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THE BRIDGE OVER THE  RIVER KWAI 1958

 ref LMBd

jack hawking  in charge of the mission to blow up the bridge  is badly injured and tells his men to go on ,and leave him behind . 

   there follows by robert tayler the only american in the group , a speech in tone and content delivered by a great actor , that captures the spirit of the film:

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            to hawkings - "to you this is just a game 

                                    how to die like a gentleman

                                    how to live by the rules

                                    when the most important thing

                                    is to live like a human being."

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jack hawkings in charge of a mission is badly

injured and tells his men to go on with the 

mission and leave him behind

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    there follows by WILLIAM HOLDEN an american

a speech in tone and content delivered by a great actor about hawking's attitude that captures the spirit of the film:

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           " to you this is just a game

             how to die like a gentleman

             how to live by the rules

             when the most important thing

             is to live like a human being."

David  2020

What happens next is in the film- i'll keep this for the film attached in case you havn't seen it - the film remains  probably one of the best war films ever made -a true masterpiece of the art of filmmaking.

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