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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.
00:26:47.672 --> 00:26:48.974 align:center
Stop!
00:26:54.145 --> 00:26:56.881 align:center
Colonel Saito,
I've seen and heard everything.
00:26:57.082 --> 00:26:58.984 align:center
So has every man in the hospital.
00:26:59.117 --> 00:27:00.752 align:center
There are too many witnesses.
00:27:00.885 --> 00:27:04.889 align:center
You can't call it a mass escape.
Most of those men can't walk.
00:27:07.292 --> 00:27:11.162 align:center
Is this your soldier's code?
Murdering unarmed men?
00:28:23.168 --> 00:28:27.305 align:center
You see, Jennings, there are certain
advantages to being on the sick list.
00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:30.442 align:center
I'll say this for the old man.
He's got guts.
00:28:30.842 --> 00:28:33.044 align:center
"Into the valley of death
rode the 600."
00:28:33.244 --> 00:28:34.779 align:center
How's that, sir?
00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:36.915 align:center
That kind of guts.
00:28:37.115 --> 00:28:38.917 align:center
Also the kind they had in 1914...
00:28:39.117 --> 00:28:41.853 align:center
...when officers fought
with only a swagger stick.
00:28:42.053 --> 00:28:45.256 align:center
- I see what you mean.
- You don't see what I mean at all.
00:28:45.490 --> 00:28:48.359 align:center
The kind of guts
that can get us all killed.
00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:32.904 align:center
Excuse me, sir,
I'd like to go along too.
00:29:34.105 --> 00:29:37.041 align:center
Arm's almost healed, sir,
really it is.
00:29:37.842 --> 00:29:39.277 align:center
What about him?
00:29:40.111 --> 00:29:43.014 align:center
He didn't order us not to escape,
he suggested.
00:29:43.248 --> 00:29:48.086 align:center
Listen, when a man like your colonel
suggests something, it's an order.
00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:50.855 align:center
Here we go again.
00:30:00.498 --> 00:30:04.302 align:center
Colonel Saito says all officers
to punishment hut.
00:30:04.903 --> 00:30:06.371 align:center
Tell them to go.
00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:16.147 align:center
Not you.
00:30:29.894 --> 00:30:31.296 align:center
Come.
00:30:52.417 --> 00:30:54.152 align:center
Leave him alone!
00:30:55.987 --> 00:30:57.555 align:center
Leave him alone!
00:31:50.275 --> 00:31:52.510 align:center
They're gonna put him in the oven.
00:32:13.464 --> 00:32:19.437 align:center
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
00:32:19.570 --> 00:32:23.374 align:center
For he's a jolly good fellow
00:32:23.508 --> 00:32:26.010 align:center
And so say all of us
00:32:26.144 --> 00:32:31.015 align:center
And so say all of us
And so say all of us
00:32:31.182 --> 00:32:36.287 align:center
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
00:32:36.421 --> 00:32:40.091 align:center
For he's a jolly good fellow
00:32:40.224 --> 00:32:42.527 align:center
And so say all of us
00:34:51.089 --> 00:34:53.157 align:center
Timber!
00:34:58.162 --> 00:35:01.265 align:center
One, two, three, four.
00:35:04.168 --> 00:35:06.471 align:center
One, two, three, four.
00:35:09.474 --> 00:35:11.175 align:center
No, no, no!
00:35:11.709 --> 00:35:13.177 align:center
Let go!
00:35:14.645 --> 00:35:15.847 align:center
Let go!
00:36:04.228 --> 00:36:05.630 align:center
You wish to see me?
00:36:05.830 --> 00:36:08.232 align:center
I've been trying to see you
for three days.
00:36:08.366 --> 00:36:11.469 align:center
It's about Colonel Nicholson.
He's been shut up in that hut--
00:36:14.438 --> 00:36:16.641 align:center
I could have you shot.
00:36:17.241 --> 00:36:21.512 align:center
Those prisoners who tried to escape,
they were in your charge.
00:36:21.913 --> 00:36:23.581 align:center
I knew nothing about the escape.
00:36:24.515 --> 00:36:26.450 align:center
It does not matter.
00:36:26.651 --> 00:36:29.554 align:center
One must even respect
those who tried.
00:36:29.754 --> 00:36:33.558 align:center
For a brief moment,
between escape and death...
00:36:33.758 --> 00:36:35.526 align:center
...they were soldiers again.
00:36:37.562 --> 00:36:40.665 align:center
But it is insane to try and escape.
00:36:40.831 --> 00:36:45.269 align:center
Two soldiers shot,
the third drowned.
00:36:45.469 --> 00:36:46.837 align:center
To what end?
00:36:47.205 --> 00:36:49.907 align:center
It was an escape from reality.
00:36:58.282 --> 00:36:59.917 align:center
There is your reality.
00:37:00.351 --> 00:37:04.922 align:center
This shows the position work
should have reached by noon today.
00:37:05.623 --> 00:37:08.993 align:center
And this shows the position
of actual progress.
00:37:11.329 --> 00:37:13.664 align:center
Because of your
colonel's stubbornness...
00:37:13.798 --> 00:37:15.933 align:center
...we are far behind schedule.
00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.368 align:center
That is not all.
00:37:18.302 --> 00:37:20.771 align:center
Enlisted prisoners
sabotaged the work.
00:37:20.938 --> 00:37:24.909 align:center
Yes, I have seen it.
I could have them all shot.
00:37:25.476 --> 00:37:27.812 align:center
Then who would build your bridge?
00:37:28.012 --> 00:37:29.981 align:center
Besides, are you sure it's sabotage?
00:37:30.381 --> 00:37:33.417 align:center
Perhaps the men don't work well
without their own officers.
00:37:33.618 --> 00:37:38.456 align:center
My officers will direct them.
Your officers will work beside them.
00:37:38.623 --> 00:37:42.560 align:center
That's for Colonel Nicholson to decide.
As he said, it's against the rules.
00:37:42.727 --> 00:37:44.829 align:center
Do not speak to me of rules.
00:37:45.029 --> 00:37:46.864 align:center
This is war!
00:37:47.398 --> 00:37:49.333 align:center
This is not a game of cricket.
00:37:53.804 --> 00:37:55.840 align:center
He's mad, your colonel...
00:37:57.541 --> 00:37:59.343 align:center
...quite mad.
00:38:01.846 --> 00:38:03.748 align:center
Sit down, please.
00:38:09.020 --> 00:38:12.657 align:center
I have decided to allow you
one visit to your colonel.
00:38:13.024 --> 00:38:14.425 align:center
Thank you.
00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:18.996 align:center
Tell him that if his officers
will not work...
00:38:19.397 --> 00:38:22.366 align:center
...I'll be forced
to close the hospital...
00:38:22.566 --> 00:38:25.870 align:center
...and your patients will
work in their place.
00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:30.541 align:center
And many will die,
and he will be responsible.
00:38:31.075 --> 00:38:35.313 align:center
Go and speak to him.
You have five minutes.
00:39:04.542 --> 00:39:06.844 align:center
Hey, the doc's going
to see the old man.
00:39:10.748 --> 00:39:11.949 align:center
Sir....
00:39:16.454 --> 00:39:17.822 align:center
It's Clipton, sir.
00:39:19.924 --> 00:39:21.826 align:center
I brought you a few things.
00:39:26.931 --> 00:39:29.700 align:center
- How are the men?
- Fine, sir, fine.
00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:34.038 align:center
We scraped together a little meat
and a coconut.
00:39:37.108 --> 00:39:38.776 align:center
And the officers?
00:39:38.909 --> 00:39:41.746 align:center
Oh, they're not so good.
They're still in detention.
00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:46.117 align:center
And Lieutenant Jennings....
Jennings is dead.
00:39:46.851 --> 00:39:48.919 align:center
- What?
- Killed, attempting to escape.
00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:52.690 align:center
Also two others,
Corporal Weaver and the American.
00:39:53.791 --> 00:39:57.461 align:center
Jennings. Poor, brave lad.
00:39:57.661 --> 00:39:59.797 align:center
I warned him, didn't I, Clipton?
00:39:59.997 --> 00:40:02.867 align:center
Look, sir, we haven't much time.
00:40:07.004 --> 00:40:09.707 align:center
I'm going to clean you up a little
while I talk.
00:40:09.907 --> 00:40:12.009 align:center
I've got something to tell you.
00:40:12.410 --> 00:40:14.779 align:center
I've just had a word with Saito.
00:40:15.045 --> 00:40:18.716 align:center
That man is the worst commanding
officer I've ever come across.
00:40:18.883 --> 00:40:22.787 align:center
Actually, I think he's mad. Carry on.
00:40:39.103 --> 00:40:40.538 align:center
Blackmail.
00:40:40.738 --> 00:40:45.443 align:center
I know, sir, but he means it.
I'm sure he does.
00:40:45.643 --> 00:40:49.146 align:center
It's a question of face,
pure and simple. And he can't give in.
00:40:49.547 --> 00:40:51.816 align:center
It's still blackmail.
00:40:54.018 --> 00:40:58.622 align:center
Sir, you can't stand
much more of this.
00:40:58.856 --> 00:41:03.961 align:center
Wouldn't the officers be better off
working than suffocating in that hole?
00:41:05.229 --> 00:41:09.166 align:center
The men are doing a wonderful job.
They're going as slow as they dare.
00:41:09.533 --> 00:41:12.603 align:center
But Saito's cut their food rations...
00:41:12.803 --> 00:41:14.872 align:center
...and if he makes
the sick men work....
00:41:15.072 --> 00:41:18.943 align:center
Well, they're going to die.
That's all there is to it.
00:41:19.076 --> 00:41:21.946 align:center
Yes, Clipton, I understand. Truly.
00:41:22.146 --> 00:41:24.782 align:center
But don't you see?
It's a matter of principle.
00:41:24.982 --> 00:41:28.819 align:center
If we give in now,
there'll be no end to it. No.
00:41:32.089 --> 00:41:36.227 align:center
Sir, we're lost in the jungle,
a thousand miles from anywhere.
00:41:36.594 --> 00:41:39.997 align:center
We're under the heel of a man
who'll stop at nothing to get his way.
00:41:40.130 --> 00:41:41.165 align:center
Principle!
00:41:41.765 --> 00:41:45.669 align:center
No one will ever know or care
what happens to us.
00:41:46.770 --> 00:41:48.272 align:center
Give in, sir. Please!
00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:50.040 align:center
I'm adamant.
00:41:50.241 --> 00:41:54.011 align:center
I will not have an officer
from my battalion working as a coolie.
00:41:54.211 --> 00:41:56.247 align:center
- Time.
- All right.
00:41:58.916 --> 00:42:01.785 align:center
Please thank those concerned.
00:42:02.086 --> 00:42:04.889 align:center
Everybody in the hospital
contributed one piece.
00:42:05.089 --> 00:42:06.790 align:center
Reynolds stole the coconut.
00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:11.161 align:center
We'll be able to get you
something from time to time.
00:42:11.295 --> 00:42:13.864 align:center
We've bribed one of your guards.
00:42:20.604 --> 00:42:24.041 align:center
Goodbye, sir. And good luck.
00:42:24.174 --> 00:42:25.876 align:center
Many thanks.
00:42:30.180 --> 00:42:32.950 align:center
- Clipton!
- Yes, sir?
00:42:33.717 --> 00:42:35.886 align:center
Did you say that American chap
was killed?
00:42:36.020 --> 00:42:38.188 align:center
Yes, sir. Shot and drowned.
00:42:39.957 --> 00:42:42.860 align:center
It's insane to plan escapes.
00:42:43.894 --> 00:42:46.931 align:center
Three men killed, and to what end?
00:42:47.131 --> 00:42:49.133 align:center
- Time!
- Here.
00:42:49.266 --> 00:42:51.769 align:center
- Here is where we must win through.
- Time, time!
00:43:11.855 --> 00:43:15.993 align:center
The doc just looked at us and shook
his head. Whatever that means.
00:43:16.160 --> 00:43:19.830 align:center
Means only one thing,
colonel won't give in.
00:43:32.676 --> 00:43:33.911 align:center
Well?
00:43:34.178 --> 00:43:35.846 align:center
It's like this.
00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:38.782 align:center
Colonel Nicholson
won't give in to force.
00:43:38.983 --> 00:43:41.085 align:center
It's a question of principle.
00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:44.855 align:center
As medical officer, I protest
to the way he's being treated.
00:43:45.089 --> 00:43:47.024 align:center
It's a wonder he's still alive.
00:43:47.191 --> 00:43:51.195 align:center
Should a tragedy occur,
it would be tantamount to murder.
