1
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Finish work!

2
00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:18,558
Go to hut.

3
00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:20,293
Yeahi that figures.

4
00:04:20,593 --> 00:04:24,297
If the new prisoners see us
digging graves, they may run.

5
00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:27,600
No time for jokes. Finish work!

6
00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:29,803
Dig, dig.

7
00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:32,605
How about putting us
on sick list?

8
00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:35,942
Have a heart, captain.
Put us in hospital.

9
00:04:36,176 --> 00:04:39,479
You no sick. You never sick.

10
00:04:39,679 --> 00:04:42,182
Why you always play sick
to me, Shears?

11
00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:45,318
Don't want one of these
over my head, I guess.

12
00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,854
Captain Kanematsu...

13
00:04:49,522 --> 00:04:50,790
...how about a butt?

14
00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,693
I give you butt this morning.
Both of you.

15
00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,197
That's what l mean.
I want to return the favour.

16
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When a man gives a gift
from the goodness of his heart...

17
00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:04,304
...like you gave me that butt,
I remember it from the heart.

18
00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,440
That's why...

19
00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,543
...l want you to keep this lighter.

20
00:05:14,714 --> 00:05:16,383
Think l stole it?

21
00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:19,319
It belonged to that English kid
we just buried.

22
00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:22,288
He willed it to me
for a favour I'd done him.

23
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Before I pass on,
I want to do the same for you.

24
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You funny man, Shears.

25
00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:34,134
Okayi you go on sick list. Him too.

26
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One of these days Colonel Saito
will catch you bribing him...

27
00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,700
...then where'll we be?

28
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Before that happens
we'll be far away from herei chum.

29
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Far away.

30
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Okayi let's knock off.

31
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Here lies....

32
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Weaveri l forgot who we just buried.

33
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Thomson.

34
00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:01,428
Yes.

35
00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:03,730
Here lies
Corporal Herbert Thomson...

36
00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:07,701
...serial number 01234567.

37
00:06:07,901 --> 00:06:12,906
Valiant member of the King's Own
or the Queen's Own or something...

38
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...who died of beriberi
in the year of our Lord, 1 943...

39
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...for the greater glory of....

40
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-What did he die for?
-Come off it.

41
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No need to mock the grave.

42
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I don!t mock the grave or the man.

43
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May he rest in peace.

44
00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:38,298
He found little enough of it
while he was alive.

45
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"A'! Company, mark time!

46
00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:38,985
Mark time!

47
00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:54,394
Halt.

48
00:09:56,396 --> 00:10:00,633
Into line, left turn.

49
00:10:03,690 --> 00:10:04,871
Stand easy.

50
00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:15,810
We're gonna be a busy pair
of gravediggersi Weaver.

51
00:10:16,149 --> 00:10:17,584
Well done, well done.

52
00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:29,729
That colonel doesn't know
what he's in for.

53
00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:33,233
-You gonna tell him the truth?
-Of course not.

54
00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,502
You're neither an officer
nor a gentleman.

55
00:11:08,968 --> 00:11:10,704
My name is Nicholson.

56
00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:13,873
I am Colonel Saito.

57
00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:30,557
In the name of
His Imperial Majesty...

58
00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:32,659
...l welcome you.

59
00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:36,830
I am the commanding officer
of this camp...

60
00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:40,660
...which is Camp 1 6...

61
00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,635
...along the great railroad...

62
00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:48,241
...which will soon connect
Bangkok with Rangoon.

63
00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:53,546
You British prisoners
have been chosen...

64
00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:56,983
...to build a bridge
across the River Kwai.

65
00:11:57,984 --> 00:12:02,188
It will be pleasant work,
requiring skill.

66
00:12:02,422 --> 00:12:07,394
And officers will work
as well as men.

67
00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:12,866
The Japanese army cannot
have idle mouths to feed.

68
00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:18,710
If you work hard,
you will be treated well.

69
00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:21,875
But if you do not work hard...

70
00:12:22,750 --> 00:12:24,678
...you will be punished.

71
00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:29,582
A word to you about escape.

72
00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:32,919
There is no barbed wire.

73
00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,221
No stockade.

74
00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:37,223
No watchtower.

75
00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:40,894
They are not necessary.

76
00:12:41,940 --> 00:12:43,797
We are an island in the jungle.

77
00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:46,966
Escape is impossible.

78
00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,360
You would die.

79
00:12:51,905 --> 00:12:55,642
Today you rest.
Tomorrow you'll begin.

80
00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:01,915
Let me remind you of
General Yamashita's motto:

81
00:13:02,449 --> 00:13:04,500
"Be happy in your work."

82
00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:06,720
Be happy in your work.

83
00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:10,724
Dismissed.

84
00:13:15,428 --> 00:13:18,932
Battalion, stand at ease.

85
00:13:19,165 --> 00:13:20,600
Fall out, Major Hughes.

86
00:13:20,834 --> 00:13:22,969
Battalion, stand easy.

87
00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,272
Get the men to their quarters.
See who's sick.

88
00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:28,908
I'm gonna have a word
with this fellow. Colonel!

89
00:13:34,748 --> 00:13:37,150
I heard your remarks just now, sir.

90
00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:41,121
My men will carry on in the way
one expects of a British soldier.

91
00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:44,691
My officers and I
will be responsible for their conduct.

92
00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:49,290
You may have overlooked the fact
that the use of officers for labour...

93
00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:51,631
...is expressly forbidden
by the Geneva Convention.

94
00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:53,166
Is that so?

95
00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:55,101
I have a copy of the Convention...

96
00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:58,304
...and would be glad to
let you glance through it.

97
00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:00,940
That will not be necessary.

98
00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:47,220
Sit down, please.

99
00:14:56,290 --> 00:14:57,263
Yesi sir.

100
00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:42,976
-l'm gonna have a word with Clipton.
-Very good, sir.

101
00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:46,279
Clipton, don't let me interrupt.

102
00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:48,314
-How's the arm?
-Nearly healed.

103
00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:51,484
Siri this is Commander Shears
of the United States Navy.

104
00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:53,453
-Good.
-How do you do, sir?

105
00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:55,121
We found him and an Australian.

106
00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:57,791
All that's left of the prisoners
who built the camp.

107
00:15:57,991 --> 00:15:59,626
U.S. Navy? Out here?

108
00:15:59,893 --> 00:16:01,895
For a sailor, I am sort of landlocked.

109
00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:04,297
-You lost your ship?
-The Houston.

110
00:16:04,564 --> 00:16:08,100
I made it ashore, but l got separated
from the other survivors.

111
00:16:08,234 --> 00:16:09,636
And your group here?

112
00:16:09,903 --> 00:16:12,105
Mostly Aussies. Some lime--

113
00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:14,607
Some British.
Indiansi Burmese, Siamese.

114
00:16:14,808 --> 00:16:16,509
And what happened to them?

115
00:16:16,676 --> 00:16:18,144
They died...

116
00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:23,583
...of malaria, dysentery,
beriberi, gangrene.

117
00:16:23,750 --> 00:16:25,151
Other causes of death:

118
00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:29,422
Famine, overwork, bullet wounds,
snakebites...

119
00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,358
...Saito.

120
00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,928
Then there were some
who just got tired of living.

121
00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:36,429
Has Clipton seen you?

122
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:40,600
Just about to, sir. Come over here,
commander, you can shave later.

123
00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:42,202
All right.

124
00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:46,673
You'll stay with the officers.

125
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,641
We'll scrape up
some decent clothing.

126
00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:50,310
Don't bother about me.

127
00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:52,779
I'm not anxious to
get off the sick list.

128
00:16:53,460 --> 00:16:55,849
Besidesi this is working kit.
It's the fashion out here.

129
00:16:56,490 --> 00:16:58,218
The officers in your party
did manual labour?

130
00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:00,153
I think you could call it that.

131
00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,623
I raised that very point
with Colonel what's-his-name.

132
00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:05,580
Saito.

133
00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:08,461
-l think he understands now.
-ls that so?

134
00:17:08,628 --> 00:17:11,731
Yes. l must say he seems
quite a reasonable type.

135
00:17:11,998 --> 00:17:13,867
Well, l must be pushing on.

136
00:17:14,134 --> 00:17:15,902
There's an officer's meeting at 7.

137
00:17:16,169 --> 00:17:19,720
-Give me a list of your requirements.
-Yes, sir.

138
00:17:19,806 --> 00:17:21,740
Anything we can do.

139
00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:22,976
Oh, thank you, sir.

140
00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:27,647
-What is it?
-Never mind.

141
00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:29,683
Go on, say it.

142
00:17:29,883 --> 00:17:32,652
I can think of a lot of things
to call Saito...

143
00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:36,356
...but reasonable, that!s a new one.

144
00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:39,693
Perhaps Colonel Nicholson
defines the word differently.

145
00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:49,869
Any other points?

146
00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:51,705
-By your leave, sir?
-Yes, Jennings?

147
00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:55,800
About the escape committee.
I've spoken with Commander Shears--

148
00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:57,770
There won!t be any
escape committee.

149
00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:59,913
I don!t understand, sir.
Lieutenant Jennings has a plan.

150
00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:02,916
Yesi yes, l!m sure Jennings
has a plan, but escape?

151
00:18:03,116 --> 00:18:07,554
Where? lnto this jungle?
That fellow, Saito, is right.

152
00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:11,791
No need for barbed wire here.
One chance in 1 00 of survival.

153
00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:16,196
I'm sure a man of Commander Shears'
experience will back me up on that.

154
00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:20,660
I'd say the odds against a
successful escape are 1 00 to one.

155
00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:22,302
-Right.
-But may l add another word?

156
00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:23,737
Please.

157
00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:27,140
The odds against survival in this camp
are even worse.

158
00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:30,276
You've seen the graveyard.
They're your real odds.

159
00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:31,911
To give up hope of escape...

160
00:18:32,780 --> 00:18:35,482
...to stop thinking about it,
is like accepting a death sentence.

161
00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:38,318
Why haven't you tried to escape,
commander?

162
00:18:38,585 --> 00:18:42,455
I'm biding my time. Waiting for
the right moment, the right company.

163
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:44,758
I understand how you feel.

164
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:49,896
Of course, it's the duty of a
captured soldier to attempt escape.

165
00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:52,999
But my men and I are involved
in a curious legal point...

166
00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:55,435
...of which you are unaware.

167
00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:59,339
In Singapore we were ordered to
surrender by command headquarters.

168
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:01,274
Ordered, mind you.

169
00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:05,245
Therefore, in our casei escape might
well be an infraction of military law.

170
00:19:05,412 --> 00:19:07,580
-lnteresting?
-Yes, siri interesting point.

171
00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:10,316
I'm sorry, sir,
I didn't quite follow you.

172
00:19:10,517 --> 00:19:14,187
You intend to uphold the letter
of the lawi no matter what it costs?

173
00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:17,900
Without law, commanderi
there is no civilisation.

174
00:19:17,791 --> 00:19:20,694
That's just my point.
Herei there is no civilisation.

175
00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:23,763
Then we have the opportunity
to introduce it.

176
00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:27,100
I suggest we drop
the subject of escape.

177
00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,837
Is there anything else?

178
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,642
I think we!re all clear
on the programme.

179
00:19:35,875 --> 00:19:39,512
I want everything to go off without
a hitch starting tomorrow morning.

180
00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:41,314
And remember this:

181
00:19:41,548 --> 00:19:44,651
Our men must always feel
they are still commanded by us...

182
00:19:44,818 --> 00:19:46,820
...and not by the Japanese.

183
00:19:47,530 --> 00:19:51,324
So long as they have that ideai
they'll be soldiers and not slaves.

184
00:19:51,558 --> 00:19:53,660
Are you with me there, commander?

185
00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:57,797
Well, l....

186
00:19:58,310 --> 00:20:01,301
I hope they can
remain soldiersi colonel.

187
00:20:01,501 --> 00:20:03,670
As for me, I'm just a slave.

188
00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,238
A living slave.

189
00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:21,521
Queer bird. Even for an Ameri--

190
00:20:22,255 --> 00:20:24,758
He's been in isolation too long,
poor chap.

191
00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:29,950
Cut off from his unit.
It should be a lesson to all of us.

192
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,546
English prisoners!

193
00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,385
Notice l do not say English soldiers.

194
00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:58,458
From the moment you surrendered,
you ceased to be soldiers.

195
00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:04,931
You will finish the bridge
by the 1 2th day of May.

196
00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:09,969
You will work under the direction
of a Japanese engineer.

197
00:21:13,807 --> 00:21:17,444
Time is short. All men will work.

198
00:21:18,111 --> 00:21:20,747
Your officers will work beside you.

199
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:22,749
This is only just...

200
00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:26,986
...for it is they
who betrayed you by surrender.

201
00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:29,823
Your shame is their dishonour.

202
00:21:30,557 --> 00:21:32,559
It is they who told you...

203
00:21:32,826 --> 00:21:37,397
...better to live like a coolie
then die like a hero.

204
00:21:37,731 --> 00:21:40,900
It is they who brought you here,
not I.

205
00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:46,606
Therefore, they will join you
in useful labour.

206
00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:48,908
That is all.

207
00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:53,179
Officer prisoners, collect your tools.

208
00:21:53,446 --> 00:21:55,982
Bradleyi back in your place.

209
00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:04,958
I must call your attentioni
Colonel Saito...

210
00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:07,861
...to Article 27
of the Geneva Convention.

211
00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:11,264
"Belligerents may employ
prisoners of war...

212
00:22:11,498 --> 00:22:13,533
...who are fiti
other than officers--"

213
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,350
Give me the book.

214
00:22:15,301 --> 00:22:17,871
By all means.
You read English, l take it?

215
00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:20,206
-Do you read Japanese?
-l'm sorry, no.

216
00:22:20,473 --> 00:22:23,710
If it's a matter of translation,
I'm sure it can be arranged.

217
00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:25,945
You see, the Code states that--

218
00:22:28,181 --> 00:22:30,183
Stand fast in the ranks.

219
00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:33,286
You speak to me of code?

220
00:22:34,454 --> 00:22:36,220
What code?

