.A.?

[chuckling]

I hate it when he's in too good a mood.

B.A., we're going to need that radio, pronto.

I'll get some tools.

This is gonna be fun.

[giggling]

Did you see that, Hannibal? Did you see that smirk?

I mean, he's smiling and everything.

That's what we wanted, isn't it?

I don't like it when he smiles.

It means he's got some kind of a-- of an ugly plan up his sleeve.

You know? Now just--just what exactly did you tell him in there?

Well, I simply told him that if he'd get the radio out of the plane...

make it portable...

and show a little decorum for the rest of the mission...

I'd, um, let him get even with us.

You did what?

Well, it was the only thing he seemed to warm up to.

Yeah, I bet he did.

*[B.A. whistling]

Now, he's whistling and everything.

Well, Pasadena...

looks like you might have to...

trade in that beautiful felt fedora for a marble slab.

What is this "you" business, kemosabe?

B.A. is my buddy, he's my friend, he's my pal.

We've been through everything together.

Lone Ranger and Tonto, Batman and Robin--

Pinocchio and the whale.

Right.

Stay close, Pasadena.

You and me.

[chuckling]

* California, here I come *

* Right back, I say *

* Right back where I started from *

Oh, yeah.

Colonel, I suppose you, uh....

I suppose you already know, but you were right.

I checked the tanks on that aircraft. We were not hit.

Somebody fooled with our gauges before we left the ground.

Our inside man.

Jabar?

Yeah.

If it is, he isn't far behind.

Okay, let's go, let's move it!

I can't go on like this.

It's so heavy.

Yeah? Out here, everybody carries their own pack.

B.A., take over point from Murdock.

I'll take rear guard.

He always push like that?

Always.

[groans]

I don't suppose you'd want to carry this for me?

I don't know, I was about to ask you the same thing.

Ah, it's okay, kid. I know how you feel.

Actually, I'm not much cut out for this stuff myself.

New York, Monte Carlo, that's more my style.

What's with him?

It has to do with his neat little plan...

he has for all of us as soon as we get out of this mess.

Shall we?

There's no one. They've all gotten off safely.

They seem to have left no tracks.

Ahmed! Korem!

Nothing here!

This A-Team, Kalem, is quite good.

It's very difficult to cover one's tracks in the jungle so well--

I already know how good they are!

I saw the demonstration at the airport!

What I want now is to find them!

Monitor the radio constantly for any signal.

Kalem, perhaps this Hannibal Smith is not revealing his hand...

because he knows we've had an accomplice.

I want that girl.

[groans]

All right?

Yes. No.

What happened? Oh, look!

My heel is broken.

What happened?

My heel is broken.

Oh.

[grunts]

There. Now you're even.

Why is he doing this?

Why is he treating me like this?

Well, he, uh, just wants to get us out of here alive.

Well, I can't go on. I just can't.

My feet are killing me.

[groans]

[stammers]

Well, uh....

I have an idea.

Here, let me see your leg.

You see, what we--we have to do here is...

get the, uh, circulation going, so....

Do you mind?

Ah, yes.

How does that feel?

Mmm.

This is a little trick I learned in the, uh, discos of New York.

Ramone's.

On 53rd Street?

[murmurs]

And I thought eastern princesses only knew about sand and camels.

Besides Vassar, I also went to school in New York.

I've hit my share of discos, too.

Well, then we have a lot more in common than I thought.

Are you also supposed to get married tomorrow?

I can't believe this is happening to me.

Now, now, now.

Yes.

My feet, my back.

I know.

Every part of me feels like....

Obviously, this is as far as she can go.

We'll set up camp up there.

When you get through, give me a hand.

We got to cover our back trail.

Right.

Now, now, now, it's going to be all right, Salina.

Hmm?

Trust me.

Hey, Murdock, let me help you with that.

Two buddies, out adventuring.

[chuckling]

Hannibal, I think he was threatening me.

You put the princess to bed.

And take first watch. I'll relieve you.

Hmm.

(Face) Salina, what are you doing out here by yourself?

I wanted us to be away from the others.

[grunts]

[Face groaning]

You can't kill--

Kalem, you said no one was to be hurt.

He will suffer no more than a headache.

Kill them.

Starting with him.

[groans]

Looks like they got Salina, Colonel.

What happened?

Lucky I got here in time or you would be dead.

Ah, thanks, B.A.

All right, let's find out what happened around here...

and see if we can get some answers out of this guy.

[grunting]

[mimicking a German accent] All right, heads up, class.

We are about to begin a seminar...

on the art of painful persuasion.

Now this is an old custom...

practiced by many luminaries throughout history...

such as the sporting Romans...

on that late night talk show...

Talking with Torquemada.

(Senbet) Salina was in on her own kidnapping.

She told us about her disguise at the airport.

(Hannibal) How many more of you are there?

