The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Released on
Drama, History, War
•- Runtime
- 161 mins
(2093 votes)
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.
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
- Alec Guinness
- Jack Hawkins
- Sessue Hayakawa
- James Donald
- Geoffrey Horne
- André Morell
- Peter Williams
- John Boxer
- Percy Herbert
- Harold Goodwin
- Ann Sears
- Heihachirō Ōkawa
- Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
- Keiichirô Katsumoto
- Ngamta Suphaphongs
- Javanart Punynchoti
- Kannikar Dowklee
Director
- David Lean
Producers
- Sam Spiegel
Screenwriter
- Michael Wilson
- Carl Foreman
