The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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7.8(2,388 votes)·1957 162m·EN· United Kingdom

Directed by 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.

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7.8/10

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Director

David Lean

Studios

Horizon Pictures

Budget

$2.8M

Revenue

$44.9M

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

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John Boxer

Major Hughes

Percy Herbert

Grogan

Harold Goodwin

Baker

Ann Sears

Nurse

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