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.
Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Genre: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 161 minutes
Release Date: 1957-10-11
Language: Japanese, Thai, English
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Rating: 7.8/10
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
Director: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel
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