Kalem intended to meet up with Ahmed and the others...

at the dock, where he intends to sail for Turkey.

Including the ones Kalem had with him...

there will be 20 men strong onboard the ship.

Twenty? All with guns and ammo, right?

Yes, yes, Kalem was always able to...

provide his men with more than sufficient fire power.

They probably camped at night and set out at first light.

That means they have an hour and a half on us.

Now if we really pushed it...

we could make it to the coast in two hours...

certainly before they sail.

What then, O great adventurer?

And if, uh, you had some mango root...

you build us a tank, eh, Murdock?

Listen, first of all...

I want to be referred to by my adventurer name...

Pasadena Murdock.

And second of all.... (Face) Second of all.

Second of all? Second of all, second of all.

Take two and a glass of water for a headache.

The last thing they'd think of is us following them.

They'll figure we went back to Salina's daddy.

But not us, right, chief?

Right. Bring him along, B.A.

Still no sign of the girl. We'll have to make a move.

They'll be moving out soon. Here, B.A.

Keep your eye on that porthole.

Hannibal, those guards are well-armed. What are we going to do?

We can't exactly knock and ask to come in.

Sure we can.

And if they let us in, we'll give them a little surprise.

Ah.

Let me guess who's gonna do the knocking.

Face, you're the kind of guy...

that everybody wants to invite home.

Well....

What do you think, B.A.?

No problem, you'll be fine.

Face, you--you know you're gonna be safe.

He wouldn't let anything happen to you.

It'd take the fun out of breaking your bones later on.

Right.

[chuckling]

Halt!

What do you want?

I wanna kill my booking agent.

He told me there'd be some tickets here on the dock for me.

I gotta go do a show on an orphanage on the island of St. Cray.

We don't sail to the island of Cray.

You have the wrong ship.

I'm supposed to go to an island...

where I gotta do a show for an orphanage.

But a boat? Forget it!

I mean, all that rocking and rolling.

Lord knows what's gonna happen to the livestock.

The livestock?

Oh, no, don't tell me. I can't believe this!

They're not here, right?

I am the Illustrious Lindquist!

What kind of act do I have without the metamorphosis?

The-- The metamorphosis.

If I don't have props....

[stammering]

I can't pull this stuff out of thin air, you know.

Listen, man, I'm telling you you have the wrong ship.

We are a sailing--

This is a freighter. A freighter?

Well, my agent's so cheap, he probably just got a special rate.

Well, then, you'll have to leave immediately. Now!

Well, now, look, I got a shipping manifest.

If I could just talk to the captain--

Come on, come on. What?

[both shouting]

Put your hands on the crate. Take it easy.

Come on. I got nothing up my sleeve, you know?

[Face and guard chattering]

Better than a rabbit coming out of a hat, isn't it?

[chuckling]

What is it? What's wrong?

Tell Kalem, it's Senbet.

Okay, Hannibal, our foot's in the door.

Senbet?

Are you sure?

Yes, Kalem. Abdul checked. It is Senbet.

Bring him here.

Why do you look so troubled, Kalem?

All has gone well.

By tomorrow, it will be even better.

Yes, darling. Everything will be better.

Kalem wants him brought to his cabin.

Sure.

Soon as you tell us where Kalem's room is.

[knocking on door]

Senbet!

What happened? Where is the A-Team?

You rang?

You'll never play the piano again, Bugs.

Honey, I don't think you're gonna get to the church on time.

I'm not going to marry Hassan.

I love Kalem.

Oh, women are so fickle, aren't they?

You can tell that to your pop when we get you home.

I will never let you leave here alive.

Hannibal, guess what he just said.

Some garbage about not getting out of here alive? Right?

Right. Let's go.

[guns firing]

Oh, come on, Kalem.

We all recognize love and true devotion when we see it.

You know people, Smith?

Look into my eyes. You see?

If you do not drop your weapons, I will kill her.

Kalem.

(Kalem) The weapons, Smith. Now!

[guns clatter]

[horn blows]

In there.

You are all obviously well-trained.

Too bad you chose to hire out to the losing side.

I'm a student of military history, friend.

And overconfident commanders can lose.

Nero, Custer, Napoleon.

There's room for you in that list, pal.

Or, on a lighter note...

maybe we could discuss changing sides.

Looks like you could use a few good men.

No deal. I could never trust you.

Well, just a thought.

Yesterday you said that I was cold, distant...

that I didn't feel human emotions.

How nice to be able to indulge one's emotions.

You said you loved me.

How could I love you?

You are beneath contempt.

You are a spoiled child...

who demands more than her share...

and will soon be at the bottom of the ocean...

with four hired soldiers.

You know, one thing I could never stand about revolutionaries...

is they have no sense of humor.

All he was interested in is preventing the marriage...

keeping turmoil in the region.

Exactly.

Uh-oh, guys, the colonel is smiling.

And when the colonel smiles, Pasadena Murdock listens.

