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The Bridge on the River Kwai

(1957)

October 11, 1957 2h 42m
78%
TMDB Score

Overview

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

Grogan

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