The Bridge On the River Kwai Directed by David Lean 1957 Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard Sessue Hayakawa Build a bridge. Alec Guinness Only if you ask nicely. (Alec Guinness helps the BRITISH by building a BRIDGE for the JAPANESE.) Alec Guinness What have I done? (Everything blows UP, and everyone DIES.) James Donald Madness madness madness. (War is bad.) THE END