• 5 years ago
30min | Adventure, Family, Western | TV Episode

Jonathan Banner and Pierre Falcon are sent on a mission with the British military, led by Captain Malton, who immediately suspects Banner of mutiny. Malton sends the Native American guides away violently, believing them to be in league with Banner. Malton's grueling pace leads to a man to fall down of exhaustion, who later dies.

Director: Alvin Rakoff

Writers: Victor Arthur, James Patrick O'Neill

Stars: Barry Nelson, George Tobias, Jeffrey Alexander
Transcript
00:00Hudson's Bay, the saga of the great Hudson's Bay Fur Company and of the brave men who traveled
00:19the untrekked wilderness from Labrador to California, from Minnesota to Alaska, starring
00:28Barry Nelson as Jonathan Banner, Hudson's Bay man.
00:44George Tobias as Pierre Falcone.
01:02In the blazing hot summer of 1810, Pierre Falcone and I were ordered to report upriver
01:07to Fort Chippewan, where we would be given further instructions.
01:37Run!
01:41Parade!
01:43Dress!
01:45Run!
01:47Parade!
01:49Dress!
01:51Run!
01:53Parade!
01:55Dress!
01:57Run!
01:59Parade!
02:01Dress!
02:03About turn!
02:05About turn!
02:07Attack?
02:08Somebody attacks and counts three first?
02:10Somebody seems to.
02:20As you were!
02:25Nothing wrong, Winslow?
02:27Just a pack and all.
02:29In this heat, sir.
02:30You wouldn't like me to put you on report, would you?
02:32No, sir.
02:33Then I suggest you speak with more respect.
02:36And to behave like a man, not a weakling.
02:40I'm glad not to be a soldier.
02:42So am I.
02:44At least until it gets cooler.
02:46Squad!
02:47Resume penetrating!
02:49Carry on, sergeants.
03:04Parry!
03:06Trust!
03:07Squad!
03:08Lunge!
03:09Parry!
03:10Trust!
03:11This is the most difficult country up here.
03:13And just around that area as well.
03:17Banner!
03:18Here!
03:20Here they are, sir.
03:21Sir John Chester.
03:24Banner, the directors of the Hudson's Bay Company
03:27have offered to help His Majesty's government
03:28find a route through the Wind River country
03:30for possible future military use.
03:32Yes, sir.
03:33We selected you and Falcon as guides and advisers
03:36to the expedition.
03:38An honour, sir.
03:40Oh, we appreciate it.
03:46As you were!
03:52I'm not aware that I changed my order.
03:55Until I do, continue.
03:57It was out of the way.
04:03Carry on, sergeants.
04:04Squad!
04:05Lunge!
04:07Parry!
04:08Trust!
04:10Lunge!
04:11Parry!
04:12Trust!
04:14Lunge!
04:15Parry!
04:16Trust!
04:18Captain Lawton will be in command of the expedition.
04:33Beyond this part of the country, I'm not too sure.
04:36But the Indians, the Balakulas, they're friendly.
04:40They will be glad to give help.
04:42Obviously, you're going to be of great help, Mr...
04:45Banner.
04:46And you too.
04:47Pierre Falcon, like Mr. Hanley said before.
04:49Of course.
04:50Always takes a bit of time learning new names.
04:53You understand that this is a military undertaking
04:55and the command will be vested in me.
04:57Certainly.
04:59To keep everything clear, I'd like you to sign articles
05:01of enlistment for the duration of the mission.
05:04You mean we have to be soldiers?
05:07I don't see why that's necessary, sir.
05:09We'll do our best as civilians.
05:11Of course, I don't expect you to be soldiers.
05:13Simply a matter of form.
05:14No harm in it, Banner.
05:16And whatever.
05:17So long as it's only temporary.
05:19And the army doesn't try to steal two of the company's best men.
05:25Very well, Captain.
05:27Good.
05:29Good.
05:45Squad, halt!
05:55Detail, forward!
05:58March!
06:29Day after day, Captain Malton marched his men.
06:32And us.
06:34From dawn until sunset.
06:58March!
07:25Captain Malton.
07:26Will you call a halt?
07:27Detail!
07:28Halt!
07:31Are you tiring, Bella?
07:32Why, no, sir.
07:33You have no privilege as the other men haven't.
