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Pippy, stand tall.

Remainder, guard shun.

Quick march.

Turn to right degrees.

Right, ho.

But Val are you
sure he said that?

I still can't believe he's
done anything so idiotic.

Well, for heaven's sake find
out and do something about it.

All right, Val.

Don't worry, I'll do what I can.

Goodbye.

Sergeant Frazier,
if anyone wants me,

I'll be in Major Carrington's
office at 24 battery.

He's not there, ma'am.

He's riding at Sand Down today.

I know.

If he doesn't pull off
the Gold Cup on Peter Pan,

we'll have to pawn
the new switchboard.

Who drew Peter Pan in
the sweep stake anyway?

Pa, drab old people.

I heard him telling
Captain Roarke.

I wasn't listening, I
was just taking the line.

Crayshott Barrack's.

Left.

Good morning, Bombardier.

Is Sergeant Owen about?
- He's inside, ma'am.

Shall I fetch him?
- Never mind, I'll go.

Morning ma'am.

Well, the Major's got a
nice day for it, isn't he?

Me
- Yes.

Anything wrong ma'am?

Sergeant Owen, you keep the
keys for the battery safe,

don't you?

Yes, ma'am.

Do happen to know how
much money should be in it?

Yes, ma'am, I do.

Would you mind counting it now?

Well, I--

It's important for Major
Carrington that we should know.

We ma'am?

Yes, Sergeant.

Right.

How much is missing?

125 pounds, ma'am.

Excuse me, ma'am.

Sergeant, I just spotted the
Adjutant coming this way.

It looks like he's paying calls.

Thanks.

I must go.

Owen, if it's about the money--
- Don't you worry, ma'am.

Captain Graham, I thought you'd be
at the race meeting today.

I'm afraid I have
some work to do.

Well, you probably saved
yourself a lot of money.

Sergeant Owen?

I'll have a word with you.

Jim.

Hello.

Whatever's happened?

You look like a ghost.

We've got to warn Copper.

Warn him, what about?

Well, I'm afraid he's done
something terribly foolish.

Can we get to him at Sandown?

I mean to speak to him.

We might just
make the last race.

He won't have left before then.

What's wrong anyway?

Are you refusing to
open this safe, Sergeant?

I've no right to open it, sir,
without the Major's permission.

I'm acting for Colonel Henniker.

You know that.

I'm sorry, sir, but
Major Carrington's

my commanding officer.

Give me that key.

That's an order.

I'm sorry, sir.

Very well.

You give me no choice.

Change of
jockey in the next race

for number seven.

Number seven will be ridden
by Major C-O-P Carrington.

Larry.

Hello Allison.

So you made it after all.

I thought old Henniker
was keeping you in.

What do you think
of your boy Copper

running away with the gold cup?

He won?

Did he not.

Did himself a bit of good, too.
- Where is he?

I must speak to him.
- Can't.

He's out on the course.

He'll be riding this race, too.

Yes, and I call
it pushing his luck.

It's Copper.

I heard about the Major, ma'am.

He's not badly hurt, is he?

No, he'll be back
in barracks tonight.

Put this in the safe
for him will you?

I can't, ma'am.

I haven't got the keys anymore.

I'm under open arrest.

Owen.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

But the Colonel
knows all about it.

What did the Colonel say?

Not much yet.

Colonel Henniker, wanted

on the telephone, please.

John.

Take that call
for me, would you?

Certainly Colonel.

Good evening, Adam.

Is Major Carrington back yet?
- No, ma'am.

I've just been up to his room.

I hear he's left the hospital.

If you do see him, you might--

no, never mind, thank you Adam.

Good night, ma'am.

Excuse me, sir.

Good evening.

Might I have a
word with you, sir?

Can't it wait till morning?

No, sir.

My office is the proper
place for business.

- Well, just only one moment, sir--
- Forgive me.

Major Carrington's
back, Colonel.

He's on his way to his quarters.

Shall I tell him
you want to see him?

There's no hurry.

Thanks.

Captain Graham, I
have an idea that what

you want to talk to me about
doesn't directly concern you.

Not directly, sir.

In that case, it
can wait till morning.

Introduce a tele recording

of some of this afternoon's
racing at Sandown Park.

Why didn't you stay
and watch the television?

Good evening to you.

Thank you, I don't think I will.

Sandown and
the very big crowd--

Good night, sir.

Gathered there to
watch some splendid racing.

Good night, Captain Graham.

The main event on the card

was the race for the
Royal Artillery Gold Cup

for which there were 22 runners.

Some like Fairy
Glade and Phantom

with a number of victories
to their credit and some,

like the actual winner Peter
Pan, ridden by Major Copper

Carrington who
confounded the experts,

as you will see for yourselves.

So now for the film.

They're coming into
line very well indeed.

Peter Pan is taking his
place on the outside.

And they're off.

It's a very good start and
Farnham's gone to the front

now with Fairy Glade
and Peter Pan closer--

War hero,
V.C. charged with fraud.

Well, it makes fine
reading, doesn't it?

You know, Copper, I still
think you ought to plug

this game of right business.

Now, listen to this.

Chapter 6, paragraph 26.

Oh, no, Jim.
That's not our line.

If we'd wanted a legal quibble,
we should have hired a lawyer.

Well, I still
think we should have.

Why?

I'm the only person who
knows what really happened.

Why pay somebody
else to tell them?

That'll be brass.

Yes?

Major Carrington, please.

Court's opening, sir.
- Thank you, sergeant.

I'm sorry you got stuck with
court orderly, Sgt. Crane.

I'm afraid that's a rotten job.

That's all right, sir.

I only wish there was something
I could do to help, sir.

Well, here goes.

I feel quite naked without a
belt. Oh, Jim, got your fun?

Why?

You'd be a pretty
foolish looking escort

if I decided to run for it.

Come on, Copper, we
can't keep them waiting.

I don't know why not.

One things certain, they
can't start without me.

Hold it please.

Wait.

Major, let me get a
full-face picture please.

One that-- please.

Boys, give way.

Orders by an Lieutenant General,

Sir Wilfred Nicholas Blunt,
dated 25th of April, London.

The detail of officers,
as mentioned below,

will assemble at the Royal
Artillery Barracks, Crayshott

on the 12th day of
May, for the purpose

of trying by general court
martial, the accused person

named in the margin.

Brigadier A.S.
Meadmore, commander

of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order

is appointed president.

Members, Lt. Colonel B.R.
Reeve, a military cross

Royal Artillery.

Sir.

Lt. Colonel T.B Huxford,
member of the British Empire

of the Royal Tank Regiment.

Yes, sir.

Major R. E. Panton,
Distinguish Conduct Medal

of the Parachute Regiment.

Yes, sir.

Major A.T.M Broke-Smith
of the 11th Hussars.

Yes, sir.

Mr. A. Tester-Terry,
that is myself,

is appointed Judge Advocate.

Major Carrington, do
you object to be tried

by me as president or
by any of the officers

whose names you had read over?

No, sir.

Can you tell me where they're
holding this court martial?

Yes, that building over there
with the pillars in front.

Thanks.

The witnesses will now withdraw.

Major Carrington,
have your rights

under the rules of procedure
been fully explained to you?

Yes, sir.

I understand that
you have chosen

to conduct your own defense?

You realize you may be putting
yourself at a disadvantage

by not engaging counsel?

I'd rather have
it this way, sir.

I simply want to tell
the court what happened

and then leave the rest to them.

That seems quite a
sensible thing to do.

Are you major Charles Owen
Paul Carrington, Victoria Cross

Distinguished Service Order,
Royal Artillery, an officer

of the regular forces?

Yes, sir.

You are charged with--

first charge under section
17 of the Army Act,

when concerned in the
care of public property

fraudulently
misapplying the same.

Hello cookie.

The JA has started.

You can't go in yet.

The glue can go in anywhere.

Are you guilty or not guilty

of the first charge against
you, which you have heard read?

Not guilty, sir.

Second charge under section

15-1 of the on the
Army Act, representing

yourself without leave.

You got Carrington, Walter?

Yes, I've got Carrington
and the president.

You've got the girl yet?

Which girl?

Captain Graham, the
little number in khaki

they found in his bedroom.

Third and last charge,

under section 40 of the Army
Act conduct to the prejudice

of good order and military
discipline in that

you, at Crayshott
on the 7th of April

improperly entertained an
officer of the Women's Royal

Army Corps to which Captain
A.L. Graham in your bedroom

in a military barracks.

Are you guilty or not guilty of
the third charge against you,

which you have heard read?

Not guilty, sir.

Oh, yes, of course.

Major Carrington
you may be seated.

Thank you.

Does the prosecutor propose
to make an opening address?

Yes, sir.

May it please the court,
it will not be necessary

for me to detain you long.

Of the three charges,
the first is the only one

on which I shall dwell.

Out to April the 7th
this year, the accused

was in command of the 24th
heavy anti-aircraft battery.

You will hear the evidence of
the pay Sergeant of the battery

that shortly before
noon, on April 6th,

the sum of 140
pounds odd was drawn

from the bank for payment of a
draft due to leave for a broad

that afternoon.

You will hear the evidence of
Mr. D.A. Ashwell of Lloyd's

Bank, Crayshott, that
on the morning of April

the 7th the accused, whose
bank account was overdrawn,

paid in, in person the sum
of 100 pounds in one pound

notes and asked that
this amount should be

transferred immediately
to the account

of his wife in a London bank.

And there is, as so
often where fraud

is alleged, no direct evidence.

No one saw the accused take this
money from the battery safe.

But it will, I think,
be quite clear to you

when you have heard the evidence
that these 125 pound notes were

the same notes, which
were drawn for payment

of the draft on the previous day
and lodged in the battery safe.

I ah-- I turn now to
the other two charges.

In ah-- in the second charge,
that of absence without leave,

you will hear the evidence of
the accused commanding officer,

who expressly refused
Major Carrington

leave of absence to ride in
the Royal Artillery meeting.

And you will hear that
the accused did so absent

himself for that very purpose.

