- Think about this. Are you quite sure you'd be able to use it in cold blood?
- I know how to use it, sir.
- That's not what I meant. Could you use it in cold blood? Could you kill without hesitation?
14 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:34:42.645 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- How did you happen to wind up here?
- In '39 I came over to London to enlist and about two years later I volunteered for this work.
- Yes, sir. You see, the regular army...
- Think about this. Are you quite sure you'd be able to use it in cold blood?
- That's not what I meant. Could you use it in cold blood? Could you kill without hesitation?
- That's a question I've often asked myself, sir. It's worried me quite a bit.
- I've tried to imagine myself. I suppose I find it hard to kid myself that killing isn't a crime.
- Well, I think that's all. Thank you, Joyce.
- Am I to go with the team, sir?
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