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Going The Wrong Way?

posted 13 years ago by screenman
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Clint Eastwood's character has let the two double agents inside the winch-house on the cablecar and they both jump him and hold him to ransom. But why would they bargain with Richard Burton to get into the cablecar? Surely their safest bet would be to get back into the castle using Eastwood as a human shield. After all, they really were Germans, had no cause to escape, and would ultimately be able to prove their innocence. At least, by unlocking the doors to the winding-room they would stop Burton and save all their British agents.

[–] spookyrat1 12 years ago

"After all, they really were Germans, had no cause to escape, and would ultimately be able to prove their innocence."

I don't think it was widely known among the Germans at the castle that they were double agents. They spent a lot of time being guarded as British imposters initially.

On top of this, by this time there were explosions going off left, right and centre and may be they thought the best thing to do was to cut and run.

[–] tdefores 11 years ago

It's better explained in the novel. The traitors realize that no one still alive knows that they are really working for the Germans. The German soldiers running around the castle are likely to shoot them on sight. So they plan to take the cable car down and turn themselves in there.

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