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Finish work!
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Go to hut.
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Yeah, that figures.
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If the new prisoners see us
digging graves, they may run.
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No time for jokes. Finish work!
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Dig, dig.
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How about putting us
on sick list?
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Have a heart, captain.
Put us in hospital.
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You no sick. You never sick.
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Why you always play sick
to me, Shears?
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Don't want one of these
over my head, I guess.
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Captain Kanematsu...
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...how about a butt?
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I give you butt this morning.
Both of you.
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That's what I mean.
I want to return the favor.
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When a man gives a gift
from the goodness of his heart...
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...like you gave me that butt,
I remember it from the heart.
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That's why...
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...I want you to keep this lighter.
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Think I stole it?
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It belonged to that English kid
we just buried.
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He willed it to me
for a favor I'd done him.
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Before I pass on,
I want to do the same for you.
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You funny man, Shears.
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Okay, you go on sick list. Him too.
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One of these days Colonel Saito
will catch you bribing him...
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...then where'll we be?
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Before that happens
we'll be far away from here, chum.
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Far away.
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Okay, let's knock off.
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Here lies....
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Weaver, I forgot who we just buried.
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Thomson.
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Yes.
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Here lies
Corporal Herbert Thomson...
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...serial number 01234567.
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Valiant member of the King's Own
or the Queen's Own or something...
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...who died of beriberi
in the year of our Lord, 1943...
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...for the greater glory of....
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- What did he die for?
- Come off it.
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No need to mock the grave.
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I don't mock the grave or the man.
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May he rest in peace.
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He found little enough of it
while he was alive.
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"A" Company, mark time!
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Mark time!
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Halt.
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Into line, left turn.
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Stand easy.
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We're gonna be a busy pair
of gravediggers, Weaver.
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Well done, well done.
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That colonel doesn't know
what he's in for.
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- You gonna tell him the truth?
- Of course not.
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You're neither an officer
nor a gentleman.
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My name is Nicholson.
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I am Colonel Saito.
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In the name of
His Imperial Majesty...
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...I welcome you.
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I am the commanding officer
of this camp...
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...which is Camp 16...
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...along the great railroad...
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...which will soon connect
Bangkok with Rangoon.
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You British prisoners
have been chosen...
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...to build a bridge
across the River Kwai.
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It will be pleasant work,
requiring skill.
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And officers will work
as well as men.
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The Japanese army cannot
have idle mouths to feed.
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If you work hard,
you will be treated well.
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But if you do not work hard...
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...you will be punished.
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A word to you about escape.
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There is no barbed wire.
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No stockade.
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No watchtower.
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They are not necessary.
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We are an island in the jungle.
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Escape is impossible.
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You would die.
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Today you rest.
Tomorrow you'll begin.
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Let me remind you of
General Yamashita's motto:
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"Be happy in your work."
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Be happy in your work.
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Dismissed.
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Battalion, stand at ease.
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Fall out, Major Hughes.
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Battalion, stand easy.
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Get the men to their quarters.
See who's sick.
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I'm gonna have a word
with this fellow. Colonel!
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I heard your remarks just now, sir.
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My men will carry on in the way
one expects of a British soldier.
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My officers and I
will be responsible for their conduct.
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You may have overlooked the fact
that the use of officers for labor...
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...is expressly forbidden
by the Geneva Convention.
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Is that so?
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I have a copy of the Convention...
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...and would be glad to
let you glance through it.
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That will not be necessary.
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Sit down, please.
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Yes, sir.
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- I'm gonna have a word with Clipton.
- Very good, sir.
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Clipton, don't let me interrupt.
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- How's the arm?
- Nearly healed.
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Sir, this is Commander Shears
of the United States Navy.
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- Good.
- How do you do, sir?
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We found him and an Australian.
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All that's left of the prisoners
who built the camp.
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U.S. Navy? Out here?
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For a sailor, I am sort of landlocked.
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- You lost your ship?
- The Houston.
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I made it ashore, but I got separated
from the other survivors.
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And your group here?
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Mostly Aussies. Some lime--
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Some British.
Indians, Burmese, Siamese.
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And what happened to them?
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They died...
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...of malaria, dysentery,
beriberi, gangrene.
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Other causes of death:
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Famine, overwork, bullet wounds,
snakebites...
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...Saito.
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Then there were some
who just got tired of living.
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Has Clipton seen you?
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Just about to, sir. Come over here,
commander, you can shave later.
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All right.
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You'll stay with the officers.
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We'll scrape up
some decent clothing.
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Don't bother about me.
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I'm not anxious to
get off the sick list.
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Besides, this is working kit.
It's the fashion out here.
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The officers in your party
did manual labor?
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I think you could call it that.
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I raised that very point
with Colonel what's-his-name.
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Saito.
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- I think he understands now.
- Is that so?
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Yes. I must say he seems
quite a reasonable type.
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Well, I must be pushing on.
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There's an officer's meeting at 7.
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- Give me a list of your requirements.
- Yes, sir.
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Anything we can do.
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Oh, thank you, sir.
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- What is it?
- Never mind.
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Go on, say it.
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I can think of a lot of things
to call Saito...
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...but reasonable, that's a new one.
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Perhaps Colonel Nicholson
defines the word differently.
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Any other points?
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- By your leave, sir?
- Yes, Jennings?
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About the escape committee.
I've spoken with Commander Shears--
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There won't be any
escape committee.
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I don't understand, sir.
Lieutenant Jennings has a plan.
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Yes, yes, I'm sure Jennings
has a plan, but escape?
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Where? Into this jungle?
That fellow, Saito, is right.
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No need for barbed wire here.
One chance in 100 of survival.
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I'm sure a man of Commander Shears'
experience will back me up on that.
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I'd say the odds against a
successful escape are 100 to one.
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- Right.
- But may I add another word?
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Please.
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The odds against survival in this camp
are even worse.
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You've seen the graveyard.
They're your real odds.
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To give up hope of escape...
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...to stop thinking about it,
is like accepting a death sentence.
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Why haven't you tried to escape,
commander?
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I'm biding my time. Waiting for
the right moment, the right company.
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I understand how you feel.
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Of course, it's the duty of a
captured soldier to attempt escape.
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But my men and I are involved
in a curious legal point...
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...of which you are unaware.
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In Singapore we were ordered to
surrender by command headquarters.
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Ordered, mind you.
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Therefore, in our case, escape might
well be an infraction of military law.
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- Interesting?
- Yes, sir, interesting point.
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I'm sorry, sir,
I didn't quite follow you.
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You intend to uphold the letter
of the law, no matter what it costs?
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Without law, commander,
there is no civilization.
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That's just my point.
Here, there is no civilization.
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Then we have the opportunity
to introduce it.
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I suggest we drop
the subject of escape.
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Is there anything else?
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I think we're all clear
on the program.
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I want everything to go off without
a hitch starting tomorrow morning.
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And remember this:
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Our men must always feel
they are still commanded by us...
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...and not by the Japanese.
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So long as they have that idea,
they'll be soldiers and not slaves.
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Are you with me there, commander?
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Well, I....
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I hope they can
remain soldiers, colonel.
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As for me, I'm just a slave.
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A living slave.
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Queer bird. Even for an Ameri--
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He's been in isolation too long,
poor chap.
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Cut off from his unit.
It should be a lesson to all of us.
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English prisoners!
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Notice I do not say English soldiers.
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From the moment you surrendered,
you ceased to be soldiers.
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You will finish the bridge
by the 12th day of May.
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You will work under the direction
of a Japanese engineer.
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Time is short. All men will work.
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Your officers will work beside you.
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This is only just...
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...for it is they
who betrayed you by surrender.
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Your shame is their dishonor.
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It is they who told you...
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...better to live like a coolie
then die like a hero.
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It is they who brought you here,
not I.
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Therefore, they will join you
in useful labor.
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That is all.
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Officer prisoners, collect your tools.
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Bradley, back in your place.
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I must call your attention,
Colonel Saito...
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...to Article 27
of the Geneva Convention.
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"Belligerents may employ
prisoners of war...
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...who are fit,
other than officers--"
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Give me the book.
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By all means.
You read English, I take it?
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- Do you read Japanese?
- I'm sorry, no.
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If it's a matter of translation,
I'm sure it can be arranged.
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You see, the Code states that--
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Stand fast in the ranks.
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You speak to me of code?
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What code?
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The coward's code!
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What do you know
of the soldier's code?
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Of Bushido? Nothing!
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You are unworthy of command!
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Since you refuse to abide by the laws
of the civilized world...
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...we must consider ourselves
absolved from our duty to obey you.
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My officers will not
do manual labor.
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We shall see.
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All enlisted prisoners to work.
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Sergeant Major!
Take the men to work.
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Battalion, take up tools.
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Move to the left in columnar route.
Left turn!
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"A" Company, by the right,
quick march.
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Eyes right.
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Eyes right.
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Eyes front.
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Eyes right.
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Quick march, eyes right.
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"C" Company, by the right.
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What's he up to?
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Looks like he doesn't
want any witnesses.
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Now, you will be reasonable.
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You will order your officers to work.
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No.
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I will count three.
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If by the third count...
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...you and your officers
are not on the way to work...
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...I will give the order to fire.
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He's going to do it.
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Believe me,
he's really going to do it.
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One.
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I warn you, Colonel Saito.
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Two.
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Stop!
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Colonel Saito,
I've seen and heard everything.
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So has every man in the hospital.
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There are too many witnesses.
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You can't call it a mass escape.
Most of those men can't walk.
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Is this your soldier's code?
Murdering unarmed men?
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You see, Jennings, there are certain
advantages to being on the sick list.
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I'll say this for the old man.
He's got guts.
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"Into the valley of death
rode the 600."
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How's that, sir?
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That kind of guts.
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Also the kind they had in 1914...
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...when officers fought
with only a swagger stick.
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- I see what you mean.
- You don't see what I mean at all.
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The kind of guts
that can get us all killed.
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Excuse me, sir,
I'd like to go along too.
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Arm's almost healed, sir,
really it is.
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What about him?
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He didn't order us not to escape,
he suggested.
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Listen, when a man like your colonel
suggests something, it's an order.
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Here we go again.
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Colonel Saito says all officers
to punishment hut.
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Tell them to go.
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Not you.
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Come.
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Leave him alone!
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Leave him alone!
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They're gonna put him in the oven.
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For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
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For he's a jolly good fellow
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And so say all of us
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And so say all of us
And so say all of us
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For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
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For he's a jolly good fellow
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And so say all of us
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Timber!
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One, two, three, four.
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One, two, three, four.
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No, no, no!
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Let go!
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Let go!
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You wish to see me?
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I've been trying to see you
for three days.
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It's about Colonel Nicholson.
He's been shut up in that hut--
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I could have you shot.
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Those prisoners who tried to escape,
they were in your charge.
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I knew nothing about the escape.
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It does not matter.
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One must even respect
those who tried.
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For a brief moment,
between escape and death...
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...they were soldiers again.
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But it is insane to try and escape.
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Two soldiers shot,
the third drowned.
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To what end?
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It was an escape from reality.
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There is your reality.
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This shows the position work
should have reached by noon today.
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And this shows the position
of actual progress.
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Because of your
colonel's stubbornness...
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...we are far behind schedule.
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That is not all.
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Enlisted prisoners
sabotaged the work.
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Yes, I have seen it.
I could have them all shot.
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Then who would build your bridge?
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Besides, are you sure it's sabotage?
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Perhaps the men don't work well
without their own officers.
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My officers will direct them.
Your officers will work beside them.
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That's for Colonel Nicholson to decide.
As he said, it's against the rules.
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Do not speak to me of rules.
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This is war!
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This is not a game of cricket.
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He's mad, your colonel...
37:57.541 --> 37:59.343
...quite mad.
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Sit down, please.
38:09.020 --> 38:12.657
I have decided to allow you
one visit to your colonel.
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Thank you.
38:15.059 --> 38:18.996
Tell him that if his officers
will not work...
38:19.397 --> 38:22.366
...I'll be forced
to close the hospital...