Touching the third
charge, Colonel Henniker

had issued a regimental
order, which you may think

was a very legitimate and
reasonable order that officers

were not to entertain members
of the Women's Royal Army Corps

in their single
quarters in barracks.

The evidence will show that the
accused disregarded this order.

Eh, that's all I propose
to say at this stage.

With the court's
permission, I will

now proceed to call evidence.

Call Sergeant Day.

Sir.

Quick march.

Halt. Right turn.

Take the book in your right hand

and repeat the oath after me.

I swear by Almighty God.

I swear by almighty
God that the--

Evidence--

Evidence I about to
give before this court

to be the truth, the whole
truth, nothing but the truth.

You are number 962473, Sgt. Owen
of the 24th heavy anti-aircraft

battery Royal Artillery?

No sir.

I beg your pardon?

Bombardier Owen, sir.

What?

He's down on my
list as the Sergeant.

Sir.

You're down on list of
witnesses as Sergeant Owen.

- Yes, sir.
- Oh, I see.

And when this summary was
taken you were a Sergeant

and now you're a
Bombardier, is that correct?

Yes, that's quite correct, sir.

You are pay sergeant
or pay bombardier

of the 24th heavy
anti-aircraft battery?

No, sir.

No?

Bombardier Owen, we will
take this in stages.

On the 6th of April
this year, were

you pay sergeant of the 24th
heavy anti-aircraft battery?

Yes sir.

Thank you.

And on that date was the battery
commanded by the accused, Major

Carrington?
- Yes.

Do you see Major
Carrington in court?

Yes, sir.

On the afternoon
of the 6th of April,

was a draft due to leave
the battery for overseas?

Yes, sir.

Was the draft paid that day?

- No, sir.
- Why not?

Their move was postponed, sir.

What happened to the
money, which had be drawn.

I put it in the
battery safe, sir.

So, there was, for
the moment, more money

than usual in the battery safe?

Yes, sir.

Who had the key?

I did, sir.

Do you always keep
the key of the battery safe?

- Yes, sir.
- Is that usual?

I couldn't say, sir.

Highly unusual and
strictly against regulations.

Well sir, the Major always said

that he was more likely
to lose the key than I

was to pinch the cash, sir.

Was the key continuously
in your possession

from noon on the 6th of April
until, say, noon on the 7th?

News.

No, sir.

What happened to it?

Ah, don't look around
at the accused please.

Just answer my question.

The Major borrowed it, sir.

To the court, please, not to me.

The major, you mean the accused,
borrowed the key of the safe

from you?

Yes, sir.

When did he borrow it?

Just after dinner, sir,
that afternoon, the 6th.

- Did he give it back to you?
- Yes, sir.

What time was that?

About
9:30 the following morning,

sir, just before
he left Sandown.

Now we pass on to ah,
some two hours later.

Did Captain Graham of the
Women's Royal Army Corps

come to the battery
office to speak to you?

She came to the
battery office, sir.

And spoke to you?

Yes, sir.

In consequence of what she said,

did you have in the office
safe and check the money in it?

Yes, sir.

I won't ask you any more
about that money at the moment.

But did shortly after
that, did the Adjutant

come to the office?

Yes, sir.

Did he ask you
for the key of the safe?

Yes, sir.

One moment, please.

I don't know your name.

I'm speaking to your
escort, Major Carrington.

Mitchell, sir.

Major Mitchell, you're
Major Carrington's escort.

Your duties are to
restrain him from flight

and to suppress any attempts
at violence on his part.

You're not there to
assist in his defense.

I'm sorry, sir.

Would

You say the adjutant asked

you for the key of the safe.
- Yes, sir.

- Did you give it to him?
- No, sir.

Why not?

I was responsible to
my battery commander

for the contents
of the safe, sir.

Did the Adjutant tell you
that he had Colonel Henniker's

authority to open the safe?

Yes, but I was responsible
to my battery commander,

not to the Colonel, sir.
- Yes, well, what happened then?

When, sir?

When you refused to
give the key to the Adjutant?

Well, sir, there
was a few words passed

and I found meself under arrest.

Does that explain the
missing strike Bombardier Owen?

That's right, sir.

Did the Adjutant
eventually open the safe?

- Yes, sir.
- How?

With a duplicate key,
which, in our regiment,

is kept in the regimental
office to fit all the battery

safes, which was news to me.

May I interrupt, sir?

Certainly.

Are we going to hear more
about this regimental key

the battery safe?

May I say something
about that, sir?

Certainly.

I can assure the court
that key is not important.

I'm not going to deny that
this money was missing.

And I'm certainly
not going to suggest

that the Adjutant took it.

With respect, sir,
that is not the point at issue.

Whatever the accused
may choose to admit,

the prosecution must
still show that the money

was in the safe at one time
and then found to be missing.

And for that, we need the
evidence about the key.

I quite agree.

We can't rely on
a casual admission

by the accused to establish
the prosecution's case.

We'll take that evidence.

If you please, sir.

Now, Bombardier Owen--

One moment please.

Mr. Tester-Terry I have
some views on this point.

Yes, sir.

I would like to discuss
them with you more privately.

Court orderly?

Clear the court.

One moment, Bombardier Owen?

Sir?

Please remember that
you are giving evidence.

You must not discuss
this case with anyone

during the adjournment.

Very good, sir.

Right turn.

Quick march.

It seems I must
remind you, Mr. Terry,

that there is only one
president at his court martial.

Your decision to hear the
evidence about the key

was taken without
reference to me.

But surely the judge advocate is

responsible for guiding the
court on purely legal points.

Responsible to the
president, Mr. Terry.

And he takes no decisions.

Now, shall we both glance
through the summary

and see whether all this
evidence about the key

is really necessary?

Eh, may we smoke, sir?

Certainly.

Pretty casual
trusting a pay sergeant

with a key of the safe.

I expect we've all
done it sometime.

Depends on the pay sergeant.

May I borrow one of these?

Hardly worth lighting a pipe.

Thanks very much.

I was pay sergeant once.

No one trusted me with
the key of the safe.

He just said it depends on
the pay sergeant, old boy.

Alison.

You can't come in here.

I'm in.

But you mustn't be.

You're supposed to
be on the other side.

If they find you in here,
they'll shoot the lot of us.

No one saw me come in.

Look, Alison, they'll
only think we're

cooking up something.

Well, so I am.

I've come to ask Copper
what he wants me to say.

That's wonderful from
a prosecution witness.

Just stick to facts.

Don't try and think of
any helpful answers.

That should be easy for her.

She's a very unconvincing liar.
- Is she?

Haven't you noticed?

No.

So either I never heard
her tell a or else she's

not so unconvincing, which?

By the way, did you
warn the other witnesses

what time they'd be wanted?
- Yes, sir.

Yes I did.
- Good.

Hello, Winston, hello.

By the way, I told Colonel
Henniker we wouldn't

want him now till after lunch.

He seemed a bit disappointed.

Oh, why?

Oh, he can't wait to
get into that witness box.

He's a queer bloke.

What makes you say that?

Well, I mean, this
lot can't stand him.

Look at that 3rd charge.

Just because the poor
girl got into a flap

and went to Carrington's room.

Henniker ought to have known
there was nothing in that,

not on Carrington's side.

Everyone else does.

Have you've been gossiping
about this case in the mess?

Who me?

Good, Lord, no, I'm a blooming
oyster, you know I am.

But I don't stop
them talking to me.

Here, Winston, stop it.

I, they, I suppose you mean
that blond you sat next to

at dinner last night.

Yes, what do you think of her?

Just your sort, eh, Gordon?

I'll say, what a
shape, even a uniform.

This regiment can pick'em.

Yes, I stood her
a glass of port.

Do you know what she told me?
- No.

That Carrington and the Colonel

had the best of six rounds in
Carrington's room that night,

that Henniker had a beautiful
black eye next morning,

a real shiner.

Hm, you do get hold of
some wonderful stories.

Yes, I-- I sometimes
think intelligence

might be my real line.

Are we going to see
the CO who keeps keys

to fit all the battery safes?

Sir?

Is that a common
habit in the Royal

Regiment of Artillery, Colonel?

Never heard of it
in my life before.

This chaps like that
commands all the batteries

from the regimental office.

Oh, you know him, do you?

And what's he like?

Well, Henniker?

Proper bastard in my opinion.

Colonel Reeve?

Sir?

That was a most improper remark.

Yes, sir.

It was ah-- I'm sorry.

I don't agree anyway.

I was at the Staff
College with Henniker.

We thought he was
quite outstanding.

Staff College--

Gentlemen, I really
must ask you not

to allow your personal
opinion of a witness

to influence your
judgement of this evidence.

Do you mean, sir, that even
if you've known a man for 20

years, you should assess his
evidence only on what you've

seen of him in the witness box?

Most certainly.

That's the official, Panton,
so I'll refrain from comment.

Do I gather you don't agree?

I want the right
answer, that's all.

Carrington's whole future
depends on the decision

of this court, a true verdict.

That's all that matters.

He'll want all
the help he can get.

We're not calling any
witnesses about him.

What do you mean?

Isn't Valerie giving evidence?

No.

Why not?

A wife can give
evidence, can't she?

She's not up to it.

Is she ill again?

Not again, still.

Well, then lets ask for an
adjournment until she's well.

They'd have to grant it.

Look, I don't want
Val brought down here.

I just don't want her
let in for all this.

Besides, what good could she do?

She can only quote
facts and figures,

tell them about the fatal
gap between our income

and our expenses.

I can do that.

Show them your
bank book, I suppose.

Well, it's all down there.

Do you really think that a
lot of figures in a bank book

mean anything compared to
seeing your wife in court?

You know they don't.

Jim?

I've said what I think.

Copper, it's not
a lot to ask her.

Just to come down and tell
them herself what will

these last two years have
been for her, for both of you.

Well, why is that
so much better than my

telling them that
she practically

had a nervous breakdown
as a result of it?

Because inside two minutes,
if she put her mind to it,

she'd have that court
eating out of her hand.

Now, look, they're going to
acquit me because they believe

I didn't steal his
money not because they'd

fallen for my wife.

Anyway, she's not
giving evidence

because she's not up to it.

