# The Bridge on the River Kwai revisited

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**Created:** [May 6, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-revisited/786003 "2017-05-06T13:54:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-revisited/786003/21 "2017-05-07T14:09:18Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> Would you be willing to summarize in a spoiler box? I’m curious, and I’ll probably never get around to reading it.
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> (Or…do you recommend it highly enough that I really should? Like, on a scale of one to ten…?)

In the book version: The British commanding officer succeeds in preventing the bridge from being blown up.It’s a pretty good book, not one of my all-time favorites.

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**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-revisited/786003/22 "2017-05-07T14:25:37Z")

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Is the final line of the book:

Nicholson - “Colonel, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship”

Crane

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