38:22.566 --> 38:25.870
...and your patients will
work in their place.
38:26.070 --> 38:30.541
And many will die,
and he will be responsible.
38:31.075 --> 38:35.313
Go and speak to him.
You have five minutes.
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Hey, the doc's going
to see the old man.
39:10.748 --> 39:11.949
Sir....
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It's Clipton, sir.
39:19.924 --> 39:21.826
I brought you a few things.
39:26.931 --> 39:29.700
- How are the men?
- Fine, sir, fine.
39:29.900 --> 39:34.038
We scraped together a little meat
and a coconut.
39:37.108 --> 39:38.776
And the officers?
39:38.909 --> 39:41.746
Oh, they're not so good.
They're still in detention.
39:41.879 --> 39:46.117
And Lieutenant Jennings....
Jennings is dead.
39:46.851 --> 39:48.919
- What?
- Killed, attempting to escape.
39:49.120 --> 39:52.690
Also two others,
Corporal Weaver and the American.
39:53.791 --> 39:57.461
Jennings. Poor, brave lad.
39:57.661 --> 39:59.797
I warned him, didn't I, Clipton?
39:59.997 --> 40:02.867
Look, sir, we haven't much time.
40:07.004 --> 40:09.707
I'm going to clean you up a little
while I talk.
40:09.907 --> 40:12.009
I've got something to tell you.
40:12.410 --> 40:14.779
I've just had a word with Saito.
40:15.045 --> 40:18.716
That man is the worst commanding
officer I've ever come across.
40:18.883 --> 40:22.787
Actually, I think he's mad. Carry on.
40:39.103 --> 40:40.538
Blackmail.
40:40.738 --> 40:45.443
I know, sir, but he means it.
I'm sure he does.
40:45.643 --> 40:49.146
It's a question of face,
pure and simple. And he can't give in.
40:49.547 --> 40:51.816
It's still blackmail.
40:54.018 --> 40:58.622
Sir, you can't stand
much more of this.
40:58.856 --> 41:03.961
Wouldn't the officers be better off
working than suffocating in that hole?
41:05.229 --> 41:09.166
The men are doing a wonderful job.
They're going as slow as they dare.
41:09.533 --> 41:12.603
But Saito's cut their food rations...
41:12.803 --> 41:14.872
...and if he makes
the sick men work....
41:15.072 --> 41:18.943
Well, they're going to die.
That's all there is to it.
41:19.076 --> 41:21.946
Yes, Clipton, I understand. Truly.
41:22.146 --> 41:24.782
But don't you see?
It's a matter of principle.
41:24.982 --> 41:28.819
If we give in now,
there'll be no end to it. No.
41:32.089 --> 41:36.227
Sir, we're lost in the jungle,
a thousand miles from anywhere.
41:36.594 --> 41:39.997
We're under the heel of a man
who'll stop at nothing to get his way.
41:40.130 --> 41:41.165
Principle!
41:41.765 --> 41:45.669
No one will ever know or care
what happens to us.
41:46.770 --> 41:48.272
Give in, sir. Please!
41:48.739 --> 41:50.040
I'm adamant.
41:50.241 --> 41:54.011
I will not have an officer
from my battalion working as a coolie.
41:54.211 --> 41:56.247
- Time.
- All right.
41:58.916 --> 42:01.785
Please thank those concerned.
42:02.086 --> 42:04.889
Everybody in the hospital
contributed one piece.
42:05.089 --> 42:06.790
Reynolds stole the coconut.
42:08.659 --> 42:11.161
We'll be able to get you
something from time to time.
42:11.295 --> 42:13.864
We've bribed one of your guards.
42:20.604 --> 42:24.041
Goodbye, sir. And good luck.
42:24.174 --> 42:25.876
Many thanks.
42:30.180 --> 42:32.950
- Clipton!
- Yes, sir?
42:33.717 --> 42:35.886
Did you say that American chap
was killed?
42:36.020 --> 42:38.188
Yes, sir. Shot and drowned.
42:39.957 --> 42:42.860
It's insane to plan escapes.
42:43.894 --> 42:46.931
Three men killed, and to what end?
42:47.131 --> 42:49.133
- Time!
- Here.
42:49.266 --> 42:51.769
- Here is where we must win through.
- Time, time!
43:11.855 --> 43:15.993
The doc just looked at us and shook
his head. Whatever that means.
43:16.160 --> 43:19.830
Means only one thing,
colonel won't give in.
43:32.676 --> 43:33.911
Well?
43:34.178 --> 43:35.846
It's like this.
43:36.080 --> 43:38.782
Colonel Nicholson
won't give in to force.
43:38.983 --> 43:41.085
It's a question of principle.
43:41.719 --> 43:44.855
As medical officer, I protest
to the way he's being treated.
43:45.089 --> 43:47.024
It's a wonder he's still alive.
43:47.191 --> 43:51.195
Should a tragedy occur,
it would be tantamount to murder.
43:53.297 --> 43:55.699
He is responsible.
43:56.900 --> 43:58.235
Not I.
44:08.812 --> 44:10.147
You sick?
44:13.384 --> 44:16.020
Are they both mad?
44:17.655 --> 44:19.657
Or am I going mad?
44:21.659 --> 44:22.960
Or is it the sun?
47:25.475 --> 47:27.077
Attention!
47:28.312 --> 47:31.048
Battalion, attention.
47:33.917 --> 47:36.053
English prisoners.
47:36.386 --> 47:38.622
Let us ask the question...
47:39.022 --> 47:42.159
...why does the bridge not progress?
47:42.593 --> 47:47.931
You know why,
because your officers are lazy!
47:48.332 --> 47:52.436
They think themselves too good
to share your burden.
47:53.503 --> 47:55.072
This is not just.
47:55.272 --> 47:58.408
Therefore, you are not happy
in your work.
47:59.142 --> 48:02.579
Therefore, the bridge
does not progress.
48:03.347 --> 48:05.415
But there is another cause.
48:05.616 --> 48:08.652
I do not hide the truth.
48:09.353 --> 48:11.955
With deep shame and regret...
48:12.155 --> 48:14.391
...I admit to you the failure...
48:14.591 --> 48:17.461
...of a member of the Japanese staff.
48:17.628 --> 48:20.030
I refer to Lieutenant Miura.
48:20.631 --> 48:22.566
He is a bad engineer.
48:22.966 --> 48:25.168
He is unworthy of command.
48:25.535 --> 48:30.140
Therefore, I have removed him
from his post.
48:32.042 --> 48:35.979
Tomorrow we begin again.
48:36.313 --> 48:39.549
I shall be in personal command.
48:40.150 --> 48:42.219
Today we rest.
48:44.187 --> 48:48.692
All work and no play
make Jack a dull boy.
48:49.293 --> 48:52.663
As token of regard
for your efforts in the future...
48:53.063 --> 48:55.499
...I give presents to you all.
49:07.678 --> 49:10.280
Let us be happy in our work.
49:11.214 --> 49:14.017
Company, dismissed.
49:15.319 --> 49:18.722
Battalion, dismissed.
49:33.236 --> 49:35.439
Hey, take a look at this.
49:35.572 --> 49:37.674
Red Cross! He's given us our--
49:38.041 --> 49:41.678
Hey, he's given us
our own Red Cross parcels.
49:42.045 --> 49:45.315
"Tomorrow we begin again."
50:50.380 --> 50:52.382
Hey, Harry, look.
50:52.682 --> 50:54.751
They're letting the old man out.
51:17.307 --> 51:20.410
Most likely gonna give him
another pasting.
52:04.654 --> 52:06.256
Good evening, colonel.
52:12.896 --> 52:15.298
Do you mind sitting over here?
52:16.199 --> 52:18.902
I am having rather a late supper.
52:41.791 --> 52:44.461
English corned beef.
52:45.395 --> 52:46.863
No, thank you.
52:51.468 --> 52:54.738
Produce of Scotland.
52:56.506 --> 52:58.708
I prefer it to sake.
52:59.309 --> 53:01.845
I spent three years in London,
you know.
53:02.412 --> 53:05.782
I studied at the London Polytechnic.
53:07.417 --> 53:08.752
Cheers.
53:08.952 --> 53:10.654
Sorry.
53:10.820 --> 53:12.689
Later, perhaps?
53:12.889 --> 53:14.591
Perhaps.
53:20.263 --> 53:22.532
I was not a good artist.
53:22.699 --> 53:24.968
My father disapproved.
53:25.368 --> 53:27.704
He felt I belonged in the army.
53:28.772 --> 53:32.542
So I changed from art
to engineering.
53:32.709 --> 53:37.380
I must tell you, Colonel Saito.
53:37.547 --> 53:41.384
I intend to make a full report
of your activities in this camp.
53:46.690 --> 53:50.493
I do not think you quite
realize my position.
53:50.894 --> 53:53.997
- I must carry out my orders.
- Oh, quite, quite.
53:54.331 --> 53:58.435
My orders are to complete the bridge
by the 12th day of May.
53:58.568 --> 54:01.438
- I have only 12 weeks more.
- No doubt.
54:01.571 --> 54:06.409
Therefore, I am compelled
to use all available personnel.
54:06.610 --> 54:09.479
But no officers, except in
an administrative capacity.
54:09.646 --> 54:13.783
But officers are working
along the entire railway.
54:13.984 --> 54:15.719
You know it. I know it.
54:15.852 --> 54:18.788
I'm not responsible
for the actions of other officers.
54:18.955 --> 54:20.557
Personally, I'm appalled.
54:20.724 --> 54:23.259
Let's not get excited.
54:28.798 --> 54:30.367
Will you have a cigar?
54:30.533 --> 54:32.535
No. Thank you.
54:34.471 --> 54:37.941
When I said all officers must work...
54:38.341 --> 54:41.678
...naturally, I never meant you,
the commanding officer.
54:41.878 --> 54:45.949
My orders were only intended
for officers below--
54:46.282 --> 54:48.551
None of my officers
will do manual labor.
54:48.685 --> 54:51.921
Please! I was about to say:
54:52.288 --> 54:55.592
I've been thinking the matter over
and have decided...
54:55.759 --> 55:00.363
...to put majors and above
on administrative duties...
55:00.530 --> 55:03.366
...leaving only junior officers
to lend a hand.
55:03.500 --> 55:06.970
I'm afraid not. The Convention's
quite clear on that point.
55:20.650 --> 55:25.455
Do you know what will happen to me
if the bridge is not ready in time?
55:25.655 --> 55:27.390
I haven't the foggiest.
55:27.557 --> 55:30.060
I'd have to kill myself.
55:30.627 --> 55:33.396
What would you do if you were me?
55:33.797 --> 55:36.466
I suppose if I were you...
55:36.933 --> 55:39.402
...I'd have to kill myself.
55:41.504 --> 55:42.739
Cheers.
55:43.940 --> 55:46.576
I warn you, colonel...
55:46.810 --> 55:51.347
...if I am to die,
others will die before me.
55:51.481 --> 55:52.782
Do you understand that?
55:52.916 --> 55:55.652
- Major Clipton did mention that.
- Well?
55:55.819 --> 55:58.421
That won't solve your problem.
55:58.621 --> 56:00.957
But I'm sure we can arrive
at a proper solution.
56:01.357 --> 56:02.859
Please sit down.
56:06.029 --> 56:09.599
Now, tell me, colonel...
56:09.966 --> 56:13.603
...do you agree that the first job
of an officer is command?
56:13.837 --> 56:15.705
- Of course.
- Good.
56:18.108 --> 56:19.509
Now....
56:21.978 --> 56:23.913
Take this bridge of yours.
56:24.681 --> 56:26.816
It's quite an enormous undertaking.
56:26.950 --> 56:31.054
Frankly, I have grave doubts whether
your lieutenant-- What's his name?
56:31.387 --> 56:33.757
- Miura.
- Miura.
56:34.124 --> 56:38.061
- -is capable of tackling
a job of such importance.
56:39.162 --> 56:43.767
On the other hand, I have officers,
Reeves and Hughes for instance...