If she can stand on her
two feet, she ought to come.

And so she would if I insisted.

But you can't drag
a woman into court.

Can't you?

I'm being dragged.

I was ordered to attend.

I know.

And I'm terribly
sorry about that.

But that's the prosecution.

They can't order Val to attend.

No, but you can.

Look, this is very
nice of you and all that.

But do you really think
it's quite your business?

Well, do you?

Yes, yes I do.

Does that surprise you?

You can't expect your friends
not to care how this goes.

Anyway, I'm in it now.

It's much too late to
tell me to keep out.

Once this is over,
I'll stand down.

I know my place.

But just for the
moment, and what

with one thing and another,
I think this is my business.

So do I. I am sorry.

Are

You going to tell them that
Valerie phoned that morning

and demanded the money
by return of post?

Yes, of course.

And that she
threatened to commit

suicide if she didn't get it?

No.

Two minutes ago you were asking
me to tell them everything.

Not that side of it.

But that-- that's
the side to tell them.

You needn't blame her, Cooper.

No one wants you to do that.

She'd got some bills
she couldn't pay.

And she was desperate.

Anyone can get desperate.

All right, don't.

Don't lift a finger.

Don't even try.

Stand up in court in
a nice military manner

and answer their questions
in a nice military way.

And then start looking
for a nice civilian job.

Because that's what
you're going to need.

Major Carrington,
Major Mitchell, sir.

Court's reassembling.

Thank you, Sergeant.

You must get out of here.

No wait.

We have to go in first.

Just give us a couple minutes
and the hall will be clear

All right.

Copper, I'm sorry
I spoke like that.

Ready?

Yes.

Now, Bombardier Owen,
you've told the court that

on the morning of April the
7th, the accused borrowed

the key of the safe from you.

Well, sir, when
I said borrowed--

With the exception
of that one occasion,

was the key of the safe
ever out of your possession?

My wasn't, sir, but
the duplicate key was

in the regimental
office all that time,

at least I suppose it was.

To set your mind at
rest, Bombardier Owen,

it was under lock and key.

Now, cast your mind back
to the evening of that day.

Did Captain Graham
return to the office

bringing with her some money?

I don't know, sir.

What you mean you don't know?

Did she or didn't she?

Captain Graham
returned to the office

bringing with her an
envelope, which she asked

me to put in the safe, sir.

Didn't she tell
you what was in the envelope?

No, sir.

What did she tell you?

I beg pardon, sir.

Am I supposed to say what
Captain Graham said to me?

I don't think he should answer
that question, Major Monsel.

Bombardier Owen
evidently remembers

that what the girl said to
the soldier isn't evidence.

Heh.

Well, I'll ah--

put it another way then.

Did Captain Graham
give you the envelope?

- Well, no, sir.
- Oh.

Come on Bombardier Owen, we want

to extract this tooth by tooth.

What did she do with it?

Nothing, sir, because I told
her the balloon had gone up

and it was too late.

You told Captain Graham

it was too late meaning that the
money had already been missed?

Yes, sir.

Please speak up so that the
court can hear your answer.

Is that what you meant
to tell Captain Graham,

that the money had
already been missed?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

That is all.

Do you wish to cross-examine
the witness, Major Carrington?

Yes, please.

Oh, Bombardier Owen?

Yes, sir?

Can you say when I
first joined 24 battery?

Yes, sir, June
the 10th 1952, sir.

I can produce the
posting order, sir.

But I assure you Bombardier
Owen is quite infallible.

We'll take the
bombardier's word for it.

Thank you, sir.

In the course of your--

in the course of
your duties, did you

help me to press
various claims for money

due me from the pay master?

Yes, sir.

Ca--

Sergeant, close that window.

Now, Bombardier Owen, can
you quote the total amount,

which I'd claimed?

Yes,

Sir, 207 pounds, three in forms.

Can you say what
this money was due

for, just the main headings.

Yes, sir, disturbance
allowance for three moves in 11

months between July 1951 and
June '52, command pay non-com

for just over five
months in 1952,

compensation for loss of kit
and HMT Vanessa in August 1950,

and seven minor items, sir.

Can you say how
many letters we wrote

between us about all this?

Yes, sir, there was
33 proper letters, sir,

not counting the 14 reminders.

I'm afraid you put
in a lot of overtime

on my private affairs,
Bombardier Owen.

I never minded that, sir.

I'd like to produce
them, sir, they're

copies from the battery.

Exhibits H--

Exhibits H one to 33.

These books signed
by the president

and attached to the proceedings.

Go on please.

Did the paymaster
ever admit liability

for of any part of our claim?

Yes, sir.

One of those letters
dated February the 12th

admits our claims for 180
pounds 8 in forms, sir.

- Did they pay on that date?
- No, sir.

The letter said they'd
not yet verified

the part to order posting it
to Hong Kong in 1950, sir.

So they sat on the lot.

One more question,
Bombardier Owen.

On the 7th of April, when
you and Captain Graham

found that this
money was missing,

you did your best to
cover up the loss.

Well, sir--

That was very
friendly of you both.

Would you please tell the court,
had I asked you to do that?

No, sir, you hadn't.

You weren't even there.

We did it on our own, sir.

Thank you Bombardier
Owen that's all.

Thank you, sir.

Do you wish to
re-examine Major Monsel?

No thank you, sir.

Have you any questions, sir?

No thank you.

Any questions from the court?

No, sir.

Very well, Bombardier
Owen, you may stand down.

Call Captain Graham, please.

Right turn.

Quick march.

Sergeant?

Sir?

What is your name?

Sgt. Crane, sir.

Well, Sgt. Crane,
could you please refrain

from making quite such a clatter
in the course of your duties?

Yes, sir.

Very sorry, sir.

It's quite possible to
be smart without stamping

a barbaric habit introduced
in quite recent times

by Her Majesty's Foot Guards.

One small point Major Monsel.

Do you think your
overworked assistant

could arrange a supply of
drinking water from me?

Oh, certainly, sir.

Would you mind?

Yes, sir.

Take the book in your right hand

and repeat the oath after me.

- Oh, Sergeant.
- Sir?

Our president's thirsty.

Can you get him
something to drink?

Sir?

Oh, just water.

Yes, sir, right away, sir.

Earlier that day, you had
a telephone call from Mrs.

Carrington who was in London.
- Yes, sir.

As a result of that telephone
conversation, what did you do?

I went to Major
Carrington's battery office.

One moment please, this
telephone call, I realize,

of course, that we can't
get from Captain Graham

what Mrs. Carrington
said, but I presume

we shall hear more later.

That is not for the
prosecutor to say, sir.

I'm not calling my wife, sir.

She's not well enough
to give evidence.

Can I help you?

I was looking for
the court martial room.

Oh, I'll show you.

I was just going it myself.

Oh, are you a
member of the court?

Nothing so grand, I'm afraid.

I'm just the
prosecutor's assistant.

Oh.

Are you a friend
Major Carrington' s?

I'm his wife.

You were saying, Captain Graham?

One moment, please.

Sgt. Crane.

Sir?

Steady the glass
with the left hand.

Thank you.

Captain Graham, you say you went

to Major Carrington's office.

What did you do there?

I saw the pay
sergeant and asked him

to check the cash in the safe.

- Did he find the cash correct?
- No, sir.

There was 125 pounds missing.

And what did you do then?

I went away and got 125 pounds.

I was going to--

No please.

You went away
and got 125 pounds.

Where from?

From my battery
commander, Major Holt.

He was holding some money
for Major Carrington.

I see.

So you got this money
from Major Holt. And then?

- I
- took it back to 24 battery

meaning to put it in the safe.

But the money had
already been missed.

It had?

Now, Captain Graham, later
that same evening the accused--

the accused came out of hospital
and returned to the mess.

Did you see him on his return?

Yes.

Where did you see him?

In his room.

The accused was then occupying

single quarters in the mess?

Yes, sir.

Captain Graham,
you know the regimental order

against officers
entertaining members

of the Women's Royal Army
Corps in their single quarters.

Major Carrington
wasn't entertaining me.

He didn't ask me to go see him.

I went.

I had to talk to him.

Did he ask you to leave?

Yes, at once.

He told me I had no
right to be there.

And he begged me to go away.

But he made no effort
to compel you to leave.

Compel me?

He didn't should for help
if that's what you mean.

One moment please.

Major Carrington.

You told me just now you
weren't asking your wife to give

evidence because she was ill.

That's right, sir.

I got the impression
that but for that you

would have called her.

Yes, sir.

Is that your wife who
has just come into court?

Yes, sir.

If you do mean to
call her as a witness,

she shouldn't be in court.

My husband doesn't mean
to call me as a witness.

Can I take that as quite
definite, Major Carrington?

Well, if there's any doubt, why
not discuss it with your wife

during the next adjournment?

Very well, sir.

In that case Mrs. Carrington,
I must ask you to withdraw.

Sgt. Crane show Mrs.
Carrington where she can wait.

Go on, please, Major Monsel.

Captain Graham, you
say you went to the accused's

room to talk to him.

What did you want to say?

I wanted to tell
him what has happened

and what I'd done
about the money.

And I wanted to tell
him that Colonel

Henniker was out to get him.

Captain Graham.

I'm sorry, sir.

The prosecutor asked me what
I said to Major Carrington.

And I told him.

Here you are, ma'am.

Thank you.

The major shouldn't be long.

Would you like a fire, ma'am?

Oh, no, no.

But I wonder if you could
get me some cigarettes.

I know I've run out.

Take these, ma'am,
just to go along with.

But what about you?

Oh, I'll be all
right until lunchtime.

You're not allowed to
smoke in there anyway.

You-- you must
let me pay for them.

Oh, no, please, there's only
one or two in here and I--

I'd rather not.

Very well.

Thank you, Sergeant.

How long were you
in the accused's quarters that night?

About half an hour, I think,
until Colonel Henniker came in.

And what happened then?

Well, he came in.

He burst in.

He didn't even knock.

I think he hoped
he might surprise

us in bed or something.

Captain Graham, by now
you know better than to make

a remark like that.