00:43:53.297 --> 00:43:55.699 align:center
He is responsible.
00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:58.235 align:center
Not I.
00:44:08.812 --> 00:44:10.147 align:center
You sick?
00:44:13.384 --> 00:44:16.020 align:center
Are they both mad?
00:44:17.655 --> 00:44:19.657 align:center
Or am I going mad?
00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.960 align:center
Or is it the sun?
00:47:25.475 --> 00:47:27.077 align:center
Attention!
00:47:28.312 --> 00:47:31.048 align:center
Battalion, attention.
00:47:33.917 --> 00:47:36.053 align:center
English prisoners.
00:47:36.386 --> 00:47:38.622 align:center
Let us ask the question...
00:47:39.022 --> 00:47:42.159 align:center
...why does the bridge not progress?
00:47:42.593 --> 00:47:47.931 align:center
You know why,
because your officers are lazy!
00:47:48.332 --> 00:47:52.436 align:center
They think themselves too good
to share your burden.
00:47:53.503 --> 00:47:55.072 align:center
This is not just.
00:47:55.272 --> 00:47:58.408 align:center
Therefore, you are not happy
in your work.
00:47:59.142 --> 00:48:02.579 align:center
Therefore, the bridge
does not progress.
00:48:03.347 --> 00:48:05.415 align:center
But there is another cause.
00:48:05.616 --> 00:48:08.652 align:center
I do not hide the truth.
00:48:09.353 --> 00:48:11.955 align:center
With deep shame and regret...
00:48:12.155 --> 00:48:14.391 align:center
...I admit to you the failure...
00:48:14.591 --> 00:48:17.461 align:center
...of a member of the Japanese staff.
00:48:17.628 --> 00:48:20.030 align:center
I refer to Lieutenant Miura.
00:48:20.631 --> 00:48:22.566 align:center
He is a bad engineer.
00:48:22.966 --> 00:48:25.168 align:center
He is unworthy of command.
00:48:25.535 --> 00:48:30.140 align:center
Therefore, I have removed him
from his post.
00:48:32.042 --> 00:48:35.979 align:center
Tomorrow we begin again.
00:48:36.313 --> 00:48:39.549 align:center
I shall be in personal command.
00:48:40.150 --> 00:48:42.219 align:center
Today we rest.
00:48:44.187 --> 00:48:48.692 align:center
All work and no play
make Jack a dull boy.
00:48:49.293 --> 00:48:52.663 align:center
As token of regard
for your efforts in the future...
00:48:53.063 --> 00:48:55.499 align:center
...I give presents to you all.
00:49:07.678 --> 00:49:10.280 align:center
Let us be happy in our work.
00:49:11.214 --> 00:49:14.017 align:center
Company, dismissed.
00:49:15.319 --> 00:49:18.722 align:center
Battalion, dismissed.
00:49:33.236 --> 00:49:35.439 align:center
Hey, take a look at this.
00:49:35.572 --> 00:49:37.674 align:center
Red Cross! He's given us our--
00:49:38.041 --> 00:49:41.678 align:center
Hey, he's given us
our own Red Cross parcels.
00:49:42.045 --> 00:49:45.315 align:center
"Tomorrow we begin again."
00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:52.382 align:center
Hey, Harry, look.
00:50:52.682 --> 00:50:54.751 align:center
They're letting the old man out.
00:51:17.307 --> 00:51:20.410 align:center
Most likely gonna give him
another pasting.
00:52:04.654 --> 00:52:06.256 align:center
Good evening, colonel.
00:52:12.896 --> 00:52:15.298 align:center
Do you mind sitting over here?
00:52:16.199 --> 00:52:18.902 align:center
I am having rather a late supper.
00:52:41.791 --> 00:52:44.461 align:center
English corned beef.
00:52:45.395 --> 00:52:46.863 align:center
No, thank you.
00:52:51.468 --> 00:52:54.738 align:center
Produce of Scotland.
00:52:56.506 --> 00:52:58.708 align:center
I prefer it to sake.
00:52:59.309 --> 00:53:01.845 align:center
I spent three years in London,
you know.
00:53:02.412 --> 00:53:05.782 align:center
I studied at the London Polytechnic.
00:53:07.417 --> 00:53:08.752 align:center
Cheers.
00:53:08.952 --> 00:53:10.654 align:center
Sorry.
00:53:10.820 --> 00:53:12.689 align:center
Later, perhaps?
00:53:12.889 --> 00:53:14.591 align:center
Perhaps.
00:53:20.263 --> 00:53:22.532 align:center
I was not a good artist.
00:53:22.699 --> 00:53:24.968 align:center
My father disapproved.
00:53:25.368 --> 00:53:27.704 align:center
He felt I belonged in the army.
00:53:28.772 --> 00:53:32.542 align:center
So I changed from art
to engineering.
00:53:32.709 --> 00:53:37.380 align:center
I must tell you, Colonel Saito.
00:53:37.547 --> 00:53:41.384 align:center
I intend to make a full report
of your activities in this camp.
00:53:46.690 --> 00:53:50.493 align:center
I do not think you quite
realize my position.
00:53:50.894 --> 00:53:53.997 align:center
- I must carry out my orders.
- Oh, quite, quite.
00:53:54.331 --> 00:53:58.435 align:center
My orders are to complete the bridge
by the 12th day of May.
00:53:58.568 --> 00:54:01.438 align:center
- I have only 12 weeks more.
- No doubt.
00:54:01.571 --> 00:54:06.409 align:center
Therefore, I am compelled
to use all available personnel.
00:54:06.610 --> 00:54:09.479 align:center
But no officers, except in
an administrative capacity.
00:54:09.646 --> 00:54:13.783 align:center
But officers are working
along the entire railway.
00:54:13.984 --> 00:54:15.719 align:center
You know it. I know it.
00:54:15.852 --> 00:54:18.788 align:center
I'm not responsible
for the actions of other officers.
00:54:18.955 --> 00:54:20.557 align:center
Personally, I'm appalled.
00:54:20.724 --> 00:54:23.259 align:center
Let's not get excited.
00:54:28.798 --> 00:54:30.367 align:center
Will you have a cigar?
00:54:30.533 --> 00:54:32.535 align:center
No. Thank you.
00:54:34.471 --> 00:54:37.941 align:center
When I said all officers must work...
00:54:38.341 --> 00:54:41.678 align:center
...naturally, I never meant you,
the commanding officer.
00:54:41.878 --> 00:54:45.949 align:center
My orders were only intended
for officers below--
00:54:46.282 --> 00:54:48.551 align:center
None of my officers
will do manual labor.
00:54:48.685 --> 00:54:51.921 align:center
Please! I was about to say:
00:54:52.288 --> 00:54:55.592 align:center
I've been thinking the matter over
and have decided...
00:54:55.759 --> 00:55:00.363 align:center
...to put majors and above
on administrative duties...
00:55:00.530 --> 00:55:03.366 align:center
...leaving only junior officers
to lend a hand.
00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:06.970 align:center
I'm afraid not. The Convention's
quite clear on that point.
00:55:20.650 --> 00:55:25.455 align:center
Do you know what will happen to me
if the bridge is not ready in time?
00:55:25.655 --> 00:55:27.390 align:center
I haven't the foggiest.
00:55:27.557 --> 00:55:30.060 align:center
I'd have to kill myself.
00:55:30.627 --> 00:55:33.396 align:center
What would you do if you were me?
00:55:33.797 --> 00:55:36.466 align:center
I suppose if I were you...
00:55:36.933 --> 00:55:39.402 align:center
...I'd have to kill myself.
00:55:41.504 --> 00:55:42.739 align:center
Cheers.
00:55:43.940 --> 00:55:46.576 align:center
I warn you, colonel...
00:55:46.810 --> 00:55:51.347 align:center
...if I am to die,
others will die before me.
00:55:51.481 --> 00:55:52.782 align:center
Do you understand that?
00:55:52.916 --> 00:55:55.652 align:center
- Major Clipton did mention that.
- Well?
00:55:55.819 --> 00:55:58.421 align:center
That won't solve your problem.
00:55:58.621 --> 00:56:00.957 align:center
But I'm sure we can arrive
at a proper solution.
00:56:01.357 --> 00:56:02.859 align:center
Please sit down.
00:56:06.029 --> 00:56:09.599 align:center
Now, tell me, colonel...
00:56:09.966 --> 00:56:13.603 align:center
...do you agree that the first job
of an officer is command?
00:56:13.837 --> 00:56:15.705 align:center
- Of course.
- Good.
00:56:18.108 --> 00:56:19.509 align:center
Now....
00:56:21.978 --> 00:56:23.913 align:center
Take this bridge of yours.
00:56:24.681 --> 00:56:26.816 align:center
It's quite an enormous undertaking.
00:56:26.950 --> 00:56:31.054 align:center
Frankly, I have grave doubts whether
your lieutenant-- What's his name?
00:56:31.387 --> 00:56:33.757 align:center
- Miura.
- Miura.
00:56:34.124 --> 00:56:38.061 align:center
- -is capable of tackling
a job of such importance.
00:56:39.162 --> 00:56:43.767 align:center
On the other hand, I have officers,
Reeves and Hughes for instance...
00:56:44.167 --> 00:56:47.737 align:center
...who have built bridges
all over India.
00:56:48.872 --> 00:56:50.507 align:center
The men respect them.
00:56:50.707 --> 00:56:54.144 align:center
It's essential for an officer to have
that respect, I'm sure you agree.
00:56:54.477 --> 00:56:56.112 align:center
If he loses it,
he ceases to command.
00:56:56.479 --> 00:56:59.482 align:center
And what happens then?
Demoralization and chaos.
00:56:59.682 --> 00:57:02.986 align:center
A pretty poor commander I would be
if I allowed that to happen.
00:57:03.119 --> 00:57:05.054 align:center
Perhaps you are not aware...
00:57:05.188 --> 00:57:08.591 align:center
...that the bridge is now
under my personal command.
00:57:08.892 --> 00:57:12.562 align:center
Really? And may I ask,
are you satisfied with the work?
00:57:12.695 --> 00:57:14.964 align:center
- I am not!
- You've proved my point.
00:57:15.098 --> 00:57:17.600 align:center
I hate the British!
00:57:17.767 --> 00:57:20.904 align:center
You are defeated
but you have no shame.
00:57:21.104 --> 00:57:23.640 align:center
You are stubborn
but have no pride.
00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:26.576 align:center
You endure
but you have no courage.
00:57:26.709 --> 00:57:28.845 align:center
I hate the British!
00:57:29.913 --> 00:57:31.781 align:center
Pointless, going on like this.
00:57:31.915 --> 00:57:33.450 align:center
Stay there!
01:01:10.299 --> 01:01:12.669 align:center
Stand down. Stand down!
01:01:22.078 --> 01:01:24.681 align:center
Battalion, attention!
01:02:04.487 --> 01:02:07.290 align:center
Battalion, stand at ease.
01:02:09.859 --> 01:02:11.327 align:center
Please....
01:02:12.495 --> 01:02:15.465 align:center
Do you know what is
the date today, colonel?
01:02:16.032 --> 01:02:17.500 align:center
I'm afraid I've lost count.
01:02:17.834 --> 01:02:20.470 align:center
It's the anniversary of
our great victory...
01:02:20.837 --> 01:02:23.473 align:center
- ...over Russia in 1905.
- Oh, yes.
01:02:23.806 --> 01:02:27.877 align:center
Throughout East Asia
we are celebrating this date.
01:02:28.010 --> 01:02:30.012 align:center
In honor of this occasion...
01:02:30.146 --> 01:02:33.015 align:center
...I have given your troops
a day of rest.
01:02:33.149 --> 01:02:34.350 align:center
Many thanks.
01:02:34.484 --> 01:02:37.820 align:center
I am declaring a general amnesty.
01:02:37.987 --> 01:02:41.390 align:center
You and your officers may
return to your quarters.
01:02:41.824 --> 01:02:43.993 align:center
As part of this amnesty...
01:02:44.293 --> 01:02:49.532 align:center
...it will not be necessary
for officers to do manual labor.
01:03:19.796 --> 01:03:20.930 align:center
He's done it!
01:05:44.040 --> 01:05:46.242 align:center
Somebody deserves a medal, sir.
01:05:57.954 --> 01:05:59.455 align:center
How many men in your party?
01:05:59.956 --> 01:06:01.958 align:center
Well, I don't really know, sir.
01:06:02.091 --> 01:06:04.360 align:center
- You don't know?
- Sir, 12, usually.
01:06:04.493 --> 01:06:08.998 align:center
But, well, one of the men took sick
very suddenly this morning, sir.