What's the plan, Colonel?

Plan?

Ah, that would be a good idea, under the circumstances.

How about getting out of this slammer?

[groans]

Well, hey, guys, it's a start.

Hannibal, you know I don't like cigar smoke.

I'm trying to be nice...

so why don't you put the thing out?

B.A., I think better when I'm smoking.

Yeah, let him smoke the cigar, B.A.

I can't believe I was so stupid.

I was trying to punish my father.

Get him to notice me. It all seemed so right.

And all along, he was just using me.

Well, listen, you made a mistake.

The important thing is how you deal with it from here on.

He's going to kill us all. We'll never get out of this.

Archimedes once said, "Give me a lever...

"a solid place to stand, and I can move the world."

Now, we're a little short of levers in here...

but, B.A., we do have these bunks.

What do you say we pull them off the wall?

Good.

[grunts]

[grunting]

Nice, B.A. Nice.

We've gotta get off the boat.

No. I'd rather stay on.

Oh, great, he's on the jazz.

In the words of Pasadena Murdock...

it's not enough to escape from these devils...

you've gotta capture them.

I like it down here.

(Face) Wouldn't it be better out in the open?

No. When you're vastly outnumbered...

there's a huge military advantage...

in close quarters...

coupled with the element of surprise.

In other words, simply...

you attack from the inside out.

Attack from the inside out.

It makes perfect sense.

It's so simple, I like it.

In other words, sir, what you're saying is...

that you attack from the inside out.

In other words, you infect your enemy.

You give him the flu. Is that right? Is that right?

Well, not exactly, Murdock.

But we will give him a headache and lower his temperature.

Now....

Showtime.

You know, if you weren't so stupid, Kalem...

you'd be a lot more fun to play with.

Nevertheless, I'm throwing a party for you, down here in the engine room.

So come on down and we'll wax your butt for you.

But-- No, no, no, no. Stay put.

[engines humming]

[whispers] Check the catwalks.

(Kalem) Tony, Tony.

[grunts]

[guns firing]

[man speaking Arabic]

[man shouts]

[man shouting]

[grunting]

[exclaiming]

(Kalem) Let's get out of here.

[Murdock whispering] Face, where are you?

Murdock, look out!

[man grunting]

(Hannibal) Come on, you suckers, I'm up here!

[man speaking Arabic]

[exclaims]

[man speaking Arabic]

[guns firing]

[gun firing]

[groans]

(Hannibal) Welcome to my party, Kalem.

(B.A.) So everybody is locked up in their cell, right, Hannibal?

Right.

That means the case is over, right, Hannibal?

Well, there are a few odds and ends to clean up.

For instance, we have to get Salina back to her daddy.

Yeah, I was just about to take care of that.

As a matter of fact, I think we should be going right now.

Wait a minute, Face. Hannibal said when the case was over,

I'd get a chance to pay you guys back for putting me on that plane.

Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Was this a promise?

And if it was a promise, was it witnessed and notarized?

Because, I, for one, want to say, right here and now...

that I am not honoring any undocumented promises.

No way, no--

Well, I could make an exception.

I'm gonna take care of you guys one at a time.

[gasping] You're choking me, choking me now.

Murdock, I'll knock all your teeth out of your mouth...

if you don't stop all your craziness...

with your funny hats and invisible dogs.

If it was an invisible dog, how'd you know he was there?

Oh, come on, B.A., you don't want to hit me.

I mean, after all, my face is our calling card.

But I'm tired of you going around, lying to everybody...

telling people anything they want to hear.

What? He's joking.

I thought I told you no more cons.

Ah, B.A., I don't think I've ever conned you.

That's not true.

How about the time you conned him into investing in that silly film of yours?

That was a fantastic investment opportunity...

which had, as we say in financial circles...

a severe and unexpected down--

Okay, okay, okay, B.A.

As for you, Hannibal...

I thought about making you eat them smelly cigars.

B.A.

But instead of picking on you guys individually...

I came up with something very special.

Something you all will get a real kick out of.

Gee, I can hardly wait.

Since I'm tired of you guys knocking me out...

drugging me, and tying me down and making me to fly...

and you all know how I hate to fly...

I've decided to go back home to America by boat.

And you all get a chance to go on the boat with me.

Well, if that's what you want, B.A.

(B.A.) And since it's against the law...

for Valencian freighters to accept passengers...

we're going to have to work off the passage.

(Face, Murdock, and Hannibal) Work it off?

Yes, I'm in charge of the workforce...

and you guys are in charge of the workload...

which includes swabbing the deck...

working in the boiler room...

and painting the entire ship.

B.A., this is negotiable?

You did all your negotiating on the plane.

Now it's time for you to start working on the boat.

And if anyone don't like that...

you can step into my office, right here, right now.

(Hannibal) Paint the entire ship?

I'd rather eat my cigar.

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