- And what happened to them?
- They died of malaria, dysentery, beriberi, gangrene. Other causes of death: Famine, overwork, bullet wounds, snakebites, Saito...
16 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:16:42.783 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Sir, this is Commander Shears of the United States Navy.
- Good.
- For a deep-water sailor, I am sort of landlocked.
- The Houston. I made it ashore when she went down, but I got separated from the other survivors.
- Mostly Aussies. Some Lime... Some British. Indians, Burmese, Siamese.
- Then there were some who just got tired of living.
- Has Clipton had a look at you?
- Come over here, commander. You can finish that shave later.
- You'll stay with the officers, of course.
- We'll scrape up some decent clothing.
[...]
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Actors: Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito), William Holden (Commander Shears), Jack Hawkins (Major Warden)
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