221
00:22:36,222 --> 00:22:38,458
The coward's code!

222
00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:42,195
What do you know
of the soldier!s code?

223
00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:45,632
Of Bushido? Nothing!

224
00:22:45,899 --> 00:22:48,335
You are unworthy of command!

225
00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:04,317
Since you refuse to abide by the laws
of the civilised world...

226
00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:08,188
...we must consider ourselves
absolved from our duty to obey you.

227
00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:11,691
My officers will not
do manual labour.

228
00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:13,660
We shall see.

229
00:23:16,663 --> 00:23:20,667
All enlisted prisoners to work.

230
00:23:31,378 --> 00:23:34,447
Sergeant Major!
Take the men to work.

231
00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:38,385
Battalion, take up tools.

232
00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:45,458
Move to the left in columnar route.
Left turn!

233
00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:50,463
"A'! Company, by the right,
quick march.

234
00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:57,137
Eyes right.

235
00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:06,746
Eyes front.

236
00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:14,870
Eyes right.

237
00:24:14,988 --> 00:24:18,825
Quick march, eyes right.

238
00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:32,806
"C" Company, by the right.

239
00:24:33,730 --> 00:24:34,841
What's he up to?

240
00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:40,313
Looks like he doesn!t
want any witnesses.

241
00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:59,199
Now, you will be reasonable.

242
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,702
You will order your officers to work.

243
00:25:02,869 --> 00:25:04,437
No.

244
00:25:35,468 --> 00:25:37,470
I will count three.

245
00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,673
If by the third count...

246
00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:44,344
...you and your officers
are not on the way to work...

247
00:25:44,577 --> 00:25:47,247
...l will give the order to fire.

248
00:25:57,357 --> 00:25:58,925
He's going to do it.

249
00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:01,995
Believe mei
he's really going to do it.

250
00:26:12,339 --> 00:26:13,673
One.

251
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,375
I warn youi Colonel Saito.

252
00:26:15,608 --> 00:26:17,110
Two.

253
00:26:20,113 --> 00:26:21,514
Stop!

254
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,389
Colonel Saito,
I've seen and heard everything.

255
00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:31,524
So has every man in the hospital.

256
00:26:31,691 --> 00:26:33,226
There are too many witnesses.

257
00:26:33,393 --> 00:26:37,397
You can't call it a mass escape.
Most of those men can't walk.

258
00:26:39,899 --> 00:26:43,737
Is this your soldier's code?
Murdering unarmed men?

259
00:27:55,709 --> 00:27:59,879
You see, Jennings, there are certain
advantages to being on the sick list.

260
00:28:00,460 --> 00:28:03,490
I'll say this for the old man.
He's got guts.

261
00:28:03,316 --> 00:28:05,552
"Into the valley of death
rode the 600."

262
00:28:05,819 --> 00:28:07,220
How!s that, sir?

263
00:28:07,854 --> 00:28:09,389
That kind of guts.

264
00:28:09,656 --> 00:28:11,391
Also the kind they had in 1 914...

265
00:28:11,658 --> 00:28:14,327
...when officers fought
with only a swagger stick.

266
00:28:14,561 --> 00:28:17,831
-l see what you mean.
-You don't see what l mean at all.

267
00:28:18,131 --> 00:28:20,967
The kind of guts
that can get us all killed.

268
00:29:01,508 --> 00:29:05,378
Excuse me, sir,
I'd like to go along too.

269
00:29:06,613 --> 00:29:09,549
Arm!s almost healed, sir,
really it is.

270
00:29:10,283 --> 00:29:11,851
What about him?

271
00:29:12,619 --> 00:29:15,522
He didn't order us not to escape,
he suggested.

272
00:29:15,789 --> 00:29:20,593
Listen, when a man like your colonel
suggests something, it's an order.

273
00:29:21,895 --> 00:29:23,296
Here we go again.

274
00:29:33,106 --> 00:29:36,876
Colonel Saito says all officers
to punishment hut.

275
00:29:37,377 --> 00:29:38,945
Tell them to go.

276
00:29:46,953 --> 00:29:48,655
Not you.

277
00:30:02,335 --> 00:30:03,837
Come.

278
00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:30,163
Leave him alone!

279
00:31:22,816 --> 00:31:25,850
They're gonna put him in the oven.

280
00:31:46,390 --> 00:31:52,120
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow

281
00:31:52,178 --> 00:31:55,915
For he's a jolly good fellow

282
00:31:56,820 --> 00:31:58,451
And so say all of us

283
00:31:58,618 --> 00:32:03,456
And so say all of us
And so say all of us

284
00:32:03,690 --> 00:32:08,795
For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow

285
00:32:08,962 --> 00:32:12,565
For he's a jolly good fellow

286
00:32:12,732 --> 00:32:15,101
And so say all of us

287
00:34:23,530 --> 00:34:25,598
Timber!

288
00:34:30,603 --> 00:34:39,120
One, twoi three, four.

289
00:34:42,150 --> 00:34:43,616
No, no, no!

290
00:34:44,284 --> 00:34:48,455
Let go!

291
00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:38,171
You wish to see me?

292
00:35:38,438 --> 00:35:40,674
I've been trying to see you
for three days.

293
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,977
It's about Colonel Nicholson.
He's been shut up in that hut--

294
00:35:46,946 --> 00:35:49,182
I could have you shot.

295
00:35:49,683 --> 00:35:54,200
Those prisoners who tried to escapei
they were in your charge.

296
00:35:54,521 --> 00:35:56,122
I knew nothing about the escape.

297
00:35:57,230 --> 00:35:58,958
It does not matter.

298
00:35:59,192 --> 00:36:02,950
One must even respect
those who tried.

299
00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:06,990
For a brief momenti
between escape and death...

300
00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:08,340
...they were soldiers again.

301
00:36:10,103 --> 00:36:13,206
But it is insane to try and escape.

302
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,711
Two soldiers shot,
the third drowned.

303
00:36:17,977 --> 00:36:19,446
To what end?

304
00:36:19,646 --> 00:36:22,515
It was an escape from reality.

305
00:36:30,724 --> 00:36:32,525
There is your reality.

306
00:36:32,826 --> 00:36:37,530
This shows the position work
should have reached by noon today.

307
00:36:38,164 --> 00:36:41,634
And this shows the position
of actual progress.

308
00:36:43,803 --> 00:36:46,206
Because of your
colonel!s stubbornness...

309
00:36:46,373 --> 00:36:48,541
...we are far behind schedule.

310
00:36:48,742 --> 00:36:49,843
That is not all.

311
00:36:50,744 --> 00:36:53,346
Enlisted prisoners
sabotaged the work.

312
00:36:53,546 --> 00:36:57,517
Yesi l have seen it.
I could have them all shot.

313
00:36:57,984 --> 00:37:00,387
Then who would build your bridge?

314
00:37:00,653 --> 00:37:02,589
Besidesi are you sure it's sabotage?

315
00:37:02,856 --> 00:37:05,892
Perhaps the men don't work well
without their own officers.

316
00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:10,930
My officers will direct them.
Your officers will work beside them.

317
00:37:11,164 --> 00:37:15,680
That's for Colonel Nicholson to decide.
As he said, it!s against the rules.

318
00:37:15,268 --> 00:37:17,404
Do not speak to me of rules.

319
00:37:17,671 --> 00:37:19,439
This is war!

320
00:37:19,873 --> 00:37:21,775
This is not a game of cricket.

321
00:37:26,379 --> 00:37:28,415
He's mad, your colonel...

322
00:37:30,500 --> 00:37:31,785
...quite mad.

323
00:37:34,421 --> 00:37:36,289
Sit down, please.

324
00:37:41,628 --> 00:37:45,198
I have decided to allow you
one visit to your colonel.

325
00:37:45,632 --> 00:37:46,900
Thank you.

326
00:37:47,701 --> 00:37:51,604
Tell him that if his officers
will not work...

327
00:37:51,871 --> 00:37:54,808
...l!ll be forced
to close the hospital...

328
00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:58,445
...and your patients will
work in their place.

329
00:37:58,712 --> 00:38:03,490
And many will die,
and he will be responsible.

330
00:38:03,717 --> 00:38:07,754
Go and speak to him.
You have five minutes.

331
00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:39,419
Hey, the doc!s going
to see the old man.

332
00:38:43,289 --> 00:38:44,524
Sir....

333
00:38:48,928 --> 00:38:50,363
It's Clipton, sir.

334
00:38:52,499 --> 00:38:54,367
I brought you a few things.

335
00:38:59,506 --> 00:39:02,208
-How are the men?
-Fine, sir, fine.

336
00:39:02,475 --> 00:39:06,646
We scraped together a little meat
and a coconut.

337
00:39:09,716 --> 00:39:11,317
And the officers?

338
00:39:11,484 --> 00:39:14,287
Oh, they!re not so good.
They're still in detention.

339
00:39:14,454 --> 00:39:18,725
And Lieutenant Jennings....
Jennings is dead.

340
00:39:19,392 --> 00:39:21,494
-What?
-Killed, attempting to escape.

341
00:39:21,728 --> 00:39:25,198
Also two others,
Corporal Weaver and the American.

342
00:39:26,332 --> 00:39:29,903
Jennings. Poor, brave lad.

343
00:39:30,170 --> 00:39:32,339
I warned him, didn't l, Clipton?

344
00:39:32,572 --> 00:39:35,408
Looki sir, we haven't much time.

345
00:39:39,579 --> 00:39:42,215
I'm going to clean you up a little
while l talk.

346
00:39:42,482 --> 00:39:44,584
I've got something to tell you.

347
00:39:44,851 --> 00:39:47,320
I've just had a word with Saito.

348
00:39:47,654 --> 00:39:51,224
That man is the worst commanding
officer l've ever come across.

349
00:39:51,424 --> 00:39:55,328
Actually, I think he's mad. Carry on.

350
00:40:11,711 --> 00:40:13,130
Blackmail.

351
00:40:13,246 --> 00:40:17,884
I know, sir, but he means it.
I'm sure he does.

352
00:40:18,118 --> 00:40:21,755
It's a question of face, pure and simple.
And he can't give in.

353
00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:24,357
It's still blackmail.

354
00:40:26,593 --> 00:40:31,970
Siri you can't stand
much more of this.

355
00:40:31,398 --> 00:40:36,536
Wouldn't the officers be better off
working than suffocating in that hole?

356
00:40:37,871 --> 00:40:41,775
The men are doing a wonderful job.
They're going as slow as they dare.

357
00:40:41,975 --> 00:40:45,780
But Saito's cut their food rations...

358
00:40:45,311 --> 00:40:47,414
...and if he makes
the sick men work....

359
00:40:47,647 --> 00:40:51,484
Well, they!re going to die.
That's all there is to it.

360
00:40:51,651 --> 00:40:54,487
Yesi Cliptoni l understand. Truly.

361
00:40:54,754 --> 00:40:57,290
But don't you see?
It's a matter of principle.

362
00:40:57,557 --> 00:41:01,327
If we give in now,
there'll be no end to it. No.

363
00:41:04,664 --> 00:41:08,835
Siri we're lost in the jungle,
a thousand miles from anywhere.

364
00:41:09,690 --> 00:41:12,572
We're under the heel of a man
who'll stop at nothing to get his way.

365
00:41:12,739 --> 00:41:13,773
Principle!

366
00:41:14,274 --> 00:41:18,144
No one will ever know or care
what happens to us.

367
00:41:19,279 --> 00:41:20,914
Give in, sir. Please!

368
00:41:21,247 --> 00:41:22,615
I'm adamant.

369
00:41:22,849 --> 00:41:26,586
I will not have an officer
from my battalion working as a coolie.

370
00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:28,855
-Time.
-All right.

371
00:41:31,458 --> 00:41:34,294
Please thank those concerned.

372
00:41:34,661 --> 00:41:37,430
Everybody in the hospital
contributed one piece.

373
00:41:37,664 --> 00:41:39,299
Reynolds stole the coconut.

374
00:41:41,134 --> 00:41:43,770
We'll be able to get you
something from time to time.

375
00:41:43,937 --> 00:41:46,373
We've bribed one of your guards.

376
00:41:53,460 --> 00:41:56,616
Goodbye, sir. And good luck.

377
00:41:56,783 --> 00:41:58,385
Many thanks.

378
00:42:02,789 --> 00:42:05,492
-Clipton!
-Yes, sir?

379
00:42:06,192 --> 00:42:08,395
Did you say that American chap
was killed?

380
00:42:08,561 --> 00:42:10,797
Yesi sir. Shot and drowned.

381
00:42:12,499 --> 00:42:15,368
It's insane to plan escapes.

382
00:42:16,403 --> 00:42:19,472
Three men killedi and to what end?

383
00:42:19,706 --> 00:42:21,708
-Time!
-Here.

384
00:42:21,875 --> 00:42:24,244
-Here is where we must win through.
-Time, time!

385
00:42:44,364 --> 00:42:48,535
The doc just looked at us and shook
his head. Whatever that means.

386
00:42:48,735 --> 00:42:52,339
Means only one thing,
colonel won't give in.

387
00:43:05,118 --> 00:43:06,419
Well?

388
00:43:06,753 --> 00:43:08,355
It's like this.

389
00:43:08,621 --> 00:43:11,257
Colonel Nicholson
won't give in to force.

390
00:43:11,524 --> 00:43:13,626
It's a question of principle.

391
00:43:14,194 --> 00:43:17,364
As medical officer, I protest
to the way he's being treated.

392
00:43:17,630 --> 00:43:19,566
It's a wonder he's still alive.

393
00:43:19,766 --> 00:43:23,770
Should a tragedy occuri
it would be tantamount to murder.

394
00:43:25,905 --> 00:43:28,141
He is responsible.

395
00:43:29,409 --> 00:43:30,810
Not I.

396
00:43:41,287 --> 00:43:42,722
You sick?

397
00:43:45,992 --> 00:43:48,561
Are they both mad?

398
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:52,980
Or am l going mad?

399
00:43:54,100 --> 00:43:55,468
Or is it the sun?

400
00:46:58,840 --> 00:46:59,586
Attention!

