[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Captain Gallagher inside we really swear what did you out [Music] [Music] [Music] General close the door kin all right Gallagher why did you abort this time I did not abort sir we had a problem a problem all right fine gager I'll listen to your problem only make it a new one engine running rough or a prop running way or a generator wine those are not new problems gallager I've been given a great number of those and I might add a considerable number from you this amb basket is full of engine malfunctions that run up at takeoff and at high altitude in spite of which most of the men on this group still manage to fly but not you why Giger my number one engine so is not running up the way I'd like what you'd like does not matter on this base every man goes to war every day and that includes you from now on particularly you do you understand me Captain yes sir then get out of [Music] here [Music] 12: High a qm production starring Robert L also starring John Lin and Frank Overton with guest star Paul Burke tonight's episode Golden Boy had nine Black [Music] Sheep [Music] 3 [Music] [Applause] oh Gallagher oh Mr [Music] Gallagher how'd it go buddy those lousy engines how do you think it went no I with the general that's my business now look buddy I've had a few Innings with them myself I thought we might compare notes hey Gallagher you know what he called me he called me number one combat Del Linkin number one comment hey what little term of endearment did he give you Gallagher yellow breasted bird watcher knock it off knock it off Blake come on let's have beers all around beers all around yeah all [Music] around Captain Gallagher Oh I thought that was you how are you son all right I suppose sir can I give you a lift no thank you sir oh uh is General Savage in that club by any chance are he's in his office I um I just left him something wrong Captain sir what could be wrong with a man like General Savage running the base well it's been very good seeing you General Crow [Music] sir [Music] right how's business still manage to keep the store open 7 days a week well you do for a little overtime I thought You' just Dro by for a little social call Wy have some coffee oh no thank you I have tasted Eddie's [Music] coffee what else sir it's a two aircraft deal Frank it's a rough operation in southern France I don't know the location of the mission as yet I don't know when it's due to be pulled off you're to have two top Crews selected and ready to take off at a moment's notice it's high command stuff Frank they seem to think a good deal depends on it we'll be ready I saw Joe Gallagher on the way in my goodness I've known him since he was about that high his father and I served together on many posts a nice kid kids we don't need WHYY why didn't you endorse Gallagher's promotion papers because I don't believe he deserves a promotion well Gallagher's father I um shouldn't have to remind you is a two- star staff man back in the Pentagon well when Captain Gallagher cuts it he'll get his majority not one minute before that well that's one of the more interesting facets of your personality Frank nobody ever has a mere meeting with you it always has to be a collision how many aircraft you're putting up tomorrow 18 sir well good luck thank you we've had rougher missions G you'll be all right about gallager you're not tackling just another Captain you're attacking a whole military tradition four generations of it in fact I I'd keep my guard up if I were you Frank you'll have to come out of this with a bloody [Music] nose Captain Captain gager General Crow is talking about you yesterday he seems interested in your career well that's nice of the general to tell me I'm not being nice Gallagher I'm telling you for a reason it isn't every Captain who has a wing Commander personally interested in him I thought that fact might make you want to come up with a better showing I do the best I can with the equipment I'm given sir that's where we disagree Gallagher I don't believe you do your best which is why I refuse to sign your promotion to Major well we do have that in common don't we general what I'm referring to the rank problem here I am a major without portfolio and you're a general doing a Colonel's job that is right isn't it sir a group is usually run by a colonel that is right Captain just like the next major I get takes on a squadron and I'm not sure you're man enough for that job now you get that plane of yours up in the air today and you keep it there all right r on a pilot go ahead Cliff enemy jamming across the band sir I can't receive Wing command all right then we'll go in without the green [Music] light red fox Charlie wonder the red fox Charlies let's keep a tight of formation today after yesterday the fighters will be out in force pilot of radio have you heard from Wing command yet negative reception still filed up Sir all right keep trying [Music] Cliff red fox Charlie one red fox Charlies now let's maintain radio Silence from now on don't advertise they'll find us soon [Music] enough radio to Pilot Captain we just got a recall from [Music] Wing why doesn't he turn around he got the recall ours not to reason why ours but to do or die ours not to Reon reason [Music] why not this time crle not this time that two and three is running too hard yeah they [Music] are tail Gunner to Pilot red fox Charlie 10 pulling out a formation [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] sir [Music] [Music] and all right everybody