The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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.
- Released
- 1957-10-11
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 162 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Michael Wilson, David Lean, Carl Foreman
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 from 2495 votes
Cast
- William Holden as Cmdr. Shears
- Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson
- Jack Hawkins as Maj. Warden
- Sessue Hayakawa as Col. Saito
- James Donald as Maj. Clipton
- Geoffrey Horne as Lt. Joyce
- André Morell as Col. Green
- Peter Williams as Capt. Reeves
- John Boxer as Major Hughes
- Percy Herbert as Grogan
- Harold Goodwin as Baker
- Ann Sears as Nurse