This film was one of several that as a young combat arms officer cadet we were required to watch as part of our training and professional development. Bridge Over The River Kwai was another.

Wish I had been able to catch it on TCM the other day.

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Originally Posted by FreddyBeachPete

This film was one of several that as a young combat arms officer cadet we were required to watch as part of our training and professional development. Bridge Over The River Kwai was another.

Wish I had been able to catch it on TCM the other day.

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Was the Bridge movie in relation to 'How to know when it's time to frag the CO?' Because I have it under good authority that's what would have happened had the situation arisen in real life, but on the other hand non-British people I've spoken to about it believe, apparently in common with their larger communities, that the movie really happened exactly as portrayed.

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Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

Was the Bridge movie in relation to 'How to know when it's time to frag the CO?' Because I have it under good authority that's what would have happened had the situation arisen in real life, but on the other hand non-British people I've spoken to about it believe, apparently in common with their larger communities, that the movie really happened exactly as portrayed.

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"BOTRK" was a travesty to the memory of Col. Philip Toosey, the real "Colonel of the Bridge over the Rive Kwai":

http://www.juliesummers.co.uk/colonel.php
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...s/ww2/kwai.htm

After I read Col. Toosey's story, I can't watch that movie anymore.

T.

Well, I finally acquired and watched this movie to see what all the fuss was about. Hardly in my top 10 list, but visually very nice to look at.

I thought it was cool that one of the characters, Capt. Jimmy Cairns, shares my surname. He was a good guy, too, unlike Sinclair.