I beg your pardon, sir. You mean you really want them to build the bridge?
5 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:08:52.225 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- But fortunately we have the means at hand: the bridge.
- We'll show them what the British soldier is capable of doing.
- I beg your pardon, sir. You mean you really want them to build the bridge?
- You're not usually so slow on the uptake, Evans.
- I know our men. You've got to keep them occupied.
- Fact is, if there weren't any work for them to do, we'd invent some, eh?
- But it's going to be a proper bridge.
[...]