56:44.167 --> 56:47.737
...who have built bridges
all over India.
56:48.872 --> 56:50.507
The men respect them.
56:50.707 --> 56:54.144
It's essential for an officer to have
that respect, I'm sure you agree.
56:54.477 --> 56:56.112
If he loses it,
he ceases to command.
56:56.479 --> 56:59.482
And what happens then?
Demoralization and chaos.
56:59.682 --> 57:02.986
A pretty poor commander I would be
if I allowed that to happen.
57:03.119 --> 57:05.054
Perhaps you are not aware...
57:05.188 --> 57:08.591
...that the bridge is now
under my personal command.
57:08.892 --> 57:12.562
Really? And may I ask,
are you satisfied with the work?
57:12.695 --> 57:14.964
- I am not!
- You've proved my point.
57:15.098 --> 57:17.600
I hate the British!
57:17.767 --> 57:20.904
You are defeated
but you have no shame.
57:21.104 --> 57:23.640
You are stubborn
but have no pride.
57:23.840 --> 57:26.576
You endure
but you have no courage.
57:26.709 --> 57:28.845
I hate the British!
57:29.913 --> 57:31.781
Pointless, going on like this.
57:31.915 --> 57:33.450
Stay there!
01:01:10.299 --> 01:01:12.669
Stand down. Stand down!
01:01:22.078 --> 01:01:24.681
Battalion, attention!
01:02:04.487 --> 01:02:07.290
Battalion, stand at ease.
01:02:09.859 --> 01:02:11.327
Please....
01:02:12.495 --> 01:02:15.465
Do you know what is
the date today, colonel?
01:02:16.032 --> 01:02:17.500
I'm afraid I've lost count.
01:02:17.834 --> 01:02:20.470
It's the anniversary of
our great victory...
01:02:20.837 --> 01:02:23.473
- ...over Russia in 1905.
- Oh, yes.
01:02:23.806 --> 01:02:27.877
Throughout East Asia
we are celebrating this date.
01:02:28.010 --> 01:02:30.012
In honor of this occasion...
01:02:30.146 --> 01:02:33.015
...I have given your troops
a day of rest.
01:02:33.149 --> 01:02:34.350
Many thanks.
01:02:34.484 --> 01:02:37.820
I am declaring a general amnesty.
01:02:37.987 --> 01:02:41.390
You and your officers may
return to your quarters.
01:02:41.824 --> 01:02:43.993
As part of this amnesty...
01:02:44.293 --> 01:02:49.532
...it will not be necessary
for officers to do manual labor.
01:03:19.796 --> 01:03:20.930
He's done it!
01:05:44.040 --> 01:05:46.242
Somebody deserves a medal, sir.
01:05:57.954 --> 01:05:59.455
How many men in your party?
01:05:59.956 --> 01:06:01.958
Well, I don't really know, sir.
01:06:02.091 --> 01:06:04.360
- You don't know?
- Sir, 12, usually.
01:06:04.493 --> 01:06:08.998
But, well, one of the men took sick
very suddenly this morning, sir.
01:06:09.131 --> 01:06:11.500
It took three or four
to help him to the hospital.
01:06:13.235 --> 01:06:16.973
And-- He took terrible sick, sir.
01:06:17.206 --> 01:06:20.743
A corporal should always know
how many men he has under him.
01:06:21.344 --> 01:06:23.346
Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:28.217
Have you a nervous affliction? If not,
stop making those faces at once.
01:06:29.518 --> 01:06:33.656
It may be funny to you,
but it's not military behavior.
01:06:33.990 --> 01:06:35.257
No, sir.
01:06:38.761 --> 01:06:40.997
We must put a stop
to these demonstrations.
01:06:41.130 --> 01:06:42.631
Yes, sir.
01:06:51.540 --> 01:06:54.076
- I say, Reeves?
- Yes, sir?
01:06:54.243 --> 01:06:57.680
You ever constructed a bridge
across a stream like the Kwai?
01:06:58.080 --> 01:07:01.550
Yes, sir, half a dozen of them,
in Madras, Bengal....
01:07:01.684 --> 01:07:03.719
If this were your bridge...
01:07:04.553 --> 01:07:06.655
...how would you get it under way?
01:07:08.691 --> 01:07:10.459
Get it under way, sir?
01:07:10.593 --> 01:07:13.362
Well, first of all,
I wouldn't build it here.
01:07:13.496 --> 01:07:15.631
Oh, why not?
01:07:15.765 --> 01:07:17.566
As I was trying to tell you...
01:07:17.767 --> 01:07:22.104
...the Japanese couldn't have picked
a worse location. There's no bottom.
01:07:22.438 --> 01:07:24.440
You see those piles?
01:07:24.640 --> 01:07:26.342
They're sinking.
01:07:28.544 --> 01:07:32.548
Our chaps could drive those logs
till doomsday and they wouldn't hold.
01:07:32.782 --> 01:07:34.784
Where would you build it?
01:07:36.118 --> 01:07:39.155
Why, further downstream, sir.
Across those narrows.
01:07:39.288 --> 01:07:42.224
Then we'd have solid bedrock
on both banks.
01:07:42.691 --> 01:07:47.229
Hughes, if this were your bridge,
how would you use the men?
01:07:47.396 --> 01:07:51.634
Well, sir, not the way they're doing it.
It's utter chaos, as you can see.
01:07:53.569 --> 01:07:55.704
It's a lot of uncoordinated activity.
01:07:55.838 --> 01:07:57.573
No teamwork.
01:07:58.841 --> 01:08:02.411
Some of those parties are actually
working against each other.
01:08:04.647 --> 01:08:05.848
Yes.
01:08:09.318 --> 01:08:12.588
I tell you, gentlemen, we have
a problem on our hands.
01:08:12.721 --> 01:08:15.591
Thanks to the Japanese,
we now command a rabble.
01:08:15.724 --> 01:08:18.294
There's no order, no discipline.
01:08:19.562 --> 01:08:22.631
- Our task is to rebuild the battalion.
- Yes, sir.
01:08:22.765 --> 01:08:24.633
Which isn't going to be easy.
01:08:24.767 --> 01:08:28.504
But fortunately, we have
the means at hand. The bridge.
01:08:28.704 --> 01:08:31.240
- The bridge, sir?
- The bridge.
01:08:33.576 --> 01:08:38.314
We'll teach them a lesson in Western
efficiency that will put them to shame.
01:08:38.447 --> 01:08:41.250
We'll show them what
the British soldier is capable of.
01:08:41.383 --> 01:08:44.186
Yes. I see your point, sir.
01:08:44.353 --> 01:08:47.189
I realize how difficult
it's going to be here...
01:08:47.323 --> 01:08:49.725
...where you can't find
what you need.
01:08:50.126 --> 01:08:53.195
- But there's the challenge.
- I beg your pardon, sir.
01:08:53.362 --> 01:08:55.764
You mean, you really want them
to build the bridge?
01:08:55.898 --> 01:08:58.667
You're not usually
so slow on the uptake, Evans.
01:08:58.834 --> 01:09:01.770
I know our men.
You've got to keep them occupied.
01:09:01.904 --> 01:09:05.274
Fact is, if there weren't any work,
we'd invent some, eh, Reeves?
01:09:05.407 --> 01:09:08.344
- That we would, sir.
- So we're lucky.
01:09:08.544 --> 01:09:11.147
But it's going to be a proper bridge.
01:09:11.347 --> 01:09:13.449
Here again I know the men.
01:09:13.649 --> 01:09:16.652
It's essential that they
take pride in their job.
01:09:16.819 --> 01:09:18.521
- Right, gentlemen?
- Yes, sir.
01:09:18.687 --> 01:09:21.624
Reeves, you're the key man
in this situation, as engineer.
01:09:21.757 --> 01:09:25.761
Tell me what you want and we'll
organize it. Can we make a go of it?
01:09:25.895 --> 01:09:28.364
- We'll do our best, sir.
- Fine.
01:09:29.465 --> 01:09:31.800
We must draw up our plans...
01:09:32.501 --> 01:09:35.271
...then arrange a conference
with Saito...
01:09:35.838 --> 01:09:37.840
...and set him straight.
01:09:43.412 --> 01:09:47.416
Well, I think that takes care of all
the procedural matters. Now....
01:09:47.583 --> 01:09:49.251
Oh, yes.
01:09:49.652 --> 01:09:53.589
The next point is somewhat unpleasant
for all concerned, I'm afraid.
01:09:53.722 --> 01:09:57.493
Sorry to tell you, we feel the position
of the bridge was fixed hastily...
01:09:57.660 --> 01:09:59.929
...and, I have to add, incorrectly.
01:10:02.565 --> 01:10:03.866
Incorrectly?
01:10:04.200 --> 01:10:05.668
Unfortunately, yes.
01:10:05.834 --> 01:10:08.604
Our engineer has made
a study of the site...
01:10:08.804 --> 01:10:12.274
...and has concluded that
the river bottom there is too soft.
01:10:12.942 --> 01:10:14.343
Too soft?
01:10:14.543 --> 01:10:16.912
Mud. All the work up to now
has been useless.
01:10:17.313 --> 01:10:20.316
- Reeves, will you carry on?
- Yes, sir.
01:10:20.449 --> 01:10:22.851
Colonel, I've made tests.
Those piles of yours...
01:10:22.985 --> 01:10:25.754
...could be hammered below
water level before they'd hold.
01:10:25.888 --> 01:10:28.724
That bridge would collapse
under the first train.
01:10:28.857 --> 01:10:32.995
The pressure and soil resistance
figures in tons per square inch.
01:10:33.329 --> 01:10:35.764
Just a moment, Reeves,
before you get too involved.
01:10:35.898 --> 01:10:38.567
Colonel, do you suppose
we could have a cup of tea?
01:10:51.714 --> 01:10:55.584
Then I take it we all agree
that if we're to avoid disaster...
01:10:55.718 --> 01:10:58.487
...we build a new bridge,
at the site picked by Reeves...
01:10:58.621 --> 01:11:00.990
...400 yards downstream.
01:11:04.493 --> 01:11:06.862
So let's proceed to the next point.
01:11:07.730 --> 01:11:10.499
I've decided to alter
the daily work quota of our men.
01:11:10.699 --> 01:11:12.468
- Alter?
- Yes, I've increased it.
01:11:12.601 --> 01:11:15.271
From a yard and a half
of earth moved to two.
01:11:15.404 --> 01:11:18.307
I was sure it would meet
with your approval.
01:11:18.440 --> 01:11:21.710
Major Hughes has all the facts.
Hughes, would you take over?
01:11:21.910 --> 01:11:24.913
I've done a time study, Colonel Saito,
of the entire project.
01:11:25.047 --> 01:11:28.917
As you can see, the available forces
have been badly distributed.
01:11:29.051 --> 01:11:32.955
I would strongly urge we revise the
organization of the working parties.
01:11:33.322 --> 01:11:38.494
Just a moment. Colonel, it would save
time if we could work during dinner.
01:11:38.627 --> 01:11:41.063
Would it be possible
to have a meal served here?
01:11:41.397 --> 01:11:42.598
Of course.
01:11:42.831 --> 01:11:44.500
If we--
01:11:45.968 --> 01:11:47.603
- Carry on, Hughes.
- Yes, sir.
01:11:47.770 --> 01:11:51.340
If we increase the number of squads
and specialize their functions...
01:11:51.674 --> 01:11:56.312
...I'm certain the total daily output
can be increased by 30 percent.
01:11:56.445 --> 01:11:59.682
Now, Colonel Saito,
I have one more point....
01:12:00.549 --> 01:12:05.521
Now, there's another important
decision that can't be postponed.
01:12:05.654 --> 01:12:07.990
As most of the British
will work on the bridge...
01:12:08.357 --> 01:12:11.093
...only a small number will be available
for railway work.
01:12:11.493 --> 01:12:16.432
I must ask you to lend us some of your
men to reinforce the railway gang...
01:12:16.598 --> 01:12:21.070
...so the final stretch of track can
be completed as quickly as possible.
