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Jancsi: That would be convenient wouldn't it? You've made arrangements, certain plans to deliver me from my enemies into the hands of Herr Scheffler. You overlooked one thing only - I don't choose to leave my country.
Michael Reynolds: Sir, you don't have a choice, your time is up.
Jancsi: If that is so, Mr Reynolds, I'll die here.
Michael Reynolds: Why do you have to die? What for? I don't believe in it. Look, I came here to save your neck and I'm going to do it, even if you don't want it saved.
Jancsi: Whatever I do with my life is my own business. No one else's.
Michael Reynolds: Oh, you don't understand. In an few days you won't have a life.
The Count: We know our position better than you do.
Michael Reynolds: No, you don't! Scheffler is a pipeline. If he says I've got two days to get you out, you've got two days. Now, you can wait here like sitting ducks or you can do something. But there's a way out. If you're reasonable, you'll take it.
Jancsi: There's no profit for you, don't bother about that.
Michael Reynolds: Alright, I'm being paid. I know you'd like it better if I was some great humanitarian who believed in your cause. Well, I don't even know what your cause is.
The Count: That shouldn't surprise us.
Michael Reynolds: Well, who does outside this room? You could yell your heads off, nobody'd hear you. They aren't listening. They're all like me, I promise you; they couldn't care less. Causes are outmoded. Everybody's learned to live by compromise. Why can't you?
Jancsi: There isn't any compromise. To compromise is to doubt your own convictions. If they're worth having, they're unshakeable.
Michael Reynolds: Convictions are fine, if you live.
Jancsi: Mr. Reynolds, if I can live one day to save one person, that's enough.
Michael Reynolds: But you can do more than that on the outside. Unless you're determined to die a a martyr. And a crackpot!
Michael Reynolds: Sir, you don't have a choice, your time is up.
Jancsi: If that is so, Mr Reynolds, I'll die here.
Michael Reynolds: Why do you have to die? What for? I don't believe in it. Look, I came here to save your neck and I'm going to do it, even if you don't want it saved.
Jancsi: Whatever I do with my life is my own business. No one else's.
Michael Reynolds: Oh, you don't understand. In an few days you won't have a life.
The Count: We know our position better than you do.
Michael Reynolds: No, you don't! Scheffler is a pipeline. If he says I've got two days to get you out, you've got two days. Now, you can wait here like sitting ducks or you can do something. But there's a way out. If you're reasonable, you'll take it.
Jancsi: There's no profit for you, don't bother about that.
Michael Reynolds: Alright, I'm being paid. I know you'd like it better if I was some great humanitarian who believed in your cause. Well, I don't even know what your cause is.
The Count: That shouldn't surprise us.
Michael Reynolds: Well, who does outside this room? You could yell your heads off, nobody'd hear you. They aren't listening. They're all like me, I promise you; they couldn't care less. Causes are outmoded. Everybody's learned to live by compromise. Why can't you?
Jancsi: There isn't any compromise. To compromise is to doubt your own convictions. If they're worth having, they're unshakeable.
Michael Reynolds: Convictions are fine, if you live.
Jancsi: Mr. Reynolds, if I can live one day to save one person, that's enough.
Michael Reynolds: But you can do more than that on the outside. Unless you're determined to die a a martyr. And a crackpot!
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That would be convenient wouldn't it
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You've made arrangements
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Certain plans to deliver me from my enemies
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into the hands of Herr Sheffler
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You overlooked one thing only
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I don't choose to leave my country
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Sir you don't have a choice Your time is up
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If that is so Mr Reynolds I'll die here
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Why do you have to die What for
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I don't believe in it
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Look I came here to save your neck
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and I'm gonna do it even if you don't want it saved
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Whatever I do with my life is my own business
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No one else's You don't understand
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In a few days you won't have a life
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We know our position better than you do
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No you don't
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Sheffler is a pipeline
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If he says I've got two days to get you out
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you've got two days
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Now you can wait here like sitting ducks
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or you can do something
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But there's a way out
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If you're reasonable you'll take it
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There's no profit for you Don't bother about us
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All right I'm being paid
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I know you'd like it better if I was some great humanitarian
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who believed in your cause
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I don't even know what your cause is
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That shouldn't surprise us
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Who does outside this room
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You could yell your heads off Nobody would hear you
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They aren't listening
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They're all like me I promise you
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They couldn't care less
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Causes are outmoded
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Everybody is learned to live by compromise
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Why can't you
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There's isn't any compromise
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To compromise is to doubt your own convictions
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If they're worth having they're unshakable
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Convictions are fine if you live
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Mr Reynolds if I can live one day
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to save one person that's enough
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But you can do more than that on the outside
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Unless you're determined to die a martyr and a crackpot
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Movie Summary
During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.