out except gallager move on the devil let's go stand little attention Captain stand up all right now I want to hear a good explanation of why you deliberately left the group and came back to base we were ordered to serve by Wing command all right so we get that straight my B Channel fouled out I didn't hear about that recall until we got back to base then that explains why the general countermanded a superior's order that doesn't explain your actions Captain you take your orders from me not from Wayne 16 other Pilots also heard that order and they stayed with the group but not you why because two of my engines were running hot they could have caught on fire at any moment and since we were on recall anyway I felt I was not justified to needlessly jeopardize the lives of my crew you're the son of Major General Max Gallagher aren't you Captain yes sir and you are also a graduate of the United States Military Academy with 3 years active service yes sir in spite of that fact out of the 10 missions since you have hit this base you will have only flown six every time I have aborted sir I had a legitimate reason to G today you have made the worst enemy you will ever have in your life me because as far as I am concerned you are a disgrace to your country to West Point to the uniform I hate to share share with you to the 918th end to your father and if I didn't need Pilots so badly so badly I would court marshall you now it would be easy for the general to transfer me out transfer you out oh no no no no no and saddle some unsuspecting flight Commander with a pilot who couldn't quite get his plane off the ground no Gallagher no you're going to stay right here or I can show you how much more I hate you than a Nazi because you're supposed to be on our side now I am going to make you lay Square eggs Captain I am going to make you regret the day you were born all right now I'm going to give you another airplane and I want you you personally to paint this name on the side the leper colony and then I'm going to give you a handpicked special crew men who have shown a predisposition for head colds for earaches I'm going to give you a co-pilot who is all thumbs a navigator who can't find his own feet a Bombadier who can't hit his plate with his Fork because I need these men Captain I need them badly I need them in the air and I can't stop a war in order to train them so you're going to stand down from action for 2 weeks you'll like that and at the end of that time Captain you had better have yourself a crack come back unit because believe me your life will hang on them [Music] all right so we're The Misfits this is a shotgun wedding and we're being forced to fly together in the same airplane but let's get this one thing straight we we just have one thing in common wanting to stay alive so let's do our jobs to the best of our limited abilities hi Captain I'm sorry that I was late what's your name my name is Michaels I'm your Bombadier I've had a cold so I was on sick call and I have a cold huh yes sir well Michaels you'd fly today if you had pneumonia all right Kelly let's see if you can get us to the Target [Applause] area we dop WHYY there is enough Flack concentrated around that Harbor to blow the whole e Air Force right out of the sky that's why we're trying it with two aircraft instead of a squadron with the element of surprise you might make it to what a railway Junction ammo pile up one bomb in the right place can do the whole job in other words I'm to pick two top Crews give them an impossible assignment and then they are to be Expendable Now isn't that a hard way to win a war Wy Frank let's just allow that when the old man has cut a field order he has thought it through now there is not time to take each one apart and see what makes it tick what am I supposed to tell my other crew they can kill you but they can't eat you tell them anything other crew that means you've already selected one Joe cob screw with myself as pilot negative I won't allow that Frank I go Wy when do we do it that I don't know I'll let you know as soon as I find out all right oh one more thing I'm going to take the problem of Captain Gallagher off your hands you sign the endorsement Frank I'll fix him over the desk job here in staff I wait a minute why the gall gallager is potentially a good man he indicated that on the six missions he completed it's the same with the rest of his crew it's just that combat is facing death every day has turned them all into kind of a special challenge to command Frank yeah I suppose so yes now look we need every man over the target we can get or Wy I have to pound each one of these men into shape I have to push them past all normal limits I've got to I don't have any [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] choice [Music] lepr Colony mhm for days now they've been added from morning till night I'd say Gallagher must really hate you General yeah let's just hope he doesn't get over it too soon Harvey hey ETA right in the nose how's that for the old bird dog oh that's real good you keep that up we going to let you walk on across that field by yourself at night maybe you won't get lost as much hey Sergeant now number three here was swing to just great you do the same thing with the rest of them we make some real nice music hey Gallagher what do you say we go to the village and have a brew you're not sharping enough with that checklist and make sure that ground sheet checks out those flight controls I don't want them sticking again like they did it's