But my men and I are involved in a curious legal point of which you are unaware.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:19:18.166 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Why haven't you tried to escape, commander?
- Oh, I've been biding my time. Waiting for the right moment, the right company.
- Of course, it's normally the duty of a captured soldier to attempt escape.
- But my men and I are involved in a curious legal point of which you are unaware.
- In Singapore, we were ordered to surrender by command headquarters. Ordered, mind you.
- Therefore, in our case, escape might well be an infraction of military law. Interesting?
- Yes. Interesting point, sir.
- Without law, commander, there is no civilisation.
- That's just my point. Here, there is no civilisation.
- Then we have the opportunity to introduce it.
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