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I'm sorry, sir, I didn't quite follow you. You mean you intend to uphold the letter of the law, no matter what it costs?

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

You can hear this line at 00:19:35.922 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I understand how you feel.

- 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.

- I'm sorry, sir, I didn't quite follow you. You mean you intend to uphold the letter of the law, no matter what it costs?

- 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.

- I suggest we drop the subject of escape. Is there anything else?

- I think we're all clear on the program. I want everything to go off without a hitch, starting first thing tomorrow morning.

- And remember this: Our men must always feel they are still commanded by us and not by the Japanese. So long as they have that idea to cling to, they'll be soldiers and not slaves.

[...]

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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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