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Your Navy's in an awkward position.

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

You can hear this line at 01:27:23.206 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- Your Navy's in an awkward position.

- In one sense, you're a blasted hero for making an escape through the jungle.

- But at the same time, they can't very well bring you home and give you the Navy Cross for impersonating an officer, can they?

- I suppose that's why they were so happy to hand you over to us. You see?

- Hot potato.

- As far as your present rank is concerned, we're fairly informal about those things in Force 316. So you'll have the simulated rank of major.

[...]

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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