401
00:47:00,854 --> 00:47:03,523
Battalion, attention.

402
00:47:06,359 --> 00:47:08,528
English prisoners.

403
00:47:08,962 --> 00:47:11,264
Let us ask the question...

404
00:47:11,498 --> 00:47:14,667
...why does the bridge not progress?

405
00:47:15,201 --> 00:47:20,373
You know why,
because your officers are lazy!

406
00:47:20,874 --> 00:47:25,110
They think themselves too good
to share your burden.

407
00:47:26,112 --> 00:47:27,547
This is not just.

408
00:47:27,814 --> 00:47:30,984
Therefore, you are not happy
in your work.

409
00:47:31,651 --> 00:47:35,188
Therefore, the bridge
does not progress.

410
00:47:35,889 --> 00:47:37,991
But there is another cause.

411
00:47:38,224 --> 00:47:41,294
I do not hide the truth.

412
00:47:41,895 --> 00:47:44,397
With deep shame and regret...

413
00:47:44,664 --> 00:47:46,966
...l admit to you the failure...

414
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,360
...of a member of the Japanese staff.

415
00:47:50,236 --> 00:47:52,505
I refer to Lieutenant Miura.

416
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:55,175
He is a bad engineer.

417
00:47:55,408 --> 00:47:57,677
He is unworthy of command.

418
00:47:58,144 --> 00:48:02,649
Therefore, I have removed him
from his post.

419
00:48:04,517 --> 00:48:08,421
Tomorrow we begin again.

420
00:48:08,855 --> 00:48:12,158
I shall be in personal command.

421
00:48:12,659 --> 00:48:14,728
Today we rest.

422
00:48:16,696 --> 00:48:21,334
All work and no play
make Jack a dull boy.

423
00:48:21,835 --> 00:48:25,271
As token of regard
for your efforts in the future...

424
00:48:25,538 --> 00:48:28,740
...l give presents to you all.

425
00:48:40,286 --> 00:48:42,789
Let us be happy in our work.

426
00:48:43,723 --> 00:48:46,459
Company, dismissed.

427
00:48:47,861 --> 00:48:51,364
Battalion, dismissed.

428
00:49:05,745 --> 00:49:07,981
Hey, take a look at this.

429
00:49:08,148 --> 00:49:10,283
Red Cross! He's given us our--

430
00:49:10,483 --> 00:49:14,287
Hey, he's given us
our own Red Cross parcels.

431
00:49:14,487 --> 00:49:17,824
"Tomorrow we begin again.'!

432
00:50:22,889 --> 00:50:24,891
Hey, Harry, look.

433
00:50:25,291 --> 00:50:27,360
They're letting the old man out.

434
00:50:49,816 --> 00:50:52,919
Most likely gonna give him
another pasting.

435
00:51:37,230 --> 00:51:38,732
Good evening, colonel.

436
00:51:45,538 --> 00:51:47,774
Do you mind sitting over here?

437
00:51:48,641 --> 00:51:51,544
I am having rather a late supper.

438
00:52:14,401 --> 00:52:16,970
English corned beef.

439
00:52:17,904 --> 00:52:19,472
No, thank you.

440
00:52:23,977 --> 00:52:27,313
Produce of Scotland.

441
00:52:29,150 --> 00:52:31,284
I prefer it to sake.

442
00:52:31,785 --> 00:52:34,454
I spent three years in London,
you know.

443
00:52:34,921 --> 00:52:38,358
I studied at the London Polytechnic.

444
00:52:39,926 --> 00:52:41,327
Cheers.

445
00:52:41,594 --> 00:52:43,196
Sorry.

446
00:52:43,430 --> 00:52:45,265
Lateri perhaps?

447
00:52:45,498 --> 00:52:47,133
Perhaps.

448
00:52:52,706 --> 00:52:55,410
I was not a good artist.

449
00:52:55,275 --> 00:52:57,610
My father disapproved.

450
00:52:57,844 --> 00:53:00,280
He felt l belonged in the army.

451
00:53:01,348 --> 00:53:05,510
So l changed from art
to engineering.

452
00:53:05,285 --> 00:53:09,856
I must tell you, Colonel Saito.

453
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,860
I intend to make a full report
of your activities in this camp.

454
00:53:19,232 --> 00:53:23,200
I do not think you quite
realise my position.

455
00:53:23,503 --> 00:53:26,639
-l must carry out my orders.
-Oh, quite, quite.

456
00:53:26,806 --> 00:53:30,910
My orders are to complete the bridge
by the 1 2th day of May.

457
00:53:31,770 --> 00:53:33,913
-l have only 1 2 weeks more.
-No doubt.

458
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:38,885
Therefore, I am compelled
to use all available personnel.

459
00:53:39,152 --> 00:53:41,988
But no officers, except in
an administrative capacity.

460
00:53:42,188 --> 00:53:46,359
But officers are working
along the entire railway.

461
00:53:46,593 --> 00:53:48,261
You know it. l know it.

462
00:53:48,428 --> 00:53:51,364
I'm not responsible
for the actions of other officers.

463
00:53:51,564 --> 00:53:53,660
Personally, I'm appalled.

464
00:53:53,266 --> 00:53:55,702
Let's not get excited.

465
00:54:01,374 --> 00:54:02,842
Will you have a cigar?

466
00:54:03,430 --> 00:54:05,450
No. Thank you.

467
00:54:06,946 --> 00:54:10,550
When I said all officers must work...

468
00:54:10,784 --> 00:54:14,220
...naturally, l never meant you,
the commanding officer.

469
00:54:14,454 --> 00:54:18,558
My orders were only intended
for officers below--

470
00:54:18,725 --> 00:54:21,610
None of my officers
will do manual labour.

471
00:54:21,227 --> 00:54:24,531
Please! I was about to say:

472
00:54:24,731 --> 00:54:28,101
I've been thinking the matter over
and have decided...

473
00:54:28,301 --> 00:54:32,806
...to put majors and above
on administrative duties...

474
00:54:33,390 --> 00:54:35,809
...leaving only junior officers
to lend a hand.

475
00:54:35,975 --> 00:54:39,579
I'm afraid not. The Convention!s
quite clear on that point.

476
00:54:53,159 --> 00:54:57,931
Do you know what will happen to me
if the bridge is not ready in time?

477
00:54:58,164 --> 00:54:59,833
I haven't the foggiest.

478
00:55:00,660 --> 00:55:02,669
I'd have to kill myself.

479
00:55:03,136 --> 00:55:05,839
What would you do if you were me?

480
00:55:06,339 --> 00:55:08,942
I suppose if l were you...

481
00:55:09,509 --> 00:55:11,845
...l!d have to kill myself.

482
00:55:13,980 --> 00:55:15,281
Cheers.

483
00:55:16,516 --> 00:55:19,850
I warn youi colonel...

484
00:55:19,352 --> 00:55:23,790
...if I am to die,
others will die before me.

485
00:55:23,957 --> 00:55:25,325
Do you understand that?

486
00:55:25,492 --> 00:55:28,161
-Major Clipton did mention that.
-Well?

487
00:55:28,361 --> 00:55:30,864
That won!t solve your problem.

488
00:55:31,131 --> 00:55:33,533
But l!m sure we can arrive
at a proper solution.

489
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,435
Please sit down.

490
00:55:38,638 --> 00:55:42,108
Now, tell me, colonel...

491
00:55:42,542 --> 00:55:46,112
...do you agree that the first job
of an officer is command?

492
00:55:46,379 --> 00:55:48,214
-Of course.
-Good.

493
00:55:50,717 --> 00:55:51,985
Now....

494
00:55:54,554 --> 00:55:56,489
Take this bridge of yours.

495
00:55:57,190 --> 00:55:59,359
It's quite an enormous undertaking.

496
00:55:59,526 --> 00:56:03,663
Frankly, I have grave doubts whether
your lieutenant-- What's his name?

497
00:56:03,830 --> 00:56:06,299
-Miura.
-Miura.

498
00:56:06,733 --> 00:56:10,670
--is capable of tackling
a job of such importance.

499
00:56:11,805 --> 00:56:16,309
On the other hand, l have officers,
Reeves and Hughes for instance...

500
00:56:16,810 --> 00:56:20,246
...who have built bridges
all over India.

501
00:56:21,414 --> 00:56:22,982
The men respect them.

502
00:56:23,216 --> 00:56:26,753
It's essential for an officer to have
that respect, I'm sure you agree.

503
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:28,722
If he loses it,
he ceases to command.

504
00:56:28,922 --> 00:56:31,925
And what happens then?
Demoralization and chaos.

505
00:56:32,192 --> 00:56:35,562
A pretty poor commander I would be
if l allowed that to happen.

506
00:56:35,729 --> 00:56:37,664
Perhaps you are not aware...

507
00:56:37,831 --> 00:56:41,670
...that the bridge is now
under my personal command.

508
00:56:41,434 --> 00:56:45,380
Really? And may l ask,
are you satisfied with the work?

509
00:56:45,205 --> 00:56:47,540
-l am not!
-You!ve proved my point.

510
00:56:47,707 --> 00:56:50,760
I hate the British!

511
00:56:50,276 --> 00:56:53,446
You are defeated
but you have no shame.

512
00:56:53,713 --> 00:56:56,116
You are stubborn
but have no pride.

513
00:56:56,383 --> 00:56:59,520
You endure
but you have no courage.

514
00:56:59,219 --> 00:57:01,388
I hate the British!

515
00:57:02,455 --> 00:57:04,290
Pointless, going on like this.

516
00:57:04,457 --> 00:57:05,892
Stay there!

517
01:00:42,909 --> 01:00:45,111
Stand down. Stand down!

518
01:00:54,621 --> 01:00:57,123
Battalion, attention!

519
01:01:37,130 --> 01:01:39,866
Battalion, stand at ease.

520
01:01:42,335 --> 01:01:43,903
Please....

521
01:01:45,138 --> 01:01:48,740
Do you know what is
the date today, colonel?

522
01:01:48,541 --> 01:01:50,143
I'm afraid I've lost count.

523
01:01:50,310 --> 01:01:53,790
It's the anniversary of
our great victory...

524
01:01:53,313 --> 01:01:56,820
-...over Russia in 1 905.
-Oh, yes.

525
01:01:56,249 --> 01:02:00,353
Throughout East Asia
we are celebrating this date.

526
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,522
In honour of this occasion...

527
01:02:02,689 --> 01:02:05,525
...l have given your troops
a day of rest.

528
01:02:05,692 --> 01:02:06,926
Many thanks.

529
01:02:07,930 --> 01:02:10,263
I am declaring a general amnesty.

530
01:02:10,497 --> 01:02:14,000
You and your officers may
return to your quarters.

531
01:02:14,267 --> 01:02:16,503
As part of this amnesty...

532
01:02:16,870 --> 01:02:22,175
...it will not be necessary
for officers to do manual labour.

533
01:02:52,238 --> 01:02:53,406
He's done it!

534
01:05:16,516 --> 01:05:18,752
Somebody deserves a medal, sir.

535
01:05:30,397 --> 01:05:32,320
How many men in your party?

536
01:05:32,399 --> 01:05:34,401
Well, l don't really know, sir.

537
01:05:34,567 --> 01:05:36,903
-You don't know?
-Sir, 1 2, usually.

538
01:05:37,700 --> 01:05:41,441
But, well, one of the men took sick
very suddenly this morning, sir.

539
01:05:41,608 --> 01:05:44,770
It took three or four
to help him to the hospital.

540
01:05:45,745 --> 01:05:49,416
And-- He took terrible sicki sir.

541
01:05:49,716 --> 01:05:53,386
A corporal should always know
how many men he has under him.

542
01:05:53,887 --> 01:05:55,889
Oh, yes, sir.

543
01:05:56,790 --> 01:06:00,727
Have you a nervous affliction?
If not, stop making those faces at once.

544
01:06:02,950 --> 01:06:06,266
It may be funny to you,
but it's not military behaviour.

545
01:06:06,433 --> 01:06:07,767
No, sir.

546
01:06:11,404 --> 01:06:13,440
We must put a stop
to these demonstrations.

547
01:06:13,606 --> 01:06:15,241
Yesi sir.

548
01:06:24,117 --> 01:06:26,519
-l sayi Reeves?
-Yes, sir?

549
01:06:26,753 --> 01:06:30,290
You ever constructed a bridge
across a stream like the Kwai?

550
01:06:30,523 --> 01:06:34,127
Yesi sir, half a dozen of them,
in Madras, Bengal....

551
01:06:34,294 --> 01:06:36,329
If this were your bridge...

552
01:06:37,130 --> 01:06:39,265
...how would you get it under way?

553
01:06:41,301 --> 01:06:43,200
Get it under way, sir?

554
01:06:43,169 --> 01:06:45,872
Well, first of all,
I wouldn't build it here.

555
01:06:46,390 --> 01:06:48,208
Oh, why not?

556
01:06:48,375 --> 01:06:50,143
As l was trying to tell you...

557
01:06:50,377 --> 01:06:54,547
...the Japanese couldn't have picked
a worse location. There's no bottom.

558
01:06:54,981 --> 01:06:56,983
You see those piles?

559
01:06:57,217 --> 01:06:58,852
They're sinking.

560
01:07:01,121 --> 01:07:05,125
Our chaps could drive those logs
till doomsday and they wouldn't hold.

561
01:07:05,392 --> 01:07:07,394
Where would you build it?

562
01:07:08,561 --> 01:07:11,631
Why, further downstream, sir.
Across those narrows.

563
01:07:11,798 --> 01:07:14,701
Then we'd have solid bedrock
on both banks.

564
01:07:15,301 --> 01:07:19,706
Hughes, if this were your bridge,
how would you use the men?

565
01:07:19,906 --> 01:07:24,210
Well, sir, not the way they're doing it.
It's utter chaosi as you can see.

566
01:07:26,146 --> 01:07:28,314
It's a lot of uncoordinated activity.

567
01:07:28,481 --> 01:07:30,150
No teamwork.

568
01:07:31,484 --> 01:07:34,921
Some of those parties are actually
working against each other.

569
01:07:37,223 --> 01:07:38,491
Yes.

