Legion of the Damned (La legione dei dannati)

Good morning, Colonel Henderson. Would you like to speak with...

Colonel, the general is very busy. If you would like to wait...

That's it, see you again in the afternoon.

You are a pig, a dirty, filthy pig!

There were 28 left in my team and they killed them all, one by one!

You have only yourself to blame. You understand? You dirty bastard!

That's enough, Charley!

You've talked enough! Repeat just one of those insults

and I'll put you on trial. Got it? - I got it, Sam.

I suggest you do it now because another one of your dirty tricks

and I'll kill you! I swear I'll kill you like a dog!

I am your superior and I ordered you a mission.

It is not up to you to evaluate consequences and results.

That's absurd!

Did you know that the depot was watched by 200 Germans

and by two tanks.

You told me that there were only a few sentries. They discovered us

and they played pigeon shoot, it was a massacre!

You blocked 75 German tanks.

Your action was not useless.

Listen up, Charley. The date for the invasion of France

has already been set, June 6.

In the 24 hours preceding the landing all our groups of commandos

will have to carry out actions behind the German lines.

- What do you mean? - Lieutenant Pike, the file.

You will command one of these groups.

What group? I don't have a man alive. You're crazy!

- Pike, where are you going? - But...

- Give me the papers! - Yes, sir.

Here you will find everything, plans, schedules, details.

You will have to choose the men yourself

among our best special company.

You will need an explosives technician.

The Americans gave it to us, he's the major...

- Burke, sir. - Burke, that's right.

- He's a real expert. - He's going to figure it out alone.

I'm done with commandos, I'll go back to the front line. Goodbye, Sam!

Good luck. The coastal area where you will have to disembark

is commanded by a German colonel, a certain Ackerman.

You have already met once, haven't you?

Fire!

It was in Sidi Barrani, I don't remember how it ended.

- Good luck, Charley. - You're a coward!

A dirty... bastard!

Did you see that? A fucking colonel came to see us!

See, Sergeant? There are showers there, a basketball court...

Modern times, Colonel. There weren't such amenities before.

Enough...

You are a bunch of chickens, of cowards!

Why didn't you react? Are you afraid just because he's a colonel?

You have been misinformed.

- So? - I have no one for you.

I am surprised that the General doesn't know the situation.

- I've been trying for months... - Those six out there?

Not those. I advise you to go to the V Paratroopers.

Why not? They seem to be well trained.

Yeah, but you see... These are bad elements.

They've been under arrest for months and even in this emergency situation

I don't feel like trusting them.

Don't worry about it. Let me decide.

What a beautiful little setting!

Nothing to do with our shacks full of lice.

Take it, all for free.

Dirty officers tobacco!

Hey, look!

Rascal!

Get him up.

Good. Now we can introduce ourselves.

I am Colonel Henderson.

- Bernard Knowles. - Yes.

You must say: "Yes, sir"!

- Fighting, insubordination, violence. - Yes, sir.

- John Carlyle. - Yes, sir.

Fighting, insubordination, violence.

Albert Hank.

Brawling, insubordination.

Sam Schrier. Better known as the anarchist.

Here's the regimental celebrity, Raymond Stone.

Twelve months of training spent in solitary confinement. It's a record!

I have another record.

You are Frank Madigan.

Apparently you are very experienced at stealing.

Yeah, it was nice to meet you. Cheers!

No, wait! You didn't hear the ending.

You are enlisted in a mission in enemy territory.

- What? - You gotta be kidding, huh?

I never joke. We're leaving tomorrow morning.

No, no. You leave.

You cannot force me. I'm going back to the confinement.

Go ahead, no one can force you.

You stole the company's payroll, didn't you?

Rabindra, repeat article 81 of the Military Penal Code.

At the discretion of higher commands,

whoever commits theft in a war zone may be sentenced to death.

The entire English coast is at war. Do you have any objection to that?

That's all there is to it. We're leaving in the morning.

Other instructions will be given to you during the journey.

- Clear! - Come on, Carlyle!

You want to die on a mission with that crazy colonel?