07:35Supposing any man could sing out for a halt just when he felt like it.
07:38Well, I've got a reason, sir.
07:40We've reached Bella Coola territory, and Pierre and I had better find the Indians if we're going to get guides.
07:44I see.
07:46But remember, you are under military discipline.
07:49What you mean is you should be ordered to be sent for guides.
07:54Yes, sir.
07:55Very well.
07:56You are ordered to do so.
08:03Detail!
08:04Shunt!
08:05Forward, march!
08:22He's not human.
08:23He's a devil.
08:24Quiet, Winslow.
08:25Pull!
08:26I heard that.
08:27He's not feeling well, sir.
08:29Hasn't been too much for you, has it, Winslow?
08:32I've asked no more of you than I have of the other men or myself.
08:35No, sir.
08:37Ten strokes of the lash.
08:41No, please.
08:42No!
08:43Let me go!
08:54Let me go!
08:55Let me go!
08:57One.
08:59Two.
09:01Three.
09:03Captain Morgan.
09:04Yes?
09:05Captain Morgan, you shouldn't punish that man.
09:08I am in command here, Benno.
09:10If you punish this man in front of these Indians,
09:12they're liable to lose respect for all white men,
09:14and we're not going to go very far without these guides.
09:18Carry on, Sergeant.
09:23Resume punishment.
09:24Four.
09:27Five.
09:29Six.
09:31Seven.
09:34Eight.
09:59That settles that.
10:02How long will it take us to get into the valley,
10:04with portage over the mountains?
10:06About two weeks.
10:07A waste of valuable time, but...
10:10Yes.
10:11Well, you can rest your men, and I'll take the Indians
10:13and try to find the best way through the mountains.
10:15Mr. Benno.
10:16Yes?
10:17Did I give you an order?
10:18No.
10:19Are you trying to take command of my men?
10:21No, I only assumed.
10:23You assumed too much.
10:24It seems to be a habit of yours.
10:26When I give an order, I expect it to be obeyed.
10:30You two men, you're going down the rapids.
10:33Try to find the safest way.
10:35We'll all be coming after you.
10:37We no go.
10:44That was stupid.
10:46We were no Indians, was she?
10:48He disobeyed an order.
10:49He won't forget that you slapped him and made him lose face
10:51in front of strangers.
10:56Arrest those two men.
11:01Officers don't like losing face either, Mr. Benno.
11:05Take him.
12:26Sergeant.
12:43You're a wasted man.
12:55Can you make it, boy?
12:57You know we're falling behind.
12:59We can make a litter, sir.
13:00Time.
13:01Time.
13:02We're behind schedule.
13:03The men are loaded down already.
13:05And Winslow doesn't want to be a burden, do you?
13:09He wouldn't be a burden to us, sir.
13:12Might as well untie us, Captain.
13:14There's no place where we can hide around here.
13:16Your contribution, as always, is a little late, Mr. Benno.
13:28Do you want to rest some more, boy?
13:31You stay here until the sun goes down.
13:33Until it's cool, we'll be the whack up ahead.
13:36You're a young lad.
13:38Your strength will come back when the sun goes down.
13:41You can catch up with us then.
13:44Let's get moving.
13:46We're way behind.
13:47Way behind.
13:50Find a tree.
13:51Get some shade.
14:02Go.
14:03Come.
14:04Forward.
14:05March.
14:31Go back.
15:01You chaps think Winslow's got a chance of making it?
15:14Not if somebody doesn't go back after him.
15:18Ten years of soldiering, I've never abandoned a man before.
15:22You don't have to now.
15:24Can't go against orders.
15:27Look, Pierre and I'll go with you.
15:30We know this country.
15:31We can be back before the captain wakes up.
15:35We find the boy, we make a deal.
15:37No.
15:38This is an honest deal.
15:39We're coming back.
15:40That's what I mean.
15:42I don't want to make this out of no trouble.
16:49I never saw a man scalp before.
16:53You want more than one scalp, huh, Mr. Venner?
16:58Let's get out of here.
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19:04Those men, who freed them, you'll hang with them for insubordination.
19:09Captain, it's useless to go after those Indians.
19:12We've lost too many men.
19:13Nonsense! They're shemming.
19:18Captain, let me lead you back to the fort.
19:22Lead? I am the leader of this mission.
