Watch NowThe Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG
02/10/1957 (GB)
Drama, History, War
2h 41m
- 78% (2217 votes)
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Overview
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.
- David LeanDirector
- Michael WilsonScreenplay
- Carl ForemanScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$44,908,000
Keywords
- japan
- based on novel or book
- resistance
- river
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- thailand
- bridge
- burma
- pacific war
- bridge blowup
- dramatic
Top Billed 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
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