570
01:07:41,828 --> 01:07:45,165
I tell you, gentlemen, we have
a problem on our hands.

571
01:07:45,331 --> 01:07:48,168
Thanks to the Japanese,
we now command a rabble.

572
01:07:48,334 --> 01:07:50,770
There's no orderi no discipline.

573
01:07:52,105 --> 01:07:55,208
-Our task is to rebuild the battalion.
-Yes, sir.

574
01:07:55,375 --> 01:07:57,210
Which isn't going to be easy.

575
01:07:57,377 --> 01:08:01,470
But fortunately, we have
the means at hand. The bridge.

576
01:08:01,281 --> 01:08:03,717
-The bridge, sir?
-The bridge.

577
01:08:06,119 --> 01:08:10,790
We'll teach them a lesson in Western
efficiency that will put them to shame.

578
01:08:10,957 --> 01:08:13,727
We'll show them what
the British soldier is capable of.

579
01:08:13,893 --> 01:08:16,629
Yes. l see your point, sir.

580
01:08:16,863 --> 01:08:19,632
I realise how difficult
it's going to be here...

581
01:08:19,799 --> 01:08:22,302
...where you can't find
what you need.

582
01:08:22,569 --> 01:08:25,638
-But there's the challenge.
-l beg your pardon, sir.

583
01:08:25,872 --> 01:08:28,375
You mean, you really want them
to build the bridge?

584
01:08:28,541 --> 01:08:31,244
You're not usually
so slow on the uptakei Evans.

585
01:08:31,444 --> 01:08:34,381
I know our men.
You've got to keep them occupied.

586
01:08:34,547 --> 01:08:37,751
Fact is, if there weren!t any worki
we'd invent some, eh, Reeves?

587
01:08:37,917 --> 01:08:40,820
-That we wouldi sir.
-So we're lucky.

588
01:08:41,870 --> 01:08:43,590
But it's going to be a proper bridge.

589
01:08:43,823 --> 01:08:45,959
Here again l know the men.

590
01:08:46,226 --> 01:08:49,229
It's essential that they
take pride in their job.

591
01:08:49,429 --> 01:08:51,640
-Right, gentlemen?
-Yes, sir.

592
01:08:51,264 --> 01:08:54,167
Reeves, you're the key man
in this situation, as engineer.

593
01:08:54,334 --> 01:08:58,338
Tell me what you want and we'll
organise it. Can we make a go of it?

594
01:08:58,505 --> 01:09:00,840
-We!ll do our besti sir.
-Fine.

595
01:09:01,975 --> 01:09:04,411
We must draw up our plans...

596
01:09:05,110 --> 01:09:07,747
...then arrange a conference
with Saito...

597
01:09:08,448 --> 01:09:10,450
...and set him straight.

598
01:09:15,922 --> 01:09:19,926
Well, l think that takes care of all
the procedural matters. Now....

599
01:09:20,126 --> 01:09:21,695
Oh, yes.

600
01:09:22,195 --> 01:09:26,132
The next point is somewhat unpleasant
for all concerned, I'm afraid.

601
01:09:26,299 --> 01:09:30,300
Sorry to tell you, we feel the position
of the bridge was fixed hastily...

602
01:09:30,203 --> 01:09:32,539
...and, l have to add, incorrectly.

603
01:09:35,108 --> 01:09:36,476
Incorrectly?

604
01:09:36,643 --> 01:09:38,211
Unfortunately, yes.

605
01:09:38,445 --> 01:09:41,147
Our engineer has made
a study of the site...

606
01:09:41,381 --> 01:09:44,718
...and has concluded that
the river bottom there is too soft.

607
01:09:45,552 --> 01:09:46,820
Too soft?

608
01:09:47,530 --> 01:09:49,522
Mud. All the work up to now
has been useless.

609
01:09:49,789 --> 01:09:52,792
-Reevesi will you carry on?
-Yes, sir.

610
01:09:52,959 --> 01:09:54,361
Coloneli l!ve made tests.

611
01:09:54,527 --> 01:09:58,331
Those piles of yours could be hammered
below water level before they'd hold.

612
01:09:58,498 --> 01:10:01,301
That bridge would collapse
under the first train.

613
01:10:01,468 --> 01:10:05,638
The pressure and soil resistance
figures in tons per square inch.

614
01:10:05,805 --> 01:10:08,341
Just a moment, Reevesi
before you get too involved.

615
01:10:08,508 --> 01:10:11,770
Coloneli do you suppose
we could have a cup of tea?

616
01:10:24,324 --> 01:10:28,161
Then l take it we all agree
that if we're to avoid disaster...

617
01:10:28,328 --> 01:10:31,310
...we build a new bridge,
at the site picked by Reeves...

618
01:10:31,197 --> 01:10:33,666
...400 yards downstream.

619
01:10:37,370 --> 01:10:39,506
So let's proceed to the next point.

620
01:10:40,340 --> 01:10:43,430
I've decided to alter
the daily work quota of our men.

621
01:10:43,276 --> 01:10:45,110
-Alter?
-Yes, I've increased it.

622
01:10:45,178 --> 01:10:47,747
From a yard and a half
of earth moved to two.

623
01:10:47,914 --> 01:10:50,784
I was sure it would meet
with your approval.

624
01:10:50,950 --> 01:10:54,287
Major Hughes has all the facts.
Hughes, would you take over?

625
01:10:54,554 --> 01:10:57,557
I've done a time study, Colonel Saito,
of the entire project.

626
01:10:57,724 --> 01:11:01,561
As you can see, the available forces
have been badly distributed.

627
01:11:01,728 --> 01:11:05,598
I would strongly urge we revise the
organisation of the working parties.

628
01:11:05,799 --> 01:11:11,370
Just a moment. Colonel, it would save
time if we could work during dinner.

629
01:11:11,204 --> 01:11:13,740
Would it be possible
to have a meal served here?

630
01:11:13,907 --> 01:11:15,141
Of course.

631
01:11:15,442 --> 01:11:17,430
If we--

632
01:11:18,611 --> 01:11:20,146
-Carry oni Hughes.
-Yes, sir.

633
01:11:20,380 --> 01:11:23,817
If we increase the number of squads
and specialise their functions...

634
01:11:24,250 --> 01:11:28,788
...l!m certain the total daily output
can be increased by 30 percent.

635
01:11:28,955 --> 01:11:32,258
Now, Colonel Saitoi
I have one more point....

636
01:11:33,930 --> 01:11:38,640
Now, there's another important
decision that can't be postponed.

637
01:11:38,231 --> 01:11:40,633
As most of the British
will work on the bridge...

638
01:11:40,834 --> 01:11:43,770
...only a small number will be available
for railway work.

639
01:11:44,300 --> 01:11:48,942
I must ask you to lend us some of your
men to reinforce the railway gang...

640
01:11:49,142 --> 01:11:53,747
...so the final stretch of track can
be completed as quickly as possible.

641
01:11:54,848 --> 01:11:57,283
I have already given the order.

642
01:11:57,517 --> 01:12:00,620
We must fix the daily work quota
for your men.

643
01:12:00,854 --> 01:12:04,824
I thought of setting it at a yard
and a half so as not to overtire them...

644
01:12:04,991 --> 01:12:07,761
...but isn't it best
to be the same as ours?

645
01:12:07,994 --> 01:12:11,264
That would also create a healthy
competitive spirit.

646
01:12:13,166 --> 01:12:16,436
I have already given the order.

647
01:12:16,669 --> 01:12:19,205
-We!ll try to surpass that, won't we?
-Yes, sir.

648
01:12:19,372 --> 01:12:22,442
I think that completes
the agenda for this evening.

649
01:12:22,676 --> 01:12:26,112
Thank you, Colonel Saito,
for your kind attention.

650
01:12:26,379 --> 01:12:29,215
And are there any other questions?

651
01:12:30,684 --> 01:12:32,318
One question.

652
01:12:33,190 --> 01:12:35,488
Can you finish the bridge in time?

653
01:12:35,722 --> 01:12:39,225
Frankly, the consensus of opinion
is that it's impossible.

654
01:12:39,492 --> 01:12:41,895
But we'll certainly give it a go.

655
01:12:43,163 --> 01:12:47,467
We mustn't forget we wasted a month
through an unfortunate disagreement...

656
01:12:47,701 --> 01:12:49,536
...for which l was not to blame.

657
01:12:51,171 --> 01:12:52,972
Is there anything else?

658
01:12:53,540 --> 01:12:54,841
No.

659
01:12:55,475 --> 01:12:59,412
Thank you. The meeting is closed.

660
01:13:00,547 --> 01:13:03,183
-Good night.
-Good night.

661
01:13:27,340 --> 01:13:31,745
I hope these Japanese appreciate
what we!re doing for them.

662
01:13:32,445 --> 01:13:35,715
For the moment, I'm not concerned
with their appreciation.

663
01:13:36,516 --> 01:13:39,252
-Good nighti Clipton.
-Good nighti sir.

664
01:13:41,388 --> 01:13:43,456
By the way, l meant to tell you...

665
01:13:43,723 --> 01:13:46,559
...there are trees in this forest
very similar to elm.

666
01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:49,963
And the elm piles of London Bridge
lasted 600 years.

667
01:13:50,964 --> 01:13:54,670
-Six hundred years, Reeves?
-Yes, sir.

668
01:13:55,135 --> 01:13:57,404
Six hundred years.

669
01:13:57,904 --> 01:14:00,106
That would be quite something.

670
01:14:49,220 --> 01:14:52,926
Good morning. l!m looking for an
American named Commander Shears.

671
01:14:53,159 --> 01:14:56,429
-Oh, yes, down on the beach.
-Oh, thank you very much.

672
01:15:04,137 --> 01:15:05,372
Kiss!

673
01:15:06,390 --> 01:15:08,108
Too many eyes.

674
01:15:08,375 --> 01:15:12,612
You give me powders, pills, bathsi
injections, enemas...

675
01:15:12,779 --> 01:15:14,280
...when all l need is love.

676
01:15:14,447 --> 01:15:17,283
It's true.
All you really need is love.

677
01:15:22,550 --> 01:15:25,225
What makes you so sure
you'll get a medical discharge?

678
01:15:25,392 --> 01:15:27,727
Because I'm a civilian
at heart, lover.

679
01:15:27,994 --> 01:15:30,130
And l always follow my heart.

680
01:15:30,363 --> 01:15:31,664
Kiss.

681
01:15:34,234 --> 01:15:36,336
How!s that, commander?

682
01:15:37,370 --> 01:15:39,390
Don't call me commander.

683
01:15:39,239 --> 01:15:40,607
It's unromantic.

684
01:15:40,874 --> 01:15:42,609
You're an officer yourself.

685
01:15:42,776 --> 01:15:45,745
How would you like it
if l called you Lieutenant Lover?

686
01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:48,448
Let's be democratic.
Just call me "sir.!'

687
01:15:48,682 --> 01:15:49,783
Yesi sir.

688
01:15:51,618 --> 01:15:53,119
Brass ahoy.

689
01:15:53,887 --> 01:15:55,722
He wants to see you. He's all yours.

690
01:15:55,922 --> 01:15:58,425
-l'm going for a swim.
-Don't leave me.

691
01:16:00,126 --> 01:16:01,628
-Commander Shears?
-Yes.

692
01:16:01,861 --> 01:16:03,630
My name's Warden.

693
01:16:04,300 --> 01:16:05,699
-How do you do?
-Sorry to intrude--

694
01:16:05,865 --> 01:16:08,301
That's okay, major.
I'm used to it by now.

695
01:16:08,468 --> 01:16:09,602
Like a martini?

696
01:16:09,769 --> 01:16:11,604
That's very kind, but l think not.

697
01:16:11,771 --> 01:16:13,106
-Mind if l have one?
-No.

698
01:16:13,273 --> 01:16:14,641
How did you get that?

699
01:16:14,808 --> 01:16:17,811
Where there!s a hospital,
there's alcohol.

700
01:16:17,977 --> 01:16:20,947
Oh, yes, of course. Jolly good.

701
01:16:21,381 --> 01:16:23,883
Well, l'll be as brief as possible.

702
01:16:24,150 --> 01:16:27,654
I belong to a rather rum group
called Force 31 6.

703
01:16:27,921 --> 01:16:30,390
Our headquarters is up
in the Botanical Gardens.

704
01:16:30,657 --> 01:16:33,893
-Protecting rare plants from the enemy?
-Not quite.

705
01:16:34,394 --> 01:16:36,963
-Sure you won't have a martini?
-No, thanks.

706
01:16:37,163 --> 01:16:41,167
We have a particular interest
in that railway you worked on.

707
01:16:41,434 --> 01:16:44,738
You could give us no end
of valuable information.

708
01:16:44,938 --> 01:16:48,475
Well, l'm leaving
for the States in a few days...

709
01:16:48,675 --> 01:16:51,845
...and l've already told your people
everything I know.

710
01:16:52,120 --> 01:16:55,415
But you could help us
in a rather special sense.

711
01:16:55,582 --> 01:16:57,317
I know it's a terrible imposition...

712
01:16:57,484 --> 01:17:00,787
...but l wonder if you could possibly
come out and see us.

713
01:17:02,288 --> 01:17:05,158
Well, if you want to go over
the whole thing again.

714
01:17:05,325 --> 01:17:08,280
Oh, that's very kind.
Lord Louis will be grateful.

715
01:17:08,194 --> 01:17:09,662
-Lord who?
-Mountbatten.

716
01:17:09,829 --> 01:17:12,465
-We!re one of his special pigeons.
-Oh, I see.

717
01:17:12,699 --> 01:17:16,169
Shall we say this eveningi then?
About 8. l'll send a car for you.

718
01:17:16,336 --> 01:17:18,705
This evening? Out of the question.

719
01:17:18,972 --> 01:17:21,274
Well, tomorrow morning then?
About 1 0?

720
01:17:21,441 --> 01:17:23,977
-Okay, 1 0:00.
-Thanks very much.

721
01:17:24,210 --> 01:17:26,446
-Cheerio.
-Cheerio.

