- Sounds a frightful bore.
- Sir, it was a frightful bore.

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

You can hear this line at 01:34:16.118 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- All right, at ease.

- These gentlemen are thinking of taking you for a little hike into the jungle.

- Yes, sir.

- You were an accountant in Montreal?

- Yes, sir. Not really an accountant, sir. That is, I didn't have my charter.

- Huh? Exactly what did you do there?

- Well, sir, I just checked columns and columns of figures which three or four people had checked before me, and then other people checked them after I had checked them.

- Sounds a frightful bore.

- Sir, it was a frightful bore.

- How did you happen to wind up here?

- In '39 I came over to London to enlist and about two years later I volunteered for this work.

- You volunteered?

- Yes, sir. You see, the regular army...

- Go ahead, you can be frank.

[...]

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