When the Houston sunk, I made it ashore with an officer. A real commander. Later on, we ran into a Japanese patrol and he was killed.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:25:05.030 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Actually, Colonel Green has already taken the matter up with your people.
- With my people? Yes, your Navy's turned you over to us.
- I'm afraid they have. It was awfully difficult to know how to break it to you.
- No, but they can't do this to me. I really mean it. My Navy's made a mistake!
- I figured it was just a matter of time before I was captured, so...
- So you changed uniforms with a dead man.
- I thought officers would get better treatment in prison camps.
- Not that it did me any good, because at Saito's camp, the officers worked along with the rest.
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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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