01:12:22.371 --> 01:12:24.707
I have already given the order.
01:12:24.907 --> 01:12:27.976
We must fix the daily work quota
of your men.
01:12:28.377 --> 01:12:32.348
I thought of setting it at a yard
and a half so as not to overtire them...
01:12:32.481 --> 01:12:35.084
...but isn't it best
to be the same as ours?
01:12:35.484 --> 01:12:38.687
That would also create a healthy
competitive spirit.
01:12:40.622 --> 01:12:43.826
I have already given the order.
01:12:44.026 --> 01:12:46.662
- We'll try to surpass that, won't we?
- Yes, sir.
01:12:46.795 --> 01:12:49.832
I think that completes
the agenda for this evening.
01:12:50.032 --> 01:12:53.569
Thank you, Colonel Saito,
for your kind attention.
01:12:53.802 --> 01:12:56.672
And are there any other questions?
01:12:58.040 --> 01:12:59.742
One question.
01:13:00.509 --> 01:13:02.878
Can you finish the bridge in time?
01:13:03.078 --> 01:13:06.682
Frankly, the consensus of opinion
is that it's impossible.
01:13:06.882 --> 01:13:09.418
But we'll certainly give it a go.
01:13:10.619 --> 01:13:14.857
We mustn't forget we wasted a month
through an unfortunate disagreement...
01:13:15.057 --> 01:13:16.925
...for which I was not to blame.
01:13:18.627 --> 01:13:20.462
Is there anything else?
01:13:20.929 --> 01:13:22.164
No.
01:13:22.865 --> 01:13:26.835
Thank you. The meeting is closed.
01:13:27.936 --> 01:13:30.639
- Good night.
- Good night.
01:13:54.763 --> 01:13:59.101
I hope these Japanese appreciate
what we're doing for them.
01:13:59.868 --> 01:14:03.071
For the moment, I'm not concerned
with their appreciation.
01:14:03.906 --> 01:14:06.708
- Good night, Clipton.
- Good night, sir.
01:14:08.811 --> 01:14:10.879
By the way, I meant to tell you...
01:14:11.079 --> 01:14:13.949
...there are trees in this forest
very similar to elm.
01:14:14.116 --> 01:14:17.486
And the elm piles of London Bridge
lasted 600 years.
01:14:18.487 --> 01:14:21.557
- Six hundred years, Reeves?
- Yes, sir.
01:14:22.624 --> 01:14:24.827
Six hundred years.
01:14:25.227 --> 01:14:27.596
That would be quite something.
01:15:16.545 --> 01:15:20.249
Good morning. I'm looking for an
American named Commander Shears.
01:15:20.649 --> 01:15:23.852
- Oh, yes, down on the beach.
- Oh, thank you very much.
01:15:31.627 --> 01:15:32.828
Kiss!
01:15:33.562 --> 01:15:35.597
Too many eyes.
01:15:35.831 --> 01:15:40.002
You give me powders, pills, baths,
injections, enemas...
01:15:40.135 --> 01:15:41.737
...when all I need is love.
01:15:41.870 --> 01:15:44.740
It's true.
All you really need is love.
01:15:49.578 --> 01:15:52.714
What makes you so sure
you'll get a medical discharge?
01:15:52.848 --> 01:15:55.117
Because I'm a civilian
at heart, lover.
01:15:55.317 --> 01:15:57.619
And I always follow my heart.
01:15:57.819 --> 01:15:59.054
Kiss.
01:16:07.696 --> 01:16:09.765
How's that, commander?
01:16:10.799 --> 01:16:12.334
Don't call me commander.
01:16:12.701 --> 01:16:14.002
It's unromantic.
01:16:14.202 --> 01:16:16.004
You're an officer yourself.
01:16:16.138 --> 01:16:19.107
How would you like it
if I called you Lieutenant Lover?
01:16:19.308 --> 01:16:21.877
Let's be democratic.
Just call me "sir."
01:16:22.044 --> 01:16:23.145
Yes, sir.
01:16:25.013 --> 01:16:26.615
Brass ahoy.
01:16:27.215 --> 01:16:29.084
He wants to see you. He's all yours.
01:16:29.251 --> 01:16:31.853
- I'm going for a swim.
- Don't leave me.
01:16:33.622 --> 01:16:35.023
- Commander Shears?
- Yes.
01:16:35.190 --> 01:16:37.025
My name's Warden.
01:16:37.326 --> 01:16:39.061
- How do you do?
- Sorry to intrude--
01:16:39.194 --> 01:16:41.763
That's okay, major.
I'm used to it by now.
01:16:41.897 --> 01:16:42.998
Like a martini?
01:16:43.131 --> 01:16:45.000
That's very kind, but I think not.
01:16:45.133 --> 01:16:46.602
- Mind if I have one?
- No.
01:16:46.735 --> 01:16:48.036
How did you get that?
01:16:48.170 --> 01:16:51.173
Where there's a hospital,
there's alcohol.
01:16:51.306 --> 01:16:54.276
Oh, yes, of course. Jolly good.
01:16:54.810 --> 01:16:57.212
Well, I'll be as brief as possible.
01:16:57.646 --> 01:17:01.049
I belong to a rather rum group
called Force 316.
01:17:01.249 --> 01:17:03.819
Our headquarters is up
in the Botanical Gardens.
01:17:04.052 --> 01:17:07.222
- Protecting rare plants from the enemy?
- Not quite.
01:17:07.823 --> 01:17:10.292
- Sure you won't have a martini?
- No, thanks.
01:17:10.659 --> 01:17:14.663
We have a particular interest
in that railway you worked on.
01:17:14.863 --> 01:17:18.100
You could give us no end
of valuable information.
01:17:18.266 --> 01:17:21.903
Well, I'm leaving
for the States in a few days...
01:17:22.070 --> 01:17:25.207
...and I've already told your people
everything I know.
01:17:25.340 --> 01:17:28.844
But you could help us
in a rather special sense.
01:17:28.977 --> 01:17:30.779
I know it's a terrible imposition...
01:17:30.912 --> 01:17:34.149
...but I wonder if you could possibly
come out and see us.
01:17:35.751 --> 01:17:38.654
Well, if you want to go over
the whole thing again.
01:17:38.787 --> 01:17:41.356
Oh, that's very kind.
Lord Louis will be grateful.
01:17:41.690 --> 01:17:43.058
- Lord who?
- Mountbatten.
01:17:43.191 --> 01:17:45.894
- We're one of his special pigeons.
- Oh, I see.
01:17:46.094 --> 01:17:49.665
Shall we say this evening, then?
About 8. I'll send a car for you.
01:17:49.798 --> 01:17:52.100
This evening? Out of the question.
01:17:52.300 --> 01:17:54.736
Well, tomorrow morning then?
About 10?
01:17:54.870 --> 01:17:57.305
- Okay, 10:00.
- Thanks very much.
01:17:57.706 --> 01:17:59.875
- Cheerio.
- Cheerio.
01:18:00.042 --> 01:18:01.243
Good luck.
01:18:02.177 --> 01:18:03.311
Thanks.
01:18:11.319 --> 01:18:15.257
I know, you're terribly sorry, but you're
going to stand me up tonight.
01:18:15.390 --> 01:18:17.459
You couldn't be more wrong.
01:18:23.198 --> 01:18:24.700
General salute!
01:18:24.833 --> 01:18:27.235
Present arms!
01:18:40.315 --> 01:18:43.185
- May I see your pass, sir, please?
- Oh, yes.
01:18:43.819 --> 01:18:45.387
Thank you, sir.
01:18:45.987 --> 01:18:47.823
Carry on, driver.
01:18:55.997 --> 01:18:58.300
Major Warden's bungalow
is at the end of the path.
01:18:58.433 --> 01:19:00.268
All right, thanks.
01:19:10.946 --> 01:19:14.249
Good show, Jenkins. Good show!
01:19:14.783 --> 01:19:18.053
Come along, Thomson.
Use your knife, man. Use your knife.
01:19:19.488 --> 01:19:23.391
Good! On your feet, chaps.
Away to the debriefing room quickly.
01:19:23.792 --> 01:19:26.194
Come on, move yourselves!
Move! Move quickly!
01:19:29.131 --> 01:19:32.901
Very clumsy, Joyce, very clumsy.
01:19:34.102 --> 01:19:37.072
Always use your knife
immediately, Joyce.
01:19:37.272 --> 01:19:39.875
You see, he's gained the initiative.
01:19:40.008 --> 01:19:43.979
Wait a minute!
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
01:19:44.212 --> 01:19:46.348
- You're sorry?
- So am I, sir.
01:19:46.515 --> 01:19:49.985
- I thought you were the enemy.
- I'm American, if that's what you mean.
01:19:50.218 --> 01:19:54.122
- That'll be all, Joyce.
- Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.
01:19:54.990 --> 01:19:56.358
What can I do for you, sir?
01:19:56.491 --> 01:19:58.426
I was on my way to see
Major Warden.
01:19:58.827 --> 01:20:03.098
I'll show you the way. He'll finish
his lecture any moment now.
01:20:09.237 --> 01:20:12.407
- That's the end of his lecture.
- Thunderous ovation.
01:20:12.574 --> 01:20:16.912
He believes in keeping our training
as close to real life as possible.
01:20:19.114 --> 01:20:21.383
- Major Warden, sir?
- Yes?
01:20:21.550 --> 01:20:23.118
Very good of you to come.
01:20:23.318 --> 01:20:26.154
- I hope they took care of you.
- They certainly have.
01:20:26.288 --> 01:20:29.357
Thank you, staff.
Well, come along, then.
01:20:29.558 --> 01:20:32.427
Colonel Green is looking forward
to meeting you.
01:20:33.962 --> 01:20:37.032
- Fascinating place, isn't it?
- Utterly charming.
01:20:37.165 --> 01:20:39.201
Didn't realize it was
a commando school.
01:20:39.334 --> 01:20:44.172
We're trying to discourage the use of
that word. Such a melodramatic air.
01:20:44.506 --> 01:20:45.907
What do you do here?
01:20:46.074 --> 01:20:48.410
Sabotage, demolition,
that line of country.
01:20:48.543 --> 01:20:51.613
We're using P.E., plastic explosives.
It's wonderful stuff.
01:20:52.013 --> 01:20:54.516
That pop was made
with a lump half this size.
01:20:54.916 --> 01:20:58.286
It's twice as powerful as gelignite
and only half the weight. Here.
01:20:59.487 --> 01:21:02.457
It's quite harmless
until it's detonated.
01:21:02.958 --> 01:21:04.359
Thanks for telling me.
01:21:04.526 --> 01:21:07.562
It's completely waterproof
and actually plastic.
01:21:07.896 --> 01:21:10.565
See? You can do
what you like with it.
01:21:11.466 --> 01:21:13.168
This is my place.
01:21:18.540 --> 01:21:20.075
Go ahead.
01:21:21.943 --> 01:21:24.546
Oh, I'm dying for a cup of tea.
01:21:27.082 --> 01:21:29.317
- Would you care for one?
- No, thanks.
01:21:29.451 --> 01:21:31.620
- A drink?
- No, thank you.
01:21:32.020 --> 01:21:35.090
- Pot of tea for one, please, Peter.
- Very good, sir.
01:21:39.027 --> 01:21:40.328
Do you read this?
01:21:40.495 --> 01:21:44.399
Oh, I taught Oriental languages
at Cambridge before the war.
01:21:48.336 --> 01:21:52.007
I never congratulated you
on your escape. It was a good show.
01:21:52.173 --> 01:21:56.111
I was lucky. If your sea-rescue plane
hadn't spotted me, I wouldn't be here.
01:21:56.244 --> 01:21:58.046
No, I suppose not.
01:22:01.216 --> 01:22:03.952
Would you like to see
where you were?
01:22:04.986 --> 01:22:06.454
All right.
01:22:07.389 --> 01:22:11.026
Our information's rather scanty.
It's mostly based on your report.
01:22:11.159 --> 01:22:13.061
But we think the camp is about here.
