: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.
:19:00
That's just my point.
Here, there is no civilization.
:19:03
Then we have the opportunity
to introduce it.
:19:07
I suggest we drop
the subject of escape.
:19:11
Is there anything else?
:19:15
I think we're
clear on the program.
:19:18
I want everything to go off smoothly
starting tomorrow morning.
:19:21
And remember this:
:19:23
Our men must always feel they are
still commanded by us...
:19:26
...and not by the Japanese.
:19:28
So long as they have that idea,
they'll be soldiers and not slaves.
:19:33
Are you with me there, commander?
:19:39
I hope they can
remain soldiers, colonel.
:19:42
As for me, I'm just a slave.
:19:44
A living slave.
:19:58
Queer bird. Even for an Ameri--