:12:00
Not at all.
I said something or other.
:12:03
He gave me a sort of push.
It wasn't anything.
:12:08
The police report called it
"aggravated assault."
:12:11
Did it?
:12:13
Your past record
indicates that you were...
:12:16
drunk with four enlisted men...
:12:18
and absent without leave...
:12:22
six times.
:12:24
Even though you are currently
awaiting orders for your next posting...
:12:28
that is not a license
to ignore military regulations...
:12:31
and bring disgrace
to the uniform.
:12:33
Yes, sir.
:12:34
It is within the authority
of this review board...
:12:38
to reduce you in rank
to the lowest commissioned rating.
:12:41
However, we have been requested
to hold our decision in abeyance...
:12:46
by His Majesty's lntelligence.
:12:48
- General Kerr wishes to question you.
- Ben Kerr?
:12:53
So it's a balls-up again, eh, Jack?
:12:56
The army must be in a bad way
for generals, makin' you one.
:12:59
- You've got that bit right at least.
- What's an editor do in the army?
:13:03
Write stories about Hitler's sex life
and send 'em off to the newspapers?
:13:07
We put corrupt and ill-assorted talents
like yours to work winning the war.
:13:14
I've requested your
transfer to lntelligence.
:13:16
Why in hell you want to do that?
:13:18
You're going to run
a P.O.W. camp in Scotland.
:13:20
God, Benny.
I'm not a policeman.
:13:23
Damn good crime reporter, though.
:13:25
You've been a chaotic bastard
for as long as I've known you.
:13:29
But you have a perverse sort of genius
for setting things in order around you--
:13:33
when you've a mind to.
:13:35
I've a mind to go
on a holiday at the moment.
:13:38
Well, that review board
will see that you get it.
:13:41
Jack, I'm saving your
royal lrish ass for you...
:13:44
and giving you the chance to do the sort
of job you've always been keen on doing.
:13:48
Prisoners of war?
I puke, sir.
:13:51
Now get stuffed, Jack.
:13:54
I need you. I need your
great nose to the ground.
:13:58
The German prisoners,
all top-line officers...