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The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC Warner Bros. Television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.
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00:00Actually, this is a lull in the war.
00:06A battle has been fought, the enemy has retreated, and our men are resting.
00:12A few of the enemy are still deeply rooted in this rubble.
00:15It was once a sunny village.
00:18But all in all, this is a moderately peaceful day.
00:23We take turns at confiscating some much-needed sleep.
00:26And we sleep soundly in any haven we can find to hide our bodies.
00:33Sleep.
00:34To a lullaby of gunfire.
00:56Glukovic.
01:10Glukovic.
01:15Glukovic!
01:16What?
01:18What?
01:21Nothing.
01:23Nothing.
01:24Nothing.
01:25That's right, nothing.
01:27You spoil our dream I'm having in color.
01:29You scare me half to death and it's nothing?
01:31As a matter of fact, you scared us.
01:33We were lying there as limp as a burst balloon.
01:36So I don't sleep at attention.
01:39You weren't snoring.
01:40Snoring?
01:40Yeah, snoring.
01:42Usually you sound like a dogfight between us two squadrons of B-17s when you sleep.
01:48Just now you were laying there like a little lamb with long curls and velvet britches.
01:53So you thought maybe I was dead?
01:56Do I bother you when I think you're dead?
01:58Well, anyway, we had a good nap.
02:01Maybe we ought to fall out and give somebody else some sack time.
02:04When their turn comes, they'll let us know.
02:06One thing about our boys, Conley, they're dependable.
02:10When it's time for their relief, they'll find us.
02:28Now he tells them.
02:30How's it going?
02:46Peaceful.
02:47Nice Sunday afternoon at the beach.
02:49It's not going to last, though.
02:50We're moving out.
02:51How do you know?
02:52I just know.
02:53I got a talent for it.
02:56Are we moving up or back?
02:58That I don't know.
02:59My talent's only good for moving out.
03:01I never know which direction.
03:04Where's the captain?
03:05They set up CP over at that bakery.
03:09Well, I better tell him I'm moving.
03:11Conley, be careful.
03:14Be very careful.
03:16I got a hundred bucks bet that you're going to pull through this thing with nothing worse than a blister.
03:21Money.
03:23Cover me.
03:29Conley, I got a scoop for you.
03:58We're moving.
03:59I know.
04:01You know how?
04:02D'Angelo.
04:03You know his intuition.
04:05He didn't, however, know in which direction we're moving.
04:08Isn't it always forward?
04:11Interesting view?
04:11Yeah, you see that old inn or tavern down there by itself?
04:19I've got to send somebody in there.
04:22Fill me in.
04:23It seems the Signal Corps monitored the Jerry radio, and it's somewhere in this immediate area.
04:27You think it's in there?
04:29It's one of the places we haven't checked yet.
04:30It's a bad position for an OP.
04:32Yeah, maybe not.
04:33They could have spotted a lot of activity from there.
04:36I'm badly shaken up, isn't it?
04:38Yeah, the Air Corps worked it over before we got here.
04:41She knows as well as I do that some ruins can suddenly sprout stingers a mile long.
04:46Sir?
04:48You wanted to see me, sir?
04:49Yeah, Smith, I want you to volunteer for a mission.
04:53Yes, sir.
04:55Take a look at that inn down there.
05:01I'm looking for a Jerry radio, and I want that place checked out.
05:05Looks harmless enough from here, but I don't like that open ground, and there could be somebody alive in there.
05:10Is this a daylight detail, sir?
05:12You see, you should already be in there detail.
05:13I'm going to send Gibson with you and, uh, that new guy, O'Day.
05:19O'Day?
05:20He's as green as spring grass.
05:22Well, it's time he got his feet wet.
05:25Yes, sir.
05:37That looks as lonely as a daisy on a Kansas prairie.
05:39Let's hope that daisy doesn't have any bees buzzing around at Connolly.
05:46Let's hope that daisy is in there.