722
01:17:26,646 --> 01:17:27,881
Good luck.

723
01:17:28,815 --> 01:17:29,983
Thanks.

724
01:17:37,991 --> 01:17:41,895
I know, you're terribly sorry, but you!re
going to stand me up tonight.

725
01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:44,164
You couldn't be more wrong.

726
01:17:49,836 --> 01:17:51,204
General salute!

727
01:17:51,371 --> 01:17:53,873
Present arms!

728
01:18:06,986 --> 01:18:09,823
-May I see your pass, siri please?
-Oh, yes.

729
01:18:10,357 --> 01:18:12,580
Thank you, sir.

730
01:18:12,559 --> 01:18:14,361
Carry on, driver.

731
01:18:22,569 --> 01:18:24,938
Major Warden's bungalow
is at the end of the path.

732
01:18:25,105 --> 01:18:26,906
All righti thanks.

733
01:18:37,517 --> 01:18:40,887
Good show, Jenkins. Good show!

734
01:18:41,287 --> 01:18:44,624
Come along, Thomson.
Use your knife, man. Use your knife.

735
01:18:46,192 --> 01:18:50,630
Good! On your feet, chaps.
Away to the debriefing room quickly.

736
01:18:50,296 --> 01:18:52,799
Come oni move yourselves!
Move! Move quickly!

737
01:18:55,735 --> 01:18:59,439
Very clumsyi Joyce, very clumsy.

738
01:19:00,707 --> 01:19:03,643
Always use your knife
immediately, Joyce.

739
01:19:03,910 --> 01:19:06,413
You see, he's gained the initiative.

740
01:19:06,579 --> 01:19:10,550
Wait a minute!
I'm terribly sorry, sir.

741
01:19:10,817 --> 01:19:12,986
-You!re sorry?
-So am l, sir.

742
01:19:13,219 --> 01:19:16,556
-l thought you were the enemy.
-l'm Americani if that's what you mean.

743
01:19:16,823 --> 01:19:20,727
-That'll be all, Joyce.
-Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.

744
01:19:21,561 --> 01:19:25,980
-What can l do for you, sir?
-l was on my way to see Major Warden.

745
01:19:25,331 --> 01:19:29,669
I'll show you the way. He'll finish
his lecture any moment now.

746
01:19:35,842 --> 01:19:39,790
-That's the end of his lecture.
-Thunderous ovation.

747
01:19:39,279 --> 01:19:43,450
He believes in keeping our training
as close to real life as possible.

748
01:19:45,685 --> 01:19:48,210
-Major Warden, sir?
-Yes?

749
01:19:48,254 --> 01:19:49,689
Very good of you to come.

750
01:19:49,956 --> 01:19:52,759
-l hope they took care of you.
-They certainly have.

751
01:19:52,926 --> 01:19:55,995
Thank you, staff.
Well, come along, then.

752
01:19:56,262 --> 01:19:59,990
Colonel Green is looking forward
to meeting you.

753
01:20:00,500 --> 01:20:03,603
-Fascinating place, isn't it?
-Utterly charming.

754
01:20:03,770 --> 01:20:05,805
Didn't realise it was
a commando school.

755
01:20:05,972 --> 01:20:10,777
We're trying to discourage the use of
that word. Such a melodramatic air.

756
01:20:11,177 --> 01:20:12,445
What do you do here?

757
01:20:12,645 --> 01:20:15,480
Sabotage, demolition,
that line of country.

758
01:20:15,215 --> 01:20:18,318
We're using P.E., plastic explosives.
It's wonderful stuff.

759
01:20:18,551 --> 01:20:21,187
That pop was made
with a lump half this size.

760
01:20:21,454 --> 01:20:24,891
It's twice as powerful as gelignite
and only half the weight. Here.

761
01:20:26,159 --> 01:20:29,129
It's quite harmless
until it's detonated.

762
01:20:29,496 --> 01:20:30,997
Thanks for telling me.

763
01:20:31,197 --> 01:20:34,234
It's completely waterproof
and actually plastic.

764
01:20:34,401 --> 01:20:37,237
See? You can do
what you like with it.

765
01:20:38,138 --> 01:20:39,739
This is my place.

766
01:20:45,211 --> 01:20:46,646
Go ahead.

767
01:20:48,481 --> 01:20:51,217
Oh, l'm dying for a cup of tea.

768
01:20:53,653 --> 01:20:55,922
-Would you care for one?
-No, thanks.

769
01:20:56,890 --> 01:20:58,324
-A drink?
-No, thank you.

770
01:20:58,558 --> 01:21:01,661
-Pot of tea for one, please, Peter.
-Very good, sir.

771
01:21:05,565 --> 01:21:06,933
Do you read this?

772
01:21:07,167 --> 01:21:11,370
Oh, l taught Oriental languages
at Cambridge before the war.

773
01:21:14,941 --> 01:21:18,545
I never congratulated you
on your escape. lt was a good show.

774
01:21:18,745 --> 01:21:22,682
I was lucky. If your sea-rescue plane
hadn't spotted mei l wouldn't be here.

775
01:21:22,849 --> 01:21:24,584
No, I suppose not.

776
01:21:27,787 --> 01:21:30,457
Would you like to see
where you were?

777
01:21:31,524 --> 01:21:33,930
All right.

778
01:21:34,270 --> 01:21:37,564
Our information's rather scanty.
It's mostly based on your report.

779
01:21:37,731 --> 01:21:39,599
But we think the camp is about here.

780
01:21:39,766 --> 01:21:44,304
Sayi do your people have any idea
what happened to Colonel Nicholson?

781
01:21:44,471 --> 01:21:48,740
He had guts. They were about to
shoot him and he didn't bat an eye.

782
01:21:48,241 --> 01:21:51,411
If you're about to be shot
there's not much you can do.

783
01:21:51,644 --> 01:21:56,149
Here is the River Kwai, and here is
the village where you were helped.

784
01:21:56,316 --> 01:21:57,984
And here is the railway.

785
01:21:58,151 --> 01:22:00,887
But then you must be fairly familiar
with all this area.

786
01:22:01,870 --> 01:22:03,656
Not really, l was out of my head
half the time.

787
01:22:03,823 --> 01:22:07,494
The railway starts down here
in Singapore. Malaya...

788
01:22:07,660 --> 01:22:12,599
...Bangkok, Rangoon. Their idea
is to drive on through, into India.

789
01:22:12,832 --> 01:22:16,302
-Where was I picked up?
-Oh, about here.

790
01:22:16,569 --> 01:22:21,508
The Japanese aim to open the Bangkok-
Rangoon section by the middle of May.

791
01:22:21,741 --> 01:22:23,843
Naturally, we!ll try to prevent them.

792
01:22:24,100 --> 01:22:26,946
It's too far for bombers
to carry an adequate load.

793
01:22:27,147 --> 01:22:29,516
We'll have to go smash it
on the ground.

794
01:22:29,749 --> 01:22:32,352
-How will you get there?
-Parachute drop, then march.

795
01:22:32,585 --> 01:22:35,522
With demolition equipment
through that jungle?

796
01:22:36,122 --> 01:22:40,126
Our chief problem
is lack of firsthand knowledge.

797
01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:42,929
You see, none of us have
ever been there.

798
01:22:43,163 --> 01:22:46,366
-l don't want to discourage--
-lt should be interesting.

799
01:22:46,533 --> 01:22:48,501
Colonel Green's given me
the Kwai bridge.

800
01:22:48,668 --> 01:22:51,538
I'm gonna take a team in
and blow it up.

801
01:22:52,272 --> 01:22:53,840
Lucky you.

802
01:22:56,543 --> 01:22:58,440
Sure you won!t have tea?

803
01:22:58,211 --> 01:23:02,849
No, thanks. l don't want to be rudei
but I've got a luncheon date at 2.

804
01:23:03,490 --> 01:23:06,786
-So if there are any questions....
-Of course, I'm sorry.

805
01:23:09,556 --> 01:23:12,625
Well, there is only
one question, actually.

806
01:23:13,590 --> 01:23:15,328
How would you feel
about going back?

807
01:23:17,564 --> 01:23:18,631
Come again?

808
01:23:19,799 --> 01:23:22,502
I know, under the circumstances,
it's a bit much...

809
01:23:22,702 --> 01:23:25,872
...but you have a unique
knowledge for our purpose.

810
01:23:26,139 --> 01:23:27,907
And we'd love to have you with us.

811
01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:32,245
That's why you brought me here?

812
01:23:32,512 --> 01:23:34,140
To ask me this?

813
01:23:34,247 --> 01:23:35,982
Well, frankly, yes.

814
01:23:36,182 --> 01:23:39,419
Major, I just got out of there.
My escape was a miracle.

815
01:23:39,586 --> 01:23:42,222
Now you want me to go back?
Don't be ridiculous!

816
01:23:42,422 --> 01:23:43,723
This is embarrassing--

817
01:23:43,990 --> 01:23:47,660
I can't go back! l don't belong to you.
I belong to the American Navy.

818
01:23:47,894 --> 01:23:51,831
Actually, Colonel Green has taken
the matter up with your people.

819
01:23:52,320 --> 01:23:55,869
-With my people?
-Your Navy's turned you over to us.

820
01:23:56,369 --> 01:23:59,873
A signal arrived yesterday morning
from your ClNC Pacific...

821
01:24:00,106 --> 01:24:04,177
...authorising your temporary transfer
of duty to Force 31 6.

822
01:24:04,411 --> 01:24:07,213
-They can't do this to me.
-l'm afraid they have.

823
01:24:08,140 --> 01:24:10,283
It was difficult to know how
to break it to you.

824
01:24:10,450 --> 01:24:14,954
But they can't do this to me.
I mean it. My Navy's made a mistake.

825
01:24:17,891 --> 01:24:22,896
Look. l'm not a Navy commander.
I'm not even an officer.

826
01:24:23,196 --> 01:24:28,301
The whole thing's a fake. l'm just
an ordinary swab jockey, second class.

827
01:24:30,904 --> 01:24:34,908
When the Houston sunk, l made
it ashore with a real commander.

828
01:24:35,141 --> 01:24:38,311
Later oni we ran into
a Japanese patrol. He was killed.

829
01:24:38,545 --> 01:24:41,948
I figured it was just a matter of time
before l was captured--

830
01:24:42,148 --> 01:24:44,984
So you changed uniforms
with a dead man.

831
01:24:45,418 --> 01:24:47,921
I thought officers would get
better treatment.

832
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:49,255
That's very sensible.

833
01:24:49,422 --> 01:24:52,992
But at Saito's camp, the officers
worked along with the rest.

834
01:24:53,259 --> 01:24:55,795
Yesi there's always the unexpected,
isn't there?

835
01:24:57,931 --> 01:25:01,301
I kind of got used
to being a commander...

836
01:25:01,568 --> 01:25:04,838
...so when l arrived here
at the hospital...

837
01:25:05,400 --> 01:25:09,175
...l took a look at the enlisted men's
ward and then the officer's ward...

838
01:25:09,442 --> 01:25:14,140
...and l said to myselfi
"Let!s let it ride along for a while."

839
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:15,982
There were certain advantages.

840
01:25:16,249 --> 01:25:18,840
I saw one of them on the beach.

841
01:25:18,985 --> 01:25:20,520
Anyway, that's the whole story.

842
01:25:20,687 --> 01:25:24,691
The point is, you can't use me.
You want an officer...

843
01:25:24,924 --> 01:25:27,794
...an American commander
named Shears who doesn't exist.

844
01:25:27,961 --> 01:25:30,196
When the Navy learns the truth,
they'll say:

845
01:25:30,363 --> 01:25:33,533
"Ship him home in irons
for impersonating an officer."

846
01:25:34,300 --> 01:25:37,337
-Once that happens, I've got it made.
-Got it what?

847
01:25:37,604 --> 01:25:40,807
-Made. I'd like that drink now.
-Of course.

848
01:25:41,307 --> 01:25:43,543
I'll apply for a medical discharge.

849
01:25:43,810 --> 01:25:45,945
I'll tell them
I impersonated an officer...

850
01:25:46,112 --> 01:25:48,715
...because I went off my rocker
in the jungle.

851
01:25:50,216 --> 01:25:54,200
I'm getting worse, you know.
Sometimes I think l'm Admiral Halsey.

852
01:25:54,788 --> 01:25:56,489
It's quite a clever plan.

853
01:25:57,557 --> 01:25:59,826
It's not only clever, it's foolproof.

854
01:26:00,600 --> 01:26:02,395
If my Navy finds out who l am...

855
01:26:02,662 --> 01:26:06,666
...those temporary orders won!t be
worth the paper they!re written on.

856
01:26:20,380 --> 01:26:22,248
This is your photograph, isn't it?

857
01:26:25,251 --> 01:26:27,987
-Where did you get this?
-lt took a bit of doing...

858
01:26:28,254 --> 01:26:30,657
...because your people
couldn't identify you.

859
01:26:30,924 --> 01:26:35,695
Finally your ClNC Pacific
sent us a copy of your service record.

860
01:26:35,929 --> 01:26:39,933
The photographi fingerprints.
Would you care to have a look?

861
01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:41,768
No.

862
01:26:42,350 --> 01:26:46,272
You see, we!ve known about
your actual rank for nearly a week.

863
01:26:49,209 --> 01:26:51,778
Your Navy's in an awkward position.

864
01:26:52,120 --> 01:26:54,214
In one sense you!re a blasted hero...

865
01:26:54,447 --> 01:26:57,117
...for making an escape
from the jungle.

866
01:26:57,350 --> 01:27:00,286
But at the same time,
they can!t bring you home...

867
01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:04,240
...and give you the Navy Cross
for impersonating an officer.

868
01:27:04,224 --> 01:27:07,594
I suppose that's why they were
so happy to hand you over to us.

869
01:27:07,861 --> 01:27:09,429
You see?

870
01:27:09,629 --> 01:27:10,797
Hot potato.

871
01:27:11,798 --> 01:27:14,340
As far as your present rank
is concerned...

872
01:27:14,234 --> 01:27:17,404
...we're fairly informal
about those things in Force 31 6.