01:06:09.131 --> 01:06:11.500 align:center
It took three or four
to help him to the hospital.
01:06:13.235 --> 01:06:16.973 align:center
And-- He took terrible sick, sir.
01:06:17.206 --> 01:06:20.743 align:center
A corporal should always know
how many men he has under him.
01:06:21.344 --> 01:06:23.346 align:center
Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:28.217 align:center
Have you a nervous affliction? If not,
stop making those faces at once.
01:06:29.518 --> 01:06:33.656 align:center
It may be funny to you,
but it's not military behavior.
01:06:33.990 --> 01:06:35.257 align:center
No, sir.
01:06:38.761 --> 01:06:40.997 align:center
We must put a stop
to these demonstrations.
01:06:41.130 --> 01:06:42.631 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:06:51.540 --> 01:06:54.076 align:center
- I say, Reeves?
- Yes, sir?
01:06:54.243 --> 01:06:57.680 align:center
You ever constructed a bridge
across a stream like the Kwai?
01:06:58.080 --> 01:07:01.550 align:center
Yes, sir, half a dozen of them,
in Madras, Bengal....
01:07:01.684 --> 01:07:03.719 align:center
If this were your bridge...
01:07:04.553 --> 01:07:06.655 align:center
...how would you get it under way?
01:07:08.691 --> 01:07:10.459 align:center
Get it under way, sir?
01:07:10.593 --> 01:07:13.362 align:center
Well, first of all,
I wouldn't build it here.
01:07:13.496 --> 01:07:15.631 align:center
Oh, why not?
01:07:15.765 --> 01:07:17.566 align:center
As I was trying to tell you...
01:07:17.767 --> 01:07:22.104 align:center
...the Japanese couldn't have picked
a worse location. There's no bottom.
01:07:22.438 --> 01:07:24.440 align:center
You see those piles?
01:07:24.640 --> 01:07:26.342 align:center
They're sinking.
01:07:28.544 --> 01:07:32.548 align:center
Our chaps could drive those logs
till doomsday and they wouldn't hold.
01:07:32.782 --> 01:07:34.784 align:center
Where would you build it?
01:07:36.118 --> 01:07:39.155 align:center
Why, further downstream, sir.
Across those narrows.
01:07:39.288 --> 01:07:42.224 align:center
Then we'd have solid bedrock
on both banks.
01:07:42.691 --> 01:07:47.229 align:center
Hughes, if this were your bridge,
how would you use the men?
01:07:47.396 --> 01:07:51.634 align:center
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 align:center
It's a lot of uncoordinated activity.
01:07:55.838 --> 01:07:57.573 align:center
No teamwork.
01:07:58.841 --> 01:08:02.411 align:center
Some of those parties are actually
working against each other.
01:08:04.647 --> 01:08:05.848 align:center
Yes.
01:08:09.318 --> 01:08:12.588 align:center
I tell you, gentlemen, we have
a problem on our hands.
01:08:12.721 --> 01:08:15.591 align:center
Thanks to the Japanese,
we now command a rabble.
01:08:15.724 --> 01:08:18.294 align:center
There's no order, no discipline.
01:08:19.562 --> 01:08:22.631 align:center
- Our task is to rebuild the battalion.
- Yes, sir.
01:08:22.765 --> 01:08:24.633 align:center
Which isn't going to be easy.
01:08:24.767 --> 01:08:28.504 align:center
But fortunately, we have
the means at hand. The bridge.
01:08:28.704 --> 01:08:31.240 align:center
- The bridge, sir?
- The bridge.
01:08:33.576 --> 01:08:38.314 align:center
We'll teach them a lesson in Western
efficiency that will put them to shame.
01:08:38.447 --> 01:08:41.250 align:center
We'll show them what
the British soldier is capable of.
01:08:41.383 --> 01:08:44.186 align:center
Yes. I see your point, sir.
01:08:44.353 --> 01:08:47.189 align:center
I realize how difficult
it's going to be here...
01:08:47.323 --> 01:08:49.725 align:center
...where you can't find
what you need.
01:08:50.126 --> 01:08:53.195 align:center
- But there's the challenge.
- I beg your pardon, sir.
01:08:53.362 --> 01:08:55.764 align:center
You mean, you really want them
to build the bridge?
01:08:55.898 --> 01:08:58.667 align:center
You're not usually
so slow on the uptake, Evans.
01:08:58.834 --> 01:09:01.770 align:center
I know our men.
You've got to keep them occupied.
01:09:01.904 --> 01:09:05.274 align:center
Fact is, if there weren't any work,
we'd invent some, eh, Reeves?
01:09:05.407 --> 01:09:08.344 align:center
- That we would, sir.
- So we're lucky.
01:09:08.544 --> 01:09:11.147 align:center
But it's going to be a proper bridge.
01:09:11.347 --> 01:09:13.449 align:center
Here again I know the men.
01:09:13.649 --> 01:09:16.652 align:center
It's essential that they
take pride in their job.
01:09:16.819 --> 01:09:18.521 align:center
- Right, gentlemen?
- Yes, sir.
01:09:18.687 --> 01:09:21.624 align:center
Reeves, you're the key man
in this situation, as engineer.
01:09:21.757 --> 01:09:25.761 align:center
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 align:center
- We'll do our best, sir.
- Fine.
01:09:29.465 --> 01:09:31.800 align:center
We must draw up our plans...
01:09:32.501 --> 01:09:35.271 align:center
...then arrange a conference
with Saito...
01:09:35.838 --> 01:09:37.840 align:center
...and set him straight.
01:09:43.412 --> 01:09:47.416 align:center
Well, I think that takes care of all
the procedural matters. Now....
01:09:47.583 --> 01:09:49.251 align:center
Oh, yes.
01:09:49.652 --> 01:09:53.589 align:center
The next point is somewhat unpleasant
for all concerned, I'm afraid.
01:09:53.722 --> 01:09:57.493 align:center
Sorry to tell you, we feel the position
of the bridge was fixed hastily...
01:09:57.660 --> 01:09:59.929 align:center
...and, I have to add, incorrectly.
01:10:02.565 --> 01:10:03.866 align:center
Incorrectly?
01:10:04.200 --> 01:10:05.668 align:center
Unfortunately, yes.
01:10:05.834 --> 01:10:08.604 align:center
Our engineer has made
a study of the site...
01:10:08.804 --> 01:10:12.274 align:center
...and has concluded that
the river bottom there is too soft.
01:10:12.942 --> 01:10:14.343 align:center
Too soft?
01:10:14.543 --> 01:10:16.912 align:center
Mud. All the work up to now
has been useless.
01:10:17.313 --> 01:10:20.316 align:center
- Reeves, will you carry on?
- Yes, sir.
01:10:20.449 --> 01:10:22.851 align:center
Colonel, I've made tests.
Those piles of yours...
01:10:22.985 --> 01:10:25.754 align:center
...could be hammered below
water level before they'd hold.
01:10:25.888 --> 01:10:28.724 align:center
That bridge would collapse
under the first train.
01:10:28.857 --> 01:10:32.995 align:center
The pressure and soil resistance
figures in tons per square inch.
01:10:33.329 --> 01:10:35.764 align:center
Just a moment, Reeves,
before you get too involved.
01:10:35.898 --> 01:10:38.567 align:center
Colonel, do you suppose
we could have a cup of tea?
01:10:51.714 --> 01:10:55.584 align:center
Then I take it we all agree
that if we're to avoid disaster...
01:10:55.718 --> 01:10:58.487 align:center
...we build a new bridge,
at the site picked by Reeves...
01:10:58.621 --> 01:11:00.990 align:center
...400 yards downstream.
01:11:04.493 --> 01:11:06.862 align:center
So let's proceed to the next point.
01:11:07.730 --> 01:11:10.499 align:center
I've decided to alter
the daily work quota of our men.
01:11:10.699 --> 01:11:12.468 align:center
- Alter?
- Yes, I've increased it.
01:11:12.601 --> 01:11:15.271 align:center
From a yard and a half
of earth moved to two.
01:11:15.404 --> 01:11:18.307 align:center
I was sure it would meet
with your approval.
01:11:18.440 --> 01:11:21.710 align:center
Major Hughes has all the facts.
Hughes, would you take over?
01:11:21.910 --> 01:11:24.913 align:center
I've done a time study, Colonel Saito,
of the entire project.
01:11:25.047 --> 01:11:28.917 align:center
As you can see, the available forces
have been badly distributed.
01:11:29.051 --> 01:11:32.955 align:center
I would strongly urge we revise the
organization of the working parties.
01:11:33.322 --> 01:11:38.494 align:center
Just a moment. Colonel, it would save
time if we could work during dinner.
01:11:38.627 --> 01:11:41.063 align:center
Would it be possible
to have a meal served here?
01:11:41.397 --> 01:11:42.598 align:center
Of course.
01:11:42.831 --> 01:11:44.500 align:center
If we--
01:11:45.968 --> 01:11:47.603 align:center
- Carry on, Hughes.
- Yes, sir.
01:11:47.770 --> 01:11:51.340 align:center
If we increase the number of squads
and specialize their functions...
01:11:51.674 --> 01:11:56.312 align:center
...I'm certain the total daily output
can be increased by 30 percent.
01:11:56.445 --> 01:11:59.682 align:center
Now, Colonel Saito,
I have one more point....
01:12:00.549 --> 01:12:05.521 align:center
Now, there's another important
decision that can't be postponed.
01:12:05.654 --> 01:12:07.990 align:center
As most of the British
will work on the bridge...
01:12:08.357 --> 01:12:11.093 align:center
...only a small number will be available
for railway work.
01:12:11.493 --> 01:12:16.432 align:center
I must ask you to lend us some of your
men to reinforce the railway gang...
01:12:16.598 --> 01:12:21.070 align:center
...so the final stretch of track can
be completed as quickly as possible.
01:12:22.371 --> 01:12:24.707 align:center
I have already given the order.
01:12:24.907 --> 01:12:27.976 align:center
We must fix the daily work quota
of your men.
01:12:28.377 --> 01:12:32.348 align:center
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 align:center
...but isn't it best
to be the same as ours?
01:12:35.484 --> 01:12:38.687 align:center
That would also create a healthy
competitive spirit.
01:12:40.622 --> 01:12:43.826 align:center
I have already given the order.
01:12:44.026 --> 01:12:46.662 align:center
- We'll try to surpass that, won't we?
- Yes, sir.
01:12:46.795 --> 01:12:49.832 align:center
I think that completes
the agenda for this evening.
01:12:50.032 --> 01:12:53.569 align:center
Thank you, Colonel Saito,
for your kind attention.
01:12:53.802 --> 01:12:56.672 align:center
And are there any other questions?
01:12:58.040 --> 01:12:59.742 align:center
One question.
01:13:00.509 --> 01:13:02.878 align:center
Can you finish the bridge in time?
01:13:03.078 --> 01:13:06.682 align:center
Frankly, the consensus of opinion
is that it's impossible.
01:13:06.882 --> 01:13:09.418 align:center
But we'll certainly give it a go.
01:13:10.619 --> 01:13:14.857 align:center
We mustn't forget we wasted a month
through an unfortunate disagreement...
01:13:15.057 --> 01:13:16.925 align:center
...for which I was not to blame.
01:13:18.627 --> 01:13:20.462 align:center
Is there anything else?
01:13:20.929 --> 01:13:22.164 align:center
No.
01:13:22.865 --> 01:13:26.835 align:center
Thank you. The meeting is closed.
01:13:27.936 --> 01:13:30.639 align:center
- Good night.
- Good night.
01:13:54.763 --> 01:13:59.101 align:center
I hope these Japanese appreciate
what we're doing for them.
01:13:59.868 --> 01:14:03.071 align:center
For the moment, I'm not concerned
with their appreciation.
01:14:03.906 --> 01:14:06.708 align:center
- Good night, Clipton.
- Good night, sir.
01:14:08.811 --> 01:14:10.879 align:center
By the way, I meant to tell you...
01:14:11.079 --> 01:14:13.949 align:center
...there are trees in this forest
very similar to elm.
01:14:14.116 --> 01:14:17.486 align:center
And the elm piles of London Bridge
lasted 600 years.
01:14:18.487 --> 01:14:21.557 align:center
- Six hundred years, Reeves?
- Yes, sir.
01:14:22.624 --> 01:14:24.827 align:center
Six hundred years.
01:14:25.227 --> 01:14:27.596 align:center
That would be quite something.
01:15:16.545 --> 01:15:20.249 align:center
Good morning. I'm looking for an
American named Commander Shears.
01:15:20.649 --> 01:15:23.852 align:center
- Oh, yes, down on the beach.