Colonel Henniker was very
rude to me, sir, he said

some quite outrageous things.

I think must regard that as one

of the risks of your
profession, Captain Graham.

Just tell the court
what happened.

I can't, sir.

He and Major Carrington
started an argument

and I left the room.

As a matter of fact, I
was sent out of the room.

Thank you, Captain Graham.

That is all.

Captain Graham, on the 7th of
April when you found that I'd

taken 125 pounds
from my battery safe,

you went to a lot of
trouble to put it back.

Yes.

Please don't think
I'm not grateful.

But had I asked you to do that?

No, you haven't.

You didn't know anything
of what I was doing.

Thank you.

Now you say that when you
came to my room that night,

I told you that I
had taken this money.

Yes.

Had you ever heard me
say that I might do that?

Yes.

But I hadn't believed you.

Will you please tell the
court about that conversation?

It was the day before in
the morning about 11 o'clock.

I met you coming out of
Colonel Henniker's office.

And you said you'd had another
row with him about the money

the government owed you.

Go on.

You said he wasn't doing a
thing to back up your claim

and you were sick of waiting.

You said you told him that.

And you told him that you were
going to take the money out

of the battery safe.

You're quite sure, I mean,
that I told Colonel Henniker

I was going to take that money?

Perfectly sure.

Thank you.

Oh, there's one more question.

The court has heard
that I was riding

in the Royal Artillery meeting.

Can you say whether I
was riding my own horses?

I know you weren't.

You don't own any
horses nowadays.

I'm sorry, sir, I just wanted
to correct the impression

that I was careering
around Sandown Park

on my own expensive animals.

We take your point,
Major Carrington.

Thank you, Captain
Graham, that's all.

Major Monsel?

Ah, no thank you, sir.

Any question sir?

No thank you.

Captain Graham, you may go.

Will ah-- will you
take Major Holt now, sir?

I think we might if
that suits you, sir.

Just as your like, Mr. Terry.

We could take Major Holt
or we could take luncheon.

As you please, sir.

Luncheon I think.

The court is adjourned.

We'll resume at 2:15.

Hello.

Hello Val.

Hello.

You are a surprise.

I didn't even know
you were up and about.

Darling, you haven't
been keeping in touch.

I crawled out of bed the
day before yesterday.

Well, how are you?

Where are the handcuffs?

Well, they trust
Jim to look after me.

Hm, that's nice for you both.
How goes it, Jim?

In court?

Well, we just finished
Alison's evidence

and adjourned for lunch.

Did Alison do her stuff?

Well, she's pretty good.

Sorry they wouldn't let
you stop and see the show.

You really oughtn't
have come at all.

Everyone else
thought I ought to.

Everyone meaning your father?

Well, you did say you
didn't want me to come down.

I told him that.

I certainly didn't want
him to force you to come.

Nobody forced me.

He just said he thought
it would look better.

I thought you might
pleased to see me.

Of course, I am.

Just wish the circumstances
were different.

So do I.

Well, now that
you are here, how do

you feel about giving evidence?

But you said you
didn't want me to.

I didn't think you were fit.

I'm not.

If you'd like, I'll produce
a doctor's certificate.

That won't be necessary.

What sort of evidence
do you mean anyway?

What about?

Well, nothing
personal or difficult,

just give them the facts
of life about the Army.

Tell them about the gap
between what they paid us

and what they
forced us to spend.

But you can tell them that.

He's not so eloquent on
the subject as you are.

I've heard you.

Good heavens, you
don't need eloquence,

just give them the figures.

Tell them what six months in
a furnished flat in Singapore

did to our war savings, that
a year in a hotel in Hong

Kong with a wife
and two children

cost, well, just twice
as much as they paid us.

Tell them the whole
thing half killed me.

That's the stuff.

That's what we want you to say.

But why can't Copper say it?

I don't look right.

I don't look as if anything
had half killed me.

Well, I'm sorry,
Copper, but I can't.

Oh, I know it--it's
futile and wicked of me.

But I can't.

Val, it wouldn't
take 10 minutes.

It wouldn't take five.
You've seen the court.

Leave it, Jim.

Look, Val, let me explain.

Leave it.

All right.

Well, I expect you
can do without me.

I'll go and see what they're
doing about our food.

Oh, by the way, I saw Nora
Holt as we came out of court.

He said we'll do
lunch with them, Val,

if you haven't
fixed anything else.

I couldn't face anyone.

Why not?

What have you done?

I suppose you think I
ought to run around telling

everyone what fun it all is.

No.

That would be overdoing it.

Well, Jim, all right.

Tell Nora I'd love to come.

And, well, say I'll
be over in 10 minutes.

Right.

And honestly you couldn't
think less of me than I do.

I think the whole thing
has been very hard on you.

I'm sorry about that, Val.

Oh, Copper.

Now what's the matter with me?

You're just not
well yet, that's all.

Well, anyone else would
take it and pull themselves

together somehow or other.

Why can't I?

Oh, I'd give evidence if I
could, of course I would.

But I know when the moment
came, I'd just run out on you.

You wouldn't want
that to happen.

No.

How are the boys?

I think you ought
to write to them.

I don't know what to say.

Yes, it's very unfair isn't it?

They shouldn't be made
to feel responsible,

especially for a stepfather.

Val, look, I know I promised
I'd keep you out of the thing

as far as possible.

But you must realize,
I shall have to tell

the court why I took the money.

And I shall have to refer to
your telephone call and ah--

and to the letter.

Do you mean you're going
to put the whole blame on me?

No, no, no, no.

My whole case is that
the pay master owed us

money, which he wouldn't pay.

In the end, and through no fault
of our own, we got to the point

where we couldn't
wait any longer.

But can't you just say you
were being pressed for money

for the boys school bill?

Pressed so hard I had to
take the money that same day?

So you are going to
say that it was what

I said that made you do it.

I won't put it that way.

Would it be so unfair if I did?

Well, yes of course it would.

I was frantic when I
made that phone call.

I didn't know what I was saying.

Well, of course, I'd
never kill myself.

How could I leave the boys?

I told you that in my letter.

Yeah, but your letter didn't
arrive until afterwards.

And I didn't feel
inclined to take the risk.

You must see if you
won't go in the box,

I shall have to
refer the letter.

But that letter was private.

Any letter is private.

You've no right to read
it all out in public.

Read it all out in public?

You really think I'd do that?

Do you remember the sort of
things you said in this letter?

Oh, tear it up please.

If that letter gets read out
in court, I think I'll die.

Promise you won't
let them see it.

Look, all I'm going to do
is, I'm going to tell them

that you rang me up and
said you had to have

the money within 24 hours.

I shall explain
that you were ill

and you made some dire threats.

Oh.

If they insist on confirmation,

then I'll read a few
sentences, that's all.

I can't stand it.

I can stand our private
affairs being read out

in court for everyone to hear.

Oh, now isn't it a little
late to be so sensitive?

At the moment, I don't
have any private affairs.

I'm not allowed to have.
- But I do.

I'm not in the dark.
I didn't take any money.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said that.

Look, there's one thing
you have to understand.

I haven't done anything
that I'm ashamed of.

And I have got quite
a case, you know.

What's going to happen?

Tell me honestly.

I'm going to get off, of course.

They can't make
this charge stick.

I took the money openly.

I told Henniker I was
going to take it, remember?

Then I took it.

And whatever that was,
it wasn't fraudulent.

Well, suppose you do
get off, what do we do?

There's only one thing to do.

Pick ourselves up
and start again.

In the Army?

Yes, of course.

Copper give up the Army.

Val, it's the only thing I know.

It's the only
thing I want to do.

But why?

Look at the Army and how it is.

Look at the things
they do to you.

I know.

Well, go on, tell me,
what's the attraction?

Oh, left turn, right turn
in a barrack's square.

Oh no, more to it than that.

It's something that I can do
and that people like Henniker

can never do, no matter what
dizzy heights they reach.

You'll certainly never reach
any dizzy heights after this.

Won't you always be the
man who pinched the cash

and got away with
it and wasn't there

something about another woman?

Well, nobody's taking
that third charge serious,

not even the prosecution.

It's lucky for you
that I'm not, isn't it?

Allison, huh, that'd
be the last straw.

Oh, well, Nora will be
wondering what's happened to me.

Val, when this is
over, what about us?

We go on as we are I suppose.

No, not as we are, not apart.

After all this, they're
bound to move me.

And somehow I'll
get married quarters

and in quarters we could live.

No Copper, we shouldn't stand
a chance, not in the Army.

What you're saying is
that you're prepared to live

with me when things are easy.

But you're not prepared to make
an effort when they're not.

I suppose so, I
dare say that's it.

Perhaps if you wanted
a post-war Army career,

well, you married
the wrong woman.

I'm sorry I shouldn't
have said that.

You will come back, won't you?

I mean this afternoon,
not to give evidence,

just to be around, you know.

All right, I'll come back.

Sugar, sir?

- No thank you.
- May we smoke, sir?

Certainly.

May I?

Sorry, old boy.

I really will buy some tomorrow.

If we're here tomorrow,
which I sincerely hope not.

That doesn't depend
on us, I'm afraid.

Well, I'd like to get
away today if I can.

I'm quite ready to
sit late if necessary.

Thank you.

What's your hurry Broke-Smith?

Don't tell me they
make the cavalry work

at this time of year.

Oh, Lord, no.

We finished the
point of buoyancy's.

And we've got
nothing until Askar.

How do you like this
idea of paying yourself out

of impressed when the pay
master is slow in dealing

with your claims?

Well, it's original anyway.

Can you call it fraudulent
misapplications,

sir, if you've
given fair warning

of what you are going to do?

Quite possibly not.

But we don't know yet
that he did give warning.

He told the Graham girl
he'd warned the Colonel.

So she says.

You don't think he
told anyone else.

We don't know that either.

Well, it would be
in character anyway.

Carrington wouldn't sneak the
money out of the safe, never.

Flying off the handle and taking
it as a gesture of defiance,

that's something different.

Am I wrong, Mr. Terry, or are
you looking a little cynical?

It's possible.

I've never served on a jury.