19:27Now I understand better what I should have known from the start.
19:31You want to replace me?
19:34Captain, I must take over command.
19:47But it is possible that the exact opposite of your testimony is the truth.
19:52Isn't it, Mr. Banner?
19:55You admit that Captain Morton was courageous under fire,
19:58that he displayed bravery when the Indians attacked the expedition?
20:02Well then, perhaps Captain Morton, a dedicated officer,
20:06only tried, as he maintains, to carry out his mission.
20:10And you instigated a mutiny.
20:13Started it, in fact, long before the Indian attack.
20:18If you are all guilty of gross disobedience, as Captain Morton implies,
20:22wouldn't it be wiser for you all to get your stories together
20:26in such convincing fashion as is shown here?
20:30Sir, Captain Morton was a sick man.
20:36Doctor, would you judge your patient mentally incompetent?
20:40Well, that's a difficult question to answer.
20:43It's always a matter of opinion whether a man is mentally incompetent or not.
20:48And we are all mentally unwell at one time or other.
20:52On the whole, I would say that Captain Morton suffered mental fatigue
20:56at various times during the march,
20:59which is understandable after the ordeal he went through.
21:03But there's nothing to suggest that he was mentally unfit to command then,
21:08or is in any way unfit now.
21:11In fact, he's responded beautifully and is in excellent health,
21:15as you can judge for yourself.
21:18Well then, I suggest we call Captain Morton.
21:21I think we'll have to, sir.
21:23Call Captain Morton.
21:48Glad to see you're looking so fit, Captain.
21:51Shan't keep you long, sir.
21:53Now, Captain Morton, the question before us is
21:57if there were deliberate mutiny on your expedition,
22:01or if you were guilty of the needless death of Private Winslow
22:04and a reckless waste of lives.
22:07The charges against me are pure nonsense,
22:10as you can undoubtedly tell from the evidence before you.
22:13From the very beginning, Banner tried to discredit me.
22:17His manner was discourteous and rebellious.
22:20He tried to incite the men against me.
22:23Take, for example, what happened to young Winslow.
22:25He was so much under Banner's influence, he pretended fatigue,
22:29hoping that I would succumb to this pretense of sympathy.
22:33But I knew it was all false,
22:35and in an attempt to shake Winslow out of his make-believe,
22:39I had to leave him behind.
22:41I had to tell Winslow I wasn't fooling.
22:44I had to show him.
22:46And those Indians, they refused to obey my command.
22:50But did Banner come to my aid?
22:52Oh, no, he didn't.
22:54I did with the Indians.
22:56All the evidence corroborates your statement, Captain,
22:58and I can only apologize for having to call you here to testify.
23:02That's all right, sir.
23:04Many a younger officer would have been overwhelmed.
23:08But Banner never fooled me,
23:10and he never fooled any of the men under my command.
23:12They'll all testify. They'll tell you.
23:15Gentlemen, may I ask the Captain a question?
23:19Yes, of course.
23:21Captain, how many men were wounded during the march?
23:26There you see. Trying to discredit me again.
23:28Saying my men were wounded.
23:30All my men are safe.
23:32Every man who serves under my command is safe.
23:34I'm a responsible officer. I look after my men.
23:37How many men died, Captain?
23:39Died? Ask them.
23:41There they are, out there on the parade ground.
23:44Call them!
23:47You men out there, fall in!
23:50Fall in, I say!
23:57Captain.
23:59Doctor, what's the explanation?
24:00I'm sorry.
24:01It might have gone on for years, and we'd never have known.
24:06Attention!
24:08Parade rest!
24:10Rest!
24:24Attention!
24:26Parade rest!
24:33Listen, straight up there.
24:37Legs chest out.
24:41Come on.
24:45Ellis, there's a button up your jacket.
24:48Sergeant Poole, put this man on report.
24:53Winslow.
24:55Are you ill, boy?
24:58Well, speak up!
25:01If you're ill, I'll put you in sickbay.
25:04Because I'm always kind to my soldiers if they obey my orders.
25:08You understand, don't you, son?
25:10But I wouldn't let anything happen to you.
25:12Well, answer me!
25:14That's a direct order, Winslow!
25:18No.
25:19Please, answer.
25:21I beg you, please.
25:23Please answer.
25:38I beg you.
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