I've been running all my life, I'm tired.

Plus, you won't get very far with that loudmouth Stone.

You're an idiot! Let's go!

- Where's Carlyle? - He's not coming, he's crazy.

Look out! That way, quick!

Halt! Stop!

Get out of the way!

You'll leave with the others, at dawn, in exactly two hours.

In one hour and 59 minutes.

What's wrong with you? You haven't talked in over two hours.

Nothing, sir. I don't have anything important to say.

Do you know who's on the other side? I mean in France.

- The Germans. - Know who's in charge of them?

Colonel Ackerman, our friend from Sidi Barrani.

- Do you think we will meet him? - I don't think so.

He commands the coastal defenses.

But it gives me a strange feeling knowing that he's there, like...

Like tiger hunting. I remember when I was a kid in India.

We would get to the tiger area and our stomachs would grip,

but we kept going, the tiger was the enemy.

You're not a real man, if you don't meet your enemy face to face.

It's called London Restaurant, in Glasgow.

- I've never been to Glasgow. - That's one hell of a restaurant!

I used to go there almost every day.

Five pounds a meal.

You eat such chicken pot pies that you dream about at night!

Are you thinking about the colonel?

If you must know, something might happen to him in France!

Having fun, huh?

- I didn't tell you about the liver! - Phew!

Not now! I'll call you when I get back.

Bye!

Captain Burke reporting for duty. Sorry for the delay.

Americans may let you behave like that, but I don't excuse you!

Stand at attention when talking to a superior!

You arrive late and accompanied by a girl.

I bet you told her that you were going on a mission to France.

- I didn't think... - Ah, you didn't think?

Let me give you an example of what could happen because you don't think!

Suppose the girl comes home and tells her friends

that the American captain has gone on a mission to France.

Suppose that other officers who are embarking

behave as you do.

Do you know how many German spies and informers there are in London?

- No, sir. - Around 700.

Draw your own conclusions, Captain.

I understand, sir. With your permission, I'll come aboard.

I didn't know that if I slept with a girl, we would lose the war.

Periscope down.

Colonel, in 20 minutes we will be on target.

Thank you, captain.

So... Normandy.

We are about to arrive here, this is the area of our mission.

At about 100 meters from the shore, we will find anti-landing devices

with underwater mines to neutralize, you'll take care of it with two men.

You will have to open a breach to the shore.

- How much time will we have? - One hour. I will land

and eliminate the two German lookout posts.

That's it?

We have to open the way for the ships that will follow us with commandos.

They will reach the city of Ango

to blow up a German cannon mounted on a train.

As soon as the others have landed, we return to the submarine. Clear?

- Yes. - Here.

What do you think?

They look like regular mines.

- How long have they been in the sea? - I don't know.

When the devices get rusty, it's a problem.

- We better blow them up. - Blow them up?

You can't defuse them, it's too dangerous.

He will detonate the charges after we take out the Germans.

- May I ask you a question? - Go ahead.

I was told that you chose for the mission six jailbirds.

- Is that true? - Yes, it's true. So?

No, nothing, it just seems strange that you chose...

Strange, Captain? Do you, an American, find that strange?

All your most famous heroes, David Crockett,

John Brown, Doc Holliday, have been in jail a long time.

- You find it strange that... - Okay, that's enough, I get it.

It's late, let's go.

- Have you had baked piglets? - No, never.

It's amazing how they make them at the London Restaurant!

- They're covered in cream. - I don't like cream.

Boss, no "bang bang" for us?

No, you will use the knife. Aren't you happy, Stone?

I left my girlfriend because she was a butcher's daughter.

If you can, you'll do well to get your girl back.

Warning. In 5 minutes we will be on target.

Preparing to go on deck.

Let's go!

- Good luck, Colonel. - Thank you.

Follow the plan. Meeting time is in one hour and 45 minutes.

If we have not returned, it means that we have failed

and you may return to base. - Good work, sir.

A spotlight!

Down!

This way!

- Up, quick! - Move!

The signals.

Pick up everything and prepare to descend.

Aren't you coming with us?