A Fourth for Bridge (1957)

N 1942, an Italian plane carries several POWs from the island of Pantelleria to a camp in Sicily. There are two Britons, a Hussar and an RAF man, plus a female Polish partisan and an American soldier (the Yank). They are guarded by an Italian and German. The Britons explain to the German that they persuaded their Italian guard, Pasquale, to fly them to Sicily in order to get a fourth for bridge. The Air Force Type says "if the unthinking lobster can grow a new claw in a crisis. then surely we can manage to find a fourth for bridge?" Pasquale gets air sick. The Air Force Type proposes they take over the plane and fly to Malta. While the German is in the toilet, the Yank takes the gun off the Italian and tells the pilot to go to Malta. The Pilot refuses and points out of they shoot him no one else can fly the plane. They suggest that the Partisan seduce the pilot but she refuses. They eventually get the Pilot to go to Malta by bluffing that the Air Force Type can fly. The German comes out of the toilet and they point a gun at him. Then the Italian recovers. The Yank fires the gun but it has no bullets. The German and Italian take control again. The German insists they fly to France. The Partisan and the Air Force type discuss the nature of war. The Partisan reveals she has a grenade. She wants to go to Poland. She throws the grenade out the window. All admit they are tired with their governments. Neither want to fight anymore and they decide to land in the territory of the country who will win the war. They land in a country but are not sure of where it is.