Springfield-Rifle (1952) Subtitles

00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:40,"Four thousand horses
lost to raiders in three months.

00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,Need for more men to protect herds
desperate. Repeat, desperate.

00:01:43,703 --> 00:01:46,John Hudson,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Cavalry."

00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:47,More men, more men.

00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,There isn't a command in the Army
that doesn't want men.

00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:53,He'll have to do with what he has.
Well, Colonel Sharpe?

00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,Hudson's tried to reach the railhead
by every route available.

00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,Yet our forces have always
been intercepted by raiders.

00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:02,Our spring offensive depends
on the strength of our cavalry units...

00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:04,...and that means horses.

00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:07,Fort Hedley's in the center
of all the great southwestern herds.

00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:10,It was your idea to establish
a purchasing depot there.

00:02:10,396 --> 00:02:12,Now, what are you doing about it?

00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:15,We've known that the Confederacy
has a well-organized spy system.

00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:17,They know the importance
of horses to us.

00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:19,Their men may operate
even in our own fort.

00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:23,All I was permitted to do was to send
a private detective out there, a civilian.

00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:25,Everyone spotted him right away.

00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:27,General, as I've told you many times...

00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:30,...the only answer to their espionage
is an espionage system of our own.

00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:34,- Taken it up three times with the Cabinet.
- Don't they want to win?

00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:37,They won't stand for our men in uniform
being secret agents.

00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:40,They stand for enemy agents
knocking the war out from under us.

00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:44,They think spying is beneath the dignity
and honor of an Army man. That settles it.

00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:46,How do you expect me
to get those horses here?

00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:50,Colonel Sharpe, there's a war going on
a few miles south of here.

00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:53,If we are to mount a successful offensive
in the spring and end the war...

00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:55,...we must have horses.
Thousands of them.

00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:59,That's why Hudson's out at Fort Hedley,
and why you're chief of planning.

00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:03,I don't care how you handle it, but don't
come to me with it again. Just get horses.

00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:13,It isn't that they know
the route that's important.

00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,You can't hide the trail
of hundreds of horses.

00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:19,But they know in advance
what pass we're going to cross.

00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:22,That's their advantage.
They don't have to spread their men so thin.

00:03:23,102 --> 00:03:25,You must have some idea
how the information's getting out.

00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:29,The whole town's full of people
trying to sell horses and information.

00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:30,I can't do it all alone.

00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,George, I know, officially,
you're here on a routine inspection.

00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:38,Unofficially, you're probably
looking for a chance to replace me.

00:03:38,318 --> 00:03:42,Well, if they don't send me enough men
to do the job, let them replace me.

00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:44,It'd be much easier
leading a bayonet charge back there.

00:03:46,092 --> 00:03:47,Mr. Quint, will you excuse us?

00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:50,I have a confidential matter
to discuss with Colonel Hudson.

00:03:50,563 --> 00:03:52,Certainly. Certainly, sir.

00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:01,I wasn't able to get you more men.

00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:05,But before I came, I stopped at the arsenal
at Springfield, Massachusetts.

00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:07,Without orders, I may add.

00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:11,John, some gunsmith is trying
a new idea with the Springfield rifle.

00:04:11,284 --> 00:04:13,I saw a demonstration that was amazing.

00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:16,No more muzzle loading.
It operates with a new bridge action.

00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:20,That rifle can be loaded and fired so fast,
it'll make each man equal to five.

00:04:20,793 --> 00:04:22,When can I get them?

00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:25,May be a long time
before they're ready.

00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:28,- Springfield people experiment in secret.
- Then what good are they to us?

00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:32,Maybe I can convince them
to let us experiment in action.

00:04:32,238 --> 00:04:35,If not, I'll have to wait
until they aren't looking.

00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:36,Can't get them any other way.

00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:39,In the meantime, I'm supposed
to use magic to get the horses through.

00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:43,Magic and that incompetent you sent me
who calls himself a detective.

00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:46,Now I'll let you in
on a little secret, George.

00:04:46,552 --> 00:04:49,I think we have the raiders
fooled this time.

00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:53,I've sent the drive out under Lex Kearny,
the new major just assigned me.

00:04:53,726 --> 00:04:56,He's taking a route those raiders
will never anticipate.

00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:59,Right over the highest peaks
in the range.

00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,Snow, the year round,
through Grey Rock Pass...

00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:04,...which is 9000 feet above sea level.

00:05:05,505 --> 00:05:07,- Major Kearny?
- Yes, sergeant?

00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:10,That's Grey Rock Pass, just ahead.

00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:18,I told you we'd make it this time.

00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:45,What are the orders, major?

00:06:45,338 --> 00:06:48,Those raiders outnumber us
at least 4-1, Captain Tennick.

00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,Let them have the herd,
make a run for it back to the fort.

00:06:52,044 --> 00:06:53,That's desertion. Give me the men.

00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:56,I'll delay them
while you get the horses through.

00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:59,Captain, we're leaving the herd.
Form up at the rear, now.

00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:01,Form up at the rear, sergeant.

00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:04,If I wanted the sergeant
to carry out the order, I'd issue it.

00:07:04,524 --> 00:07:06,Get in form, captain.

00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:08,Form up at the rear!

00:07:08,861 --> 00:07:10,Form up at the rear!

00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,- Is Colonel Hudson alone?
- No. But you can go in, Mr. Quint.

00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:58,Thanks.

00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:01,Troop's back, colonel.

00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:04,You've g***t another "no delivery" dispatch
to send to Washington.

00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:05,- Casualties?
- Nope.

00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:08,Just the herd this time.
Great beginning for the new major.

00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:12,I thought Kearny could get
the herd through if anyone could.

00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:15,They told me you're the best detective
the Army could hire.

00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:17,Why don't you find out
who the raiders are?

00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:21,First things come first with me, colonel.
I don't care who the raiders are.

00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:23,I wanna know
where they get their information.

00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:26,I don't like the way you say that, Quint.

00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,That's my plan, colonel.

00:08:28,774 --> 00:08:31,If you don't like that way,
you can always make a change.

00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:35,- Major Kearny, sir.
- Send him in.

00:08:39,952 --> 00:08:41,Sit down, Lex.

00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:44,Shall I make my report in front of him?

00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:48,Don't be bashful, major.
I already made it for you.

00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,Go ahead, Lex.

00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:55,As instructed, I didn't open the sealed
orders until we arrived at Taos Wells.

00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:58,The orders said to take the herd
by way of the Dundalk Flats route.

00:08:59,038 --> 00:09:02,They were waiting for us
on the other side of Grey Rock Pass.

00:09:02,341 --> 00:09:04,Did anyone have access to the orders...

00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,...from the time you left
until you reached Taos Wells?

00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:08,No, sir.

00:09:08,614 --> 00:09:11,After you opened the orders,
who saw them besides you?

00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:13,Captain Tennick and Sergeant Snow.

00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:16,After they learned which route,
were they ever out of your sight?

00:09:16,455 --> 00:09:19,Here and there,
but then I was out of theirs.

00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:21,Did you get a look at any of the raiders?

00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:25,- We didn't put up a fight.
- Why not?

00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:28,- Permission to see the colonel, sir.
- Captain Tennick....