873
01:27:17,637 --> 01:27:20,400
You'd have the simulated
rank of major.

874
01:27:21,408 --> 01:27:25,780
Simulated major. That figures.

875
01:27:26,613 --> 01:27:27,981
Well....

876
01:27:31,651 --> 01:27:34,621
As long as l'm hooked,
I might as well volunteer.

877
01:27:35,588 --> 01:27:36,823
Good show!

878
01:27:38,324 --> 01:27:39,993
Oh, Colonel Greeni sir.

879
01:27:40,260 --> 01:27:45,565
This is Major Shears. He volunteered
to go and help me blow up the bridge.

880
01:27:45,732 --> 01:27:47,167
Really?

881
01:27:48,268 --> 01:27:49,936
Good show!

882
01:27:50,170 --> 01:27:53,600
Jolly good show, major!

883
01:28:42,455 --> 01:28:45,225
Get up to sick bay, Baker.
This foot's infected.

884
01:28:45,492 --> 01:28:47,627
The colonel might think
I'm malingering.

885
01:28:47,794 --> 01:28:50,563
I'm the medical officer, Baker.
Get cracking.

886
01:28:56,403 --> 01:29:00,240
Will someone tell me why the old man
wants us to build a proper bridge?

887
01:29:00,407 --> 01:29:03,910
Don't you worry about old Nick.
He knows what he's doing.

888
01:29:14,354 --> 01:29:18,525
Hello, Clipton.
About time you paid us a visit.

889
01:29:19,225 --> 01:29:21,361
Fine job our chaps are doing.
First-rate.

890
01:29:21,594 --> 01:29:23,930
Yes. How's he behaving?

891
01:29:24,197 --> 01:29:26,933
He's been most reasonable
since we took over.

892
01:29:27,167 --> 01:29:30,360
-l wonder what he's thinking.
-l haven!t the foggiest.

893
01:29:30,270 --> 01:29:32,272
-Thanks, Reeves.
-Right, sir.

894
01:29:33,600 --> 01:29:34,374
What do you think?

895
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:37,944
Quite a challenge, isn't it?

896
01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:44,451
Siri are you convinced that
building this bridge is a good idea?

897
01:29:44,617 --> 01:29:46,353
-Are you serious?
-Yes, sir.

898
01:29:46,519 --> 01:29:50,223
A good idea? Take another look.

899
01:29:51,124 --> 01:29:55,610
You don't agree morale is high?
Discipline has been restored?

900
01:29:55,295 --> 01:29:57,364
Their condition has been improved?

901
01:29:57,530 --> 01:30:00,233
-Are they a happier lot or aren't they?
-Yes, siri but--

902
01:30:00,400 --> 01:30:03,690
They feed better
and they are no longer abused.

903
01:30:03,236 --> 01:30:04,804
-That's all true.
-Well, then.

904
01:30:04,971 --> 01:30:08,308
Honestly, Clipton, there are times
when l don't understand you at all.

905
01:30:08,475 --> 01:30:10,443
I'll try to make myself clear, sir.

906
01:30:10,610 --> 01:30:14,481
The fact is, what we!re doing
could be construed as...

907
01:30:14,714 --> 01:30:17,751
...forgive mei sir,
collaboration with the enemy.

908
01:30:17,917 --> 01:30:19,652
Perhaps even as
treasonable activity.

909
01:30:19,819 --> 01:30:23,923
We're prisoners of war.
We haven't the right to refuse to work.

910
01:30:24,157 --> 01:30:27,394
I understand that, sir.
But must we work so well?

911
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:31,131
Must we build them a better bridge
than they could have themselves?

912
01:30:31,731 --> 01:30:36,102
If you had to operate on Saitoi
would you do your best or let him die?

913
01:30:37,103 --> 01:30:39,973
Would you prefer
we disintegrate in idleness?

914
01:30:40,140 --> 01:30:43,900
Would you have it said that
our chaps can't do a proper job?

915
01:30:43,176 --> 01:30:48,181
It's important to show these people
they can!t break us in body or in spirit.

916
01:30:48,515 --> 01:30:50,684
Take a good looki Clipton.

917
01:30:51,518 --> 01:30:53,620
One day the war will be over.

918
01:30:53,820 --> 01:30:57,190
I hope that the people who use
this bridge in years to come...

919
01:30:57,357 --> 01:31:00,527
...will remember how it was builti
and who built it.

920
01:31:00,794 --> 01:31:06,132
Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers.
British soldiers, even in captivity.

921
01:31:06,299 --> 01:31:08,668
-Yes, sir.
-You!re a fine doctor...

922
01:31:08,935 --> 01:31:11,771
...but you've a lot to learn
about the army.

923
01:31:35,495 --> 01:31:37,630
Hold him! Hold him!

924
01:31:37,297 --> 01:31:41,368
Use your boot!
Get your boot in there, will you?

925
01:31:48,575 --> 01:31:50,143
Good morning.

926
01:32:03,857 --> 01:32:06,226
What on earth
are you people staring at?

927
01:32:06,393 --> 01:32:08,528
Get on with your jobs!

928
01:32:09,763 --> 01:32:11,598
Now get him with your boot!

929
01:32:24,210 --> 01:32:25,745
I'm awfully sorry l!m latei sir.

930
01:32:25,912 --> 01:32:29,783
Four minutes late, to be exact.
You were in need of medical attention?

931
01:32:29,949 --> 01:32:32,686
-Sir?
-l was referring to the nurse.

932
01:32:33,520 --> 01:32:36,356
Oh, yes, very ingenious.
Warden was right.

933
01:32:36,523 --> 01:32:37,891
Sit down.

934
01:32:38,625 --> 01:32:42,929
I asked you here to help us pick
the fourth member of your team.

935
01:32:43,196 --> 01:32:45,865
-Ask Mr. Joyce to come in.
-Yes, sir.

936
01:32:46,433 --> 01:32:49,269
Chapman here wants Joycei
but I have my doubts about him.

937
01:32:49,536 --> 01:32:53,306
I think he has too much imagination
as distinct from cold calculation.

938
01:32:53,473 --> 01:32:54,741
As l've told you before...

939
01:32:54,908 --> 01:32:59,279
...in this job, even when it's finished
there's always one more thing to do.

940
01:32:59,546 --> 01:33:01,915
He's the best swimmer
in the school, sir.

941
01:33:02,148 --> 01:33:06,453
I'm well aware of your evaluation.
The opinion I want is Shears'.

942
01:33:09,956 --> 01:33:11,891
All righti at ease.

943
01:33:16,663 --> 01:33:20,300
These gentlemen are thinking of
taking you for a hike into the jungle.

944
01:33:20,567 --> 01:33:21,901
Yesi sir.

945
01:33:22,569 --> 01:33:24,804
You were an accountant in Montreal?

946
01:33:25,710 --> 01:33:27,240
Yesi sir.
Not really an accountant, sir.

947
01:33:27,474 --> 01:33:29,609
That is, l didn!t have my charter.

948
01:33:29,809 --> 01:33:31,244
Exactly what did you do?

949
01:33:31,478 --> 01:33:35,448
Well, sir, I just checked columns
and columns of figures...

950
01:33:35,682 --> 01:33:38,184
...which people had checked
before me...

951
01:33:38,351 --> 01:33:41,821
...and then other people checked them
after I had checked them.

952
01:33:42,880 --> 01:33:45,325
-Sounds a frightful bore.
-Sir, it was a frightful bore.

953
01:33:45,492 --> 01:33:47,160
How did you happen
to wind up here?

954
01:33:47,327 --> 01:33:49,863
In '39 l came over to London
to enlist.

955
01:33:50,300 --> 01:33:52,599
About two years later
I volunteered for this work.

956
01:33:52,766 --> 01:33:56,469
-You volunteered!
-Yes, sir. See, the regular army--

957
01:33:56,703 --> 01:33:58,338
Go ahead, you can be frank.

958
01:33:58,772 --> 01:34:03,843
Well, the regular army reminded me
of my job in civilian life.

959
01:34:04,110 --> 01:34:06,312
They don't expect you to think.

960
01:34:08,615 --> 01:34:10,283
Think about this.

961
01:34:10,550 --> 01:34:13,520
Are you quite sure you'd be able
to use it in cold blood?

962
01:34:13,987 --> 01:34:15,288
I know how to use it, sir.

963
01:34:15,522 --> 01:34:19,526
That's not what l meant.
Could you use it in cold blood?

964
01:34:19,793 --> 01:34:22,162
Could you kill without hesitation?

965
01:34:23,229 --> 01:34:28,334
That's a question l've often asked
myself, sir. It's worried me quite a bit.

966
01:34:28,802 --> 01:34:30,503
And what was the answer?

967
01:34:30,904 --> 01:34:33,600
I don!t honestly know, sir.

968
01:34:33,740 --> 01:34:36,343
I've tried to imagine myself....

969
01:34:38,178 --> 01:34:42,182
I suppose I find it hard to kid myself
that killing isn!t a crime.

970
01:34:42,882 --> 01:34:44,851
It's an old army problem.

971
01:34:45,485 --> 01:34:48,655
Well, l think that's all.
Thank you, Joyce.

972
01:34:51,257 --> 01:34:52,692
Am l to go with the team, sir?

973
01:34:54,194 --> 01:34:55,495
We'll let you know.

974
01:35:03,103 --> 01:35:04,270
You see what I mean.

975
01:35:04,504 --> 01:35:06,406
Well, at least he was honest.

976
01:35:06,673 --> 01:35:11,177
None of us ever know the answer to
that question until the moment arises.

977
01:35:11,444 --> 01:35:12,946
What's your opinion, Shears?

978
01:35:14,280 --> 01:35:15,882
Well, sir, he's Canadian.

979
01:35:16,820 --> 01:35:20,286
And that's in keeping with the
international composition of this outfit.

980
01:35:20,620 --> 01:35:22,956
If he wants to go,
he can even take my place.

981
01:35:23,790 --> 01:35:27,293
Well, if you're all agreed on Joyce,
he's yours.

982
01:35:27,961 --> 01:35:31,640
I had a report from air reconnaissance
on that village.

983
01:35:31,231 --> 01:35:34,234
There's sufficient clearing
to make your jump at last light.

984
01:35:34,467 --> 01:35:37,704
-You!ve had parachute training?
-No, sir.

985
01:35:37,904 --> 01:35:40,607
Blast. This is awkward.

986
01:35:40,874 --> 01:35:43,760
Sillyi it never occurred to me.

987
01:35:43,610 --> 01:35:44,711
Well, maybe--

988
01:35:44,944 --> 01:35:47,881
He's right.
Arrange some practice jumps for him.

989
01:35:48,114 --> 01:35:49,983
I'll pop over
and check right away.

990
01:35:50,250 --> 01:35:53,319
-All right, Chapman, you can run along.
-Yes, sir.

991
01:35:55,622 --> 01:35:57,924
Well, feel like a sniff of air?

992
01:35:58,158 --> 01:35:59,559
Yesi sir.

993
01:35:59,826 --> 01:36:02,462
You don't realise what a plum
you are for us.

994
01:36:02,729 --> 01:36:06,232
Your knowledge of the area,
making friends in that village.

995
01:36:06,433 --> 01:36:10,603
It's almost as if your whole escape
had been planned with us in mind.

996
01:36:13,406 --> 01:36:17,911
By the way, here's something
that'll interest you. The new L pill.

997
01:36:18,945 --> 01:36:22,482
-L pill?
-L for lethal. lnstantaneous, painless.

998
01:36:22,682 --> 01:36:26,190
Much better than the old ones.
For capture, of course.

999
01:36:26,252 --> 01:36:28,788
You're telling me
not to be taken alive.

1000
01:36:29,220 --> 01:36:30,857
I wouldn't recommend it.

1001
01:36:31,358 --> 01:36:35,528
If any of you get hurt or wounded the
others will have to leave him behind.

1002
01:36:35,795 --> 01:36:38,131
The objective comes first
in our work.

1003
01:36:38,798 --> 01:36:41,167
You want my honest evaluation
of this team?

1004
01:36:41,368 --> 01:36:43,470
I didn't want to speak out
in front of them.

1005
01:36:43,636 --> 01:36:45,438
I understand, go ahead.

1006
01:36:46,873 --> 01:36:50,143
Well, Chapman will be fine.
Ice water in his veins.

1007
01:36:50,377 --> 01:36:53,146
Joyce is.... He'll be okay.

1008
01:36:53,380 --> 01:36:56,490
-lt's Warden I don't get.
-Oh, why not?

1009
01:36:56,282 --> 01:36:58,180
Cambridge don and all of that.

1010
01:36:58,218 --> 01:37:01,821
It's one thing to play with explosives
like a kid with firecrackers--

1011
01:37:02,550 --> 01:37:04,391
He's not without experience,
you know.

1012
01:37:05,291 --> 01:37:09,229
When we lost Singapore, he stayed
behind to blow up a couple of bridges.

1013
01:37:09,396 --> 01:37:12,198
And many other installations
before the Japs caught him.

1014
01:37:12,399 --> 01:37:13,400
-Caught him?
-Yes.

1015
01:37:13,566 --> 01:37:16,503
-Fascinating story. He--
-Sir, it's most annoying.

1016
01:37:16,736 --> 01:37:21,307
In view of time, they don!t think
practice jumps would be worthwhile.

1017
01:37:21,474 --> 01:37:23,176
-No?
-lf you make one jump...

1018
01:37:23,343 --> 01:37:25,578
...you've only got 50 percent
chance of injury.

1019
01:37:25,745 --> 01:37:29,349
Two jumpsi 80 percent. Three jumps,
you're bound to get your packet.

1020
01:37:29,582 --> 01:37:33,520
The consensus is, the most sensible
thing for Major Shears to do...

1021
01:37:33,720 --> 01:37:36,723
...is to go ahead and jump
and hope for the best.

1022
01:37:36,990 --> 01:37:39,250
With or without parachute?

1023
01:37:44,970 --> 01:37:46,332
Oh, very good!

1024
01:37:49,936 --> 01:37:51,538
With or without!

1025
01:38:48,728 --> 01:38:49,763
He's in the trees!

