- I was lucky. If your sea-rescue plane hadn't spotted me, I wouldn't be here.
- No, I suppose not.

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

You can hear this line at 01:21:52.750 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, I'm dying for a cup of tea. Would you care for one?

- No, thanks.

- A drink?

- No, thank you.

- Pot of tea for one, please, Peter.

- Very good, sir.

- Do you read this?

- Oh, I taught Oriental languages at Cambridge before the war.

- By the way, I never congratulated you on your escape. It was a good show, I must say.

- I was lucky. If your sea-rescue plane hadn't spotted me, I wouldn't be here.

- No, I suppose not.

- Would you like to see where you were?

- All right.

- Our information's rather scanty. It's mostly based on your report. But we think the camp is about here.

- Say, do your intelligence people have any idea what happened to that Colonel Nicholson?

- He had the guts of a maniac. They were about to shoot him, and he didn't bat an eye.

[...]

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