Until I joined the
Judge Advocate's branch,

I'd never heard a case
discussed in closed court.

And you find it a
painful experience?

In a way, yes.

As an advocate, one labored
long hours over one's brief,

marshalled the evidence,
presented it this way or that

and ended with an
impassioned address.

Why?

To what purpose?

I know now that any
juryman in any court

is moved solely by his
personal prejudices modified

by whether or not he likes the
look at the witness in the box.

Gentlemen, we seem
to have destroyed

Mr. Terry's faith in the law.

Oh, not at all.

I believe that in
spite of their methods,

almost every court, especially
perhaps a court martial,

reaches a just and proper
verdict in the end.

Let's hope we shant be
the court to disappoint you.

I feel quite sure you won't.

Major Monsel?

I was looking for you.

I'm just on my way across.

May I walk with you?

Please.

What can I do for you?

I was wondering if
I might be allowed

to leave the barracks this
afternoon, go into Crayshott.

Question

I'm sorry.

The moment I let you go,
some new point would come up

and the president would
want to recall you.

Is it very urgent, your
reason for wanting to go?

To be quite honest, I
just wanted to get away.

I find this harrowing.

Yes, I'm sure you do.

No one's enjoying it.

Don't let them throw him out.

You know very well that
doesn't rest with me.

Not in theory, no.

Not in any way.

It's for the court
to decide when

they've heard the evidence.

But you can't want
to see him chucked out.

I don't.

My duty as prosecutor is
simply to behave impartially

and to bring the whole of the
transaction before the court.

Do you know the whole
of the transaction?

Not yet.

I've only heard one side of it.

Not even that.

Just the bare bones of one
small bit of one side of it.

Oh, I know he behaved
like an idiot.

So does he.

But he's not like that really.

If you want to know
what he's really worth,

just stop any one of
those men and ask them.

Captain Graham, you're
wasting your talents.

It's the court you
should attack, not me.

Are you coming in?

No.

If I can do anything with
you, I'll go back to my office

and try and get some
useful work done.

Anyway, thanks for rejecting
my advances so nicely.

An unusual experience
for you, I'm sure.

If ah-- if there's
anything else?

No thanks.

Right.

Oh yes.

Yes?

I'm supposed to set
an example in barracks.

When you were asking our
commanding officer what

happened in Major
Carrington's room that night,

would you get him
to make it clear

that the accused and I were
not covered up in bed together?

Now, that's a
reasonable request.

All right, I'll do that.

Thank you.

Oh, Captain Graham?

Yes?

One question.

Yes?

You said this morning that Major

Carrington he warned
Colonel Henniker

he was going to take the money.

Did Major Carrington say that?

Yes.

Are you quite sure that?

Perfectly sure.

What started the
trouble between Major

Carrington and his Colonel.

Jealousy.

You?

Good heavens, no, not a
woman, nothing so reasonable.

What was Colonel Henniker
doing during the war?

Yes, that's more like it.

Anti-aircraft command,
a whole contest.

Hm, he never got overseas?

No.

Woolwich, Chatham,
and all stations

to Dover never out of touch
with the southern railway.

Well, you don't blame
him for that, do you?

Me?

I blame him for everything.

I'm sorry Colonel.

Have you been waiting for me?

I just came to find out
what time I'd be wanted.

Well, sir, you'll be
the last my witnesses.

I should say 3 o'clock or
um 10 to might be safer.

I'll be outside the
courtroom at a quarter to 3:00.

All going smoothly?

Yes, I think so.

Oh, one point came
out this morning.

Oh, what was that?

A witness gave
evidence that Carrington

told you beforehand he
meant to take the money

from the battery safe.

It's a point of some importance.

I see.
Why?

He still took that money.

Yes.

But if he gave
you prior warning,

it alters the whole
character of the defense.

Really?

If a bank clerk helps himself
out of a till and says,

oh, but I told the manager.

Ah, if the bank owed him money.

You mean he'd get away with it?

No.
I don't say that.

But obviously, still
thinking of your bank clerk,

it's one thing to take the
money sort of viciously

but quite another if
he takes it openly

after a dispute with a manager
over the bank's debt to him.

Which witness said
this or shouldn't I ask?

Captain Graham.

Oh, I see.

Did she hear Carrington tell me?

No, she heard it from him.

Isn't that hearsay?

No, it came from the accused.

Well, I suppose it's
a line of defense.

You know, Colonel,
this case worries me.

I find the defense out of
character in an officer

with Carrington's background.

Background?

What background?

You're not dazzled
by his V.C. are you?

I wouldn't say so.

Well, that's the real
trouble, the blaze

of adulation that
surrounds the V.C.

for the rest of his service.

I don't say it's his fault.
But Carrington's spoiled.

Anything he wants, he
feels he has a right to.

If he wants leave, he takes it.

If he wants to ask a
woman up to his quarters,

he ignores all
orders against it.

Background or no background,
he was short of money

so he helped himself.

As simple as that?

He just throws away his career
and his pension for 125 pounds?

Oh, no.

If he won at Sandown, he
meant to slip the money back.

If he lost, well, he'd
get away with it somehow,

something would turn up.

Someone would rally
around and help.

He's got plenty of friends.

Look, here, Carrington's whole
reputation was made outside

to bookie in 10 minutes.

He took over the gun
layer seat on a 25-pounder

from a wounded Lance
Bombardier and knocked out

five German tanks.

Well, that's more than
most of us could do.

Very few of us get the chance.

Look, I don't
underrate what he did.

But I didn't want
a gun layer here.

I didn't even want a war hero.

I wanted a battery commander
for a highly technical unit.

And they gave me Carrington.

Still, he's not being tried
for inefficiency, is he?

No.

You're entitled to impute
inefficiency as a reason

for refusing his leave.

That was my reason, of
course, and my only one.

Well, a quarter to 3:00 then.

Yes, please.

You'll be prepared to
answer that question

if it's put to you?

Which question?

Oh, about whether he
confided his intentions in me

or not, certainly.

Of course, Henniker's hated my
guts since the moment I joined.

Well, to be honest, you
never wasted much tact on him.

That's why we're here.

Come in.

Excuse me, sir.

I thought you better have this.

Oh, the accused
doesn't wear a belt.

I know, sir. but
for afterwards.

Alan, you're an
incurable optimist.

Nice piece of leather, this.

Belonged to my father.

Isn't it time Val got back?

Yes, if she wants to be
here when the court reopens.

Well, there's
Henniker now strutting

across the square on his way
to torment the regiment office.

Good, Lord, he's
showing Sgt. Connolly

how to salute in front
of the recruit squad he's

supposed to be instructing.

I can't look.

You ought to be able
to do better than that.

Don't you know how to
keep your wrist straight?

Like this, see?

Now let's see you do it.

And again.

That's better.

Now get on with it.

Squad will move to the right.

Right turn.

By the left, quick march.

Goodbye Larry.

Thank you so much.

Bye now.

Excuse me, is
Captain Graham here?

Oh, Ca--

- Hello Val.
- Oh, Allison.

I wonder if you could help me?

Well, I can try.

Well, I told Copper I would
come back this afternoon.

But I can't face it
just hanging around.

I can understand that.

How can I help?

Well, would you tell him?

If you could say it so
that he'll understand.

You see, if I go now,
I could catch the 2:50.

Have you called a taxi?

No, I thought perhaps that you
might drive me to the station.

They won't let me
leave the barracks.

We'll fix you up somehow.

I'm just going up to transport.

Oh, thank you.

Come on, then.

Ah, Mrs. Carrington, just
the person I'm looking for.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Ah, who are you?

The name's Evans, Morning Globe.

What do you want, Mr. Evans?
Have

Just a word with
Mrs. Carrington.

Nothing to worry,
though, we shan't publish

anything you don't like.

We don't want you to
publish anything at all.

But your husband
is a public figure.

They're taking a great deal
of interest in his case.

You can hear the
whole story in court.

I've never covered a case
yet, Captain Graham, in which

the court heard half the story.

Take your own evidence, for
instance, the moment you began

to interest me, you stopped.

Now this fight, this fight
in Major Carrington's bedroom

on the night he was arrested,
I want to hear more about that.

What fight?

The fight between your
husband and Colonel Henniker.

What was it about?
Who was it about?

I'm afraid you've been
misinformed, Mr. Evans.

There was no fight.

Captain Graham, are
you trying to tell me

the Colonel Henniker got his
black eye over swing door

and Major Carrington
barked his knuckles

on shutting the window.

I'm not trying to
tell you anything.

All right, all right,
perhaps it happened that way.

But ah-- I don't think so.

And ah--nor does
the mess waiter nor

does Colonel Henniker's driver.

You-- your train,
Val, you'll be late.

But why haven't I
heard about this fight?

You haven't heard about it?

You haven't heard about
it because there wasn't one.

Mr. Evans, you've no
right to go round--

All right, maybe I was wrong.

Maybe there wasn't a fight.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Carrington,
I must have got it wrong.

Yes, yes, perhaps--

perhaps you must have.

I'll phone you in London, Val,
the moment we hear anything.

Oh, yes, please do.

You'll have to hurry now.

All right then.

Yes, goodbye Alison.

Bye.

And thank you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry if I asked the right
question at the wrong time.

And what did you do then?

Then I went up to Major
Carrington's quarters

where I found Captain Graham.

And the accused?

Yes.

The accused was in bed.

Was he still suffering
from the effects

of his fall at Sandown?

I suppose so.

When you entered the room,
what was Captain Graham doing?

She was sitting in a chair.

In a chair by the bed?

No, by the window.

Was she in uniform?

Yes.

Was she fully dressed?

Yes.

Was there anything in
their attitude or demeanor

to suggest that they'd been
behaving improperly in any way?

No.

What happened then?

Well, I pointed
out to the accused

that in having Captain
Graham in his room,

he was directly
disobeying my order.

And I asked for an explanation.

Did he give any explanation?

No.

Go on, please.

Well, he seemed to resent

my presence in his quarters.

He became rather truculent.

In the end, I ordered Captain
Graham to leave the room.

And I put Major
Carrington under arrest.

