Sir, you can't stand much more of this. And wouldn't the men be better off working rather...
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Major Clipton:
[visits Nicholson in the oven]
Sir, you can't stand much more of this. And wouldn't the men be better off working rather than being kept in those cells? The men are doing a wonderful job of it, they're going as slow as they dare; but Saito's cut their food rations. If they don't get put to work, they're going to die. And that's all there is to it.
Colonel Nicholson:
Yes, Clipton. I understand, truly. But don't you see it's a matter of principle? If we give in now, there will be no end to it. No!
Major Clipton:
Sir, we're lost in the jungle, a thousand miles from anywhere. We're under the heel of a man who will stop at nothing to get his way. Principle? No one will know or care what happens to us! Give in, sir! Please!
Colonel Nicholson:
I'm adamant. I will not have an officer from my battalion working as a coolie.
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Sir you can't stand much more of this
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Wouldn't the officers be better off working than suffocating in that hole
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The men are doing a wonderful job They're going as slow as they dare
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But Saito's cut their food rations
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and if he makes the sick men work
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Well they're going to die That's all there is to it
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Yes Clipton l understand Truly
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But don't you see It's a matter of principle
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If we give in now there'll be no end to it No
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Sir we're lost in the jungle a thousand miles from anywhere
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We're under the heel of a man who'll stop at nothing to get his way
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Principle
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No one will ever know or care what happens to us
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Give in sir Please
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I'm adamant
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I will not have an officer from my battalion working as a coolie
Clip duration: 66 seconds
Views: 306
Timestamp in movie: 00h 40m 55s
Uploaded: 23 November, 2022
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
00:26 You were an accountant in Montreal
00:19 But there's the challenge
00:15 Jolly good show
00:17 You're terribly sorry
00:05 I thought you were the enemy
01:13 I am Colonel Saito
00:44 If this were your bridge
00:12 What makes you so sure you'll get a medical discharge
00:07 He's going to do it
00:13 I'm getting worse
02:15 You'll go on without me
00:50 I haven't the foggiest
03:05 What we're doing could be construed as forgive me
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