:17:00
Well, I must be pushing on.
:17:02
There's an officer's meeting at 7.
:17:04
-Give me a list of your requirements.
-Yes, sir.
:17:07
Anything we can do.
:17:08
Thank you, sir.
:17:12
-What is it?
-Never mind.
:17:15
Go on, say it.
:17:17
I can think of a lot of things
to call Saito...
:17:20
...but reasonable, that's a new one.
:17:23
Perhaps Col. NichoIson
defines the word differently.
:17:35
Any other points?
:17:36
-By your leave, sir?
-Jennings?
:17:38
About the escape committee.
I've spoken with Cmd. Shears--
:17:41
There won't be any escape committee.
:17:43
I don't understand, sir.
Lt. Jennings has a plan.
:17:46
Yes, yes, I'm sure Jennings
has a plan, but escape?
:17:49
Where? Into this jungle?
That fellow, Saito, is right.
:17:53
No need for barbed wire here.
One chance in 1 00 of survival.
:17:58
I'm sure a man of Cmdr. Shears'
experience will back me up on that.
:18:01
I'd say that the odds against a
successful escape are 1 00 to one.
:18:06
But may I add another word?
:18:07
Please.
:18:09
The odds against survival in this camp
are even worse.
:18:12
You've seen the graveyard.
They're your real odds.
:18:15
To give up hope of escape...
:18:16
...to stop thinking about it
means accepting a death sentence.
:18:20
Why haven't you tried to escape,
commander?
:18:23
I'm biding my time. Waiting for
the right moment, the right company.
:18:26
I understand how you feel.
:18:29
Of course, it's the duty of a
captured soldier to attempt escape.
:18:34
But my men and I are
involved in a curious legal point...
:18:37
...of which you are unaware.
:18:39
In Singapore we were ordered to
surrender by command headquarters.
:18:43
Ordered, mind you.
:18:45
Therefore, in our case, escape might
well be an infraction of military law.
:18:49
Interesting point, sir.
:18:51
I'm sorry, sir,
I didn't quite follow you.
:18:53
You intend to uphold the letter
of the law, no matter what it costs?
:18:57
Without law, commander,
there is no civilization.