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Movie-Sounds.org › War Movie Quotes › The Bridge on the River Kwai

You speak to me of code? What code? The coward's code!

— Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

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

You can hear this line at 00:22:59.054 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Give me the book.

- By all means. You read English, I take it?

- Do you read Japanese?

- I'm sorry, no. But if it's a matter of precise translation, I'm sure that can be arranged.

- You see, the code specifically states that the...

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- Stand fast in the ranks.

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- What do you know of the soldier's code? Of Bushido? Nothing! You are unworthy of command!

- Since you refuse to abide by the laws of the civilised world, we must consider ourselves absolved from our duty to obey you.

- My officers will not do manual labour.

- We shall see.

- All enlisted prisoners to work.

[...]

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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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