Thank you, Colonel
Henniker, that is all.

Do you wish to
cross-examine Major Carrington?

Yes please, sir.

One moment, Major Carrington.

Sgt. Crane?

Sir.

It's a dog, sir.

I'm glad we agree.

Please silence it.

Very good, sir.

Sgt. Crane is improving.

Now then, Major Carrington.

Colonel Henniker, let's
start with a simple question.

Can you explain why
you dislike me so much?

Do you mean personally
or as a battery commander?

Personally.

I don't admit that I do
dislike you personally.

But I've never given
the matter much thought.

No?

Well, I think you'll admit,
we've never get on very well.

Oh, certainly.

We have very different
views about our Army duties,

for instance.

Yes, we had indeed.

Let's see how and why.

Now we agree that on
the 28th of March,

you told me that
you proposed holding

a training exercise
of my battery staff

on the 7th of April.

I did.

Your battery staff
needed training.

So badly that it couldn't
have waited one more day?

Hadn't you known
for at least six

weeks that I was riding at
Sandown on the 7th of April?

Isn't that rather an
odd way of putting it?

Had you applied for leave?

No, rather stupid of me.

Perhaps I hadn't.

Do you know how many
officers out of your regiment

attended that race meeting?

I have no idea.

I'll tell you, 18, 18 out of 34.

You know as well as I do
it's a regimental custom.

You know how many applied
for leave officially?

I'll tell you, not one of them.

My two fellow battery commanders
Holt and Mitchell both went.

Did they ask for leave?

I knew they were going.

My question was, did
they ask for leave?

And my answer
was not officially.

But I knew they were going.

But you didn't know I
was, is that what you mean?

Yes.

Do you remember a guest night

towards the end of
February when we dines

the new Garrison commander?

Yes.

We sat one on
either side of him, didn't we?

Yes.

And discussed at some
length my chances of winning

the Gold Cup on Peter Pan.

I don't remember.

You should, you joined in.

I can call the Garrison
commander, you know.

I don't remember discussing it.

It's not likely that
I would remember.

It's not a subject that
would interest me much.

Let's try another line.

As a bachelor, do you dine
in the mess fairly often?

Yes, more often than not.

Were you dining in regularly

in the weeks before the
Royal Artillery meeting?

Probably.

I can prove that you were.

I can also call four officers
who'll repeat conversations

they had with you during
that time about my chances

in the Gold Cup.

I don't want to waste
the time of the court.

But if you force me to
call them, I'll call them.

Now, do you still say that
as late as the 28th of March

you hadn't heard
that I was riding

in the Royal Artillery meeting?

Oh, I may have heard.

I probably did.

But I still say, it made
no impression on me.

The moment you told
me, officially,

that you meant to ride, I
told you that you couldn't.

And I told you why.

A training exercise
for my battery stuff

arranged 10 days
before the meeting

for the one purpose
of stopping me riding.

No, for the very legitimate
purpose of increasing

the efficiency of your battery.

I shall ask the court
to accept my explanation.

Mine doesn't suit
your case, I admit.

Mine doesn't twist the facts.

Gentlemen.

I'm sorry, sir.

Colonel Henniker,
you started that.

Your remark was provocative.

I'm sorry, sir.

Major Carrington, the court
will protect you from innuendo.

You can put away your gun.

Thank you, sir.

Well, let's go on to the third
charge, the one about Captain

Graham's visit to my quarters.

She's told us herself why she
came to my room that night.

Can you say why you came?

Why I came to your room?

At 10 P.M., yes, please.

Well, you didn't
report your return

from hospital that evening.

I only heard, more or less,
by chance that you were back.

What time did you hear that?

At about 9 o'clock in the mess.

But you didn't
come to my room until 10, why?

I didn't mean to
come at all that night.

I had plenty to say to you.

But I decided it was
better left until morning.

What made you change your mind?

I had reason to
believe that Captain

Graham had gone to your room.

What made you think that?

I saw her going upstairs
towards the officers quarters.

Well, why not say so?

What time was that?

About quarter past
9, I should say.

A quarter past 9.

So you waited 45 minutes
before you followed her.

Why?

I was hoping she'd
come down again

and that I could
overlook the matter.

You were hoping that you would
overlook a breach of discipline

by me?

I mustn't spoil that one.

Let's take the remaining
charge, the one about the money.

Here I admit, I
behaved very foolishly.

I gave you a
magnificent opening.

And you took full
advantage of it.

Is that remark in order, sir?

No.

Major Carrington, I don't want
hamper your cross-examination.

But if you can't--

I'm sorry, sir.

Colonel Henniker, this charge
of fraudulent misapplication,

let's go back to the 6th of
April last at about 11 o'clock.

Did I come to your
office then to talk

to you about my finances?

Yes.

Did I tell you that I was
unable to meet my debts?

Yes.

Did we discuss the money

which the government owed me?

Yes, a subject we'd
often discussed before.

Yes, we certainly had.

And when I asked you
if the pay master had

acknowledged my last
letter, did you tell

me that you hadn't sent it on?

Yes.

I thought it a bad letter,
rude and exaggerated.

You didn't say
that when I showed it to you.

No, I re-read it later.

I see.

Well, did you refuse
that morning, once more,

to take urgent action?

I refused
to ring up the war office

or to send a series of
personal telegrams, which

was your other suggestion.

I pointed out that all
reasonable steps had

already been taken by my staff.

Did I tell you I was
desperate that morning,

that things had come to a head?

You told me, at some length,
about your stepson's school

bills and your wife's
break down in health.

You appeared to blame
me for all that.

Certainly not, but as
my commanding officer

it was your job to help me.

I had to press my
claim through you.

And I was doing what I could.

The pay master was slow.

But that's nothing new.

I pointed out that you should
have known there'd be a delay

and managed your
affairs accordingly.

Managed my affairs accordingly.

Colonel Henniker, for
the last four years

I've been kicked
around the world, never

more than six months
in any one station,

never given government
married quarters,

paying through the nose of
furnished rooms and hotels,

never knowing--

Major, Carrington I don't
want to keep interrupting you.

But you'll have an opportunity
to give your evidence later.

I'm sorry, sir.

Let's say we had one
more tow about the money.

Now I come to a vital point.

To me, the one point in this
whole case that really matters.

When you told me that you were
unwilling, or unable, to take

any further steps on my behalf,
I told you that I intended

to help myself out of funds.

Do you remember my saying that?

No.

Or anything like that?

Nothing at all like that.

When I read your
evidence in the summary,

I noticed you hadn't
mentioned that.

I thought perhaps
you'd overlooked it

or didn't think
it was important.

I didn't think
you might might've

forgotten it altogether.

I still don't think so.

You never said any such thing.

I'll repeat my very words.

I said, if they won't pay me,
I'll pay myself out of funds

and see what they say to that.

You don't remember that?

No.

Then you
won't remember you answer.

I naturally don't.

I'll remind you.

You said, then I shall
have great pleasure

in seeing you court-martialed.

Now, did I make that up?

Did I?

No.

Those were your exact
words, weren't they?

As far as I can remember, yes.

Then how is it you don't
remember what I said?

You're quoting me
in the wrong context.

What do you mean by that?

You told me you were going
to Sandown the next day

with or without my permission.

And I said that if you did,
I'd have you court-martialed.

That speech of
yours was in answer

to my threat to take the money.

Do you deny that?

I do.

Let's start again.

The draft that was
originally supposed

to leave that day didn't come
only from my battery, did it?

No.

No, it was made up equally
from the three batteries.

Exactly.

But on the morning of the
7th, you sent the adjutant

to my battery office to check
to see that the money to pay

that draft was still there.

I did.

Did you send them
to the 47th battery?

No.

Did you send them
to the 21st battery?

No.

Then why to the 24th if
you deny that I told you

I was going to take the money.

Why to my battery,
and my battery only?

Was it my--my criminal record?

No.

Or my criminal appearance?

No.

Then can you tell the court what

made you pick on my battery,
and my battery only?

Certainly.

Because only the morning
before you told me

you had no money at all.

And yet that same
evening in the mess,

I heard you were
placing a sizable bet

on yourself to win at Sandown.

I was rather anxious
to find out where you'd

got the money to bet with.

I still want to know what
made you think the money

came out of my battery safe.

That is a difficult question
to answer, isn't it?

Can I help you?

You weren't afraid the
money wasn't there.

Because I told you I
was going to take it.

And you knew damn
well it wasn't there.

But you were afraid that
unless you did something

pretty quickly, I might win at
Sandown and put the money back.

Is that a question?

No, but this is.

Do you still say that
I didn't tell you

I was going to take the money?

I do.

Then I only have
one more question.

How do you like knowing
that I know you're lying?

You don't have to answer that.

Thank you, that's all.

Do you wish to
re-examine, Major Monsel?

No, thank you, sir.

Any questions, sir?

No thank you.

No.

Thank you, Colonel Henniker.

Well, that concludes the
case for the prosecution, sir.

Thank you, Major Monsel.

Ahem.

Major Carrington,
the time has come

for you to make your defense.

You have heard what
the prosecution say.

And you may make your reply
in one of several ways.

You may, if you wish,
but only if you wish,

give evidence upon oath--

That's what I want, sir.

One moment please.

Or you may make a
statement not on oath.

But I am bound to
warn you that it

does not carry the same weight.

Lastly, bearing in mind that
it is for the prosecution

to prove your guilt and not for
you to prove your innocence,

you may remain silent.

Are you sure you understand?

Yes, sir.

I want to give evidence on oath.

And do you intend to
call any other witnesses?

Only one, sir.

I Intend to call my wife.

That train's gone.

The station master
swears she wasn't on it.

Well, she must've missed it.

You said she was
late starting out.

Well, then why isn't
she at the station now?

There's another
one in 20 minutes.

I can't understand
her just going

off without saying a word.

She told Alison.

What do we do now?

You can demand a further
adjournment until we find her.

Shall I ring around and
then leave a message in case

she's gone some other way?
- Would you?

Kensington 4591.

I'll settle with you later.

My girl's on the switchboard,
I think the government

can stand you that.

