There's no bottom. You see those piles? They're sinking. Our chaps could drive those logs till doomsday and they wouldn't hold.
12 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:07:20.797 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- We must put a stop to these demonstrations.
- Have you ever constructed a bridge across a stream like the Kwai?
- Yes, sir, half a dozen of them in Madras, Bengal.
- If this were your bridge how would you get it under way?
- Get it under way, sir? Well, first of all, I wouldn't build it here.
- As I was trying to tell you a while ago, sir, the Japanese couldn't have picked a worse location.
- Why, further downstream, sir. Across those narrows. Then we'd have solid bedrock on both banks.
- If this were your bridge how would you use the men?
- Well, sir, not the way they're doing it. It's utter chaos, as you can see at a glance.
- I tell you, gentlemen, we have a problem on our hands.
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