- Oh, thank you very much.
01:15:31.627 --> 01:15:32.828 align:center
Kiss!
01:15:33.562 --> 01:15:35.597 align:center
Too many eyes.
01:15:35.831 --> 01:15:40.002 align:center
You give me powders, pills, baths,
injections, enemas...
01:15:40.135 --> 01:15:41.737 align:center
...when all I need is love.
01:15:41.870 --> 01:15:44.740 align:center
It's true.
All you really need is love.
01:15:49.578 --> 01:15:52.714 align:center
What makes you so sure
you'll get a medical discharge?
01:15:52.848 --> 01:15:55.117 align:center
Because I'm a civilian
at heart, lover.
01:15:55.317 --> 01:15:57.619 align:center
And I always follow my heart.
01:15:57.819 --> 01:15:59.054 align:center
Kiss.
01:16:07.696 --> 01:16:09.765 align:center
How's that, commander?
01:16:10.799 --> 01:16:12.334 align:center
Don't call me commander.
01:16:12.701 --> 01:16:14.002 align:center
It's unromantic.
01:16:14.202 --> 01:16:16.004 align:center
You're an officer yourself.
01:16:16.138 --> 01:16:19.107 align:center
How would you like it
if I called you Lieutenant Lover?
01:16:19.308 --> 01:16:21.877 align:center
Let's be democratic.
Just call me "sir."
01:16:22.044 --> 01:16:23.145 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:16:25.013 --> 01:16:26.615 align:center
Brass ahoy.
01:16:27.215 --> 01:16:29.084 align:center
He wants to see you. He's all yours.
01:16:29.251 --> 01:16:31.853 align:center
- I'm going for a swim.
- Don't leave me.
01:16:33.622 --> 01:16:35.023 align:center
- Commander Shears?
- Yes.
01:16:35.190 --> 01:16:37.025 align:center
My name's Warden.
01:16:37.326 --> 01:16:39.061 align:center
- How do you do?
- Sorry to intrude--
01:16:39.194 --> 01:16:41.763 align:center
That's okay, major.
I'm used to it by now.
01:16:41.897 --> 01:16:42.998 align:center
Like a martini?
01:16:43.131 --> 01:16:45.000 align:center
That's very kind, but I think not.
01:16:45.133 --> 01:16:46.602 align:center
- Mind if I have one?
- No.
01:16:46.735 --> 01:16:48.036 align:center
How did you get that?
01:16:48.170 --> 01:16:51.173 align:center
Where there's a hospital,
there's alcohol.
01:16:51.306 --> 01:16:54.276 align:center
Oh, yes, of course. Jolly good.
01:16:54.810 --> 01:16:57.212 align:center
Well, I'll be as brief as possible.
01:16:57.646 --> 01:17:01.049 align:center
I belong to a rather rum group
called Force 316.
01:17:01.249 --> 01:17:03.819 align:center
Our headquarters is up
in the Botanical Gardens.
01:17:04.052 --> 01:17:07.222 align:center
- Protecting rare plants from the enemy?
- Not quite.
01:17:07.823 --> 01:17:10.292 align:center
- Sure you won't have a martini?
- No, thanks.
01:17:10.659 --> 01:17:14.663 align:center
We have a particular interest
in that railway you worked on.
01:17:14.863 --> 01:17:18.100 align:center
You could give us no end
of valuable information.
01:17:18.266 --> 01:17:21.903 align:center
Well, I'm leaving
for the States in a few days...
01:17:22.070 --> 01:17:25.207 align:center
...and I've already told your people
everything I know.
01:17:25.340 --> 01:17:28.844 align:center
But you could help us
in a rather special sense.
01:17:28.977 --> 01:17:30.779 align:center
I know it's a terrible imposition...
01:17:30.912 --> 01:17:34.149 align:center
...but I wonder if you could possibly
come out and see us.
01:17:35.751 --> 01:17:38.654 align:center
Well, if you want to go over
the whole thing again.
01:17:38.787 --> 01:17:41.356 align:center
Oh, that's very kind.
Lord Louis will be grateful.
01:17:41.690 --> 01:17:43.058 align:center
- Lord who?
- Mountbatten.
01:17:43.191 --> 01:17:45.894 align:center
- We're one of his special pigeons.
- Oh, I see.
01:17:46.094 --> 01:17:49.665 align:center
Shall we say this evening, then?
About 8. I'll send a car for you.
01:17:49.798 --> 01:17:52.100 align:center
This evening? Out of the question.
01:17:52.300 --> 01:17:54.736 align:center
Well, tomorrow morning then?
About 10?
01:17:54.870 --> 01:17:57.305 align:center
- Okay, 10:00.
- Thanks very much.
01:17:57.706 --> 01:17:59.875 align:center
- Cheerio.
- Cheerio.
01:18:00.042 --> 01:18:01.243 align:center
Good luck.
01:18:02.177 --> 01:18:03.311 align:center
Thanks.
01:18:11.319 --> 01:18:15.257 align:center
I know, you're terribly sorry, but you're
going to stand me up tonight.
01:18:15.390 --> 01:18:17.459 align:center
You couldn't be more wrong.
01:18:23.198 --> 01:18:24.700 align:center
General salute!
01:18:24.833 --> 01:18:27.235 align:center
Present arms!
01:18:40.315 --> 01:18:43.185 align:center
- May I see your pass, sir, please?
- Oh, yes.
01:18:43.819 --> 01:18:45.387 align:center
Thank you, sir.
01:18:45.987 --> 01:18:47.823 align:center
Carry on, driver.
01:18:55.997 --> 01:18:58.300 align:center
Major Warden's bungalow
is at the end of the path.
01:18:58.433 --> 01:19:00.268 align:center
All right, thanks.
01:19:10.946 --> 01:19:14.249 align:center
Good show, Jenkins. Good show!
01:19:14.783 --> 01:19:18.053 align:center
Come along, Thomson.
Use your knife, man. Use your knife.
01:19:19.488 --> 01:19:23.391 align:center
Good! On your feet, chaps.
Away to the debriefing room quickly.
01:19:23.792 --> 01:19:26.194 align:center
Come on, move yourselves!
Move! Move quickly!
01:19:29.131 --> 01:19:32.901 align:center
Very clumsy, Joyce, very clumsy.
01:19:34.102 --> 01:19:37.072 align:center
Always use your knife
immediately, Joyce.
01:19:37.272 --> 01:19:39.875 align:center
You see, he's gained the initiative.
01:19:40.008 --> 01:19:43.979 align:center
Wait a minute!
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
01:19:44.212 --> 01:19:46.348 align:center
- You're sorry?
- So am I, sir.
01:19:46.515 --> 01:19:49.985 align:center
- I thought you were the enemy.
- I'm American, if that's what you mean.
01:19:50.218 --> 01:19:54.122 align:center
- That'll be all, Joyce.
- Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.
01:19:54.990 --> 01:19:56.358 align:center
What can I do for you, sir?
01:19:56.491 --> 01:19:58.426 align:center
I was on my way to see
Major Warden.
01:19:58.827 --> 01:20:03.098 align:center
I'll show you the way. He'll finish
his lecture any moment now.
01:20:09.237 --> 01:20:12.407 align:center
- That's the end of his lecture.
- Thunderous ovation.
01:20:12.574 --> 01:20:16.912 align:center
He believes in keeping our training
as close to real life as possible.
01:20:19.114 --> 01:20:21.383 align:center
- Major Warden, sir?
- Yes?
01:20:21.550 --> 01:20:23.118 align:center
Very good of you to come.
01:20:23.318 --> 01:20:26.154 align:center
- I hope they took care of you.
- They certainly have.
01:20:26.288 --> 01:20:29.357 align:center
Thank you, staff.
Well, come along, then.
01:20:29.558 --> 01:20:32.427 align:center
Colonel Green is looking forward
to meeting you.
01:20:33.962 --> 01:20:37.032 align:center
- Fascinating place, isn't it?
- Utterly charming.
01:20:37.165 --> 01:20:39.201 align:center
Didn't realize it was
a commando school.
01:20:39.334 --> 01:20:44.172 align:center
We're trying to discourage the use of
that word. Such a melodramatic air.
01:20:44.506 --> 01:20:45.907 align:center
What do you do here?
01:20:46.074 --> 01:20:48.410 align:center
Sabotage, demolition,
that line of country.
01:20:48.543 --> 01:20:51.613 align:center
We're using P.E., plastic explosives.
It's wonderful stuff.
01:20:52.013 --> 01:20:54.516 align:center
That pop was made
with a lump half this size.
01:20:54.916 --> 01:20:58.286 align:center
It's twice as powerful as gelignite
and only half the weight. Here.
01:20:59.487 --> 01:21:02.457 align:center
It's quite harmless
until it's detonated.
01:21:02.958 --> 01:21:04.359 align:center
Thanks for telling me.
01:21:04.526 --> 01:21:07.562 align:center
It's completely waterproof
and actually plastic.
01:21:07.896 --> 01:21:10.565 align:center
See? You can do
what you like with it.
01:21:11.466 --> 01:21:13.168 align:center
This is my place.
01:21:18.540 --> 01:21:20.075 align:center
Go ahead.
01:21:21.943 --> 01:21:24.546 align:center
Oh, I'm dying for a cup of tea.
01:21:27.082 --> 01:21:29.317 align:center
- Would you care for one?
- No, thanks.
01:21:29.451 --> 01:21:31.620 align:center
- A drink?
- No, thank you.
01:21:32.020 --> 01:21:35.090 align:center
- Pot of tea for one, please, Peter.
- Very good, sir.
01:21:39.027 --> 01:21:40.328 align:center
Do you read this?
01:21:40.495 --> 01:21:44.399 align:center
Oh, I taught Oriental languages
at Cambridge before the war.
01:21:48.336 --> 01:21:52.007 align:center
I never congratulated you
on your escape. It was a good show.
01:21:52.173 --> 01:21:56.111 align:center
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 align:center
No, I suppose not.
01:22:01.216 --> 01:22:03.952 align:center
Would you like to see
where you were?
01:22:04.986 --> 01:22:06.454 align:center
All right.
01:22:07.389 --> 01:22:11.026 align:center
Our information's rather scanty.
It's mostly based on your report.
01:22:11.159 --> 01:22:13.061 align:center
But we think the camp is about here.
01:22:13.194 --> 01:22:17.632 align:center
Say, do your people have any idea
what happened to Colonel Nicholson?
01:22:17.966 --> 01:22:21.436 align:center
He had guts. They were about to
shoot him and he didn't bat an eye.
01:22:21.569 --> 01:22:24.706 align:center
If you're about to be shot
there's not much you can do.
01:22:25.106 --> 01:22:29.511 align:center
Here is the River Kwai, and here is
the village where you were helped.
01:22:29.644 --> 01:22:31.379 align:center
And here is the railway.
01:22:31.513 --> 01:22:34.282 align:center
But then you must be fairly familiar
with all this area.
01:22:34.449 --> 01:22:37.118 align:center
Not really, I was out of my head
half the time.
01:22:37.252 --> 01:22:40.989 align:center
The railway starts down here
in Singapore. Malaya...
01:22:41.122 --> 01:22:46.061 align:center
...Bangkok, Rangoon. Their idea
is to drive on through, into India.
01:22:46.261 --> 01:22:49.631 align:center
- Where was I picked up?
- Oh, about here.
01:22:50.031 --> 01:22:52.100 align:center
The Japanese aim to open...
01:22:52.233 --> 01:22:55.003 align:center
...the Bangkok-Rangoon section
by the middle of May.
01:22:55.170 --> 01:22:57.272 align:center
Naturally, we'll try to prevent them.
01:22:57.405 --> 01:23:00.342 align:center
It's too far for bombers
to carry an adequate load.
01:23:00.508 --> 01:23:03.011 align:center
We'll have to go smash it
on the ground.
01:23:03.178 --> 01:23:05.680 align:center
- How will you get there?
- Parachute drop, then march.
01:23:06.047 --> 01:23:09.017 align:center
With demolition equipment
through that jungle?
01:23:09.484 --> 01:23:13.488 align:center
Our chief problem
is lack of firsthand knowledge.
01:23:13.688 --> 01:23:16.324 align:center
You see, none of us have
ever been there.
01:23:16.524 --> 01:23:19.694 align:center
- I don't want to discourage--
- It should be interesting.
01:23:20.028 --> 01:23:21.997 align:center
Colonel Green's given me
the Kwai bridge.
01:23:22.130 --> 01:23:25.033 align:center
I'm gonna take a team in
and blow it up.
01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:27.268 align:center
Lucky you.
