

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- PG
- 12/14/1957 (US)
- Drama, History, War
- 2h 41m
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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.
Carl Foreman
ScreenplayMichael Wilson
ScreenplayPierre Boulle
NovelDavid Lean
DirectorCast

William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
André Morell
Col. Green