06:15I wonder what they do there at the same time.
06:45I don't know.
06:52But hold on to them.
07:15Hermann Göring.
07:40I don't know.
07:50I don't know.
07:55I don't know.
08:00I don't know.
08:10I don't know.
08:15I don't know.
08:22I don't know.
08:25I don't know.
08:41I don't know.
08:57I don't know.
09:00Try it.
09:12This one ought to be easy, huh?
09:19Sure.
09:20None of them are easy, are they?
09:29You all set?
09:30I guess so.
09:35Did you get a good look at that house out there or whatever it is?
09:38Yeah, but it doesn't make any difference.
09:41I've seen it before a dozen times.
09:44As soon as the captain gave me those binoculars, I knew what I'd see.
09:47Same house.
09:49Same nightmare.
09:51I'm out on this field.
09:57And I see this house.
10:00And I try to get away, but I can't.
10:04Like a magnet, it keeps pulling me inside.
10:07So I go inside.
10:08Ben?
10:10Nothing.
10:13I just don't come out again, that's all.
10:18Nothing.
10:19Look, Smith, this is a routine patrol.
10:22You've done it a hundred times.
10:23You did it yesterday, and you'll do it tomorrow.
10:25I don't think there's going to be tomorrow.
10:29I don't feel tomorrow.
10:32Look, if you're so sure, then what are you going for?
10:35What am I supposed to do?
10:36Retire?
10:37Talk to McKenna.
10:38Tell him just what you told me.
10:39There's nothing McKenna can do for me.
10:41What's more, there's nothing I want him to do.
10:43Then maybe I should talk to him.
10:44You talk to nobody.
10:48Now get moving.
10:51Come on.
10:55Are you guys still here?
10:56Watts holding it up?
10:57Tell him.
10:58Knock it off.
10:59Tell him.
11:00I said knock it off.
11:04What's the problem, Smith?
11:06Nothing, sir, doesn't it?
11:072009.
11:08I'll see you later.
11:09I'll see you later.
11:20Have you any Stryholz?
11:22No, Hauptmann.
11:24Let's go!
11:25You get slower.
11:26Let's go!
11:27You know who's the one?
11:28We're going into it.
11:29I'll continue this.
11:30You go, Hauptmann.
11:31Let's go.
12:01Let's go.
12:31Let's go.
13:01Let's go.
13:31Let's go.
14:01Let's go.
14:31Let's go.
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18:26Let's go.
18:55Let's go.
18:56Let's go.
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19:01Let's go.
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19:21Let's go.
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19:25Let's go.
19:27Let's go.
20:59This is Red Dog.
21:09Over.
21:11Going into another room.
21:13Gibson from the kitchen and the others from the stair underneath.
21:29Here we go.
21:59Hey.
22:00Check him.
22:01They're in a dining area.
22:05So far, so good.
22:07Hey.
22:08Check him.
22:14They're in a dining area.
22:21So far, so good.
22:23Now they're moving into the lobby.
22:28You're in a lobby.
22:29You're in a lobby.
22:30Found three dead Germans.
22:33One looks like a high ranker.
22:35Well, check to be sure.
22:36Smith would naturally do that, Captain.
22:37You're right.
22:38He has.
22:39They are dead.
22:41They are dead.
22:42They are dead.
22:43They are dead.
22:44They are dead.
22:45They are dead.
22:46They are dead.
22:47They are dead.
22:48They are dead.
22:49They are dead.
22:50They are dead.
22:51They are dead.
22:56They are dead.
22:57They are dead.
22:58They are dead.
22:59They are dead.
23:03They are dead.
23:16They are dead.
23:24Okay, you cover me.
23:54Okay, you cover me.
24:24Man, there's no doubt about Jerry being in there now.
24:26Let me take the patrol and flush them out, Captain.
24:29Lieutenant Kimbrough's got the 1st Platoon on the other side of town.
24:31I'll shake them loose and secure the end with them.
