

The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
October 11, 1957• 2h 42m
78%
TMDB ScoreOverview
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
David Lean
Director
Top Billed Cast
WH
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
AG
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
JH
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
SH
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
JD
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
GH
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
AM
André Morell
Col. Green
PW
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
JB
John Boxer
Major Hughes
PH
Percy Herbert
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