1026
01:39:28,768 --> 01:39:31,438
Yai says we can't reach
the Kwai by the route you took.

1027
01:39:31,638 --> 01:39:36,420
There are too many Japanese patrols.
We'll swing north through heavy jungle.

1028
01:39:36,209 --> 01:39:38,445
-Who's gonna lead the way?
-Yai himself.

1029
01:39:38,611 --> 01:39:41,147
He hates the Japanese.
They took all his men.

1030
01:39:41,381 --> 01:39:44,150
Which means we shall have to
use women bearers.

1031
01:39:44,317 --> 01:39:46,853
-Women bearers.
-They!re very capable, I'm told.

1032
01:39:58,365 --> 01:40:01,468
He says it!s dangerous
to spend the night in the village.

1033
01:40:01,701 --> 01:40:05,872
There's an enemy post three miles away
so we'll have to sleep in the jungle.

1034
01:40:06,139 --> 01:40:10,844
-What about Chapman?
-Yai will bury him and his chute.

1035
01:40:11,770 --> 01:40:12,712
Is there something wrong?

1036
01:40:13,847 --> 01:40:18,585
I was just thinking.
You speak Yai's language. I don!t.

1037
01:40:18,852 --> 01:40:22,856
He's gonna lead you back to the river
by a route I never took.

1038
01:40:23,890 --> 01:40:26,726
Will someone tell me why
I'm so indispensable to this outfit?

1039
01:40:26,993 --> 01:40:31,264
I know how you feel, but there's
always the unexpectedi isn't there?

1040
01:40:31,865 --> 01:40:33,600
Tell that to Chapman.

1041
01:40:33,867 --> 01:40:35,435
Let's get cracking.

1042
01:43:39,386 --> 01:43:41,540
You're lovely.

1043
01:43:43,590 --> 01:43:44,858
Lovely.

1044
01:43:45,910 --> 01:43:47,293
Be happy in your work.

1045
01:43:47,594 --> 01:43:48,795
Yesi sir.

1046
01:44:16,156 --> 01:44:19,626
Leeches.

1047
01:44:34,941 --> 01:44:39,120
She's telling you to hold still.
She'll take the leeches off your back.

1048
01:44:39,179 --> 01:44:41,815
What's a nice girl like you
doing in a place like this?

1049
01:44:41,981 --> 01:44:44,484
I'll teach you to say that in Siamese.

1050
01:44:44,751 --> 01:44:48,254
No, that would spoil it.
Too much talk always spoils it.

1051
01:44:48,455 --> 01:44:49,989
What's wrong with that thing?

1052
01:44:50,156 --> 01:44:53,827
It's taken an awful beating.
I can't get a strong signal.

1053
01:44:53,993 --> 01:44:55,328
I'll tell you what's wrong.

1054
01:44:55,495 --> 01:44:59,466
It's wet, mildewed, corrodedi rotten.
Like everything else in this jungle.

1055
01:44:59,632 --> 01:45:01,368
You might as well dump it!

1056
01:45:06,439 --> 01:45:08,641
This is Radio Tokyo signing off.

1057
01:45:08,875 --> 01:45:13,380
This is your friendliest enemy
reminding you to take it easy...

1058
01:45:13,613 --> 01:45:16,149
...and never volunteer for anything.

1059
01:45:29,329 --> 01:45:31,398
If we stay, we!ll be up to our necks.

1060
01:45:31,564 --> 01:45:33,900
-l've got it all decoded, sir.
-Read it.

1061
01:45:34,134 --> 01:45:37,971
Yesi sir. !'One, original
bridge works reported abandoned.

1062
01:45:38,171 --> 01:45:40,807
New construction downstream
from first site.

1063
01:45:41,410 --> 01:45:45,145
Twoi enemy intends to open railway
with passage of special train...

1064
01:45:45,345 --> 01:45:48,314
...Bangkok for Rangoon
with troops and V.l.P.

1065
01:45:48,548 --> 01:45:51,184
Estimated to arrive targeti a.m. 1 3th.

1066
01:45:51,418 --> 01:45:54,554
Threei synchronize demolition
with passage this train.

1067
01:45:54,721 --> 01:45:57,924
Four, good hunting. Have fun.!'
That's all, sir.

1068
01:45:58,191 --> 01:45:59,893
A train and a bridge!

1069
01:46:00,600 --> 01:46:02,495
Yesi sir.
Can we get there in time, sir?

1070
01:46:02,662 --> 01:46:05,231
Yai says we're two to three days!
march from the Kwai.

1071
01:46:05,432 --> 01:46:09,436
If we set a faster pace, we could
make it before sundown on the 1 2th.

1072
01:46:09,703 --> 01:46:11,604
It's worth it for the train.

1073
01:46:11,871 --> 01:46:15,175
Oh, by all means. Good hunting.
Good show.

1074
01:46:15,375 --> 01:46:17,377
Jolly good fun. Jolly, jolly good.

1075
01:46:18,511 --> 01:46:21,948
If you hadn't fixed the radio,
we wouldn't know about the train.

1076
01:46:22,215 --> 01:46:24,951
Well, there's always the unexpectedi
isn't there?

1077
01:46:28,288 --> 01:46:29,856
Heave!

1078
01:46:30,230 --> 01:46:33,727
Heave! Heave!

1079
01:46:50,110 --> 01:46:52,612
-Half a pint, sir.
-Quinine.

1080
01:46:54,314 --> 01:46:56,983
Well, we'll complete this later.

1081
01:46:57,884 --> 01:47:01,388
-Clipton, we're facing a crisis.
-Yes, sir?

1082
01:47:02,389 --> 01:47:06,493
I spoke with Reeves and Hughes.
We won't finish the bridge on time.

1083
01:47:06,659 --> 01:47:08,294
We just haven't the manpower.

1084
01:47:08,495 --> 01:47:11,798
I've asked the officers to lend a handi
but even that won!t do it.

1085
01:47:11,998 --> 01:47:13,633
The officers are going to work?

1086
01:47:13,900 --> 01:47:17,637
I explained the situation and they
volunteeredi but it's not enough.

1087
01:47:17,804 --> 01:47:19,639
Why not ask Saito
for some of his men?

1088
01:47:19,806 --> 01:47:22,976
This is our show. We must
make the most of our resources.

1089
01:47:23,143 --> 01:47:26,120
That's what l came to talk
to you about. The sick list.

1090
01:47:26,279 --> 01:47:29,983
There's not a man in this hospital
who doesn't belong there.

1091
01:47:30,150 --> 01:47:32,619
Don't jump to conclusions.
No reflection on you...

1092
01:47:32,786 --> 01:47:35,210
...but there are always
a few malingerers.

1093
01:47:35,255 --> 01:47:37,657
Be honest. Keep an open mind
is all I ask.

1094
01:47:37,924 --> 01:47:39,759
Come along, let!s see.

1095
01:47:41,194 --> 01:47:43,960
Don't move, don't move.

1096
01:47:46,866 --> 01:47:48,535
What's the matter with Haskins?

1097
01:47:48,702 --> 01:47:52,439
He's got amoebic dysentery and
blackwater fever. Temperature of 1 04.

1098
01:47:52,605 --> 01:47:54,140
Right. I see.

1099
01:47:57,210 --> 01:47:58,445
And this man?

1100
01:47:58,678 --> 01:48:02,649
Leg ulcers. l may be able to save
the leg if I do more cutting tonight.

1101
01:48:02,816 --> 01:48:04,851
Really want to send him
out to worki sir?

1102
01:48:05,510 --> 01:48:06,853
Don't talk roti Clipton.

1103
01:48:11,224 --> 01:48:13,860
-And that man there?
-His arm's infected.

1104
01:48:14,600 --> 01:48:16,363
Most of their wounds
won't heal properly.

1105
01:48:16,563 --> 01:48:19,299
I wonderi in his case,
if fresh air and light duties...

1106
01:48:19,466 --> 01:48:21,568
...might do more good
than being cooped up.

1107
01:48:21,735 --> 01:48:24,738
-Light duties?
-lt's not our policy to keep a man...

1108
01:48:24,904 --> 01:48:27,540
-...just because he scratched his arm.
-Not our policy?

1109
01:48:27,707 --> 01:48:28,975
Well, is it?

1110
01:48:29,142 --> 01:48:33,179
A man may not be on top of his formi
but he can still make himself useful.

1111
01:48:33,346 --> 01:48:37,170
Trimmings and finishing jobs.
Stand easy, Baker.

1112
01:48:37,250 --> 01:48:40,854
Tell me, you feel up to doing
a little light work on the bridge?

1113
01:48:42,489 --> 01:48:45,250
-Anything you say, sir.
-Good show.

1114
01:48:46,920 --> 01:48:47,827
What about you? Nothing difficult.

1115
01:48:47,994 --> 01:48:50,430
-l'll tryi sir.
-Good man.

1116
01:48:52,198 --> 01:48:57,300
Now, look here, men. lt goes
without saying I'm proud of all of you.

1117
01:48:57,170 --> 01:49:01,741
But we're facing a crisis.
For those of you who feel up to it...

1118
01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:06,112
...how about lending us a hand?
Fetch and carry, paint here and there?

1119
01:49:06,346 --> 01:49:07,747
What do you say?

1120
01:49:07,947 --> 01:49:11,618
-Yes, sir.
-Good show. Come on, follow me.

1121
01:50:54,154 --> 01:50:55,221
Ten minutes.

1122
01:52:53,239 --> 01:52:55,108
Make sure they're all dead.

1123
01:52:58,578 --> 01:52:59,946
Come oni Joyce.

1124
01:53:02,148 --> 01:53:04,784
Use your knife, man,
or we'll be shooting each other.

1125
01:53:17,970 --> 01:53:18,765
Go that way, Joyce.

1126
01:55:27,160 --> 01:55:29,996
I could have done it. l was ready.

1127
01:55:34,501 --> 01:55:35,902
Are you hit, sir?

1128
01:55:36,269 --> 01:55:37,537
Let's go.

1129
01:55:58,925 --> 01:56:02,662
It's superficial. Maybe a chipped bone,
but there's nothing broken.

1130
01:56:02,829 --> 01:56:04,998
-lt's my fault, sir.
-Oh, shut upi Joyce.

1131
01:56:05,165 --> 01:56:07,567
I can walk on it.
That's all that counts.

1132
01:56:07,767 --> 01:56:09,703
Yeahi but how far and how fast?

1133
01:56:09,936 --> 01:56:12,572
We won't know that
till l've tried it, will we?

1134
01:59:25,650 --> 01:59:26,733
What are you doing?

1135
01:59:27,233 --> 01:59:29,302
I didn't give orders for a halt.

1136
01:59:29,502 --> 01:59:30,937
We all need it.

1137
01:59:35,410 --> 01:59:38,578
We're still five hours! fast march
from the objective.

1138
01:59:38,812 --> 01:59:40,146
Maybe six.

1139
01:59:41,181 --> 01:59:42,349
Come on.

1140
01:59:42,515 --> 01:59:45,850
You keep walking on that foot,
you'll bleed to death.

1141
01:59:46,486 --> 01:59:48,210
Yeah.

1142
01:59:52,692 --> 01:59:55,762
-You!re gonna leave me here.
-lf you stop, we stop.

1143
01:59:56,663 --> 01:59:59,265
You can't study the layout
of the bridge after dark.

1144
01:59:59,499 --> 02:00:01,601
You've got to get there
before sundown.

1145
02:00:01,835 --> 02:00:06,506
But, sir, when the job's done, who
knows if we can return by this route...

1146
02:00:06,773 --> 02:00:08,875
...or whether we could find you
if we did?

1147
02:00:09,109 --> 02:00:12,679
If you were me, l wouldn!t hesitate
to leave you and you know that.

1148
02:00:12,912 --> 02:00:14,414
He doesn!t know it, but I do.

1149
02:00:14,581 --> 02:00:18,510
You'd leave your own mother here
if the rules called for it.

1150
02:00:18,785 --> 02:00:22,222
You'll go on without me.
That's an order.

1151
02:00:22,422 --> 02:00:24,724
You're in command now, Shears.

1152
02:00:27,460 --> 02:00:29,295
I won!t obey that order.

1153
02:00:29,696 --> 02:00:31,431
You make me sick with your heroics.

1154
02:00:31,631 --> 02:00:34,434
You carry the stench of death
like the plague.

1155
02:00:34,701 --> 02:00:36,903
Explosives and L pills
go well together.

1156
02:00:37,137 --> 02:00:40,807
It's one thing or the other.
Destroy a bridge or destroy yourself.

1157
02:00:41,740 --> 02:00:42,809
This is just a game, this war.

1158
02:00:43,430 --> 02:00:46,946
You and that Colonel Nicholsoni
you're crazy with courage. For what?

1159
02:00:47,213 --> 02:00:50,150
How to die like a gentlemani
how to die by the rules...

1160
02:00:50,383 --> 02:00:54,120
...when the only important thing
is how to live like a human being!

1161
02:00:58,124 --> 02:01:00,994
I'm not gonna leave you
here to diei Warden...

1162
02:01:02,328 --> 02:01:06,199
...because I don!t care about
your bridge or about your rules.

1163
02:01:06,666 --> 02:01:09,335
If we go oni we go on together.

1164
02:01:12,272 --> 02:01:13,940
Good old Yai.

1165
02:01:25,919 --> 02:01:27,530
I'm all right.

1166
02:01:37,764 --> 02:01:39,320
Come on.

1167
02:02:28,548 --> 02:02:30,160
Let's get closer.

1168
02:02:49,536 --> 02:02:51,738
Still sorry we brought you along?

1169
02:02:53,440 --> 02:02:55,308
-Feeling better?
-Yeah.

1170
02:02:55,542 --> 02:02:57,777
You're in command again now,
you know.

1171
02:02:58,110 --> 02:02:59,679
Thank you, major.

1172
02:03:00,547 --> 02:03:05,552
I can't understand it.
It's such a solidi well-designed job.

1173
02:03:08,121 --> 02:03:11,124
Not like the bridges
the enemy usually throws together.

1174
02:03:11,458 --> 02:03:12,726
Look.