too dangerous now look Blake you may think you're kidding yourself into being some sort of a big Brave man but you're not kidding me all I want is a fighting chance to stay alive and I'm not afraid to admit it pal [Music] I think maybe it's time to ease off a bit the pressure if they they're squeezed hard enough I got to go one way the other hary us the right way Captain Gallagher doesn't seem to be responding too well to the General's [Music] treatment give me beer want to drink [Music] captain he got you another [Music] Scotch is it all right with the general if I buy my own that's your privilege [Music] Captain you know you're looking better gallager you still got a long way to go but you're looking better the generalist too [Music] kind there's a scuttlebutt about that I earned something else a spot on General Crow's staff is that just scuttlebutt general or did you uh forget to mention it to me no that's true [Music] Giger I didn't tell you because you're doing a job here and I wanted to see if you get handle it well fine as the general said I'm doing a job so the general has his answer and I want my transfer I would like for you to give yourself some more time gallager General I come from a military family now that's taught me a few things it's taught me how to lose two brothers before this war even gets warm yet and it taught me to know what it's like to be the last shining hope hope and a military [Music] family but General all I want is to come out of this thing alive just took me six missions of seeing my crew chopped to pieces to come face to face with that Grim little reality if General Crow wants me sir I certainly want him all right I'll start your papers through tomorrow [Music] besides the general won't miss me I'm sure the general requires a very special brand of savage tiger I'm sure I don't belong in your zoo General we'll see about that Gallagher there's still some time we're alerted tomorrow as of now you and your Bunch are a combat crew so I'll see you tomorrow in operations for briefing at 0500 [Music] [Music] Blake did you have the ground Chief check out the flight controls Captain when I got there he wasn't around he wasn't around don't you realize what can happen if they jam up again now Blake maybe you want to commit suicide but I don't all right Captain just calm down I did you a big favor this is the most legitimate excuse you've had in weeks to keep yourself under ground we're going on this Mission if I have to fly this bird with two engines out but I want to tell you guys something if you think I was frightened to fly with you before you should know how I feel now excuse me c but that's a red red flare and we got to start the [Music] engines I'll let to bomb AER okay Michaels it's all yours and make it good I'm right on [Music] it [Music] all the way navigated a pilot right on it right on it taking it hey he what are you funny [Music] what it's jammed the flight column is jammed get on it come take out those [Music] [Applause] servos [Music] a [Music] wow Michaels you're one lucky guy a little Flack ain't so bad you guys got me there that's what counts right hey Captain haven't you got something to say to [Music] us yesterday I ordered you to check out those flight controls you didn't do it now look Captain you didn't do it and by your negligence you almost killed 10 men or one more mistake like that Blake and you're up for a general court [Music] Marshal you guys think you're pretty good oh I'm going to make you really good I'm going to make the leper colony the hottest thing in this this base if I have to break your backs doing [Music] [Applause] [Music] it [Music] [Music] forgotten how to relax flying missions during the daytime and keeping a check on your ground crew at night that's kind of stretching it isn't it thanks to the general the leper colony inherited an INF C your crew I'm just trying to Keep Us Alive General Gallagher look you don't hate me you never did you hated the things inside yourself that didn't belong there you thought you hated me because I brought them out in the open and showed them to you after the last five missions Captain you don't have an inferior crew you have a lot of reasons to be proud of yourself and your men now give yourself a [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] chance Kelly Kelly how's that arm oh it's just a scratch got worse than Flo crap games you know tell you the truth Captain that's what's had me playing it so tight you see I I've been a gambler most of my life nobody's been luckier at it since no man's luck runs good clean through I figured up in the air was where mine was bound to run out I guess it's not so bad up there after all well you did good today Kelly as a matter of fact all of you did what do you say shall we uh help the patient out yeah come on [Music] yeah why a pling guys let me ask you a question do you really play with all them big musicians back in the States yeah sometimes I'd get in a couple of sessions with those cats oh yeah I really didn't sometime we'd play out with that sweet Jazz all through the night I'll tell you there's nothing like listen to this I got an idea you know what we going to do after this thing's over what we going to do the four of us big four are going to get together one time a year and not only PE pick but we going to celebrate and you my friend are going to uh bring the band hey and old Michaels here is going to oil us all up with Oklahoma moonshine and our good Captain's going to supply us with those fine chicks he