24:34You go with them, Mack.
24:35Yes, sir.
24:41Noch einmal.
24:49Die suchen in die Küche.
24:50Stellen Sie fest, ob die mehr ein Kerne verstärkungen bekommen haben.
24:53Jawohl, Herr Alpen.
24:54Captain Benedict.
24:57Major Juergens, Benedict.
24:59Yes, sir.
25:00Regiment has given us an immediate mission.
25:03I want your company ready to move out within an hour.
25:05We need you in another sector.
25:06Well, I've got a patrol out, sir, and I'm afraid they might be in trouble.
25:09Baker is moving right through your sector.
25:11They'll take care of that patrol.
25:12Yes, sir.
25:12I'd rather do it myself.
25:13Well, I can't be concerned with what you would rather do, Captain.
25:17Major, those are my men out there, not Baker companies.
25:20And I need your company elsewhere.
25:23Is that clear, Captain?
25:24Yes, sir.
25:29We're moving out in an hour, Mack.
25:31And Smith's patrol?
25:32Baker company will have to take care of them.
25:34Yes, sir.
25:43Do you speak English, right, Fennwebel?
25:45Jawohl.
25:46Try to lock him out.
25:48Say, soldier, you can hear me, yes?
25:58You have no chance now.
26:01Your two comrades are dead.
26:05Come out with your hands up.
26:07Do you hear me?
26:11Heard me on hand, Granate.
26:15Granate?
26:16Granate.
26:18Granate.
26:37American.
26:39If you don't come out, we are going to throw a grenade back there.
26:46I do not particularly approve of this maneuver.
26:52The noise of the explosion will decidedly let your comrades know we are in here.
26:59Our noble captain has made this brilliant decision.
27:04So, if you are not out of there, before I count to three,
27:13a grenade will come over to convince you.
27:19One.
27:22Two.
27:22It's your last chance, American.
27:38Three.
27:38Three.
27:38Three.
27:41Mr. Babel.
27:59See if we're in our list.
28:05We have to keep the connection here.
28:07The table.
28:37Oh, my God.
29:07Oh, my God.
29:37Who's in trouble?
29:52You, D'Angelo.
29:56You, me, and everyone else in this stinking war.
29:59It's a way of life.
30:00That's right.
30:01And when you get back to the States, you're going to be in trouble crossing streets and busy intersections.
30:07What are you doing here, anyway?
30:08Aren't you on a detail?
30:10I'm on relief.
30:12You all ready to move, are you?
30:13Are your gear all set?
30:14Yes, sir.
30:16I'm going to go pick flowers or something.
30:28That's right, Gibson.
30:32Gibson, Smith, and O'Day.
30:33I sent them to reconnoiter her house.
30:34They're still there.
30:36There's a possibility, a remote one.
30:37They may still be alive.
30:39Which brings us to you, D'Angelo.
30:42If you try, or incite anyone else to try, any movie show type heroics,
30:48I'm going to create a new rank in this army, one step below Buck Private,
30:52and you'll have the distinction of being the first one to hold it.
30:55Understand?
30:56Yes, sir.
30:57Good. Now get out of here.
31:02Sir, I have Apple Tom Charlie on the wire.
31:22A fine officer we have in command, but not for commanding.
31:46Skis at the St. Moritz, he might talk about, but military problems.
31:52They are a boar.
31:55Italy to him is for road racing, not fighting.
32:01The Danube, for waltzing.
32:05Hansel.
32:07Jawohl, Herr Hauptmann.
32:09In the future, conduct all conversations in German, unless commanded otherwise.
32:16Jawohl, Herr Hauptmann.
32:22You, you too.
32:30I'll go.
32:31You, you too.
32:33You, you too.