01:22:13.194 --> 01:22:17.632
Say, do your people have any idea
what happened to Colonel Nicholson?
01:22:17.966 --> 01:22:21.436
He had guts. They were about to
shoot him and he didn't bat an eye.
01:22:21.569 --> 01:22:24.706
If you're about to be shot
there's not much you can do.
01:22:25.106 --> 01:22:29.511
Here is the River Kwai, and here is
the village where you were helped.
01:22:29.644 --> 01:22:31.379
And here is the railway.
01:22:31.513 --> 01:22:34.282
But then you must be fairly familiar
with all this area.
01:22:34.449 --> 01:22:37.118
Not really, I was out of my head
half the time.
01:22:37.252 --> 01:22:40.989
The railway starts down here
in Singapore. Malaya...
01:22:41.122 --> 01:22:46.061
...Bangkok, Rangoon. Their idea
is to drive on through, into India.
01:22:46.261 --> 01:22:49.631
- Where was I picked up?
- Oh, about here.
01:22:50.031 --> 01:22:52.100
The Japanese aim to open...
01:22:52.233 --> 01:22:55.003
...the Bangkok-Rangoon section
by the middle of May.
01:22:55.170 --> 01:22:57.272
Naturally, we'll try to prevent them.
01:22:57.405 --> 01:23:00.342
It's too far for bombers
to carry an adequate load.
01:23:00.508 --> 01:23:03.011
We'll have to go smash it
on the ground.
01:23:03.178 --> 01:23:05.680
- How will you get there?
- Parachute drop, then march.
01:23:06.047 --> 01:23:09.017
With demolition equipment
through that jungle?
01:23:09.484 --> 01:23:13.488
Our chief problem
is lack of firsthand knowledge.
01:23:13.688 --> 01:23:16.324
You see, none of us have
ever been there.
01:23:16.524 --> 01:23:19.694
- I don't want to discourage--
- It should be interesting.
01:23:20.028 --> 01:23:21.997
Colonel Green's given me
the Kwai bridge.
01:23:22.130 --> 01:23:25.033
I'm gonna take a team in
and blow it up.
01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:27.268
Lucky you.
01:23:30.038 --> 01:23:31.439
Sure you won't have tea?
01:23:31.573 --> 01:23:36.277
No, thanks. I don't want to be rude,
but I've got a luncheon date at 2.
01:23:36.444 --> 01:23:40.215
- So if there are any questions....
- Of course, I'm sorry.
01:23:43.051 --> 01:23:46.087
Well, there is only
one question, actually.
01:23:46.454 --> 01:23:48.656
How would you feel
about going back?
01:23:51.059 --> 01:23:52.093
Come again?
01:23:53.228 --> 01:23:55.797
I know, under the circumstances,
it's a bit much...
01:23:56.164 --> 01:23:59.300
...but you have a unique
knowledge for our purpose.
01:23:59.501 --> 01:24:01.336
And we'd love to have you with us.
01:24:03.471 --> 01:24:05.607
That's why you brought me here?
01:24:05.807 --> 01:24:07.409
To ask me this?
01:24:07.609 --> 01:24:09.377
Well, frankly, yes.
01:24:09.544 --> 01:24:12.747
Major, I just got out of there.
My escape was a miracle.
01:24:13.081 --> 01:24:15.583
Now you want me to go back?
Don't be ridiculous!
01:24:15.750 --> 01:24:17.185
This is embarrassing--
01:24:17.385 --> 01:24:21.122
I can't go back! I don't belong to you.
I belong to the American Navy.
01:24:21.322 --> 01:24:25.260
Actually, Colonel Green has taken
the matter up with your people.
01:24:25.427 --> 01:24:29.297
- With my people?
- Your Navy's turned you over to us.
01:24:29.697 --> 01:24:33.301
A signal arrived yesterday morning
from your CINC Pacific...
01:24:33.501 --> 01:24:37.539
...authorizing your temporary transfer
of duty to Force 316.
01:24:37.739 --> 01:24:40.575
- They can't do this to me.
- I'm afraid they have.
01:24:41.409 --> 01:24:43.645
It was difficult to know how
to break it to you.
01:24:43.778 --> 01:24:48.383
But they can't do this to me.
I mean it. My Navy's made a mistake.
01:24:51.319 --> 01:24:56.324
Look. I'm not a Navy commander.
I'm not even an officer.
01:24:56.558 --> 01:25:01.663
The whole thing's a fake. I'm just an
ordinary swab jockey, second class.
01:25:04.332 --> 01:25:08.336
When the Houston sunk, I made
it ashore with a real commander.
01:25:08.536 --> 01:25:11.673
Later on, we ran into
a Japanese patrol. He was killed.
01:25:11.840 --> 01:25:15.376
I figured it was just a matter of time
before I was captured--
01:25:15.543 --> 01:25:18.413
So you changed uniforms
with a dead man.
01:25:18.746 --> 01:25:21.349
I thought officers would get
better treatment.
01:25:21.483 --> 01:25:22.617
That's very sensible.
01:25:22.750 --> 01:25:26.421
But at Saito's camp, the officers
worked along with the rest.
01:25:26.621 --> 01:25:29.257
Yes, there's always the unexpected,
isn't there?
01:25:31.359 --> 01:25:34.662
I kind of got used
to being a commander...
01:25:34.863 --> 01:25:38.299
...so when I arrived here
at the hospital...
01:25:38.433 --> 01:25:42.570
...I took a look at the enlisted men's
ward and then the officer's ward...
01:25:42.770 --> 01:25:47.442
...and I said to myself,
"Let's let it ride along for a while."
01:25:47.642 --> 01:25:49.410
There were certain advantages.
01:25:49.611 --> 01:25:51.479
I saw one of them on the beach.
01:25:52.413 --> 01:25:53.848
Anyway, that's the whole story.
01:25:54.182 --> 01:25:58.186
The point is, you can't use me.
You want an officer...
01:25:58.353 --> 01:26:01.256
...an American commander
named Shears who doesn't exist.
01:26:01.389 --> 01:26:03.591
When the Navy learns the truth,
they'll say:
01:26:03.725 --> 01:26:06.861
"Ship him home in irons
for impersonating an officer."
01:26:07.662 --> 01:26:10.698
- Once that happens, I've got it made.
- Got it what?
01:26:10.899 --> 01:26:14.269
- Made. I'd like that drink now.
- Of course.
01:26:14.669 --> 01:26:16.871
I'll apply for a medical discharge.
01:26:17.272 --> 01:26:19.374
I'll tell them
I impersonated an officer...
01:26:19.507 --> 01:26:22.210
...because I went off my rocker
in the jungle.
01:26:23.611 --> 01:26:27.448
I'm getting worse, you know.
Sometimes I think I'm Admiral Halsey.
01:26:28.249 --> 01:26:29.817
It's quite a clever plan.
01:26:30.885 --> 01:26:33.288
It's not only clever, it's foolproof.
01:26:33.488 --> 01:26:35.757
If my Navy finds out who I am...
01:26:35.957 --> 01:26:39.961
...those temporary orders won't be
worth the paper they're written on.
01:26:53.741 --> 01:26:55.643
This is your photograph, isn't it?
01:26:58.646 --> 01:27:01.416
- Where did you get this?
- It took a bit of doing...
01:27:01.649 --> 01:27:03.952
...because your people
couldn't identify you.
01:27:04.385 --> 01:27:08.990
Finally your CINC Pacific
sent us a copy of your service record.
01:27:09.390 --> 01:27:13.394
The photograph, fingerprints.
Would you care to have a look?
01:27:13.928 --> 01:27:15.263
No.
01:27:15.463 --> 01:27:19.667
You see, we've known about
your actual rank for nearly a week.
01:27:22.604 --> 01:27:25.273
Your Navy's in an awkward position.
01:27:25.440 --> 01:27:27.609
In one sense you're a blasted hero...
01:27:27.809 --> 01:27:30.545
...for making an escape
from the jungle.
01:27:30.712 --> 01:27:33.681
But at the same time,
they can't bring you home...
01:27:33.848 --> 01:27:37.452
...and give you the Navy Cross
for impersonating an officer.
01:27:37.619 --> 01:27:40.922
I suppose that's why they were
so happy to hand you over to us.
01:27:41.322 --> 01:27:42.790
You see?
01:27:42.957 --> 01:27:44.292
Hot potato.
01:27:45.293 --> 01:27:47.462
As far as your present rank
is concerned...
01:27:47.629 --> 01:27:50.765
...we're fairly informal
about those things in Force 316.
01:27:50.965 --> 01:27:53.468
You'd have the simulated
rank of major.
01:27:54.769 --> 01:27:58.506
Simulated major. That figures.
01:27:59.941 --> 01:28:01.442
Well....
01:28:04.979 --> 01:28:07.949
As long as I'm hooked,
I might as well volunteer.
01:28:08.916 --> 01:28:10.318
Good show!
01:28:11.719 --> 01:28:13.454
Oh, Colonel Green, sir.
01:28:13.655 --> 01:28:18.893
This is Major Shears. He volunteered
to go and help me blow up the bridge.
01:28:19.027 --> 01:28:20.595
Really?
01:28:21.663 --> 01:28:23.398
Good show!
01:28:23.598 --> 01:28:26.467
Jolly good show, major!
01:29:15.817 --> 01:29:18.653
Get up to sick bay, Baker.
This foot's infected.
01:29:18.853 --> 01:29:20.955
The colonel might think
I'm malingering.
01:29:21.089 --> 01:29:23.925
I'm the medical officer, Baker.
Get cracking.
01:29:29.797 --> 01:29:33.668
Will someone tell me why the old man
wants us to build a proper bridge?
01:29:33.801 --> 01:29:37.405
Don't you worry about old Nick.
He knows what he's doing.
01:29:47.749 --> 01:29:51.886
Hello, Clipton.
About time you paid us a visit.
01:29:52.653 --> 01:29:54.756
Fine job our chaps are doing.
First-rate.
01:29:54.956 --> 01:29:57.425
Yes. How's he behaving?
01:29:57.625 --> 01:30:00.428
He's been most reasonable
since we took over.
01:30:00.595 --> 01:30:03.498
- I wonder what he's thinking.
- I haven't the foggiest.
01:30:03.698 --> 01:30:05.700
- Thanks, Reeves.
- Right, sir.
01:30:06.467 --> 01:30:07.769
What do you think?
01:30:09.537 --> 01:30:11.439
Quite a challenge, isn't it?
01:30:13.541 --> 01:30:17.845
Sir, are you convinced that
building this bridge is a good idea?
01:30:17.979 --> 01:30:19.747
- Are you serious?
- Yes, sir.
01:30:19.881 --> 01:30:23.651
A good idea? Take another look.
01:30:24.585 --> 01:30:28.523
You don't agree morale is high?
Discipline has been restored?
01:30:28.723 --> 01:30:30.758
Their condition has been improved?
01:30:30.892 --> 01:30:33.661
- Are they a happier lot or aren't they?
- Yes, sir, but--
01:30:33.795 --> 01:30:36.531
They feed better
and they are no longer abused.
01:30:36.664 --> 01:30:38.132
- That's all true.
- Well, then.
01:30:38.466 --> 01:30:41.736
Honestly, Clipton, there are times
when I don't understand you at all.
01:30:41.869 --> 01:30:43.838
I'll try to make myself clear, sir.
01:30:43.971 --> 01:30:47.875
The fact is, what we're doing
could be construed as...
01:30:48.042 --> 01:30:51.078
...forgive me, sir,
collaboration with the enemy.
01:30:51.212 --> 01:30:53.014
Perhaps even as
treasonable activity.
01:30:53.147 --> 01:30:57.218
We're prisoners of war.
We haven't the right to refuse to work.
01:30:57.618 --> 01:31:00.788
I understand that, sir.
But must we work so well?
01:31:00.922 --> 01:31:04.592
Must we build them a better bridge
than they could have themselves?
01:31:05.059 --> 01:31:09.564
If you had to operate on Saito,
would you do your best or let him die?
