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You want an officer for your team. An American commander named Shears, and he doesn't exist.

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

You can hear this line at 01:25:57.374 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Not that it did me any good, because at Saito's camp, the officers worked along with the rest.

- Yes, there's always the unexpected, isn't there?

- I kind of got used to being a commander, so when I arrived here at the hospital I took a look at the enlisted men's ward, then I took a look at the officers' ward and I said to myself, Let's let it ride along for a while.

- There were certain definite advantages.

- Yes, I saw one of them on the beach.

- Anyway, that's the whole story. And the point of it is that you can't use me.

- You want an officer for your team. An American commander named Shears, and he doesn't exist.

- 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.

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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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