01:23:30.038 --> 01:23:31.439 align:center
Sure you won't have tea?
01:23:31.573 --> 01:23:36.277 align:center
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 align:center
- So if there are any questions....
- Of course, I'm sorry.
01:23:43.051 --> 01:23:46.087 align:center
Well, there is only
one question, actually.
01:23:46.454 --> 01:23:48.656 align:center
How would you feel
about going back?
01:23:51.059 --> 01:23:52.093 align:center
Come again?
01:23:53.228 --> 01:23:55.797 align:center
I know, under the circumstances,
it's a bit much...
01:23:56.164 --> 01:23:59.300 align:center
...but you have a unique
knowledge for our purpose.
01:23:59.501 --> 01:24:01.336 align:center
And we'd love to have you with us.
01:24:03.471 --> 01:24:05.607 align:center
That's why you brought me here?
01:24:05.807 --> 01:24:07.409 align:center
To ask me this?
01:24:07.609 --> 01:24:09.377 align:center
Well, frankly, yes.
01:24:09.544 --> 01:24:12.747 align:center
Major, I just got out of there.
My escape was a miracle.
01:24:13.081 --> 01:24:15.583 align:center
Now you want me to go back?
Don't be ridiculous!
01:24:15.750 --> 01:24:17.185 align:center
This is embarrassing--
01:24:17.385 --> 01:24:21.122 align:center
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 align:center
Actually, Colonel Green has taken
the matter up with your people.
01:24:25.427 --> 01:24:29.297 align:center
- With my people?
- Your Navy's turned you over to us.
01:24:29.697 --> 01:24:33.301 align:center
A signal arrived yesterday morning
from your CINC Pacific...
01:24:33.501 --> 01:24:37.539 align:center
...authorizing your temporary transfer
of duty to Force 316.
01:24:37.739 --> 01:24:40.575 align:center
- They can't do this to me.
- I'm afraid they have.
01:24:41.409 --> 01:24:43.645 align:center
It was difficult to know how
to break it to you.
01:24:43.778 --> 01:24:48.383 align:center
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 align:center
Look. I'm not a Navy commander.
I'm not even an officer.
01:24:56.558 --> 01:25:01.663 align:center
The whole thing's a fake. I'm just an
ordinary swab jockey, second class.
01:25:04.332 --> 01:25:08.336 align:center
When the Houston sunk, I made
it ashore with a real commander.
01:25:08.536 --> 01:25:11.673 align:center
Later on, we ran into
a Japanese patrol. He was killed.
01:25:11.840 --> 01:25:15.376 align:center
I figured it was just a matter of time
before I was captured--
01:25:15.543 --> 01:25:18.413 align:center
So you changed uniforms
with a dead man.
01:25:18.746 --> 01:25:21.349 align:center
I thought officers would get
better treatment.
01:25:21.483 --> 01:25:22.617 align:center
That's very sensible.
01:25:22.750 --> 01:25:26.421 align:center
But at Saito's camp, the officers
worked along with the rest.
01:25:26.621 --> 01:25:29.257 align:center
Yes, there's always the unexpected,
isn't there?
01:25:31.359 --> 01:25:34.662 align:center
I kind of got used
to being a commander...
01:25:34.863 --> 01:25:38.299 align:center
...so when I arrived here
at the hospital...
01:25:38.433 --> 01:25:42.570 align:center
...I took a look at the enlisted men's
ward and then the officer's ward...
01:25:42.770 --> 01:25:47.442 align:center
...and I said to myself,
"Let's let it ride along for a while."
01:25:47.642 --> 01:25:49.410 align:center
There were certain advantages.
01:25:49.611 --> 01:25:51.479 align:center
I saw one of them on the beach.
01:25:52.413 --> 01:25:53.848 align:center
Anyway, that's the whole story.
01:25:54.182 --> 01:25:58.186 align:center
The point is, you can't use me.
You want an officer...
01:25:58.353 --> 01:26:01.256 align:center
...an American commander
named Shears who doesn't exist.
01:26:01.389 --> 01:26:03.591 align:center
When the Navy learns the truth,
they'll say:
01:26:03.725 --> 01:26:06.861 align:center
"Ship him home in irons
for impersonating an officer."
01:26:07.662 --> 01:26:10.698 align:center
- Once that happens, I've got it made.
- Got it what?
01:26:10.899 --> 01:26:14.269 align:center
- Made. I'd like that drink now.
- Of course.
01:26:14.669 --> 01:26:16.871 align:center
I'll apply for a medical discharge.
01:26:17.272 --> 01:26:19.374 align:center
I'll tell them
I impersonated an officer...
01:26:19.507 --> 01:26:22.210 align:center
...because I went off my rocker
in the jungle.
01:26:23.611 --> 01:26:27.448 align:center
I'm getting worse, you know.
Sometimes I think I'm Admiral Halsey.
01:26:28.249 --> 01:26:29.817 align:center
It's quite a clever plan.
01:26:30.885 --> 01:26:33.288 align:center
It's not only clever, it's foolproof.
01:26:33.488 --> 01:26:35.757 align:center
If my Navy finds out who I am...
01:26:35.957 --> 01:26:39.961 align:center
...those temporary orders won't be
worth the paper they're written on.
01:26:53.741 --> 01:26:55.643 align:center
This is your photograph, isn't it?
01:26:58.646 --> 01:27:01.416 align:center
- Where did you get this?
- It took a bit of doing...
01:27:01.649 --> 01:27:03.952 align:center
...because your people
couldn't identify you.
01:27:04.385 --> 01:27:08.990 align:center
Finally your CINC Pacific
sent us a copy of your service record.
01:27:09.390 --> 01:27:13.394 align:center
The photograph, fingerprints.
Would you care to have a look?
01:27:13.928 --> 01:27:15.263 align:center
No.
01:27:15.463 --> 01:27:19.667 align:center
You see, we've known about
your actual rank for nearly a week.
01:27:22.604 --> 01:27:25.273 align:center
Your Navy's in an awkward position.
01:27:25.440 --> 01:27:27.609 align:center
In one sense you're a blasted hero...
01:27:27.809 --> 01:27:30.545 align:center
...for making an escape
from the jungle.
01:27:30.712 --> 01:27:33.681 align:center
But at the same time,
they can't bring you home...
01:27:33.848 --> 01:27:37.452 align:center
...and give you the Navy Cross
for impersonating an officer.
01:27:37.619 --> 01:27:40.922 align:center
I suppose that's why they were
so happy to hand you over to us.
01:27:41.322 --> 01:27:42.790 align:center
You see?
01:27:42.957 --> 01:27:44.292 align:center
Hot potato.
01:27:45.293 --> 01:27:47.462 align:center
As far as your present rank
is concerned...
01:27:47.629 --> 01:27:50.765 align:center
...we're fairly informal
about those things in Force 316.
01:27:50.965 --> 01:27:53.468 align:center
You'd have the simulated
rank of major.
01:27:54.769 --> 01:27:58.506 align:center
Simulated major. That figures.
01:27:59.941 --> 01:28:01.442 align:center
Well....
01:28:04.979 --> 01:28:07.949 align:center
As long as I'm hooked,
I might as well volunteer.
01:28:08.916 --> 01:28:10.318 align:center
Good show!
01:28:11.719 --> 01:28:13.454 align:center
Oh, Colonel Green, sir.
01:28:13.655 --> 01:28:18.893 align:center
This is Major Shears. He volunteered
to go and help me blow up the bridge.
01:28:19.027 --> 01:28:20.595 align:center
Really?
01:28:21.663 --> 01:28:23.398 align:center
Good show!
01:28:23.598 --> 01:28:26.467 align:center
Jolly good show, major!
01:29:15.817 --> 01:29:18.653 align:center
Get up to sick bay, Baker.
This foot's infected.
01:29:18.853 --> 01:29:20.955 align:center
The colonel might think
I'm malingering.
01:29:21.089 --> 01:29:23.925 align:center
I'm the medical officer, Baker.
Get cracking.
01:29:29.797 --> 01:29:33.668 align:center
Will someone tell me why the old man
wants us to build a proper bridge?
01:29:33.801 --> 01:29:37.405 align:center
Don't you worry about old Nick.
He knows what he's doing.
01:29:47.749 --> 01:29:51.886 align:center
Hello, Clipton.
About time you paid us a visit.
01:29:52.653 --> 01:29:54.756 align:center
Fine job our chaps are doing.
First-rate.
01:29:54.956 --> 01:29:57.425 align:center
Yes. How's he behaving?
01:29:57.625 --> 01:30:00.428 align:center
He's been most reasonable
since we took over.
01:30:00.595 --> 01:30:03.498 align:center
- I wonder what he's thinking.
- I haven't the foggiest.
01:30:03.698 --> 01:30:05.700 align:center
- Thanks, Reeves.
- Right, sir.
01:30:06.467 --> 01:30:07.769 align:center
What do you think?
01:30:09.537 --> 01:30:11.439 align:center
Quite a challenge, isn't it?
01:30:13.541 --> 01:30:17.845 align:center
Sir, are you convinced that
building this bridge is a good idea?
01:30:17.979 --> 01:30:19.747 align:center
- Are you serious?
- Yes, sir.
01:30:19.881 --> 01:30:23.651 align:center
A good idea? Take another look.
01:30:24.585 --> 01:30:28.523 align:center
You don't agree morale is high?
Discipline has been restored?
01:30:28.723 --> 01:30:30.758 align:center
Their condition has been improved?
01:30:30.892 --> 01:30:33.661 align:center
- Are they a happier lot or aren't they?
- Yes, sir, but--
01:30:33.795 --> 01:30:36.531 align:center
They feed better
and they are no longer abused.
01:30:36.664 --> 01:30:38.132 align:center
- That's all true.
- Well, then.
01:30:38.466 --> 01:30:41.736 align:center
Honestly, Clipton, there are times
when I don't understand you at all.
01:30:41.869 --> 01:30:43.838 align:center
I'll try to make myself clear, sir.
01:30:43.971 --> 01:30:47.875 align:center
The fact is, what we're doing
could be construed as...
01:30:48.042 --> 01:30:51.078 align:center
...forgive me, sir,
collaboration with the enemy.
01:30:51.212 --> 01:30:53.014 align:center
Perhaps even as
treasonable activity.
01:30:53.147 --> 01:30:57.218 align:center
We're prisoners of war.
We haven't the right to refuse to work.
01:30:57.618 --> 01:31:00.788 align:center
I understand that, sir.
But must we work so well?
01:31:00.922 --> 01:31:04.592 align:center
Must we build them a better bridge
than they could have themselves?
01:31:05.059 --> 01:31:09.564 align:center
If you had to operate on Saito,
would you do your best or let him die?
01:31:10.565 --> 01:31:13.467 align:center
Would you prefer
we disintegrate in idleness?
01:31:13.601 --> 01:31:16.504 align:center
Would you have it said that
our chaps can't do a proper job?
01:31:16.637 --> 01:31:21.642 align:center
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 align:center
Take a good look, Clipton.
01:31:24.912 --> 01:31:26.981 align:center
One day the war will be over.
01:31:27.148 --> 01:31:30.651 align:center
I hope that the people who use
this bridge in years to come...
01:31:30.785 --> 01:31:33.921 align:center
...will remember how it was built,
and who built it.
01:31:34.121 --> 01:31:39.594 align:center
Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers.
British soldiers, even in captivity.
01:31:39.727 --> 01:31:42.029 align:center
- Yes, sir.
- You're a fine doctor...
01:31:42.230 --> 01:31:45.099 align:center
...but you've a lot to learn
about the army.
01:32:08.890 --> 01:32:10.558 align:center
Hold him! Hold him!
01:32:10.725 --> 01:32:14.795 align:center
Use your boot!
Get your boot in there, will you?
01:32:21.969 --> 01:32:23.604 align:center
Good morning.
01:32:37.218 --> 01:32:39.720 align:center
What on earth
are you people staring at?
01:32:39.854 --> 01:32:41.956 align:center
Get on with your jobs!
01:32:43.157 --> 01:32:45.026 align:center
Now get him with your boot!
01:32:57.705 --> 01:32:59.140 align:center
I'm awfully sorry I'm late, sir.
01:32:59.273 --> 01:33:03.177 align:center
Four minutes late, to be exact.
You were in need of medical attention?
01:33:03.311 --> 01:33:06.080 align:center
- Sir?
- I was referring to the nurse.
01:33:06.948 --> 01:33:09.817 align:center
Oh, yes, very ingenious.
Warden was right.
01:33:09.951 --> 01:33:11.252 align:center
Sit down.
01:33:12.053 --> 01:33:16.290 align:center
I asked you here to help us pick
the fourth member of your team.