32:36all right get your gear together the company's moving out in 20 minutes we're going to get
33:03Gibson no not Gibson what are you sitting there for you heard him get ready to move captain what about
33:17the patrol are we now look D'Angelo I don't have to explain anything to you just get ready clear yes
33:23sir I think he growled at you you should have heard it with a major when he was ordered to move out
33:36without checking on the patrol he has to follow orders to you know you don't have to defend him
33:41less Connelly we understand him as well as you do drama of all the helpman this hotel
34:04hat wahrscheinlich einen guten Weinkeller würden sie gern welchen probieren
34:08Kammer ich habe ihn in eine Frage gestellt jawohl Herr Hauptmann ich möchte gern welche probieren
34:19dann gehen sie in den Keller und suchen sie einen guten Jagern aus jawohl
34:23was machen sie da die sudah hatten vorhanden schon
34:53Oh, and it's like a good sort, huh?
34:56Yeah, I am.
35:23Oh, my God.
35:53Oh, Hansen, trinken Sie mit uns?
36:16Nein, danke.
36:23Mama!
36:48Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
36:50Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
36:52Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
36:54Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
36:56Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
36:58Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:00Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:02Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:06Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:08Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:10Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:12Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:14Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:16Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:18Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:20Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:21Mama, beeilen Sie sich!
37:22Super!
37:24Oh, my God.
37:54Oh, my God.
38:24Oh, my God.
38:54Oh, my God.
39:25Come sit.
39:25What is your name, Private?
39:42Gibson.
39:43Roger Gibson.
39:44Ah, good.
39:45That's a good name.
39:46Gibson.
39:47Very American name.
39:49Would you mind, Private Gibson?
39:51I would not like to provoke useless heroics on your part by lowering my gun.
39:56Would you mind, please?
40:13Would you care for one?
40:15Father Gibson, four German soldiers died in this tavern today.
40:21And two Americans.
40:23Do you know why they died?
40:25Can you tell me why this tavern is so important that six men should die for it?
40:30The radio was important to the captain.
40:34Ah, yes, the radio.
40:36It's a reasonable answer.
40:38A soldier's answer.
40:42Where is your home, Private Gibson?
40:44Tennessee.
40:46Tennessee.
40:47Oh.
40:48I've heard that the mountains of Tennessee are like those in Thuringia.
40:52It's a place of my birth.
40:55Do you know every morning a heavy mist hangs over them like a veil?
40:59Do you know it's a German poet, Goethe?
41:06No, you are too young.
41:09This is no place for poetry, especially German.
41:13But Goethe knew the mountains well.
41:16He wrote with love.
41:18Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruhe.
41:22In allen Wipfeln spürst du kaum ein Hauch.
41:26Over the hillside, there is a stillness.
41:33Over every treetop, you can hardly sense a breath.
41:42Now there is no stillness for Germany.
41:47Now in all Europe,
41:50now the echo of cannon and the shriek of death deafens us all.
41:56You ski, Private Gibson?
41:57No, I don't.
41:58Oh, you should learn.
41:59Everyone should ski.
42:00This balm for the wounded spirit,
42:03this solitude gives man a chance to think, to reflect.
42:07But jumping, jumping is the best of all.
42:09Like the modern Icarus, man can soar,
42:11soar over the earth and over his problems.
42:14But jumping, jumping is the best of all.
42:18Like the modern Icarus, man can soar, soar over the earth and over his problems.
42:24But our feet are on the ground at the moment.
42:28And I must kill you, mustn't I?
42:32Come now, Private Gibson, you're a soldier.
42:37Tell me what I must do.
42:40You said it yourself.
42:43Kill me or take me back to one of your prison camps.
42:46If I kill you, then you see I may be killed when I leave.
42:52That's right.
42:56There's probably another patrol on its way here right now.
43:00On the other hand, I may reach the safety of my own lines with you as my prisoner.
43:06Let's say that you do, and the war will be over for me,
43:12and I'm going to be back in Tennessee sooner or later,
43:15because I know we're going to win.
43:17But what about you?
43:19Yeah, you're going to get a hot meal, a pair of dry socks,
43:23a change of underwear, and a new assignment.
43:26And another tavern.