Val, thank heavens
you've come back.

We're going to be all right.

What on earth-- but--
but Val what happened?

I thought you said--

I changed my mind on
the way to the station.

You've heard about
the adjournment?

Oh, yes.

I went to the courtroom first.

Will you give evidence?

You did promise
you wouldn't call me.

I know.
But things have changed.

You see, when Henniker
came out with a flat lie,

he gave us an opening
we can't afford to miss.

What do you want me to say?

Just tell the court the truth.

What about?

Tell them what
I said when I rang

you up and told you that
I'd sent you the 100 pounds.

That you'd taken the
money from the battery safe?

Yes, and that I told Henniker
I was going to take it.

And he threatened to have
me court-martialed if I did.

That's all I want from you, Val.

We've got to convince the
court that Henniker's lying.

Cooper, did you and Henniker
have a fight that night?

Of a sort, yes.

So you did.

What about?

Well, among other items, he
said some things about Alison

that I didn't very much like.

So I called him a liar and
a dirty minded snooper.

And he didn't very
much like that.

Go one, tell me what happened.

Well, then he sort
of slapped at me.

And I lost my temper
and knocked him down.

it wasn't much of
a fight, really.

It wouldn't have filled
the rabbit outward hall.

And you were there?

Yes.

Some people have all the luck.

I wish I'd seen it.

What was it he said about you?

Oh, you know the sort
of things he'd say.

He thought he had stumbled
in on an amorous scene?

Oh, no.

Even Henniker couldn't
have thought that.

He started up again about the
time he got stranded on our way

back from Manorbier.

Did I hear about that?

Yes, you heard
about that, in February,

remember, on our way
back from the command

conference when we got snowbound
and spent the night in the pub.

Oh yes, I remember.

But I don't see the connection.

Well, you wouldn't.

But Henniker thought he did.

Copper, we better get back.

We're holding things up.

Yes.

Do you want to go over
to the mess for tea?

I haven't given my evidence yet.
- Oh, no.

I'll wait here with Alison.

I-- I'll take
Val to my quarters.

She'll be more
comfortable there.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Thank you for coming back.

Hey, your hands are like ice.

You sure you're all right?

I'm fine.

Nothing to worry about.

It won't take more than
two or three minutes,

even if they cross-examine.

Oh.

Force of habit.

By the way, don't talk to me,
talk to the old boy in the wig.

Coming Val?

Yes.

I took this money.

But I took it openly after
saying I was going to take it.

I took it to
advertise a grievance.

Openly to advertise a grievance.

Well, Major Carrington,
let's see if you did.

After your interview
with Colonel Henniker

that morning, you went
back to your office,

borrowed the key of the
safe from Bombardier Owen,

and took out 125 pounds?

Yes.

Did ah-- anyone
see you take it?

No.

Did you tell Bombardier
Owen you'd taken it?

No.

Not even when you
gave him back the key?

Not even then.

Did you tell any of your
fellow officers you'd taken it?

I didn't tell Bombardier
Owen or anyone else

that I was having a row
with my commanding officer.

Because I didn't want to
stir up feelings against him.

That would seem to me to
me to be rather cheap.

Well, surely that does
you credit Major Carrington.

But for someone who wanted
to advertise a grievance,

don't you think you
were being remarkably,

reticent, even secretive?

Well, once I told
Colonel Henniker

I was going to take the money.

The court has heard
Colonel Henniker deny that.

I also told Captain Graham.

She doesn't deny it.

You told her you'd
had a row with him.

Wasn't that cheap?

Yes, I think it was.

Hm, this um--

advertising, when was
it going to start?

When were you going to tell
anyone you'd taking this money?

As soon as the order to
pay the draft came through,

I was going to ring up
the regimental office

and tell Colonel Henniker
that the cupboard was bare.

I was rather looking
forward to that.

And meanwhile
you said nothing to anyone.

Except my wife.

Sorry I've been so long, Val.

I've organized tea.

It'll be here in a moment.

Giving evidence is nothing, Val.

It certainly won't be for you.

They know you've been ill.

They'll be telling themselves
no matter what they do,

they mustn't upset you.

Come in.

Oh, thank you so much.

Tell me, how did you and
Copper happen to go to bier?

We were ordered to
go to this conference.

Just you two?

No, five of us went.

It was Copper and
Larry and I and Jock

Mckenzie and Colonel Henniker.

Did you all get stranded?

No.

Sugar?

No, thank you.

We were on the way back.

It was snowing.

The other three were ahead in
the Colonel's car and Copper

and I were in his and
the driver, of course.

Please go on.

Well, going up one
of those Welsh hills,

the car started to cough.

Then it stopped, nothing on
earth would start it again.

So we had to go
backwards downhill

until we got to the bottom.

Fortunately, there was a
village, or at least a pub.

Fortunately.

Well, when it got dark,
it was still snowing.

The driver was still
tinkering with the car.

So we all stayed the night.

Where was that?

A little place called Polgethle.

Oh, yes.

Tremarthen Arms.

Don't ever go there.

The landlord doesn't
like visitors.

No?

I said my bed was damp.

So in revenge they put me
into a room with a bat in it.

The bat came to life
when I went to bed.

Between us, we knocked
over the paraffin

lamp and most of the furniture.

Well, Copper had to
come and rescue me.

Did he get rid of the bat?

Yes, by that time, he had to
get rid of the landlord too.

And then we went back to bed?

Yes.

To his own bed?

Val, what's wrong with you?

Did you really
think I wouldn't know

the moment I saw you together?

There's nothing to know.

You're all on edge
or you wouldn't--

I'll tell you what
happened that night.

It'll save you the
trouble of lying about it.

Val, let's stop this.

I'll stop it when
I get the truth.

Until then, I refuse to
go into that courtroom.

You can't do that to him.

Tell Copper I've
gone back to London.

Tell him why.

All right.

We did spend that
night together.

But only that night.

And that's all there was to it.

He'll tell you it began
there and ended there.

And it did.
It led nowhere.

It never could
have led anywhere.

Copper loves you.

He always has.

And I suppose he always will.

He certainly doesn't love me.

Nor you him, I suppose.

Oh, yes.

I love him.

But that needn't worry you.

He'd never have known it
if you hadn't left him.

So-- so it's all my fault.

It's no one's fault.
It's the way things are.

Heaven knows, I'd
change them if I could.

Come in.

Excuse me, ma'am.

They're asking for
Mrs. Carrington.

Thank you.

Val.

You won't hold it
against him, will you?

And don't stay
away from him again

until he's so
lonely and miserable

he doesn't care what happens.

You won't do that, will you?

Val.

I swear by Almighty God.

I swear by Almighty God.

That the evidence, which I
shall give before this court.

That the evidence, which I
will give before this court.

Shall be the truth,
the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth.

Shall be the truth,
the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth.

Sgt. Crane?

Sir?

Get Mrs. Carrington a chair.

By the table.

- All right?
- Yes.

I

Won't keep you long.
I just wanted--

One moment, Major Carrington,
we have to establish

the identity of the witness.

Oh, yes, I'm sorry, sir.

You are Mrs. Valerie Diana
Carrington and my wife,

aren't you?

I am.

On the 6th of April
last, where were you?

London.

To the court, Val.

In London.

Did you get a
telephone call from me

that afternoon about 3 o'clock?

Yes.

Can you remember
what it was all about?

Yes, I think so.

Can you told the
court, quite shortly,

what we said which other?

About the money, you mean?

Yes, start with the money.

You said you just told your
barrack to send me 100 pounds.

Yes.

I think I asked you
where you got it, didn't I?

Yes you did.

You said you had taken
it from the battery safe.

Go on.

I-- I didn't believe you.

I think I told
you, you were mad.

Yes you did.
What did I say?

I don't remember.

I know I told you to go
and put it back at once.

I begged you to.

Yes.

You said you wouldn't.

Yes.

Yes, Val, then what did I say?

Did I mention Colonel Henniker?

We talked for some time.

Oh, yes.

Do you remember what I
said about Colonel Henniker?

Val, try to think.

This is important.

Didn't I tell you I'd had
a difference of opinion

with Colonel Henniker?

No, really, sir.

We can't have that.

You mustn't lead the
witness, Major Carrington.

Did we talk about
Colonel Henniker?

No.

I don't think we mentioned him.

What's this, Val?

I don't think so.

I can't remember.

You can't remember what?

I can't remember what it
is you wanted me to say.

I simply want you to tell
the truth about what I said.

Is that so difficult?

I am telling the truth.

Are you telling
this court on oath

that you don't remember one
word I said about my row

with Colonel Henniker?

No.

I don't.

Do you know what you are doing?

Yes.

And I still don't remember.

That's all, sir.
no more questions.

Do you wish to
cross-examine, Major Monsel?

No, sir.

Mrs. Carrington,
ahem, your husband

has told this court, upon
oath, that he warned Colonel

Henniker that he meant
to take the money

from his battery safe.

And he called you with
apparent confidence

to support that statement.

Please put right
out of your mind

any discussion you may have had
with him about your evidence.

But are you sure he did not
tell you on the telephone

that he had said that
to Colonel Henniker?

Quite sure.

Any questions?

May I re-examine, sir?

On the question of
what you told your wife?

Yes, sir.

Certainly.

That same day, and
presumably a short time

after, we spoke together on
the telephone, you sat down

and you wrote me a letter.

Yes.

In this letter,
among other things,

you referred to the
money I sent you.

Yes, I acknowledged it.

You also referred to the row
I had with Colonel Henniker.

What row?

The row I had with Colonel
Henniker when I told him I

was going to take the
money out of the safe.

I didn't mention Colonel
Henniker or your row with him.

How could I when I didn't
know anything about it?

Major Carrington, are
you producing that letter?

I'm just going to
quote part of it.

If you're going to
quote from the letter,

it must be produced for the
inspection of the court.

I doubt if my wife
would think that fair.

Major Carrington, is that all?

Yes, sir, that's all.

Questions?

Thank you, Mrs.
Carrington, that's all.

Val.

Hold it, please.

Thank you.

And finally gentlemen, I remind

you that I am your
adviser on matters

of procedure and the law.

