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- I'll say this for the old man. He's got guts.
- Into the valley of death Rode the 600.
- How's that, sir?
- That kind of guts. Also the kind they had in 1914 when your officers went over the top with nothing but a swagger stick.

15 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:28:28.174 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- He's going to do it. Believe me, he's really going to do it.

- One...

- I warn you, Colonel Saito...

- Two!

- Colonel, I've seen and heard everything. So has every man in the hospital. There are too many witnesses. You'll never get away with calling it a mass escape. Most of those men can't walk.

- Is this your soldier's code? Murdering unarmed men?

- You see, Jennings, there are certain advantages to being on the sick list.

- I'll say this for the old man. He's got guts.

- Into the valley of death Rode the 600.

- How's that, sir?

- That kind of guts. Also the kind they had in 1914 when your officers went over the top with nothing but a swagger stick.

- Yes, sir, I see what you mean.

- You don't see what I mean at all.

- The kind of guts that can get us all killed.

- Excuse me, sir, I'd like to go along too. Arm's almost healed, sir, really, it is.

- What about him?

- He didn't actually order us not to escape, he only suggested.

- Listen, kiddo, when a man like your colonel suggests something, it's an order.

[...]

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Famous quotes from the 1953 movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, featuring sound clips of the best lines and sfx.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito), William Holden (Commander Shears), Jack Hawkins (Major Warden)

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