1175
02:03:14,561 --> 02:03:16,596
Those poor devils down there.

1176
02:03:16,863 --> 02:03:20,700
Imagine being forced to build that
in the condition they must be in.

1177
02:03:21,801 --> 02:03:24,804
They've got a British officer
working on his knees.

1178
02:03:25,710 --> 02:03:27,140
The Japanese seem
to be enjoying it too.

1179
02:03:28,308 --> 02:03:31,478
If he knew we were here,
it might boost his morale a little.

1180
02:03:50,630 --> 02:03:54,000
If not for the train, we could
set a time fuse and be miles away.

1181
02:03:54,234 --> 02:03:57,370
Since we don't know
what time it'll cross tomorrow...

1182
02:03:57,303 --> 02:03:59,539
...we'll have to do the job manually.

1183
02:04:00,173 --> 02:04:02,942
We'll set the charges
against the piles...

1184
02:04:03,176 --> 02:04:06,680
...about three feet under the wateri
I should think...

1185
02:04:06,946 --> 02:04:10,283
...and run the main wire
downstream to the plunger.

1186
02:04:11,518 --> 02:04:14,354
The problem is where to hide it.

1187
02:04:19,459 --> 02:04:22,562
Our side of the river is quite
obviously used by the Japanese.

1188
02:04:22,929 --> 02:04:24,798
They'd spot it at once.

1189
02:04:28,635 --> 02:04:31,805
Look. Do you see
those fallen tree trunks?

1190
02:04:31,971 --> 02:04:35,342
And the grey rock just below them
on that little beach?

1191
02:04:35,942 --> 02:04:39,412
-Yes, siri l see them.
-That's our key position.

1192
02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:42,148
It's on the wrong side of the river...

1193
02:04:42,315 --> 02:04:45,885
...but it's the only hiding place
within feasible distance.

1194
02:04:47,354 --> 02:04:49,422
As soon as the bridge goes up...

1195
02:04:49,889 --> 02:04:52,792
...whoever's there
will have to swim back.

1196
02:04:52,992 --> 02:04:55,280
It's not likely to be a pleasant swim.

1197
02:04:55,195 --> 02:04:57,797
Siri l was the best swimmer
in my course.

1198
02:04:57,964 --> 02:04:59,499
Yeah.

1199
02:05:00,667 --> 02:05:02,902
It looks like
your line of country, then.

1200
02:05:03,690 --> 02:05:04,104
Thank you, sir.

1201
02:05:04,304 --> 02:05:08,108
Shears, pick a spot on our side
of the bank where you can cover Joyce.

1202
02:05:08,375 --> 02:05:11,277
Yai will be with you
so you can occupy the Nips...

1203
02:05:11,511 --> 02:05:13,747
-...if they make any trouble for Joyce.
-Right.

1204
02:05:13,913 --> 02:05:16,449
On the theory that
there's always one more thing...

1205
02:05:16,649 --> 02:05:21,870
...l!ll set up the mortar here
to create an additional diversion.

1206
02:05:21,321 --> 02:05:24,691
Perhaps I might even take
a few potshots at the train.

1207
02:05:24,924 --> 02:05:26,192
All clear?

1208
02:05:26,426 --> 02:05:29,729
Any questions?
Right, we'll start as soon as it's dark.

1209
02:05:29,929 --> 02:05:32,766
They're sure to have
sentries on the bridge...

1210
02:05:32,999 --> 02:05:36,803
...so you'll have to float
the stuff down from upriver...

1211
02:05:37,103 --> 02:05:38,805
...which means building a raft.

1212
02:05:39,500 --> 02:05:40,140
Yai.

1213
02:05:45,110 --> 02:05:47,547
Yai will take three women
to help you build the raft.

1214
02:05:47,714 --> 02:05:50,950
One will stay here with me.
All righti now get cracking.

1215
02:05:53,720 --> 02:05:55,288
Shears.

1216
02:05:56,220 --> 02:05:59,459
You know, if it wasn!t for my ankle,
I'd take Joyce's assignment.

1217
02:05:59,626 --> 02:06:00,960
I know.

1218
02:06:01,127 --> 02:06:03,630
You think he'll be all right?

1219
02:06:03,363 --> 02:06:05,765
I think so. Want me to handle it?

1220
02:06:06,366 --> 02:06:09,302
I'd let you stay up here
with the mortar if l could.

1221
02:06:09,736 --> 02:06:11,171
I'm sorry.

1222
02:06:11,905 --> 02:06:14,574
When it's over, I hope you get
that medical discharge...

1223
02:06:14,741 --> 02:06:16,509
...and not the hard way.

1224
02:06:16,710 --> 02:06:18,780
Thanks.

1225
02:06:56,820 --> 02:06:57,283
Load.

1226
02:08:03,830 --> 02:08:04,384
Beautiful.

1227
02:08:05,151 --> 02:08:06,786
Yesi beautiful.

1228
02:08:07,870 --> 02:08:08,888
A first-rate job.

1229
02:08:09,356 --> 02:08:11,791
I had no idea it would
turn out so well.

1230
02:08:15,261 --> 02:08:16,930
Yes.

1231
02:08:17,197 --> 02:08:19,532
A beautiful creation.

1232
02:08:20,767 --> 02:08:22,268
I've been thinking.

1233
02:08:23,269 --> 02:08:27,874
Tomorrow it will be 28 years to
the day that l've been in the service.

1234
02:08:28,174 --> 02:08:30,777
Twenty-eight years in peace and war.

1235
02:08:32,780 --> 02:08:35,782
I haven't been at home more
than 1 0 months in all that time.

1236
02:08:36,383 --> 02:08:38,718
Still, it's been a good life.

1237
02:08:40,530 --> 02:08:42,155
I love lndia.

1238
02:08:43,790 --> 02:08:45,992
I wouldn't have had it any other way.

1239
02:08:47,694 --> 02:08:49,396
But there are times...

1240
02:08:51,640 --> 02:08:55,402
...when suddenly you realise you are
nearer the end than the beginning.

1241
02:08:56,403 --> 02:08:57,937
And you wonder....

1242
02:08:59,606 --> 02:09:01,641
You ask yourself...

1243
02:09:02,976 --> 02:09:06,246
...what the sum total
of your life represents...

1244
02:09:07,470 --> 02:09:10,617
...what difference your being there
at any time made to anything...

1245
02:09:11,117 --> 02:09:13,753
...or if it made any difference
at alli really.

1246
02:09:15,388 --> 02:09:18,758
Particularly in comparison
with other men!s careers.

1247
02:09:19,325 --> 02:09:21,928
I don!t know whether that
kind of thinking's healthy...

1248
02:09:22,495 --> 02:09:26,990
...but l must admit I've had
some thoughts on those lines...

1249
02:09:26,266 --> 02:09:28,535
...from time to time.

1250
02:09:31,638 --> 02:09:33,339
But tonight....

1251
02:09:34,841 --> 02:09:35,842
Tonight....

1252
02:09:39,612 --> 02:09:41,470
Blast.

1253
02:09:47,987 --> 02:09:49,456
I must be off.

1254
02:09:52,292 --> 02:09:55,662
The men are preparing
some sort of entertainment.

1255
02:10:42,542 --> 02:10:43,843
Lovely.

1256
02:17:51,710 --> 02:17:52,906
I'm sure l speak for all of us...

1257
02:17:53,106 --> 02:17:56,209
...when I say this has been
a most enjoyable evening.

1258
02:17:57,944 --> 02:18:00,213
As you know,
most of you move on tomorrow...

1259
02:18:00,413 --> 02:18:03,830
...to a new camp
and new construction.

1260
02:18:03,550 --> 02:18:07,887
It's a pity you won't be here to see
the first practical use of this bridge.

1261
02:18:08,540 --> 02:18:10,890
However, you'll be glad to know
that the completion...

1262
02:18:11,570 --> 02:18:13,259
...of this link in the railway...

1263
02:18:13,493 --> 02:18:16,863
...will enable us to transport
the sick and disabled...

1264
02:18:17,970 --> 02:18:20,200
...to the new camp by train.

1265
02:18:21,835 --> 02:18:24,771
Colonel Saito has kindly
permitted me to stay behind...

1266
02:18:24,971 --> 02:18:27,307
...with Major Clipton
and the sick men...

1267
02:18:27,574 --> 02:18:31,770
...and we!ll rejoin you
in a few days' time.

1268
02:18:33,113 --> 02:18:36,282
Now that your work here
is finished...

1269
02:18:36,516 --> 02:18:40,553
...l suppose many of you
feel somewhat let down.

1270
02:18:41,321 --> 02:18:43,323
That's quite understandable.

1271
02:18:43,623 --> 02:18:46,259
It's a very natural reaction.

1272
02:18:48,628 --> 02:18:51,898
But one day, in a weeki
a month, a year...

1273
02:18:52,980 --> 02:18:55,969
...on that day when, God willing,
we all return to our homes again...

1274
02:18:56,636 --> 02:19:01,841
...you're going to feel very proud
of what you have achieved here...

1275
02:19:02,800 --> 02:19:04,811
...in the face of great adversity.

1276
02:19:06,120 --> 02:19:08,148
What you have done should be...

1277
02:19:09,150 --> 02:19:10,850
...and l think will be...

1278
02:19:11,251 --> 02:19:15,855
...an example to all our countrymeni
soldier and civilian alike.

1279
02:19:17,900 --> 02:19:19,626
You have survived with honour.

1280
02:19:20,527 --> 02:19:22,328
Thati and more.

1281
02:19:23,997 --> 02:19:26,990
Here in the wilderness...

1282
02:19:26,366 --> 02:19:29,836
...you have turned defeat
into victory.

1283
02:19:32,605 --> 02:19:34,641
I congratulate you.

1284
02:19:35,175 --> 02:19:36,209
Well done.

1285
02:19:41,614 --> 02:19:42,882
To the king.

1286
02:22:25,278 --> 02:22:26,713
And you're in business.

1287
02:22:26,946 --> 02:22:30,784
Now, you got everything? Sten,
ammunition, pack, canteen, knife.

1288
02:22:30,950 --> 02:22:32,452
Yes.

1289
02:22:32,719 --> 02:22:35,210
I'll be directly across the river.

1290
02:22:36,489 --> 02:22:39,392
The professor says there's
always one more thing to do.

1291
02:22:40,126 --> 02:22:42,328
I can't think of what it could be.

1292
02:22:43,730 --> 02:22:46,299
Except to wish you
a long and happy life.

1293
02:22:46,700 --> 02:22:48,234
Thank you.

1294
02:25:03,503 --> 02:25:04,971
What's happened?

1295
02:25:10,143 --> 02:25:11,878
The river's gone down.

1296
02:25:34,134 --> 02:25:36,360
You can see the wire.

1297
02:25:36,870 --> 02:25:38,171
The charges!

1298
02:27:46,499 --> 02:27:48,868
Don't wait for the train.

1299
02:27:49,169 --> 02:27:50,270
Do it now!

1300
02:28:17,831 --> 02:28:21,668
If Saito is correcti the train
should be along in five or 1 0 minutes.

1301
02:28:21,901 --> 02:28:24,671
If you don't mind,
I'll watch from up on the hill.

1302
02:28:24,838 --> 02:28:27,600
Why? You!ll get a better view
from the bridge.

1303
02:28:27,173 --> 02:28:30,577
It's hard to explain, sir.
I'd rather not be a part of it.

1304
02:28:30,844 --> 02:28:35,248
As you please. Honestly, sometimes
I don!t understand you at all.

1305
02:28:35,415 --> 02:28:39,753
Well, as you once saidi sir,
I've got a lot to learn about the army.

1306
02:28:46,726 --> 02:28:48,940
Good morning.

1307
02:28:48,361 --> 02:28:50,597
River's gone down in the night.

1308
02:30:35,335 --> 02:30:36,503
What's he doing?

1309
02:31:23,316 --> 02:31:26,419
Coloneli there!s something
rather odd going on.

1310
02:31:26,720 --> 02:31:30,357
I think we better have a look around
before that train comes across.

1311
02:32:29,215 --> 02:32:30,617
He's gone mad.

1312
02:32:30,817 --> 02:32:32,919
He's leading him right to it.

1313
02:32:33,153 --> 02:32:34,587
Our own man!

1314
02:33:18,832 --> 02:33:21,701
I was right.
There is something going on.

1315
02:34:16,890 --> 02:34:20,193
You've got to do it, boy.
You've got to do it now.

1316
02:34:23,290 --> 02:34:27,330
Coloneli have you a knife? l!ve just
realised the bridge has been mined.

1317
02:34:27,200 --> 02:34:28,668
Mined?

1318
02:34:35,542 --> 02:34:36,609
Good boy!

1319
02:34:41,581 --> 02:34:44,517
Officer, sir. British officer.
Here to blow up the bridge.

1320
02:34:44,684 --> 02:34:48,722
-Blow up the bridge?
-Yes, sir. British commando orders.

1321
02:34:48,922 --> 02:34:51,624
-Blow up the bridge?
-Yes, sir. There!s no time!

1322
02:34:51,791 --> 02:34:54,260
No, no! Help!

1323
02:34:58,932 --> 02:35:00,800
Help!

1324
02:35:01,534 --> 02:35:03,803
Kill him! Kill him!

1325
02:35:04,204 --> 02:35:06,639
Let me goi sir!
You don't understand, sir!

1326
02:35:07,707 --> 02:35:10,577
Kill him! Kill him!

1327
02:35:15,482 --> 02:35:17,250
Help!

1328
02:35:20,887 --> 02:35:22,989
Kill himi Joyce! Kill him!

1329
02:36:16,142 --> 02:36:19,846
You!

1330
02:36:33,727 --> 02:36:35,528
What have l done?

1331
02:37:44,197 --> 02:37:45,732
Madness.

1332
02:37:58,278 --> 02:38:00,113
I had to do it.

1333
02:38:01,470 --> 02:38:04,284
I had to do it.
They might have been captured alive.

1334
02:38:04,784 --> 02:38:06,786
It was the only thing to do!

1335
02:38:43,890 --> 02:38:48,528
Madness.