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You see, Jennings, there are certain advantages to being on the sick list.
...l have given your troops a day of rest.
You've seen the graveyard. They're your real odds.
I want everything to go off without a hitch starting tomorrow morning.
...l want you to keep this lighter.
Valiant member of the King's Own or the Queen's Own or something...
Heave!
You may have overlooked the fact that the use of officers for labour...
-You don't know? -Sir, 1 2, usually.
If we go on, we go on together.
I must call your attention, Colonel Saito...
-Right, gentlemen? -Yes, sir.
Mined?
Is there anything else?
Unfortunately, yes.
Our men must always feel they are still commanded by us...
Throughout East Asia we are celebrating this date.
Are you quite sure you'd be able to use it in cold blood?
I haven't the foggiest.
Eyes front.
I'm sorry, sir, I didn't quite follow you.
...but there are always a few malingerers.
Now....
...what difference your being there at any time made to anything...
It's a pity you won't be here to see the first practical use of this bridge.
We're prisoners of war. We haven't the right to refuse to work.
Your Navy's in an awkward position.
Do you know what will happen to me if the bridge is not ready in time?
Sure you won't have tea?
Finish work!
I'll try to make myself clear, sir.
Well, tomorrow morning then? About 1 0?
But we're facing a crisis. For those of you who feel up to it...
Let's not get excited.
Well, l....
...to build a bridge across the River Kwai.
...so when l arrived here at the hospital...
-Protecting rare plants from the enemy? -Not quite.
If Saito is correct, the train should be along in five or 1 0 minutes.
To ask me this?
None of us ever know the answer to that question until the moment arises.
I know, you're terribly sorry, but you're going to stand me up tonight.
-Half a pint, sir. -Quinine.
He's in the trees!
Go ahead.
What's wrong with that thing?
Colonel Saito says all officers to punishment hut.
I hope that the people who use this bridge in years to come...
-Here is where we must win through. -Time, time!
Yes. How's he behaving?
Yes. l see your point, sir.
My orders are to complete the bridge by the 1 2th day of May.
"Ship him home in irons for impersonating an officer."
He felt l belonged in the army.
I am declaring a general amnesty.
I was sure it would meet with your approval.
Principle!
That's a question l've often asked myself, sir. It's worried me quite a bit.
We must fix the daily work quota for your men.
...with Major Clipton and the sick men...
I don't know whether that kind of thinking's healthy...
There are too many witnesses.
I spoke with Reeves and Hughes. We won't finish the bridge on time.
...whoever's there will have to swim back.
Lovely.
...l suppose many of you feel somewhat let down.
If he knew we were here, it might boost his morale a little.
There's not a man in this hospital who doesn't belong there.
Good! On your feet, chaps. Away to the debriefing room quickly.
Well....
Don't jump to conclusions. No reflection on you...
If you had to operate on Saito, would you do your best or let him die?
Always use your knife immediately, Joyce.
Has Clipton seen you?
I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands.
Battalion, stand at ease.
That's why...
It's one thing or the other. Destroy a bridge or destroy yourself.
The railway starts down here in Singapore. Malaya...
No time for jokes. Finish work!
That bridge would collapse under the first train.
Like a martini?
He's got amoebic dysentery and blackwater fever. Temperature of 1 04.
...if I am to die, others will die before me.
I'm sure a man of Commander Shears' experience will back me up on that.
I'll say this for the old man. He's got guts.
No, that would spoil it. Too much talk always spoils it.
That will not be necessary.
All enlisted prisoners to work.
-Mind if l have one? -No.
What do you say?
We'll set the charges against the piles...
Cut off from his unit. It should be a lesson to all of us.
That pop was made with a lump half this size.
I refer to Lieutenant Miura.
You wish to see me?
Why not ask Saito for some of his men?