The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

André Morell: Colonel Green

Quotes 

• 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.

• Colonel Green : Good show! Jolly good show, Major!

• Colonel Green : [to Shears]  You don't realize what a plum you are for us. Your knowledge of the area, making friends in that village. It's almost as if your whole escape had been planned with us in mind.

• Colonel Green : As I've told you before, in a job like yours, even when it's finished, there's always one more thing to do.