- How did you manage to get that?
- Well, this is a hospital, major, and where there's a hospital, there's alcohol.
- Oh, yes, of course. Heh. Jolly good.

— Major Warden (Jack Hawkins), Commander Shears (William Holden)

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

You can hear this line at 01:16:47.279 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now, look, you're an officer yourself. How would you like it if I called you Lieutenant Lover? Let's be democratic. Just call me sir.

- Yes, sir.

- Huh. Brass ahoy. He wants to see you, and he's all yours. I'm going for a swim.

- Don't leave me!

- Commander Shears?

- Yes.

- My name's Warden.

- How do you do?

- I'm sorry to intrude on you like this...

- Oh, that's okay, major. I'm used to it by now.

- Like a martini?

- That's very kind of you, but, no, I think not. Mind if I have one?

- No.

- How did you manage to get that?

- Well, this is a hospital, major, and where there's a hospital, there's alcohol.

- Oh, yes, of course. Heh. Jolly good.

- Well, look, I'll be as brief as possible. I belong to a rather rum group called Force 316.

- Our headquarters is up in the Botanical Gardens.

- Protecting rare plants from the enemy?

- Heh. Not quite.

- Sure you won't have one?

- No, thanks very much.

- Among other things, we have a particular interest in that railway you worked on and you could give us no end of very valuable information.

[...]

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