The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Geoffrey Horne: Lieutenant Joyce

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• Colonel Green : You were an accountant in Montreal?

  Lieutenant Joyce : Yes, sir. Uh, not really an accountant, sir. That is, I didn't have my charter.

  Colonel Green : Exactly what did you do?

  Lieutenant Joyce : Well, sir, I just checked columns and columns of figures which three or four people had checked before me, and then there were other people who checked them after I had checked them.

  Colonel Green : Sounds a frightful bore.

  Lieutenant Joyce : Sir, it was a frightful bore.

• Lieutenant Joyce : I'm sorry, Sir. I thought you were the enemy.

  Commander Shears : Well, I'm an American, if that's what you mean.