01:33:16.691 --> 01:33:19.226 align:center
- Ask Mr. Joyce to come in.
- Yes, sir.
01:33:19.894 --> 01:33:22.763 align:center
Chapman here wants Joyce,
but I have my doubts about him.
01:33:22.964 --> 01:33:26.801 align:center
I think he has too much imagination
as distinct from cold calculation.
01:33:26.934 --> 01:33:28.135 align:center
As I've told you before...
01:33:28.269 --> 01:33:32.773 align:center
...in this job, even when it's finished
there's always one more thing to do.
01:33:32.974 --> 01:33:35.276 align:center
He's the best swimmer
in the school, sir.
01:33:35.676 --> 01:33:39.914 align:center
I'm well aware of your evaluation.
The opinion I want is Shears'.
01:33:43.317 --> 01:33:45.252 align:center
All right, at ease.
01:33:50.091 --> 01:33:53.794 align:center
These gentlemen are thinking of
taking you for a hike into the jungle.
01:33:53.995 --> 01:33:55.262 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:33:55.997 --> 01:33:58.199 align:center
You were an accountant in Montreal?
01:33:58.399 --> 01:34:00.735 align:center
Yes, sir.
Not really an accountant, sir.
01:34:00.935 --> 01:34:03.037 align:center
That is, I didn't have my charter.
01:34:03.204 --> 01:34:04.739 align:center
Exactly what did you do?
01:34:04.939 --> 01:34:08.909 align:center
Well, sir, I just checked columns
and columns of figures...
01:34:09.110 --> 01:34:11.712 align:center
...which people had checked
before me...
01:34:11.846 --> 01:34:15.216 align:center
...and then other people checked them
after I had checked them.
01:34:15.416 --> 01:34:18.819 align:center
- Sounds a frightful bore.
- Sir, it was a frightful bore.
01:34:18.953 --> 01:34:20.688 align:center
How did you happen
to wind up here?
01:34:20.821 --> 01:34:23.257 align:center
In '39 I came over to London
to enlist.
01:34:23.391 --> 01:34:26.027 align:center
About two years later
I volunteered for this work.
01:34:26.160 --> 01:34:29.930 align:center
- You volunteered!
- Yes, sir. See, the regular army--
01:34:30.131 --> 01:34:31.832 align:center
Go ahead, you can be frank.
01:34:32.166 --> 01:34:37.238 align:center
Well, the regular army reminded me
of my job in civilian life.
01:34:37.438 --> 01:34:39.807 align:center
They don't expect you to think.
01:34:42.043 --> 01:34:43.778 align:center
Think about this.
01:34:44.011 --> 01:34:46.981 align:center
Are you quite sure you'd be able
to use it in cold blood?
01:34:47.348 --> 01:34:48.783 align:center
I know how to use it, sir.
01:34:48.983 --> 01:34:52.987 align:center
That's not what I meant.
Could you use it in cold blood?
01:34:53.187 --> 01:34:55.689 align:center
Could you kill without hesitation?
01:34:56.757 --> 01:35:01.829 align:center
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 align:center
And what was the answer?
01:35:04.298 --> 01:35:06.367 align:center
I don't honestly know, sir.
01:35:07.168 --> 01:35:09.837 align:center
I've tried to imagine myself....
01:35:11.705 --> 01:35:15.709 align:center
I suppose I find it hard to kid myself
that killing isn't a crime.
01:35:16.277 --> 01:35:18.245 align:center
It's an old army problem.
01:35:18.946 --> 01:35:22.083 align:center
Well, I think that's all.
Thank you, Joyce.
01:35:24.785 --> 01:35:26.120 align:center
Am I to go with the team, sir?
01:35:27.721 --> 01:35:28.956 align:center
We'll let you know.
01:35:36.464 --> 01:35:37.798 align:center
You see what I mean.
01:35:37.965 --> 01:35:39.900 align:center
Well, at least he was honest.
01:35:40.101 --> 01:35:44.505 align:center
None of us ever know the answer to
that question until the moment arises.
01:35:44.939 --> 01:35:46.340 align:center
What's your opinion, Shears?
01:35:47.808 --> 01:35:49.276 align:center
Well, sir, he's Canadian.
01:35:49.443 --> 01:35:53.814 align:center
And that's in keeping with the
international composition of this outfit.
01:35:54.081 --> 01:35:56.350 align:center
If he wants to go,
he can even take my place.
01:35:57.218 --> 01:36:00.821 align:center
Well, if you're all agreed on Joyce,
he's yours.
01:36:01.355 --> 01:36:04.425 align:center
I had a report from air reconnaissance
on that village.
01:36:04.758 --> 01:36:07.761 align:center
There's sufficient clearing
to make your jump at last light.
01:36:07.962 --> 01:36:11.132 align:center
- You've had parachute training?
- No, sir.
01:36:11.298 --> 01:36:14.068 align:center
Blast. This is awkward.
01:36:14.268 --> 01:36:16.437 align:center
Silly, it never occurred to me.
01:36:17.071 --> 01:36:18.139 align:center
Well, maybe--
01:36:18.339 --> 01:36:21.275 align:center
He's right.
Arrange some practice jumps for him.
01:36:21.475 --> 01:36:23.377 align:center
I'll pop over
and check right away.
01:36:23.777 --> 01:36:26.847 align:center
- All right, Chapman, you can run along.
- Yes, sir.
01:36:29.083 --> 01:36:31.318 align:center
Well, feel like a sniff of air?
01:36:31.519 --> 01:36:33.020 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:36:33.254 --> 01:36:35.956 align:center
You don't realize what a plum
you are for us.
01:36:36.157 --> 01:36:39.560 align:center
Your knowledge of the area,
making friends in that village.
01:36:39.927 --> 01:36:44.064 align:center
It's almost as if your whole escape
had been planned with us in mind.
01:36:46.901 --> 01:36:51.305 align:center
By the way, here's something
that'll interest you. The new L pill.
01:36:52.339 --> 01:36:55.976 align:center
- L pill?
- L for lethal. Instantaneous, painless.
01:36:56.143 --> 01:36:59.413 align:center
Much better than the old ones.
For capture, of course.
01:36:59.580 --> 01:37:02.216 align:center
You're telling me
not to be taken alive.
01:37:02.416 --> 01:37:04.285 align:center
I wouldn't recommend it.
01:37:04.885 --> 01:37:09.023 align:center
If any of you get hurt or wounded the
others will have to leave him behind.
01:37:09.223 --> 01:37:11.492 align:center
The objective comes first
in our work.
01:37:12.226 --> 01:37:14.528 align:center
You want my honest evaluation
of this team?
01:37:14.895 --> 01:37:16.964 align:center
I didn't want to speak out
in front of them.
01:37:17.097 --> 01:37:18.933 align:center
I understand, go ahead.
01:37:20.301 --> 01:37:23.504 align:center
Well, Chapman will be fine.
Ice water in his veins.
01:37:23.904 --> 01:37:26.507 align:center
Joyce is.... He'll be okay.
01:37:26.907 --> 01:37:29.443 align:center
- It's Warden I don't get.
- Oh, why not?
01:37:29.610 --> 01:37:31.412 align:center
Cambridge don and all of that.
01:37:31.579 --> 01:37:35.249 align:center
It's one thing to play with explosives
like a kid with firecrackers--
01:37:35.449 --> 01:37:37.918 align:center
He's not without experience,
you know.
01:37:38.619 --> 01:37:42.590 align:center
When we lost Singapore, he stayed
behind to blow up a couple of bridges.
01:37:42.923 --> 01:37:45.559 align:center
And many other installations
before the Japs caught him.
01:37:45.926 --> 01:37:46.927 align:center
- Caught him?
- Yes.
01:37:47.061 --> 01:37:49.997 align:center
- Fascinating story. He--
- Sir, it's most annoying.
01:37:50.197 --> 01:37:54.635 align:center
In view of time, they don't think
practice jumps would be worthwhile.
01:37:54.969 --> 01:37:56.537 align:center
- No?
- If you make one jump...
01:37:56.870 --> 01:37:59.073 align:center
...you've only got 50 percent
chance of injury.
01:37:59.206 --> 01:38:02.876 align:center
Two jumps, 80 percent. Three jumps,
you're bound to get your packet.
01:38:03.077 --> 01:38:07.014 align:center
The consensus is, the most sensible
thing for Major Shears to do...
01:38:07.181 --> 01:38:10.184 align:center
...is to go ahead and jump
and hope for the best.
01:38:10.384 --> 01:38:12.419 align:center
With or without parachute?
01:38:17.491 --> 01:38:19.660 align:center
Oh, very good!
01:38:23.364 --> 01:38:25.032 align:center
With or without!
01:39:22.189 --> 01:39:23.223 align:center
He's in the trees!
01:40:02.229 --> 01:40:04.765 align:center
Yai says we can't reach
the Kwai by the route you took.
01:40:05.132 --> 01:40:07.167 align:center
There are too many
Japanese patrols.
01:40:07.301 --> 01:40:09.470 align:center
We'll swing north
through heavy jungle.
01:40:09.603 --> 01:40:11.772 align:center
- Who's gonna lead the way?
- Yai himself.
01:40:12.106 --> 01:40:14.541 align:center
He hates the Japanese.
They took all his men.
01:40:14.742 --> 01:40:17.544 align:center
Which means we shall have to
use women bearers.
01:40:17.678 --> 01:40:20.314 align:center
- Women bearers.
- They're very capable, I'm told.
01:40:31.725 --> 01:40:34.795 align:center
He says it's dangerous
to spend the night in the village.
01:40:35.195 --> 01:40:37.231 align:center
There's an enemy post
three miles away...
01:40:37.364 --> 01:40:39.400 align:center
...so we'll have to sleep
in the jungle.
01:40:39.533 --> 01:40:44.304 align:center
- What about Chapman?
- Yai will bury him and his chute.
01:40:44.505 --> 01:40:46.206 align:center
Is there something wrong?
01:40:47.307 --> 01:40:52.112 align:center
I was just thinking.
You speak Yai's language. I don't.
01:40:52.312 --> 01:40:56.316 align:center
He's gonna lead you back to the river
by a route I never took.
01:40:56.517 --> 01:41:00.220 align:center
Will someone tell me why
I'm so indispensable to this outfit?
01:41:00.421 --> 01:41:04.658 align:center
I know how you feel, but there's
always the unexpected, isn't there?
01:41:05.325 --> 01:41:07.127 align:center
Tell that to Chapman.
01:41:07.327 --> 01:41:08.796 align:center
Let's get cracking.
01:44:12.779 --> 01:44:14.514 align:center
You're lovely.
01:44:16.950 --> 01:44:18.352 align:center
Lovely.
01:44:18.552 --> 01:44:20.721 align:center
Be happy in your work.
01:44:20.954 --> 01:44:22.322 align:center
Yes, sir.
01:44:49.616 --> 01:44:50.917 align:center
Leeches.
01:44:51.585 --> 01:44:52.986 align:center
Leeches.
01:45:08.435 --> 01:45:12.506 align:center
She's telling you to hold still.
She'll take the leeches off your back.
01:45:12.639 --> 01:45:15.342 align:center
What's a nice girl like you
doing in a place like this?
01:45:15.475 --> 01:45:17.878 align:center
I'll teach you to say that in Siamese.
01:45:18.078 --> 01:45:21.682 align:center
No, that would spoil it.
Too much talk always spoils it.
01:45:21.848 --> 01:45:23.483 align:center
What's wrong with that thing?
01:45:23.617 --> 01:45:27.354 align:center
It's taken an awful beating.
I can't get a strong signal.
01:45:27.487 --> 01:45:28.755 align:center
I'll tell you what's wrong.
01:45:28.889 --> 01:45:32.859 align:center
It's wet, mildewed, corroded, rotten.
Like everything else in this jungle.
01:45:32.993 --> 01:45:34.795 align:center
You might as well dump it!
01:45:39.833 --> 01:45:42.002 align:center
This is Radio Tokyo signing off.
01:45:42.402 --> 01:45:46.807 align:center
This is your friendliest enemy
reminding you to take it easy...
01:45:46.973 --> 01:45:49.609 align:center
...and never volunteer for anything.
01:46:02.689 --> 01:46:04.758 align:center
If we stay, we'll be up to our necks.
01:46:04.891 --> 01:46:07.360 align:center
- I've got it all decoded, sir.
- Read it.
01:46:07.527 --> 01:46:11.398 align:center
Yes, sir. "One, original
bridge works reported abandoned.
01:46:11.565 --> 01:46:14.067 align:center
New construction downstream
from first site.