But you, and you alone,
are judges of the facts.

And now, sir, I' leave
you to your deliberations.

Court orderly, step forward.

Well, gentlemen?

If we find Carrington guilty
of a charge involving fraud,

sir, he'll have to be dismissed
or cashiered, won't he?

Or sent to prison.

That is for us to decide if
and when we find him guilty.

At the moment, we're
considering the verdict.

And the question of
what sentence may follow

should not affect our
decision in any way.

It shouldn't be difficult for
them to decide who to believe,

unless they're deaf,
dumb, blind, and stupid.

Well, Henniker may get away
with murder in the witness box.

But he's not going to
get away with trying

to teach me how to salute in the
middle of the barrack square.

That's right, Sarge,
you sort him out.

Then you'll have two
stripes just like us.

They wanted to send
someone tomorrow.

But I said Friday would
be better or next week.

I suggested Monday
subject your approval.

What'd you say?

Well, I firmly believe that
Carrington did warn Henniker

he was going to take the money.

Colonel Henniker
swears he didn't.

And you believe him?

Yes, why should he lie?

Why on earth should he?
What's he get out of it?

Ah, may I?

I should have all
that was obvious.

It's the old story
of the backroom boy

versus the regimental officer.

Anyone who had fighting
in the late contest

starts off on the wrong
foot with Henniker.

Carrington V.C. Would
make him see red.

His popularity with the troops
would make him see redder.

Do you seriously think he'd
go so far as to perjure himself?

No need to call it perjury.

By this time, his
version is probably

the only one he believes.

Well,

I don't mind calling it perjury.

Look, we found Carrington
guilty of absence without leave

and improperly entertaining
the girl, at least

you've all found him guilty.

I didn't.

But I still say that no sane
and balanced commanding officer

would have put up a
man like Carrington

for court martial on
those two charges.

And that's why I
don't believe one

word he says about this one.

In other words, you're saying,
well, I don't care what he did.

I don't like his
commanding officer.

He was beastly about some
racing so I'll vote not guilty.

Well, put it that
way if it amuses you.

Well, that's nonsense.

The Colonel had to put
him up for court martial.

He couldn't do anything else.

Look, Carrington said he had
good reason to take the money.

Well, who hasn't?

Who hasn't been swindled and
sat down by the blasted treasury

ever since he
joined the service?

I know I have.

But I haven't paid myself
back out of the safe, not yet.

Carrington's story
doesn't hold water anywhere.

Look at that extra 25 lbs.

He says he took 100 to send
to his fie and 25 pounds

to bet with.

That was an afterthought, a spit

in the eye for the pay master.

An afterthought?

25 pounds was just about
what he needed to let him put

the whole lot back if he won.

Does that sound like
an afterthought?

We'll go on talking
as if he sat down weeks

before and worked all this out.

He didn't.

He was in trouble over money.

He was in trouble over his wife.

He had a flaming
row with Henniker.

And he went up in smoke.

I'm not saying he wasn't a fool.

But I'm certain
he isn't a thief.

Here, here.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, the more
you talk, the more you wonder.

Major Carrington has
admitted taking the money.

The prosecution
claims that he took

it secretly and dishonestly.

If you believe that, then
he is guilty of fraudulent

misapplication as charged.

Carrington says he took
it openly as a gesture

to advertise his wrongs.

If you believe that,
then he is not guilty.

It's as simple as that.

Now, I should like to review
the testimony of the wife.

Can I come in?

Do.

Anything happened yet?

No, nothing.

Copper, I must talk to you.

Do you mind, Jim?

Well, don't run away, Copper.

I'll be outside.

She found out us, didn't she?

Yes.

I did my best.

But she knew.

There was no way to warn you.

Copper, what if it
goes against you?

I don't know.

What about Valerie?

Val and I are through.

How can you say
that when you were

willing to chuck away your whole
career just to save her face?

That wasn't to save her face.

Then why?

Why did you do it?

Because I'm no good at
saying why or why not.

Within this whole business,
tearing up that letter,

it's the one thing
I did which I'm

quite sure I'll never regret.

It was like paying off a
debt, something I owed.

To Val?

Yes.

For not being the
man the newspapers

told her I was when we
married, the gallant V.C.

with a brilliant career
ahead of him in the Army?

And for not being
someone who could take

the place of the only
man she ever really did

love, the one who
was killed before he

had time to disappoint her.

Copper.

Oh, I'm not blaming Val.

She never pretended.

She even warned me.

So now all I have
to do is to stop

thinking that I can't
live without her

and prove to myself that I can.

After all, I've had
plenty of practice lately.

Copper, I'm not
forgetting that I

made most of the running.

But would you have spent
that night with me if you'd

still been in love with her?

Oh, I'm not as innocent
as that sounds.

Lot's would, I know.

But not you.

At least I've never thought so.

I must go out on duty.

Copper, down here in
Polgethle you said, there

was no future in it for us.

No.

I said an affair wasn't
good enough for you.

That's not the same thing.

That's what I hoped you said.

I-- I'll be late.

But he could have
proved his wife was

lying by producing the letter.

But he didn't produce it.

He tore it up.

Yes, because he didn't
want to show her up

for what she is, a liar and a--

That's romantic
nonsense, my dear chap.

You're just making that up.

People who behave
like that nowadays.

Not enough of them, I grant you.

When they stop together, it'll
be a bad day for the world.

And we can all start running
for the nearest shelter.

Your guess may be right.

It's quite possible that
Carrington's decision

reflects great credit on him.

But I don't think he can
escape its consequences.

Listen to this from the manual.

The members of court's
martial must remember

that their finding must
be based upon the evidence

given before them.

The word evidence is in italics.

Now, a letter that is not
produced is not evidence.

And I am sure that any court
of law, and a court martial

is a court of law, which decided
that the accused could have

proved his case but didn't,
and yet acquitted him

is on very dangerous ground.

We've sworn to try Carrington
without partiality,

favor, or affection.

Let's be sure we do it.

And now, remembering
that in a court martial,

a majority verdict
is sufficient.

I'll take your votes.

Guilty or not
guilty of the charge

of fraudulent misapplication?

Major Broke-Smith?

Not guilty, sir.

Major Panton?

Guilty, sir.

- Colonel Huxford?
- Guilty, sir.

General Reeve?

Not guilty, sir.

Then the verdict
depends upon my vote.

Major Charles Owen Paul
Carrington, Victoria Cross,

Distinguished Service Order,
Royal Artillery, the court

find that you are guilty
of the first charge,

guilty of the second charge, and
are guilty of the third charge.

These findings are
subject to confirmation.

You better have this, Jim.

It's better than
that thing of yours.

You'll still want it.

What for?

Fancy dress?

Nonsense.

The sentence has
to be confirmed.

How did it go?

What happened to him?

What did he get?

OK?

Was it a reprimand or what?

Well, what did he get?

Dismissed to service.

Dismissed?

Well, hold out.

Well, it's all
very find and large.

But they should have some of
us up their for witnesses.

- Quite right.
- Here you are, Fred.

Thanks mate.

Well, I never though I'd
live to see the day when

I felt sorry for an officer.

Of course he didn't
stand a chance,

not after that bee
of a wife of his

told them he never mentioned
Henniker's name on the phone

that morning.
- Go ahead caller.

Well, couldn't they
tell she was lying?

Courts can't tell anything.

They have to be told.

Your London call,
Captain Fisher.

Well, I could have told them.

Crayshott Barracks.

One moment, please.

Told them what?

I put that call through
for Major Carrington

and I heard him.

Wire Office Field,
sir, go ahead.

Heard him what?

Well, say that he'd
told Colonel Henniker

he was going to take money.

Smitty.

Well, I wasn't listening.

I was just checking the line.

Do you realize
what you're saying?

I just came along to see if
there was anything I could do.

I don't think so.
But thank you for coming.

Copper, you're going to
fight this, aren't you?

Fight it?

Appeal against their
verdict and the sentence.

Oh, it's a waste of time.

From what they
heard in that court,

they were bound to find
me guilty and kick me out.

But if you appeal, they'll have

another look at the evidence.

Yes and the appeal
court might easily

have more sense than this one.

I can't think of one
reason why they should.

Oh, let's forget
about the whole thing.

No Copper.

That's not good enough.
- Why not?

Because when this thing started,

you said you were glad.

Because you thought the
case might do some good.

- Did I?
- Yes.

It was to advertise a grievance.

That's what you said in court.
- Well, why complain?

I advertised it, didn't I?

It just so happens this
is one of those times

that advertising didn't pay.

And that's to be the end of it?

Honestly, I don't know.

Copper, please.

All I want you to do is
to say you won't give up.

And that even if they
do confirm the sentence,

you will go on fighting.

Let's talk about
it some other time.

Captain Graham?

Excuse me, ma'am.

What is it, Rosa?

Could I have a word
with you a moment?

- Now?
- It's important, ma'am.

I think you should hear what
Private Smith's just told me.

Beg pardon, sir.

I know you don't
want me just now.

But some of the battery's
asked me to come

and have a word with you, sir.

Oh, that's all right, Owen.

Well, sir, they'd like
to know that there's not

one last john recruit
that don't know

better than that court martial.

Matter of fact, there's
a movement afoot

to let the Colonel
know what they

think of him for starting it.

Well, for heaven's
sake, stop that.

I know, sir, the Sergeant
Major trod on that.

But there's nothing to
prevent me from telling you

what I think.

Of all the damn idiotic
mess-ups I've ever come across

in 12 years Army
service, and that's

plenty, that verdict
and that sentence

just about tops the lot.

Well, that's what
they think, sir.

And that's what
they'd like to know.

That's all, sir.

Well, thank you, Sgt. Owen--

Bombardier Owen.

Gunner Owen, sir.

What?

Well, that's what it will be.

I met the adjutant
on the way over.

And we had a word or two on the
lines I've just told you about.

Owen--

I know, sir.

I'm under open arrest again.

But don't you worry.

I'll have me money's
worth this time.

Good luck, sir.

It's the Major.

Well?

All right.

I'll lodge my appeal.