- Do you know what will happen to me if the bridge is not ready in time?
- I haven't the foggiest.
- I'll have to kill myself.
— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)
9 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:55:21.202 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- When I said all officers must work naturally, I never meant you, the commanding officer.
- My orders were only intended for officers below...
- None of my officers will do manual lab our.
- I'm afraid not. The convention's quite clear on that point.
- Do you know what will happen to me if the bridge is not ready in time?
- What would you do if you were me?
- I suppose, if I were you I'd have to kill myself... Cheers.
- I warn you, colonel. If I am to die, others will die before me. Do you understand that?
- Major Clipton did mention something to that point. That won't solve your problem.
- I'm sure we can arrive at a proper solution. Please sit down.
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