The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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162 min · United Kingdom · Dir. David Lean

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.

Cast

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

Peter Williams

Capt. Reeves

John Boxer

Major Hughes

Percy Herbert

Grogan

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