01:31:10.565 --> 01:31:13.467
Would you prefer
we disintegrate in idleness?
01:31:13.601 --> 01:31:16.504
Would you have it said that
our chaps can't do a proper job?
01:31:16.637 --> 01:31:21.642
It's important to show these people
they can't break us in body or in spirit.
01:31:21.909 --> 01:31:24.045
Take a good look, Clipton.
01:31:24.912 --> 01:31:26.981
One day the war will be over.
01:31:27.148 --> 01:31:30.651
I hope that the people who use
this bridge in years to come...
01:31:30.785 --> 01:31:33.921
...will remember how it was built,
and who built it.
01:31:34.121 --> 01:31:39.594
Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers.
British soldiers, even in captivity.
01:31:39.727 --> 01:31:42.029
- Yes, sir.
- You're a fine doctor...
01:31:42.230 --> 01:31:45.099
...but you've a lot to learn
about the army.
01:32:08.890 --> 01:32:10.558
Hold him! Hold him!
01:32:10.725 --> 01:32:14.795
Use your boot!
Get your boot in there, will you?
01:32:21.969 --> 01:32:23.604
Good morning.
01:32:37.218 --> 01:32:39.720
What on earth
are you people staring at?
01:32:39.854 --> 01:32:41.956
Get on with your jobs!
01:32:43.157 --> 01:32:45.026
Now get him with your boot!
01:32:57.705 --> 01:32:59.140
I'm awfully sorry I'm late, sir.
01:32:59.273 --> 01:33:03.177
Four minutes late, to be exact.
You were in need of medical attention?
01:33:03.311 --> 01:33:06.080
- Sir?
- I was referring to the nurse.
01:33:06.948 --> 01:33:09.817
Oh, yes, very ingenious.
Warden was right.
01:33:09.951 --> 01:33:11.252
Sit down.
01:33:12.053 --> 01:33:16.290
I asked you here to help us pick
the fourth member of your team.
01:33:16.691 --> 01:33:19.226
- Ask Mr. Joyce to come in.
- Yes, sir.
01:33:19.894 --> 01:33:22.763
Chapman here wants Joyce,
but I have my doubts about him.
01:33:22.964 --> 01:33:26.801
I think he has too much imagination
as distinct from cold calculation.
01:33:26.934 --> 01:33:28.135
As I've told you before...
01:33:28.269 --> 01:33:32.773
...in this job, even when it's finished
there's always one more thing to do.
01:33:32.974 --> 01:33:35.276
He's the best swimmer
in the school, sir.
01:33:35.676 --> 01:33:39.914
I'm well aware of your evaluation.
The opinion I want is Shears'.
01:33:43.317 --> 01:33:45.252
All right, at ease.
01:33:50.091 --> 01:33:53.794
These gentlemen are thinking of
taking you for a hike into the jungle.
01:33:53.995 --> 01:33:55.262
Yes, sir.
01:33:55.997 --> 01:33:58.199
You were an accountant in Montreal?
01:33:58.399 --> 01:34:00.735
Yes, sir.
Not really an accountant, sir.
01:34:00.935 --> 01:34:03.037
That is, I didn't have my charter.
01:34:03.204 --> 01:34:04.739
Exactly what did you do?
01:34:04.939 --> 01:34:08.909
Well, sir, I just checked columns
and columns of figures...
01:34:09.110 --> 01:34:11.712
...which people had checked
before me...
01:34:11.846 --> 01:34:15.216
...and then other people checked them
after I had checked them.
01:34:15.416 --> 01:34:18.819
- Sounds a frightful bore.
- Sir, it was a frightful bore.
01:34:18.953 --> 01:34:20.688
How did you happen
to wind up here?
01:34:20.821 --> 01:34:23.257
In '39 I came over to London
to enlist.
01:34:23.391 --> 01:34:26.027
About two years later
I volunteered for this work.
01:34:26.160 --> 01:34:29.930
- You volunteered!
- Yes, sir. See, the regular army--
01:34:30.131 --> 01:34:31.832
Go ahead, you can be frank.
01:34:32.166 --> 01:34:37.238
Well, the regular army reminded me
of my job in civilian life.
01:34:37.438 --> 01:34:39.807
They don't expect you to think.
01:34:42.043 --> 01:34:43.778
Think about this.
01:34:44.011 --> 01:34:46.981
Are you quite sure you'd be able
to use it in cold blood?
01:34:47.348 --> 01:34:48.783
I know how to use it, sir.
01:34:48.983 --> 01:34:52.987
That's not what I meant.
Could you use it in cold blood?
01:34:53.187 --> 01:34:55.689
Could you kill without hesitation?
01:34:56.757 --> 01:35:01.829
That's a question I've often asked
myself, sir. It's worried me quite a bit.
01:35:02.196 --> 01:35:03.964
And what was the answer?
01:35:04.298 --> 01:35:06.367
I don't honestly know, sir.
01:35:07.168 --> 01:35:09.837
I've tried to imagine myself....
01:35:11.705 --> 01:35:15.709
I suppose I find it hard to kid myself
that killing isn't a crime.
01:35:16.277 --> 01:35:18.245
It's an old army problem.
01:35:18.946 --> 01:35:22.083
Well, I think that's all.
Thank you, Joyce.
01:35:24.785 --> 01:35:26.120
Am I to go with the team, sir?
01:35:27.721 --> 01:35:28.956
We'll let you know.
01:35:36.464 --> 01:35:37.798
You see what I mean.
01:35:37.965 --> 01:35:39.900
Well, at least he was honest.
01:35:40.101 --> 01:35:44.505
None of us ever know the answer to
that question until the moment arises.
01:35:44.939 --> 01:35:46.340
What's your opinion, Shears?
01:35:47.808 --> 01:35:49.276
Well, sir, he's Canadian.
01:35:49.443 --> 01:35:53.814
And that's in keeping with the
international composition of this outfit.
01:35:54.081 --> 01:35:56.350
If he wants to go,
he can even take my place.
01:35:57.218 --> 01:36:00.821
Well, if you're all agreed on Joyce,
he's yours.
01:36:01.355 --> 01:36:04.425
I had a report from air reconnaissance
on that village.
01:36:04.758 --> 01:36:07.761
There's sufficient clearing
to make your jump at last light.
01:36:07.962 --> 01:36:11.132
- You've had parachute training?
- No, sir.
01:36:11.298 --> 01:36:14.068
Blast. This is awkward.
01:36:14.268 --> 01:36:16.437
Silly, it never occurred to me.
01:36:17.071 --> 01:36:18.139
Well, maybe--
01:36:18.339 --> 01:36:21.275
He's right.
Arrange some practice jumps for him.
01:36:21.475 --> 01:36:23.377
I'll pop over
and check right away.
01:36:23.777 --> 01:36:26.847
- All right, Chapman, you can run along.
- Yes, sir.
01:36:29.083 --> 01:36:31.318
Well, feel like a sniff of air?
01:36:31.519 --> 01:36:33.020
Yes, sir.
01:36:33.254 --> 01:36:35.956
You don't realize what a plum
you are for us.
01:36:36.157 --> 01:36:39.560
Your knowledge of the area,
making friends in that village.
01:36:39.927 --> 01:36:44.064
It's almost as if your whole escape
had been planned with us in mind.
01:36:46.901 --> 01:36:51.305
By the way, here's something
that'll interest you. The new L pill.
01:36:52.339 --> 01:36:55.976
- L pill?
- L for lethal. Instantaneous, painless.
01:36:56.143 --> 01:36:59.413
Much better than the old ones.
For capture, of course.
01:36:59.580 --> 01:37:02.216
You're telling me
not to be taken alive.
01:37:02.416 --> 01:37:04.285
I wouldn't recommend it.
01:37:04.885 --> 01:37:09.023
If any of you get hurt or wounded the
others will have to leave him behind.
01:37:09.223 --> 01:37:11.492
The objective comes first
in our work.
01:37:12.226 --> 01:37:14.528
You want my honest evaluation
of this team?
01:37:14.895 --> 01:37:16.964
I didn't want to speak out
in front of them.
01:37:17.097 --> 01:37:18.933
I understand, go ahead.
01:37:20.301 --> 01:37:23.504
Well, Chapman will be fine.
Ice water in his veins.
01:37:23.904 --> 01:37:26.507
Joyce is.... He'll be okay.
01:37:26.907 --> 01:37:29.443
- It's Warden I don't get.
- Oh, why not?
01:37:29.610 --> 01:37:31.412
Cambridge don and all of that.
01:37:31.579 --> 01:37:35.249
It's one thing to play with explosives
like a kid with firecrackers--
01:37:35.449 --> 01:37:37.918
He's not without experience,
you know.
01:37:38.619 --> 01:37:42.590
When we lost Singapore, he stayed
behind to blow up a couple of bridges.
01:37:42.923 --> 01:37:45.559
And many other installations
before the Japs caught him.
01:37:45.926 --> 01:37:46.927
- Caught him?
- Yes.
01:37:47.061 --> 01:37:49.997
- Fascinating story. He--
- Sir, it's most annoying.
01:37:50.197 --> 01:37:54.635
In view of time, they don't think
practice jumps would be worthwhile.
01:37:54.969 --> 01:37:56.537
- No?
- If you make one jump...
01:37:56.870 --> 01:37:59.073
...you've only got 50 percent
chance of injury.
01:37:59.206 --> 01:38:02.876
Two jumps, 80 percent. Three jumps,
you're bound to get your packet.
01:38:03.077 --> 01:38:07.014
The consensus is, the most sensible
thing for Major Shears to do...
01:38:07.181 --> 01:38:10.184
...is to go ahead and jump
and hope for the best.
01:38:10.384 --> 01:38:12.419
With or without parachute?
01:38:17.491 --> 01:38:19.660
Oh, very good!
01:38:23.364 --> 01:38:25.032
With or without!
01:39:22.189 --> 01:39:23.223
He's in the trees!
01:40:02.229 --> 01:40:04.765
Yai says we can't reach
the Kwai by the route you took.
01:40:05.132 --> 01:40:07.167
There are too many
Japanese patrols.
01:40:07.301 --> 01:40:09.470
We'll swing north
through heavy jungle.
01:40:09.603 --> 01:40:11.772
- Who's gonna lead the way?
- Yai himself.
01:40:12.106 --> 01:40:14.541
He hates the Japanese.
They took all his men.
01:40:14.742 --> 01:40:17.544
Which means we shall have to
use women bearers.
01:40:17.678 --> 01:40:20.314
- Women bearers.
- They're very capable, I'm told.
01:40:31.725 --> 01:40:34.795
He says it's dangerous
to spend the night in the village.
01:40:35.195 --> 01:40:37.231
There's an enemy post
three miles away...
01:40:37.364 --> 01:40:39.400
...so we'll have to sleep
in the jungle.
01:40:39.533 --> 01:40:44.304
- What about Chapman?
- Yai will bury him and his chute.
01:40:44.505 --> 01:40:46.206
Is there something wrong?
01:40:47.307 --> 01:40:52.112
I was just thinking.
You speak Yai's language. I don't.
01:40:52.312 --> 01:40:56.316
He's gonna lead you back to the river
by a route I never took.
01:40:56.517 --> 01:41:00.220
Will someone tell me why
I'm so indispensable to this outfit?
01:41:00.421 --> 01:41:04.658
I know how you feel, but there's
always the unexpected, isn't there?
01:41:05.325 --> 01:41:07.127
Tell that to Chapman.
01:41:07.327 --> 01:41:08.796
Let's get cracking.
01:44:12.779 --> 01:44:14.514
You're lovely.
01:44:16.950 --> 01:44:18.352
Lovely.
01:44:18.552 --> 01:44:20.721
Be happy in your work.
01:44:20.954 --> 01:44:22.322
Yes, sir.
01:44:49.616 --> 01:44:50.917
Leeches.
01:44:51.585 --> 01:44:52.986
Leeches.
01:45:08.435 --> 01:45:12.506
She's telling you to hold still.
She'll take the leeches off your back.
01:45:12.639 --> 01:45:15.342
What's a nice girl like you
doing in a place like this?
