The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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    Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Original Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Release Date: 1957-10-11
Status: Released
Rating: 7.82/10 (from 2245 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, History, War
Production Companies: Horizon Pictures
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
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
            