01:46:14.468 --> 01:46:18.538 align:center
Two, enemy intends to open railway
with passage of special train...
01:46:18.705 --> 01:46:21.675 align:center
...Bangkok for Rangoon
with troops and V.I.P.
01:46:21.875 --> 01:46:24.578 align:center
Estimated to arrive target, a.m. 13th.
01:46:24.778 --> 01:46:27.881 align:center
Three, synchronize demolition
with passage this train.
01:46:28.014 --> 01:46:31.384 align:center
Four, good hunting. Have fun."
That's all, sir.
01:46:31.585 --> 01:46:33.153 align:center
A train and a bridge!
01:46:33.487 --> 01:46:35.822 align:center
Yes, sir.
Can we get there in time, sir?
01:46:35.956 --> 01:46:38.625 align:center
Yai says we're two to three days'
march from the Kwai.
01:46:38.792 --> 01:46:42.796 align:center
If we set a faster pace, we could
make it before sundown on the 12th.
01:46:42.996 --> 01:46:44.931 align:center
It's worth it for the train.
01:46:45.165 --> 01:46:48.602 align:center
Oh, by all means. Good hunting.
Good show.
01:46:48.769 --> 01:46:50.771 align:center
Jolly good fun. Jolly, jolly good.
01:46:51.872 --> 01:46:55.442 align:center
If you hadn't fixed the radio,
we wouldn't know about the train.
01:46:55.642 --> 01:46:58.445 align:center
Well, there's always the unexpected,
isn't there?
01:47:01.715 --> 01:47:03.150 align:center
Heave!
01:47:03.483 --> 01:47:07.053 align:center
Heave! Heave!
01:47:23.570 --> 01:47:25.972 align:center
- Half a pint, sir.
- Quinine.
01:47:27.741 --> 01:47:30.477 align:center
Well, we'll complete this later.
01:47:31.178 --> 01:47:34.781 align:center
- Clipton, we're facing a crisis.
- Yes, sir?
01:47:35.782 --> 01:47:39.886 align:center
I spoke with Reeves and Hughes.
We won't finish the bridge on time.
01:47:40.020 --> 01:47:41.721 align:center
We just haven't the manpower.
01:47:41.888 --> 01:47:45.125 align:center
I've asked the officers to lend a hand,
but even that won't do it.
01:47:45.492 --> 01:47:46.993 align:center
The officers are going to work?
01:47:47.194 --> 01:47:50.997 align:center
I explained the situation and they
volunteered, but it's not enough.
01:47:51.131 --> 01:47:52.999 align:center
Why not ask Saito
for some of his men?
01:47:53.133 --> 01:47:56.469 align:center
This is our show. We must
make the most of our resources.
01:47:56.603 --> 01:47:59.506 align:center
That's what I came to talk
to you about. The sick list.
01:47:59.706 --> 01:48:03.476 align:center
There's not a man in this hospital
who doesn't belong there.
01:48:03.610 --> 01:48:05.979 align:center
Don't jump to conclusions.
No reflection on you...
01:48:06.112 --> 01:48:08.515 align:center
...but there are always
a few malingerers.
01:48:08.682 --> 01:48:11.017 align:center
Be honest. Keep an open mind
is all I ask.
01:48:11.218 --> 01:48:13.086 align:center
Come along, let's see.
01:48:14.654 --> 01:48:16.556 align:center
Don't move, don't move.
01:48:20.193 --> 01:48:21.928 align:center
What's the matter with Haskins?
01:48:22.062 --> 01:48:25.832 align:center
He's got amoebic dysentery and
blackwater fever. Temperature of 104.
01:48:25.966 --> 01:48:27.601 align:center
Right. I see.
01:48:30.670 --> 01:48:31.838 align:center
And this man?
01:48:32.038 --> 01:48:36.009 align:center
Leg ulcers. I may be able to save
the leg if I do more cutting tonight.
01:48:36.142 --> 01:48:38.178 align:center
Really want to send him
out to work, sir?
01:48:38.545 --> 01:48:40.180 align:center
Don't talk rot, Clipton.
01:48:44.684 --> 01:48:47.187 align:center
- And that man there?
- His arm's infected.
01:48:47.554 --> 01:48:49.789 align:center
Most of their wounds
won't heal properly.
01:48:49.956 --> 01:48:52.726 align:center
I wonder, in his case,
if fresh air and light duties...
01:48:52.859 --> 01:48:54.961 align:center
...might do more good
than being cooped up.
01:48:55.095 --> 01:48:58.098 align:center
- Light duties?
- It's not our policy to keep a man...
01:48:58.231 --> 01:49:00.934 align:center
- ...just because he scratched his arm.
- Not our policy?
01:49:01.067 --> 01:49:02.269 align:center
Well, is it?
01:49:02.602 --> 01:49:06.640 align:center
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 align:center
Trimmings and finishing jobs.
Stand easy, Baker.
01:49:10.710 --> 01:49:14.180 align:center
Tell me, you feel up to doing
a little light work on the bridge?
01:49:15.882 --> 01:49:18.318 align:center
- Anything you say, sir.
- Good show.
01:49:19.586 --> 01:49:21.154 align:center
What about you? Nothing difficult.
01:49:21.288 --> 01:49:23.857 align:center
- I'll try, sir.
- Good man.
01:49:25.659 --> 01:49:30.297 align:center
Now, look here, men. It goes
without saying I'm proud of all of you.
01:49:30.630 --> 01:49:35.101 align:center
But we're facing a crisis.
For those of you who feel up to it...
01:49:35.302 --> 01:49:39.606 align:center
...how about lending us a hand?
Fetch and carry, paint here and there?
01:49:39.773 --> 01:49:41.107 align:center
What do you say?
01:49:41.274 --> 01:49:45.011 align:center
- Yes, sir.
- Good show. Come on, follow me.
01:51:27.447 --> 01:51:28.715 align:center
Ten minutes.
01:53:26.533 --> 01:53:28.434 align:center
Make sure they're all dead.
01:53:32.005 --> 01:53:33.306 align:center
Come on, Joyce.
01:53:35.475 --> 01:53:38.178 align:center
Use your knife, man,
or we'll be shooting each other.
01:53:50.423 --> 01:53:52.158 align:center
Go that way, Joyce.
01:56:00.520 --> 01:56:03.389 align:center
I could have done it. I was ready.
01:56:07.994 --> 01:56:09.295 align:center
Are you hit, sir?
01:56:09.595 --> 01:56:11.030 align:center
Let's go.
01:56:32.318 --> 01:56:36.122 align:center
It's superficial. Maybe a chipped bone,
but there's nothing broken.
01:56:36.255 --> 01:56:38.391 align:center
- It's my fault, sir.
- Oh, shut up, Joyce.
01:56:38.524 --> 01:56:41.060 align:center
I can walk on it.
That's all that counts.
01:56:41.194 --> 01:56:43.162 align:center
Yeah, but how far and how fast?
01:56:43.329 --> 01:56:46.065 align:center
We won't know that
till I've tried it, will we?
01:59:58.491 --> 02:00:00.226 align:center
What are you doing?
02:00:00.626 --> 02:00:02.662 align:center
I didn't give orders for a halt.
02:00:02.828 --> 02:00:04.397 align:center
We all need it.
02:00:08.467 --> 02:00:11.904 align:center
We're still five hours' fast march
from the objective.
02:00:12.271 --> 02:00:13.539 align:center
Maybe six.
02:00:14.574 --> 02:00:15.708 align:center
Come on.
02:00:15.841 --> 02:00:18.511 align:center
You keep walking on that foot,
you'll bleed to death.
02:00:19.812 --> 02:00:21.447 align:center
Yeah.
02:00:25.985 --> 02:00:29.255 align:center
- You're gonna leave me here.
- If you stop, we stop.
02:00:29.956 --> 02:00:32.658 align:center
You can't study the layout
of the bridge after dark.
02:00:32.825 --> 02:00:34.927 align:center
You've got to get there
before sundown.
02:00:35.294 --> 02:00:39.832 align:center
But, sir, when the job's done, who
knows if we can return by this route...
02:00:40.266 --> 02:00:42.335 align:center
...or whether we could find you
if we did?
02:00:42.535 --> 02:00:45.972 align:center
If you were me, I wouldn't hesitate
to leave you and you know that.
02:00:46.372 --> 02:00:47.773 align:center
He doesn't know it, but I do.
02:00:47.907 --> 02:00:51.477 align:center
You'd leave your own mother here
if the rules called for it.
02:00:52.278 --> 02:00:55.615 align:center
You'll go on without me.
That's an order.
02:00:55.781 --> 02:00:58.017 align:center
You're in command now, Shears.
02:01:00.820 --> 02:01:02.688 align:center
I won't obey that order.
02:01:02.989 --> 02:01:04.790 align:center
You make me sick with your heroics.
02:01:04.957 --> 02:01:07.793 align:center
You carry the stench of death
like the plague.
02:01:07.994 --> 02:01:10.363 align:center
Explosives and L pills
go well together.
02:01:10.563 --> 02:01:14.300 align:center
It's one thing or the other.
Destroy a bridge or destroy yourself.
02:01:14.500 --> 02:01:16.302 align:center
This is just a game, this war.
02:01:16.469 --> 02:01:20.406 align:center
You and that Colonel Nicholson,
you're crazy with courage. For what?
02:01:20.606 --> 02:01:23.576 align:center
How to die like a gentleman,
how to die by the rules...
02:01:23.743 --> 02:01:27.546 align:center
...when the only important thing
is how to live like a human being!
02:01:31.550 --> 02:01:34.453 align:center
I'm not gonna leave you
here to die, Warden...
02:01:35.721 --> 02:01:39.625 align:center
...because I don't care about
your bridge or about your rules.
02:01:39.992 --> 02:01:42.728 align:center
If we go on, we go on together.
02:01:45.665 --> 02:01:47.400 align:center
Good old Yai.
02:01:59.378 --> 02:02:00.513 align:center
I'm all right.
02:02:11.057 --> 02:02:12.491 align:center
Come on.
02:03:01.907 --> 02:03:03.476 align:center
Let's get closer.
02:03:22.895 --> 02:03:25.064 align:center
Still sorry we brought you along?
02:03:26.832 --> 02:03:28.734 align:center
- Feeling better?
- Yeah.
02:03:28.901 --> 02:03:31.103 align:center
You're in command again now,
you know.
02:03:31.470 --> 02:03:33.005 align:center
Thank you, major.
02:03:33.906 --> 02:03:38.911 align:center
I can't understand it.
It's such a solid, well-designed job.
02:03:41.580 --> 02:03:44.583 align:center
Not like the bridges
the enemy usually throws together.
02:03:44.850 --> 02:03:46.051 align:center
Look.
02:03:47.920 --> 02:03:49.955 align:center
Those poor devils down there.
02:03:50.156 --> 02:03:54.026 align:center
Imagine being forced to build that
in the condition they must be in.
02:03:55.127 --> 02:03:58.130 align:center
They've got a British officer
working on his knees.
02:03:58.531 --> 02:04:00.599 align:center
The Japanese seem
to be enjoying it too.
02:04:01.734 --> 02:04:04.870 align:center
If he knew we were here,
it might boost his morale a little.
02:04:23.989 --> 02:04:27.493 align:center
If not for the train, we could
set a time fuse and be miles away.
02:04:27.660 --> 02:04:30.529 align:center
Since we don't know
what time it'll cross tomorrow...
02:04:30.729 --> 02:04:32.932 align:center
...we'll have to do the job manually.
02:04:33.632 --> 02:04:36.235 align:center
We'll set the charges
against the piles...
02:04:36.635 --> 02:04:40.039 align:center
...about three feet under the water,
I should think...
02:04:40.239 --> 02:04:43.709 align:center
...and run the main wire
downstream to the plunger.
02:04:44.910 --> 02:04:47.780 align:center
The problem is where to hide it.
02:04:52.852 --> 02:04:55.955 align:center
Our side of the river is quite
obviously used by the Japanese.
02:04:56.222 --> 02:04:58.123 align:center
They'd spot it at once.
02:05:01.994 --> 02:05:05.130 align:center
Look. Do you see
those fallen tree trunks?
02:05:05.264 --> 02:05:08.767 align:center
And the gray rock just below them
on that little beach?
02:05:09.235 --> 02:05:12.838 align:center
- Yes, sir, I see them.
- That's our key position.
02:05:13.706 --> 02:05:15.608 align:center
It's on the wrong side of the river...
02:05:15.741 --> 02:05:19.211 align:center
...but it's the only hiding place
within feasible distance.
02:05:20.779 --> 02:05:22.848 align:center
As soon as the bridge goes up...