01:45:15.475 --> 01:45:17.878
I'll teach you to say that in Siamese.
01:45:18.078 --> 01:45:21.682
No, that would spoil it.
Too much talk always spoils it.
01:45:21.848 --> 01:45:23.483
What's wrong with that thing?
01:45:23.617 --> 01:45:27.354
It's taken an awful beating.
I can't get a strong signal.
01:45:27.487 --> 01:45:28.755
I'll tell you what's wrong.
01:45:28.889 --> 01:45:32.859
It's wet, mildewed, corroded, rotten.
Like everything else in this jungle.
01:45:32.993 --> 01:45:34.795
You might as well dump it!
01:45:39.833 --> 01:45:42.002
This is Radio Tokyo signing off.
01:45:42.402 --> 01:45:46.807
This is your friendliest enemy
reminding you to take it easy...
01:45:46.973 --> 01:45:49.609
...and never volunteer for anything.
01:46:02.689 --> 01:46:04.758
If we stay, we'll be up to our necks.
01:46:04.891 --> 01:46:07.360
- I've got it all decoded, sir.
- Read it.
01:46:07.527 --> 01:46:11.398
Yes, sir. "One, original
bridge works reported abandoned.
01:46:11.565 --> 01:46:14.067
New construction downstream
from first site.
01:46:14.468 --> 01:46:18.538
Two, enemy intends to open railway
with passage of special train...
01:46:18.705 --> 01:46:21.675
...Bangkok for Rangoon
with troops and V.I.P.
01:46:21.875 --> 01:46:24.578
Estimated to arrive target, a.m. 13th.
01:46:24.778 --> 01:46:27.881
Three, synchronize demolition
with passage this train.
01:46:28.014 --> 01:46:31.384
Four, good hunting. Have fun."
That's all, sir.
01:46:31.585 --> 01:46:33.153
A train and a bridge!
01:46:33.487 --> 01:46:35.822
Yes, sir.
Can we get there in time, sir?
01:46:35.956 --> 01:46:38.625
Yai says we're two to three days'
march from the Kwai.
01:46:38.792 --> 01:46:42.796
If we set a faster pace, we could
make it before sundown on the 12th.
01:46:42.996 --> 01:46:44.931
It's worth it for the train.
01:46:45.165 --> 01:46:48.602
Oh, by all means. Good hunting.
Good show.
01:46:48.769 --> 01:46:50.771
Jolly good fun. Jolly, jolly good.
01:46:51.872 --> 01:46:55.442
If you hadn't fixed the radio,
we wouldn't know about the train.
01:46:55.642 --> 01:46:58.445
Well, there's always the unexpected,
isn't there?
01:47:01.715 --> 01:47:03.150
Heave!
01:47:03.483 --> 01:47:07.053
Heave! Heave!
01:47:23.570 --> 01:47:25.972
- Half a pint, sir.
- Quinine.
01:47:27.741 --> 01:47:30.477
Well, we'll complete this later.
01:47:31.178 --> 01:47:34.781
- Clipton, we're facing a crisis.
- Yes, sir?
01:47:35.782 --> 01:47:39.886
I spoke with Reeves and Hughes.
We won't finish the bridge on time.
01:47:40.020 --> 01:47:41.721
We just haven't the manpower.
01:47:41.888 --> 01:47:45.125
I've asked the officers to lend a hand,
but even that won't do it.
01:47:45.492 --> 01:47:46.993
The officers are going to work?
01:47:47.194 --> 01:47:50.997
I explained the situation and they
volunteered, but it's not enough.
01:47:51.131 --> 01:47:52.999
Why not ask Saito
for some of his men?
01:47:53.133 --> 01:47:56.469
This is our show. We must
make the most of our resources.
01:47:56.603 --> 01:47:59.506
That's what I came to talk
to you about. The sick list.
01:47:59.706 --> 01:48:03.476
There's not a man in this hospital
who doesn't belong there.
01:48:03.610 --> 01:48:05.979
Don't jump to conclusions.
No reflection on you...
01:48:06.112 --> 01:48:08.515
...but there are always
a few malingerers.
01:48:08.682 --> 01:48:11.017
Be honest. Keep an open mind
is all I ask.
01:48:11.218 --> 01:48:13.086
Come along, let's see.
01:48:14.654 --> 01:48:16.556
Don't move, don't move.
01:48:20.193 --> 01:48:21.928
What's the matter with Haskins?
01:48:22.062 --> 01:48:25.832
He's got amoebic dysentery and
blackwater fever. Temperature of 104.
01:48:25.966 --> 01:48:27.601
Right. I see.
01:48:30.670 --> 01:48:31.838
And this man?
01:48:32.038 --> 01:48:36.009
Leg ulcers. I may be able to save
the leg if I do more cutting tonight.
01:48:36.142 --> 01:48:38.178
Really want to send him
out to work, sir?
01:48:38.545 --> 01:48:40.180
Don't talk rot, Clipton.
01:48:44.684 --> 01:48:47.187
- And that man there?
- His arm's infected.
01:48:47.554 --> 01:48:49.789
Most of their wounds
won't heal properly.
01:48:49.956 --> 01:48:52.726
I wonder, in his case,
if fresh air and light duties...
01:48:52.859 --> 01:48:54.961
...might do more good
than being cooped up.
01:48:55.095 --> 01:48:58.098
- Light duties?
- It's not our policy to keep a man...
01:48:58.231 --> 01:49:00.934
- ...just because he scratched his arm.
- Not our policy?
01:49:01.067 --> 01:49:02.269
Well, is it?
01:49:02.602 --> 01:49:06.640
A man may not be on top of his form,
but he can still make himself useful.
01:49:06.773 --> 01:49:10.310
Trimmings and finishing jobs.
Stand easy, Baker.
01:49:10.710 --> 01:49:14.180
Tell me, you feel up to doing
a little light work on the bridge?
01:49:15.882 --> 01:49:18.318
- Anything you say, sir.
- Good show.
01:49:19.586 --> 01:49:21.154
What about you? Nothing difficult.
01:49:21.288 --> 01:49:23.857
- I'll try, sir.
- Good man.
01:49:25.659 --> 01:49:30.297
Now, look here, men. It goes
without saying I'm proud of all of you.
01:49:30.630 --> 01:49:35.101
But we're facing a crisis.
For those of you who feel up to it...
01:49:35.302 --> 01:49:39.606
...how about lending us a hand?
Fetch and carry, paint here and there?
01:49:39.773 --> 01:49:41.107
What do you say?
01:49:41.274 --> 01:49:45.011
- Yes, sir.
- Good show. Come on, follow me.
01:51:27.447 --> 01:51:28.715
Ten minutes.
01:53:26.533 --> 01:53:28.434
Make sure they're all dead.
01:53:32.005 --> 01:53:33.306
Come on, Joyce.
01:53:35.475 --> 01:53:38.178
Use your knife, man,
or we'll be shooting each other.
01:53:50.423 --> 01:53:52.158
Go that way, Joyce.
01:56:00.520 --> 01:56:03.389
I could have done it. I was ready.
01:56:07.994 --> 01:56:09.295
Are you hit, sir?
01:56:09.595 --> 01:56:11.030
Let's go.
01:56:32.318 --> 01:56:36.122
It's superficial. Maybe a chipped bone,
but there's nothing broken.
01:56:36.255 --> 01:56:38.391
- It's my fault, sir.
- Oh, shut up, Joyce.
01:56:38.524 --> 01:56:41.060
I can walk on it.
That's all that counts.
01:56:41.194 --> 01:56:43.162
Yeah, but how far and how fast?
01:56:43.329 --> 01:56:46.065
We won't know that
till I've tried it, will we?
01:59:58.491 --> 02:00:00.226
What are you doing?
02:00:00.626 --> 02:00:02.662
I didn't give orders for a halt.
02:00:02.828 --> 02:00:04.397
We all need it.
02:00:08.467 --> 02:00:11.904
We're still five hours' fast march
from the objective.
02:00:12.271 --> 02:00:13.539
Maybe six.
02:00:14.574 --> 02:00:15.708
Come on.
02:00:15.841 --> 02:00:18.511
You keep walking on that foot,
you'll bleed to death.
02:00:19.812 --> 02:00:21.447
Yeah.
02:00:25.985 --> 02:00:29.255
- You're gonna leave me here.
- If you stop, we stop.
02:00:29.956 --> 02:00:32.658
You can't study the layout
of the bridge after dark.
02:00:32.825 --> 02:00:34.927
You've got to get there
before sundown.
02:00:35.294 --> 02:00:39.832
But, sir, when the job's done, who
knows if we can return by this route...
02:00:40.266 --> 02:00:42.335
...or whether we could find you
if we did?
02:00:42.535 --> 02:00:45.972
If you were me, I wouldn't hesitate
to leave you and you know that.
02:00:46.372 --> 02:00:47.773
He doesn't know it, but I do.
02:00:47.907 --> 02:00:51.477
You'd leave your own mother here
if the rules called for it.
02:00:52.278 --> 02:00:55.615
You'll go on without me.
That's an order.
02:00:55.781 --> 02:00:58.017
You're in command now, Shears.
02:01:00.820 --> 02:01:02.688
I won't obey that order.
02:01:02.989 --> 02:01:04.790
You make me sick with your heroics.
02:01:04.957 --> 02:01:07.793
You carry the stench of death
like the plague.
02:01:07.994 --> 02:01:10.363
Explosives and L pills
go well together.
02:01:10.563 --> 02:01:14.300
It's one thing or the other.
Destroy a bridge or destroy yourself.
02:01:14.500 --> 02:01:16.302
This is just a game, this war.
02:01:16.469 --> 02:01:20.406
You and that Colonel Nicholson,
you're crazy with courage. For what?
02:01:20.606 --> 02:01:23.576
How to die like a gentleman,
how to die by the rules...
02:01:23.743 --> 02:01:27.546
...when the only important thing
is how to live like a human being!
02:01:31.550 --> 02:01:34.453
I'm not gonna leave you
here to die, Warden...
02:01:35.721 --> 02:01:39.625
...because I don't care about
your bridge or about your rules.
02:01:39.992 --> 02:01:42.728
If we go on, we go on together.
02:01:45.665 --> 02:01:47.400
Good old Yai.
02:01:59.378 --> 02:02:00.513
I'm all right.
02:02:11.057 --> 02:02:12.491
Come on.
02:03:01.907 --> 02:03:03.476
Let's get closer.
02:03:22.895 --> 02:03:25.064
Still sorry we brought you along?
02:03:26.832 --> 02:03:28.734
- Feeling better?
- Yeah.
02:03:28.901 --> 02:03:31.103
You're in command again now,
you know.
02:03:31.470 --> 02:03:33.005
Thank you, major.
02:03:33.906 --> 02:03:38.911
I can't understand it.
It's such a solid, well-designed job.
02:03:41.580 --> 02:03:44.583
Not like the bridges
the enemy usually throws together.
02:03:44.850 --> 02:03:46.051
Look.
02:03:47.920 --> 02:03:49.955
Those poor devils down there.
02:03:50.156 --> 02:03:54.026
Imagine being forced to build that
in the condition they must be in.
02:03:55.127 --> 02:03:58.130
They've got a British officer
working on his knees.
02:03:58.531 --> 02:04:00.599
The Japanese seem
to be enjoying it too.
02:04:01.734 --> 02:04:04.870
If he knew we were here,
it might boost his morale a little.
02:04:23.989 --> 02:04:27.493
If not for the train, we could
set a time fuse and be miles away.
02:04:27.660 --> 02:04:30.529
Since we don't know
what time it'll cross tomorrow...
02:04:30.729 --> 02:04:32.932
...we'll have to do the job manually.
02:04:33.632 --> 02:04:36.235
We'll set the charges
against the piles...
02:04:36.635 --> 02:04:40.039
...about three feet under the water,
I should think...
02:04:40.239 --> 02:04:43.709
...and run the main wire
downstream to the plunger.
02:04:44.910 --> 02:04:47.780
The problem is where to hide it.
