- It's a question of face, pure and simple. And he can't give in.
- It's still blackmail.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:40:46.161 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Look, sir, we haven't much time.
- I'm going to clean you up a little while I talk. I've got something to tell you.
- I've just had a word with Saito.
- I know, sir, but he means it. I'm sure he does.
- It's a question of face, pure and simple. And he can't give in.
- Sir, you can't stand much more of this.
- And wouldn't the officers be better off working than suffocating in that hole?
- And if he makes the sick men work. Well, they're going to die. That's all there is to it.
[...]
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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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