Court Martial
Setting: Straker and Col. Freeman burst into Gen. Henderson's office after finding a bug in Straker's car.
Henderson's secretary: I'm sorry, sir.
Henderson: Don't worry, Miss Gunn. Stopping runaway trains is not part of your job. Straker, this is a most unpleasant surprise.
Straker: Yes, I'm sure.
Henderson: You know Jackson, of course.
Straker - Of course. The eyes and ears of the world.
Jackson: Commander. Colonel Freeman.
Freeman: [To Jackson] I'd shake hands, but you know how it is. I can't bear to touch anything slippery.
Henderson: Well, now we've dispensed with the pleasantries...
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Setting: Straker confronts Foster on the studio lot about the possible leak to the press. While they talk, Freeman calls and updates the commander with more bad news.
Straker: How about an explanation?
Foster: Explanation? Explain what? What do you think I've done?
Straker: I'm not thinking anything. I'm interested in facts.
Foster: Well, I'm sorry. I just don't know how I can help you. This whole thing's ridiculous.
Straker: Ridiculous? Well, maybe you'll think a military court is ridiculous.
Foster: Military court?
Straker: When I tell Henderson the position, the outcome is obvious. And you'd better consider this. SHADO is run as a military organisation. We're at war. You realise the penalty for espionage?
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Setting: Col. Freeman, Col. Foster, and the commander in Straker's HQ office while they await the court's verdict (although it's fairly obvious Foster will be found guilty.)
Foster: Sir, as my commanding officer, do you think I'm guilty?
[Straker doesn't answer]
Foster: Whatever you say can't affect the decision now. I'd just like to know.
Straker: All the evidence from that court martial says yes. If you want a gut reaction -- no.
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Setting: Col. Freeman and the commander in Straker's HQ office after the court rules guilty.
Freeman: It's incredible. There wasn't one piece of tangible evidence.
Straker: Foster was found guilty through a series of airtight negatives.
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Setting: Straker barges into Henderson's office again after hearing that Foster has been shot.
Henderson: Straker, it must be my year. This is the second visit.
Straker: I'd like you to read this when you find time between thinking up wise-cracks. [Puts a document on Henderson's desk] It includes a statement which absolutely clears Paul Foster.
Henderson: [Picks it up] Statement?
Straker: From an industrial spy, a Miss Grant. She was after information at the studio. Our stuff was incidental.
Henderson: [Over the intercom] Jackson.
[Jackson enters the room]
Straker: You were wrong, Jackson. Paul Foster was guilty of one thing. He worked nights at home. He wrote those orders to Moonbase and Skydiver while a couple of cameras in the wall were taking pictures.
Jackson: You can prove this?
Straker: Does it matter? I only hope it keeps you awake nights thinking about it [Goes to leave]
Henderson: Just a moment. You think I'm a pig-headed cretinous lout, don't you, Straker? Foster was shot with an anesthetic bullet. Jackson's idea.
[Straker says nothing but a faint smile appears]
Henderson: Don't fall over yourself with gratitude!
[Straker takes out a pen which has a bug inside and replays it several times, to Henderson's discomfort... 'Just a moment. You think I'm a pig-headed cretinous lout, don't you ... Think I'm a pig-headed cretinous lout, don't you ... A pig-headed cretinous lout ... a pig-headed cretinous lout ...]
Straker: I like it. I like it. [Tosses pen to Henderson and leaves. Jackson laughs]
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Henderson's secretary: I'm sorry, sir.
Henderson: Don't worry, Miss Gunn. Stopping runaway trains is not part of your job. Straker, this is a most unpleasant surprise.
Straker: Yes, I'm sure.
Henderson: You know Jackson, of course.
Straker - Of course. The eyes and ears of the world.
Jackson: Commander. Colonel Freeman.
Freeman: [To Jackson] I'd shake hands, but you know how it is. I can't bear to touch anything slippery.
Henderson: Well, now we've dispensed with the pleasantries...
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Setting: Straker confronts Foster on the studio lot about the possible leak to the press. While they talk, Freeman calls and updates the commander with more bad news.
Straker: How about an explanation?
Foster: Explanation? Explain what? What do you think I've done?
Straker: I'm not thinking anything. I'm interested in facts.
Foster: Well, I'm sorry. I just don't know how I can help you. This whole thing's ridiculous.
Straker: Ridiculous? Well, maybe you'll think a military court is ridiculous.
Foster: Military court?
Straker: When I tell Henderson the position, the outcome is obvious. And you'd better consider this. SHADO is run as a military organisation. We're at war. You realise the penalty for espionage?
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Setting: Col. Freeman, Col. Foster, and the commander in Straker's HQ office while they await the court's verdict (although it's fairly obvious Foster will be found guilty.)
Foster: Sir, as my commanding officer, do you think I'm guilty?
[Straker doesn't answer]
Foster: Whatever you say can't affect the decision now. I'd just like to know.
Straker: All the evidence from that court martial says yes. If you want a gut reaction -- no.
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Setting: Col. Freeman and the commander in Straker's HQ office after the court rules guilty.
Freeman: It's incredible. There wasn't one piece of tangible evidence.
Straker: Foster was found guilty through a series of airtight negatives.
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Setting: Straker barges into Henderson's office again after hearing that Foster has been shot.
Henderson: Straker, it must be my year. This is the second visit.
Straker: I'd like you to read this when you find time between thinking up wise-cracks. [Puts a document on Henderson's desk] It includes a statement which absolutely clears Paul Foster.
Henderson: [Picks it up] Statement?
Straker: From an industrial spy, a Miss Grant. She was after information at the studio. Our stuff was incidental.
Henderson: [Over the intercom] Jackson.
[Jackson enters the room]
Straker: You were wrong, Jackson. Paul Foster was guilty of one thing. He worked nights at home. He wrote those orders to Moonbase and Skydiver while a couple of cameras in the wall were taking pictures.
Jackson: You can prove this?
Straker: Does it matter? I only hope it keeps you awake nights thinking about it [Goes to leave]
Henderson: Just a moment. You think I'm a pig-headed cretinous lout, don't you, Straker? Foster was shot with an anesthetic bullet. Jackson's idea.
[Straker says nothing but a faint smile appears]
Henderson: Don't fall over yourself with gratitude!
[Straker takes out a pen which has a bug inside and replays it several times, to Henderson's discomfort... 'Just a moment. You think I'm a pig-headed cretinous lout, don't you ... Think I'm a pig-headed cretinous lout, don't you ... A pig-headed cretinous lout ... a pig-headed cretinous lout ...]
Straker: I like it. I like it. [Tosses pen to Henderson and leaves. Jackson laughs]
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