02:04:52.852 --> 02:04:55.955
Our side of the river is quite
obviously used by the Japanese.
02:04:56.222 --> 02:04:58.123
They'd spot it at once.
02:05:01.994 --> 02:05:05.130
Look. Do you see
those fallen tree trunks?
02:05:05.264 --> 02:05:08.767
And the gray rock just below them
on that little beach?
02:05:09.235 --> 02:05:12.838
- Yes, sir, I see them.
- That's our key position.
02:05:13.706 --> 02:05:15.608
It's on the wrong side of the river...
02:05:15.741 --> 02:05:19.211
...but it's the only hiding place
within feasible distance.
02:05:20.779 --> 02:05:22.848
As soon as the bridge goes up...
02:05:23.215 --> 02:05:26.118
...whoever's there
will have to swim back.
02:05:26.285 --> 02:05:28.521
It's not likely to be a pleasant swim.
02:05:28.654 --> 02:05:31.123
Sir, I was the best swimmer
in my course.
02:05:31.257 --> 02:05:32.892
Yeah.
02:05:34.026 --> 02:05:36.228
It looks like
your line of country, then.
02:05:36.562 --> 02:05:37.596
Thank you, sir.
02:05:37.730 --> 02:05:41.600
Shears, pick a spot on our side of
the bank where you can cover Joyce.
02:05:41.800 --> 02:05:44.737
Yai will be with you
so you can occupy the Nips...
02:05:44.904 --> 02:05:47.106
- ...if they make any trouble for Joyce.
- Right.
02:05:47.239 --> 02:05:49.875
On the theory that
there's always one more thing...
02:05:50.009 --> 02:05:54.580
...I'll set up the mortar here
to create an additional diversion.
02:05:54.747 --> 02:05:58.050
Perhaps I might even take
a few potshots at the train.
02:05:58.250 --> 02:05:59.652
All clear?
02:05:59.852 --> 02:06:03.088
Any questions?
Right, we'll start as soon as it's dark.
02:06:03.255 --> 02:06:06.125
They're sure to have
sentries on the bridge...
02:06:06.292 --> 02:06:10.162
...so you'll have to float
the stuff down from upriver...
02:06:10.596 --> 02:06:12.164
...which means building a raft.
02:06:12.298 --> 02:06:13.632
Yai.
02:06:18.304 --> 02:06:20.940
Yai will take three women
to help you build the raft.
02:06:21.073 --> 02:06:24.276
One will stay here with me.
All right, now get cracking.
02:06:27.079 --> 02:06:28.747
Shears.
02:06:29.315 --> 02:06:32.885
You know, if it wasn't for my ankle,
I'd take Joyce's assignment.
02:06:33.018 --> 02:06:34.286
I know.
02:06:34.620 --> 02:06:36.355
You think he'll be all right?
02:06:36.789 --> 02:06:39.124
I think so. Want me to handle it?
02:06:39.792 --> 02:06:42.761
I'd let you stay up here
with the mortar if I could.
02:06:43.095 --> 02:06:44.663
I'm sorry.
02:06:45.230 --> 02:06:47.967
When it's over, I hope you get
that medical discharge...
02:06:48.100 --> 02:06:49.935
...and not the hard way.
02:06:50.069 --> 02:06:51.370
Thanks.
02:07:29.375 --> 02:07:30.743
Load.
02:08:36.408 --> 02:08:37.843
Beautiful.
02:08:38.444 --> 02:08:40.179
Yes, beautiful.
02:08:40.412 --> 02:08:42.247
A first-rate job.
02:08:42.815 --> 02:08:45.184
I had no idea it would
turn out so well.
02:08:48.754 --> 02:08:50.289
Yes.
02:08:50.489 --> 02:08:52.958
A beautiful creation.
02:08:54.159 --> 02:08:55.761
I've been thinking.
02:08:56.762 --> 02:09:01.233
Tomorrow it will be 28 years to
the day that I've been in the service.
02:09:01.467 --> 02:09:04.169
Twenty-eight years in peace and war.
02:09:05.404 --> 02:09:09.174
I haven't been at home more
than 10 months in all that time.
02:09:09.842 --> 02:09:12.111
Still, it's been a good life.
02:09:13.378 --> 02:09:15.481
I love India.
02:09:17.182 --> 02:09:19.351
I wouldn't have had it any other way.
02:09:21.086 --> 02:09:22.855
But there are times...
02:09:24.389 --> 02:09:28.861
...when suddenly you realize you are
nearer the end than the beginning.
02:09:29.862 --> 02:09:31.296
And you wonder....
02:09:33.031 --> 02:09:35.067
You ask yourself...
02:09:36.335 --> 02:09:39.538
...what the sum total
of your life represents...
02:09:40.372 --> 02:09:44.042
...what difference your being there
at any time made to anything...
02:09:44.443 --> 02:09:47.146
...or if it made any difference
at all, really.
02:09:48.847 --> 02:09:52.151
Particularly in comparison
with other men's careers.
02:09:52.818 --> 02:09:55.287
I don't know whether that
kind of thinking's healthy...
02:09:55.954 --> 02:09:59.424
...but I must admit I've had
some thoughts on those lines...
02:09:59.558 --> 02:10:01.994
...from time to time.
02:10:05.063 --> 02:10:06.832
But tonight....
02:10:08.233 --> 02:10:09.234
Tonight....
02:10:13.038 --> 02:10:14.406
Blast.
02:10:21.346 --> 02:10:22.915
I must be off.
02:10:25.584 --> 02:10:29.087
The men are preparing
some sort of entertainment.
02:11:16.001 --> 02:11:17.236
Lovely.
02:18:29.467 --> 02:18:31.336
I'm sure I speak for all of us...
02:18:31.503 --> 02:18:34.572
...when I say this has been
a most enjoyable evening.
02:18:36.374 --> 02:18:38.576
As you know,
most of you move on tomorrow...
02:18:38.743 --> 02:18:41.479
...to a new camp
and new construction.
02:18:41.846 --> 02:18:46.318
It's a pity you won't be here to see
the first practical use of this bridge.
02:18:46.451 --> 02:18:49.321
However, you'll be glad to know
that the completion...
02:18:49.454 --> 02:18:51.623
...of this link in the railway...
02:18:51.790 --> 02:18:55.093
...will enable us to transport
the sick and disabled...
02:18:55.493 --> 02:18:58.563
...to the new camp by train.
02:19:00.065 --> 02:19:03.034
Colonel Saito has kindly
permitted me to stay behind...
02:19:03.401 --> 02:19:05.670
...with Major Clipton
and the sick men...
02:19:05.870 --> 02:19:09.474
...and we'll rejoin you
in a few days' time.
02:19:11.509 --> 02:19:14.646
Now that your work here
is finished...
02:19:14.813 --> 02:19:18.850
...I suppose many of you
feel somewhat let down.
02:19:19.684 --> 02:19:21.686
That's quite understandable.
02:19:21.920 --> 02:19:24.622
It's a very natural reaction.
02:19:26.925 --> 02:19:30.128
But one day, in a week,
a month, a year...
02:19:30.495 --> 02:19:34.399
...on that day when, God willing,
we all return to our homes again...
02:19:34.933 --> 02:19:40.105
...you're going to feel very proud
of what you have achieved here...
02:19:40.438 --> 02:19:43.074
...in the face of great adversity.
02:19:44.442 --> 02:19:46.544
What you have done should be...
02:19:47.445 --> 02:19:49.114
...and I think will be...
02:19:49.614 --> 02:19:54.119
...an example to all our countrymen,
soldier and civilian alike.
02:19:55.487 --> 02:19:57.922
You have survived with honor.
02:19:58.857 --> 02:20:00.692
That, and more.
02:20:02.427 --> 02:20:04.496
Here in the wilderness...
02:20:04.729 --> 02:20:08.099
...you have turned defeat
into victory.
02:20:10.902 --> 02:20:12.937
I congratulate you.
02:20:13.571 --> 02:20:14.606
Well done.
02:20:19.911 --> 02:20:21.146
To the king.
02:23:03.675 --> 02:23:05.043
And you're in business.
02:23:05.209 --> 02:23:09.080
Now, you got everything? Sten,
ammunition, pack, canteen, knife.
02:23:09.213 --> 02:23:10.815
Yes.
02:23:11.049 --> 02:23:13.284
I'll be directly across the river.
02:23:14.852 --> 02:23:17.789
The professor says there's
always one more thing to do.
02:23:18.356 --> 02:23:20.725
I can't think of what it could be.
02:23:22.060 --> 02:23:24.696
Except to wish you
a long and happy life.
02:23:25.029 --> 02:23:26.664
Thank you.
02:25:41.899 --> 02:25:43.267
What's happened?
02:25:48.406 --> 02:25:50.208
The river's gone down.
02:26:12.396 --> 02:26:14.332
You can see the wire.
02:26:15.199 --> 02:26:16.434
The charges!
02:28:24.929 --> 02:28:27.231
Don't wait for the train.
02:28:27.465 --> 02:28:28.532
Do it now!
02:28:56.193 --> 02:29:00.064
If Saito is correct, the train
should be along in five or 10 minutes.
02:29:00.264 --> 02:29:03.067
If you don't mind,
I'll watch from up on the hill.
02:29:03.200 --> 02:29:05.336
Why? You'll get a better view
from the bridge.
02:29:05.469 --> 02:29:09.006
It's hard to explain, sir.
I'd rather not be a part of it.
02:29:09.206 --> 02:29:13.544
As you please. Honestly, sometimes
I don't understand you at all.
02:29:13.678 --> 02:29:18.149
Well, as you once said, sir,
I've got a lot to learn about the army.
02:29:25.122 --> 02:29:26.424
Good morning.
02:29:26.624 --> 02:29:29.026
River's gone down in the night.
02:31:13.631 --> 02:31:14.765
What's he doing?
02:32:01.612 --> 02:32:04.715
Colonel, there's something
rather odd going on.
02:32:05.149 --> 02:32:08.652
I think we better have a look around
before that train comes across.
02:33:07.545 --> 02:33:08.879
He's gone mad.
02:33:09.246 --> 02:33:11.315
He's leading him right to it.
02:33:11.515 --> 02:33:12.850
Our own man!
02:33:57.261 --> 02:33:59.964
I was right.
There is something going on.
02:34:55.319 --> 02:34:58.555
You've got to do it, boy.
You've got to do it now.
02:35:01.425 --> 02:35:05.429
Colonel, have you a knife? I've just
realized the bridge has been mined.
02:35:05.562 --> 02:35:06.930
Mined?
02:35:13.837 --> 02:35:14.905
Good boy!
02:35:19.877 --> 02:35:22.813
Officer, sir. British officer.
Here to blow up the bridge.
02:35:22.946 --> 02:35:26.984
- Blow up the bridge?
- Yes, sir. British commando orders.
02:35:27.351 --> 02:35:29.920
- Blow up the bridge?
- Yes, sir. There's no time!
02:35:30.054 --> 02:35:32.623
No, no! Help!
02:35:37.394 --> 02:35:39.096
Help!
02:35:39.863 --> 02:35:42.099
Kill him! Kill him!
02:35:42.599 --> 02:35:44.968
Let me go, sir!
You don't understand, sir!
02:35:46.003 --> 02:35:48.906
Kill him! Kill him!
02:35:53.844 --> 02:35:55.646
Help!
02:35:59.350 --> 02:36:01.452
Kill him, Joyce! Kill him!
02:36:54.571 --> 02:36:55.606
You!
02:36:56.607 --> 02:36:58.142
You!
02:37:12.055 --> 02:37:13.891
What have I done?
02:38:22.626 --> 02:38:24.061
Madness.
02:38:36.707 --> 02:38:38.575
I had to do it.
02:38:39.510 --> 02:38:42.713
I had to do it.
They might have been captured alive.
02:38:43.113 --> 02:38:45.115
It was the only thing to do!
02:39:21.552 --> 02:39:22.920
Madness.
02:39:25.756 --> 02:39:26.924
Madness.