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- Well, it's quite a clever plan.
- It's not only clever, it's foolproof.

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

You can hear this line at 01:26:28.776 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- When the navy brass learns the truth about me, they'll say: Ship him home in irons for impersonating an officer, something like that.

- Once that happens, I've got it made.

- Got it what?

- Made!

- I'd like that drink now.

- I'll apply for a medical discharge. I'll tell them that I impersonated an officer because I went off my rocker in the jungle.

- I'm getting worse, you know. Sometimes I think I'm Admiral Halsey.

- Well, it's quite a clever plan.

- It's not only clever, it's foolproof.

- If my Navy finds out who I am, those temporary orders you've got won't be worth the paper they're written on.

- This is your photograph, isn't it?

- Where did you get this?

- Well, it took a bit of doing because naturally your people couldn't identify you at first.

- But finally your CINC Pacific sent us a copy of your service record. Photograph, fingerprints, everything. Would you care to have a look?

- You see, we've known about your actual rank for nearly a week.

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The Bridge on the River Kwai Sound Clip

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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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