Did the Gestapo give you a rough time? Not nearly as rough as I now intend to give them....
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Ramsey: Did the Gestapo give you a rough time?
Bartlett: Not nearly as rough as I now intend to give them.
Ramsey: Roger, personal revenge must be kept out of what we have to do here. Too many lives are at stake.
Bartlett: [scoffing] What my personal feelings are is of no importance. You appointed me Big X. And it's my duty to harass, confound, and confuse the enemy to the best of my ability.
Ramsey: That's true.
Bartlett: Well, that's what I intend to do. I'm going to cause such a terrible stink in this... Third Reich of theirs, that thousands of troops that could well be employed at the front will be tied up here looking after us.
Ramsey: How?
Bartlett: By putting more men out of this... "perfect" camp of theirs than have ever escaped before. Oh, not blitzing out two or three or a dozen, but two hundred, three hundred. Scatter them all over Germany.
Ramsey: Do you think that's possible?
Bartlett: Well, the men are here to do it. The goons have put every escape artist in Germany in this camp. You said so yourself.
Ramsey: Have you thought of what it might cost?
Bartlett: I've thought of the humiliation if we just... tamely submit. Knuckle under and crawl. Surely, you don't advocate that, do you, sir?
Ramsey: I have to point out one thing to you, Roger. No matter how unsatisfactory this camp may be, the High Command have still left us in the hands of the Luftwaffe. Not the Gestapo and the SS.
Bartlett: Look, sir, you talk about the High Command and the Luftwaffe, and then you talk about the Gestapo and the SS. To me, they're the same! We're fighting the bloody lot! There's only one way to put it, sir: they are the common enemies of everyone who believes in freedom. If the High Command didn't approve of Hitler, then why didn't they throw him out?
Bartlett: Not nearly as rough as I now intend to give them.
Ramsey: Roger, personal revenge must be kept out of what we have to do here. Too many lives are at stake.
Bartlett: [scoffing] What my personal feelings are is of no importance. You appointed me Big X. And it's my duty to harass, confound, and confuse the enemy to the best of my ability.
Ramsey: That's true.
Bartlett: Well, that's what I intend to do. I'm going to cause such a terrible stink in this... Third Reich of theirs, that thousands of troops that could well be employed at the front will be tied up here looking after us.
Ramsey: How?
Bartlett: By putting more men out of this... "perfect" camp of theirs than have ever escaped before. Oh, not blitzing out two or three or a dozen, but two hundred, three hundred. Scatter them all over Germany.
Ramsey: Do you think that's possible?
Bartlett: Well, the men are here to do it. The goons have put every escape artist in Germany in this camp. You said so yourself.
Ramsey: Have you thought of what it might cost?
Bartlett: I've thought of the humiliation if we just... tamely submit. Knuckle under and crawl. Surely, you don't advocate that, do you, sir?
Ramsey: I have to point out one thing to you, Roger. No matter how unsatisfactory this camp may be, the High Command have still left us in the hands of the Luftwaffe. Not the Gestapo and the SS.
Bartlett: Look, sir, you talk about the High Command and the Luftwaffe, and then you talk about the Gestapo and the SS. To me, they're the same! We're fighting the bloody lot! There's only one way to put it, sir: they are the common enemies of everyone who believes in freedom. If the High Command didn't approve of Hitler, then why didn't they throw him out?
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Did the Gestapo give you a rough time
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Not nearly as rough as l now intend to give them
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Roger personal revenge must be kept out of what we have to do here
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Too many lives are at stake
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What my personal feelings are is of no importance
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You appointed me Big X and it's my duty to harass
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confound and confuse the enemy to the best of my ability
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That's true That's what l intend to do
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l'm gonna cause such a terrible stink in this Third Reich of theirs
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that thousands of troops'll be tied up here looking after us
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How
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By putting more men out of this
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perfect camp of theirs than have ever escaped before
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Not two or three or a dozen but 200 300 Scatter them all over Germany
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Think that's possible The men are here to do it
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The goons have put every escape artist in Germany here You said so yourself
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Have you thought of what it might cost
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l've thought of the humiliation if we just tamely submit
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knuckle under and crawl
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Surely you don't advocate that do you sir
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l have to point out one thing to you Roger
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No matter how unsatisfactory this camp may be
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the high command have left us in the hands of the Luftwaffe not the Gestapo and the SS
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Look sir you talk about the high command of the Luftwaffe then the SS and the Gestapo
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To me they're the same We're fighting the bloody lot
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There's only one way to put it sir
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They are the common enemies of everyone who believes in freedom
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lf they didn't approve of Hitler why didn't they throw him out
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Movie Summary
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
