The fact is, what we're doing could be construed as - forgive me, sir - collaboration with...
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Major Clipton:
The fact is, what we're doing could be construed as - forgive me, sir - collaboration with the enemy. Perhaps even as treasonable activity.
Colonel Nicholson:
Are you alright, Clipton? We're prisoners of war, we haven't the right to refuse work.
Major Clipton:
I understand that, sir. But... must we work so well? Must we build them a better bridge than they could have built for themselves?
Colonel Nicholson:
If you had to operate on Saito, would you do your job or would you let him die? Would you prefer to see this battalion disintegrate in idleness? Would you have it said that our chaps can't do a proper job? Don't you realize how important it is to show these people that they can't break us, in body or in spirit? Take a good look, Clipton. One day the war will be over, and I hope that the people who use this bridge in years to come will remember how it was built, and who built it. Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers! British soldiers, Clipton, even in captivity.
Major Clipton:
Yes sir.
Colonel Nicholson:
You're a fine doctor, Clipton, but you've a lot to learn about the army.
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I'll try to make myself clear, sir.
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The fact is, what we're doing
could be construed as...
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...forgive me, sir,
collaboration with the enemy.
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Perhaps even as
treasonable activity.
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We're prisoners of war.
We haven't the right to refuse to work.
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I understand that, sir.
But must we work so well?
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Must we build them a better bridge
than they could have themselves?
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If you had to operate on Saito,
would you do your best or let him die?
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Would you prefer
we disintegrate in idleness?
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Would you have it said that
our chaps can't do a proper job?
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It's important to show these people
they can't break us in body or in spirit.
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Take a good look, Clipton.
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One day the war will be over.
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I hope that the people who use
this bridge in years to come...
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...will remember how it was built,
and who built it.
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Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers.
British soldiers, even in captivity.
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-Yes, sir.
-You're a fine doctor...
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...but you've a lot to learn
about the army.
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Hold him! Hold him!
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Use your boot!
Get your boot in there, will you?
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Good morning.
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What on earth
are you people staring at?
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Get on with your jobs!
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Now get him with your boot!
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I'm awfully sorry l'm late, sir.
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Four minutes late, to be exact.
You were in need of medical attention?
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-Sir?
-l was referring to the nurse.
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Oh, yes, very ingenious.
Warden was right.
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Sit down.
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I asked you here to help us pick
the fourth member of your team.
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-Ask Mr. Joyce to come in.
-Yes, sir.
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Chapman here wants Joyce,
but I have my doubts about him.
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I think he has too much imagination
as distinct from cold calculation.
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As l've told you before...
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...in this job, even when it's finished
there's always one more thing to do.
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He's the best swimmer
in the school, sir.
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I'm well aware of your evaluation.
The opinion I want is Shears'.
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All right, at ease.
Clip duration: 185 seconds
Views: 320
Timestamp in movie: 01h 30m 45s
Uploaded: 30 August, 2021
Genres: adventure, drama, war
Summary: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
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Actors
00:11 Be happy in your work
00:12 Or am I going mad
01:16 For your kind attention
00:23 I meant to tell you
00:46 I've forgotten who we just buried
00:17 We have a problem on our hands
00:25 There's always one more thing to do
00:15 Even for an American
00:16 You don't realize what a plum you are for us
00:10 Madness
00:14 You would die
00:52 Now there's another important decision that can't...
00:08 Kill him Kill him
00:28 English prisoners
01:04 Yes l see your point sir
00:35 Is there something wrong
00:04 What have I done
01:12 I've been thinking
00:20 I hate the British
00:18 You give me powders