- I can walk on it. That's all that counts at the moment.
- Yeah, but how far and how fast?
- We won't know that till I've tried it, will we?

— 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 01:56:39.124 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Are you hit, sir?

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- No, it's superficial. Maybe a chipped bone, but there's nothing broken.

- It's my fault, sir.

- Oh, shut up, Joyce.

- I can walk on it. That's all that counts at the moment.

- Yeah, but how far and how fast?

- We won't know that till I've tried it, will we?

- What are you doing? I didn't give orders for a halt.

- We all need it.

- We're still five hours' fast march from the objective. Maybe six. Come on.

- If you keep walking on that foot, you'll bleed to death.

- You're going to leave me here.

[...]

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