No, but they can't do this to me. I really mean it. My Navy's made a mistake!

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

You can hear this line at 01:24:44.464 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, this is very embarrassing...

- Oh, let's stop kidding around. I can't go back.

- I don't belong to you. I belong to the American Navy.

- Yes, of course.

- Actually, Colonel Green has already taken the matter up with your people.

- With my people? Yes, your Navy's turned you over to us.

- A signal arrived yesterday morning from your CINC Pacific authorising your temporary transfer of duty to Force 316.

- They can't do this to me.

- I'm afraid they have. It was awfully difficult to know how to break it to you.

- No, but they can't do this to me. I really mean it. My Navy's made a mistake!

- Look, I'm not a Navy commander. I'm not even an officer. No, the whole thing's a fake. I'm just an ordinary swab jockey, second class.

- When the Houston sunk, I made it ashore with an officer. A real commander. Later on, we ran into a Japanese patrol and he was killed.

- I figured it was just a matter of time before I was captured, so...

- So you changed uniforms with a dead man.

[...]

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