now wait a minute your good Captain is not that good you supply yourselves with your own fine chicks good evening gentlemen according to the combat reports today the um leper colony managed to hit the target again I U I think you've improved enough to change the name of your airplane if you want to well sir uh excuse us but if it's all the same to you we'd all of us would just soon leave the name lepre col the way it is y all feel like that yes sir yes sir all right oh uh Gallagher there's one more thing your transfer papers came through today and I'll sign the endorsement in the morning if you haven't changed your [Music] [Applause] [Music] mind looks like you hit your inside Street General Captain Gallagher's outside send him send him in send him [Music] in uh come in come in come in sit down captain no sir this won't take very long you're done right this won't take long take about as long as it takes to find your transer papers which shot to be right here and tell and two and we'll have a party I would do that General I still want [Music] [Music] [Applause] out all right Captain Gallagher that's it we're officially transferred out as you call it as of Saturday you will be a member of General Crow's staff until that time you will no longer fly for me the next two days you can spend in the sack doesn't make any difference now dismissed no sir not yet what do you mean not yet Captain you got everything you wanted didn't you Giger not everything General a word is out about the two plane alert for tomorrow I want the leop a colony on [Music] it why because General when I leave here I don't want just a good record I want the very best to prove that's not the reason I want to get out of your [Music] command well General I've been honest about my motives I hope you don't let that affect your decision the only thing that will affect my decision about that strike tomorrow is the capability of the second crew frankly Giger I'm not sure you or your man are up to it we've worked hard and we deserve that mission and I'm officially volunteering for it you volunteering for yourself Gallagher or for yourself and your crew my crew will be for [Music] it I'll have to think about [Music] it mesh [Music] one able leader to a and Baker Cruz I'd like to give you some fog but it's cavu with only 310 of cloud cover all way Let's Stay Together good luck [Music] Navigator we made up our time yet yes sir should be at our IP in 3 minutes and 10 [Music] seconds I don't know what those Fighters are so far I guess we're just lucky make that P [Music] Dan FW 10:00 watch it Pete he confirmed that up hey buddy you're confirmed whoever you [Music] are [Music] Kelly get up [Music] here get him off you're taing your leg pilot the crew I just hang together everything will be all right we're going to make this we're in control no [Music] sweat l in Galler let's turn back you're not going to make it flag that'll be our [Music] IP Fighters are pulling off save your guns they'll be waiting for us when we come out P to Bader all right Michaels it's all [Music] yours please make it good please make it good [Applause] [Music] able leader to both bombadiers that's right in the bucket great shooting guys gallager what's the matter makeer crew what's happening over over there we took some 20s in the cockpit Blake's unconscious and Gallagher about out from the loss of blood a leader I'm I'm all right no sweat a gang of Bandit Skipper 12:00 High waste C to Able leader Spitfires coming out to meet us ain't they a beautiful sight one are leaving Gallagher how bad is it over there two AER one in three engines out losing altitude we can make it if the ship can if it gets too rough bail out he can't Blake's still unconscious he can't make it we're taking him home okay Joe give it a try [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and hey Captain Captain that's the English Coast Dead [Music] Ahead okay [Music] captain [Applause] Captain I hope you can get the old colony up a little higher than this because them Cliffs are full of [Music] rocks make it make [Music] it [Music] [Music] well done Joe okay now get it home [Music] [Music] the the crew asked that the replacement aircraft carry the same [Music] name oh um I was in the PX so I thought I'd picked this up for you you owe me four bucks major you know this promotion means that you'll uh have a squadron of your own unless you still want that transfer a a squadron just a minute General I don't understand why the switch what makes me eligible for my own command all of a sudden I'm the same guy no no you're not the same guy Joe out there over that channel Joe you uh you became a mother you acquired nine of the raunchiest least disciplined retreads ever to win an official Commendation from wing accommodation yeah you know major stall is going to be awfully upset with you refusing that transfer after all the trouble he went to but I'll uh I'll try to make him understand here take this come on get me over here I want to see if it has yeah has 1 2 3 four have you men forgotten how to salute just because you flew one good Mission don't expect any special privileges around here now that you're a lead crew I expect a great deal more out of you and you major Gallagher if you think you had it rough before you wait you just wait until you've got our full Squadron to worry about you'll see how rough it gets now I expect the best out of you men the very best is that clear yes [Music] sir [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] a [Applause] [Music]