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Most of them are so run-down their wounds won't heal properly.

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

You can hear this line at 01:48:48.072 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- He's got amoebic dysentery and Blackwater fever. His temperature was 104 last night.

- Right. I see.

- This man?

- Leg ulcers. I may be able to save the leg if I do more cutting tonight.

- Do you really want to send him out to work, sir?

- Don't talk rot, Clipton.

- And that man there?

- His arm's infected.

- Most of them are so run-down their wounds won't heal properly.

- Yes, but I wonder in a case like his if fresh air and light duties might do him more good than being cooped up here.

- Light duties?

- Yes, after all, it's not our policy to keep a man in hospital just because he's scratched his arm, is it?

- A man may not be on top of his form, but he can still make himself useful. Trimmings and finishing jobs.

- Stand easy, Baker. Tell me, do you feel up to doing a little light work on the bridge?

- Anything you say, sir.

[...]

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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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