43:27That's right.
43:29That's what this war is all about, as far as I can tell.
43:35Another tavern, another farmhouse, another hill.
43:41You know, you may never get back to your beautiful mountains.
43:45Then you must decide for me.
43:47Tell me what I must do.
43:49Mister, you've got the gun, and I'm your prisoner.
43:52And this is one problem you can't soar above.
43:55Of course, if you were my prisoner,
43:59you'd probably wind up back in the States for the rest of the war.
44:03Suppose I allowed you to leave.
44:06Would you promise not to tell your superiors that I was still here?
44:10No.
44:12Why not?
44:13Who would know?
44:15I would.
44:17Ah, I forgot.
44:19You are a soldier.
44:22Where are you going?
44:29I'm leaving.
44:30I'm going back to my company.
44:31Come back to your chair.
44:35You're not going to shoot me.
44:37Please.
44:38Return to your chair.
44:52Come back.
44:53Come back.
44:54Come back.
44:55Come back.
44:56Come back.
44:57Come back.
44:58Come back.
45:19Congratulations, Private Gibson.
45:21Come back.
45:22I am now your prisoner.
45:29All ready to go, Captain?
45:31All right.
45:32Let's move, then.
45:34You got it?
45:35Jim?
45:37Something I think you'll be interested in.
45:51Well, I'll be.
46:07Well, it's good to see you, Gibson.
46:09We're beginning to worry about you.
46:10May I make my report, sir?
46:14Oh, yes, yes.
46:15By all means, let's hear your report.
46:19Mission accomplished.
46:19Enemy radio discovered and consequently destroyed.
46:24I did jot down some of their talk.
46:28It may be in code or it might just be German.
46:31I can't read it.
46:38That's good. Go on, go on.
46:40We had two casualties, sir.
46:43Smith and...
46:45that new guy.
46:48O'Day.
46:48Yes, O'Day.
46:51Well, what about the other side?
46:53We score anything?
46:55The enemy.
46:57Four dead and...
46:58one prisoner.
47:01He had the drop on me, but...
47:04I did manage to disarm him.
47:07That's good, Gibson.
47:12I'm proud of you.
47:18Hauptmann Ernst Rauch.
47:20Zu ihrer Verfügung.
47:22Well, I gotta say,
47:23this is the happiest-looking prisoner
47:24I've seen in my brief career.
47:27Can I take them back to S2?
47:29Give them this,
47:30see if they can make something out of it?
47:31Yes, sir.
47:33Uh, moment, Peter.
47:47Uh...
47:47Thanks.
48:15Shall we go, Captain?
48:16Captain.
48:26Gibson, we're moving out. Grab the radio from Lytale.
48:29He's had enough training for one day.
48:31Yes, sir.
48:33All right, let's move it.
48:36It'll be many hours before Gibson discovers...
48:51...that his new cigarette case was inscribed by Herman Goering.
48:55For many years after, Gibson will be doomed to unsuccessful attempts...
48:59...to reconstruct exactly what happened on a moderately peaceful Sunday.
49:04A kind of quiet afternoon, as afternoons are in these days.
49:09The Gallant Men
49:26Starring Robert McQueenie as Conley Wright
49:31William Reynolds as Captain Benedict
49:34Robert Ridgely as Lieutenant Kimbrough
49:37Richard X. Slattery as Sergeant McKenna
49:40Eddie Fontaine as Private D'Angelo
49:43Roland Lestarza as Private Lukovic
49:46Robert Gothi as Private Hanson
49:49Roger Davis as Private Gibson
49:51Roger Davis as Private Gibson
49:52Roger Davis as Private Gibson
49:56Roger Davis as personne
49:57Roger Davis as externally
50:03John Williams
50:04Roger Davis
50:05Heidi
50:06Roger Davis
50:08British
50:09Gabriel
50:11Roger Davis
50:13Roger impossible
50:14Roger
50:19Roger
50:20Roger
50:21Roger
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