02:05:23.215 --> 02:05:26.118 align:center
...whoever's there
will have to swim back.
02:05:26.285 --> 02:05:28.521 align:center
It's not likely to be a pleasant swim.
02:05:28.654 --> 02:05:31.123 align:center
Sir, I was the best swimmer
in my course.
02:05:31.257 --> 02:05:32.892 align:center
Yeah.
02:05:34.026 --> 02:05:36.228 align:center
It looks like
your line of country, then.
02:05:36.562 --> 02:05:37.596 align:center
Thank you, sir.
02:05:37.730 --> 02:05:41.600 align:center
Shears, pick a spot on our side of
the bank where you can cover Joyce.
02:05:41.800 --> 02:05:44.737 align:center
Yai will be with you
so you can occupy the Nips...
02:05:44.904 --> 02:05:47.106 align:center
- ...if they make any trouble for Joyce.
- Right.
02:05:47.239 --> 02:05:49.875 align:center
On the theory that
there's always one more thing...
02:05:50.009 --> 02:05:54.580 align:center
...I'll set up the mortar here
to create an additional diversion.
02:05:54.747 --> 02:05:58.050 align:center
Perhaps I might even take
a few potshots at the train.
02:05:58.250 --> 02:05:59.652 align:center
All clear?
02:05:59.852 --> 02:06:03.088 align:center
Any questions?
Right, we'll start as soon as it's dark.
02:06:03.255 --> 02:06:06.125 align:center
They're sure to have
sentries on the bridge...
02:06:06.292 --> 02:06:10.162 align:center
...so you'll have to float
the stuff down from upriver...
02:06:10.596 --> 02:06:12.164 align:center
...which means building a raft.
02:06:12.298 --> 02:06:13.632 align:center
Yai.
02:06:18.304 --> 02:06:20.940 align:center
Yai will take three women
to help you build the raft.
02:06:21.073 --> 02:06:24.276 align:center
One will stay here with me.
All right, now get cracking.
02:06:27.079 --> 02:06:28.747 align:center
Shears.
02:06:29.315 --> 02:06:32.885 align:center
You know, if it wasn't for my ankle,
I'd take Joyce's assignment.
02:06:33.018 --> 02:06:34.286 align:center
I know.
02:06:34.620 --> 02:06:36.355 align:center
You think he'll be all right?
02:06:36.789 --> 02:06:39.124 align:center
I think so. Want me to handle it?
02:06:39.792 --> 02:06:42.761 align:center
I'd let you stay up here
with the mortar if I could.
02:06:43.095 --> 02:06:44.663 align:center
I'm sorry.
02:06:45.230 --> 02:06:47.967 align:center
When it's over, I hope you get
that medical discharge...
02:06:48.100 --> 02:06:49.935 align:center
...and not the hard way.
02:06:50.069 --> 02:06:51.370 align:center
Thanks.
02:07:29.375 --> 02:07:30.743 align:center
Load.
02:08:36.408 --> 02:08:37.843 align:center
Beautiful.
02:08:38.444 --> 02:08:40.179 align:center
Yes, beautiful.
02:08:40.412 --> 02:08:42.247 align:center
A first-rate job.
02:08:42.815 --> 02:08:45.184 align:center
I had no idea it would
turn out so well.
02:08:48.754 --> 02:08:50.289 align:center
Yes.
02:08:50.489 --> 02:08:52.958 align:center
A beautiful creation.
02:08:54.159 --> 02:08:55.761 align:center
I've been thinking.
02:08:56.762 --> 02:09:01.233 align:center
Tomorrow it will be 28 years to
the day that I've been in the service.
02:09:01.467 --> 02:09:04.169 align:center
Twenty-eight years in peace and war.
02:09:05.404 --> 02:09:09.174 align:center
I haven't been at home more
than 10 months in all that time.
02:09:09.842 --> 02:09:12.111 align:center
Still, it's been a good life.
02:09:13.378 --> 02:09:15.481 align:center
I love India.
02:09:17.182 --> 02:09:19.351 align:center
I wouldn't have had it any other way.
02:09:21.086 --> 02:09:22.855 align:center
But there are times...
02:09:24.389 --> 02:09:28.861 align:center
...when suddenly you realize you are
nearer the end than the beginning.
02:09:29.862 --> 02:09:31.296 align:center
And you wonder....
02:09:33.031 --> 02:09:35.067 align:center
You ask yourself...
02:09:36.335 --> 02:09:39.538 align:center
...what the sum total
of your life represents...
02:09:40.372 --> 02:09:44.042 align:center
...what difference your being there
at any time made to anything...
02:09:44.443 --> 02:09:47.146 align:center
...or if it made any difference
at all, really.
02:09:48.847 --> 02:09:52.151 align:center
Particularly in comparison
with other men's careers.
02:09:52.818 --> 02:09:55.287 align:center
I don't know whether that
kind of thinking's healthy...
02:09:55.954 --> 02:09:59.424 align:center
...but I must admit I've had
some thoughts on those lines...
02:09:59.558 --> 02:10:01.994 align:center
...from time to time.
02:10:05.063 --> 02:10:06.832 align:center
But tonight....
02:10:08.233 --> 02:10:09.234 align:center
Tonight....
02:10:13.038 --> 02:10:14.406 align:center
Blast.
02:10:21.346 --> 02:10:22.915 align:center
I must be off.
02:10:25.584 --> 02:10:29.087 align:center
The men are preparing
some sort of entertainment.
02:11:16.001 --> 02:11:17.236 align:center
Lovely.
02:18:29.467 --> 02:18:31.336 align:center
I'm sure I speak for all of us...
02:18:31.503 --> 02:18:34.572 align:center
...when I say this has been
a most enjoyable evening.
02:18:36.374 --> 02:18:38.576 align:center
As you know,
most of you move on tomorrow...
02:18:38.743 --> 02:18:41.479 align:center
...to a new camp
and new construction.
02:18:41.846 --> 02:18:46.318 align:center
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 align:center
However, you'll be glad to know
that the completion...
02:18:49.454 --> 02:18:51.623 align:center
...of this link in the railway...
02:18:51.790 --> 02:18:55.093 align:center
...will enable us to transport
the sick and disabled...
02:18:55.493 --> 02:18:58.563 align:center
...to the new camp by train.
02:19:00.065 --> 02:19:03.034 align:center
Colonel Saito has kindly
permitted me to stay behind...
02:19:03.401 --> 02:19:05.670 align:center
...with Major Clipton
and the sick men...
02:19:05.870 --> 02:19:09.474 align:center
...and we'll rejoin you
in a few days' time.
02:19:11.509 --> 02:19:14.646 align:center
Now that your work here
is finished...
02:19:14.813 --> 02:19:18.850 align:center
...I suppose many of you
feel somewhat let down.
02:19:19.684 --> 02:19:21.686 align:center
That's quite understandable.
02:19:21.920 --> 02:19:24.622 align:center
It's a very natural reaction.
02:19:26.925 --> 02:19:30.128 align:center
But one day, in a week,
a month, a year...
02:19:30.495 --> 02:19:34.399 align:center
...on that day when, God willing,
we all return to our homes again...
02:19:34.933 --> 02:19:40.105 align:center
...you're going to feel very proud
of what you have achieved here...
02:19:40.438 --> 02:19:43.074 align:center
...in the face of great adversity.
02:19:44.442 --> 02:19:46.544 align:center
What you have done should be...
02:19:47.445 --> 02:19:49.114 align:center
...and I think will be...
02:19:49.614 --> 02:19:54.119 align:center
...an example to all our countrymen,
soldier and civilian alike.
02:19:55.487 --> 02:19:57.922 align:center
You have survived with honor.
02:19:58.857 --> 02:20:00.692 align:center
That, and more.
02:20:02.427 --> 02:20:04.496 align:center
Here in the wilderness...
02:20:04.729 --> 02:20:08.099 align:center
...you have turned defeat
into victory.
02:20:10.902 --> 02:20:12.937 align:center
I congratulate you.
02:20:13.571 --> 02:20:14.606 align:center
Well done.
02:20:19.911 --> 02:20:21.146 align:center
To the king.
02:23:03.675 --> 02:23:05.043 align:center
And you're in business.
02:23:05.209 --> 02:23:09.080 align:center
Now, you got everything? Sten,
ammunition, pack, canteen, knife.
02:23:09.213 --> 02:23:10.815 align:center
Yes.
02:23:11.049 --> 02:23:13.284 align:center
I'll be directly across the river.
02:23:14.852 --> 02:23:17.789 align:center
The professor says there's
always one more thing to do.
02:23:18.356 --> 02:23:20.725 align:center
I can't think of what it could be.
02:23:22.060 --> 02:23:24.696 align:center
Except to wish you
a long and happy life.
02:23:25.029 --> 02:23:26.664 align:center
Thank you.
02:25:41.899 --> 02:25:43.267 align:center
What's happened?
02:25:48.406 --> 02:25:50.208 align:center
The river's gone down.
02:26:12.396 --> 02:26:14.332 align:center
You can see the wire.
02:26:15.199 --> 02:26:16.434 align:center
The charges!
02:28:24.929 --> 02:28:27.231 align:center
Don't wait for the train.
02:28:27.465 --> 02:28:28.532 align:center
Do it now!
02:28:56.193 --> 02:29:00.064 align:center
If Saito is correct, the train
should be along in five or 10 minutes.
02:29:00.264 --> 02:29:03.067 align:center
If you don't mind,
I'll watch from up on the hill.
02:29:03.200 --> 02:29:05.336 align:center
Why? You'll get a better view
from the bridge.
02:29:05.469 --> 02:29:09.006 align:center
It's hard to explain, sir.
I'd rather not be a part of it.
02:29:09.206 --> 02:29:13.544 align:center
As you please. Honestly, sometimes
I don't understand you at all.
02:29:13.678 --> 02:29:18.149 align:center
Well, as you once said, sir,
I've got a lot to learn about the army.
02:29:25.122 --> 02:29:26.424 align:center
Good morning.
02:29:26.624 --> 02:29:29.026 align:center
River's gone down in the night.
02:31:13.631 --> 02:31:14.765 align:center
What's he doing?
02:32:01.612 --> 02:32:04.715 align:center
Colonel, there's something
rather odd going on.
02:32:05.149 --> 02:32:08.652 align:center
I think we better have a look around
before that train comes across.
02:33:07.545 --> 02:33:08.879 align:center
He's gone mad.
02:33:09.246 --> 02:33:11.315 align:center
He's leading him right to it.
02:33:11.515 --> 02:33:12.850 align:center
Our own man!
02:33:57.261 --> 02:33:59.964 align:center
I was right.
There is something going on.
02:34:55.319 --> 02:34:58.555 align:center
You've got to do it, boy.
You've got to do it now.
02:35:01.425 --> 02:35:05.429 align:center
Colonel, have you a knife? I've just
realized the bridge has been mined.
02:35:05.562 --> 02:35:06.930 align:center
Mined?
02:35:13.837 --> 02:35:14.905 align:center
Good boy!
02:35:19.877 --> 02:35:22.813 align:center
Officer, sir. British officer.
Here to blow up the bridge.
02:35:22.946 --> 02:35:26.984 align:center
- Blow up the bridge?
- Yes, sir. British commando orders.
02:35:27.351 --> 02:35:29.920 align:center
- Blow up the bridge?
- Yes, sir. There's no time!
02:35:30.054 --> 02:35:32.623 align:center
No, no! Help!
02:35:37.394 --> 02:35:39.096 align:center
Help!
02:35:39.863 --> 02:35:42.099 align:center
Kill him! Kill him!
02:35:42.599 --> 02:35:44.968 align:center
Let me go, sir!
You don't understand, sir!
02:35:46.003 --> 02:35:48.906 align:center
Kill him! Kill him!
02:35:53.844 --> 02:35:55.646 align:center
Help!
02:35:59.350 --> 02:36:01.452 align:center
Kill him, Joyce! Kill him!
02:36:54.571 --> 02:36:55.606 align:center
You!
02:36:56.607 --> 02:36:58.142 align:center
You!
02:37:12.055 --> 02:37:13.891 align:center
What have I done?
02:38:22.626 --> 02:38:24.061 align:center
Madness.
02:38:36.707 --> 02:38:38.575 align:center
I had to do it.
02:38:39.510 --> 02:38:42.713 align:center
I had to do it.
They might have been captured alive.
02:38:43.113 --> 02:38:45.115 align:center
It was the only thing to do!
02:39:21.552 --> 02:39:22.920 align:center
Madness.
02:39:25.756 --> 02:39:26.924 align:center
Madness.