Film · Drama, History, War
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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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.
- Director
- David Lean
- Writers
- Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 11, 1957
Cast
William HoldenCmdr. Shears
Alec GuinnessCol. Nicholson
Jack HawkinsMaj. Warden
Sessue HayakawaCol. Saito
James DonaldMaj. Clipton
Geoffrey HorneLt. Joyce
André MorellCol. Green
Peter WilliamsCapt. Reeves- John BoxerMajor Hughes
Percy HerbertGrogan
Harold GoodwinBaker
Ann SearsNurse
Heihachirō ŌkawaCaptain Kanematsu- Vilaiwan SeeboonreaungSiamese Girl
Keiichirō KatsumotoLieutenant Miura
Ngamta SuppapongSiamese Girl- Javanart PunynchotiSiamese Girl
- Kannikar DowkleeSiamese Girl
Tsai ChinTokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)- Christopher GreetBritish Officer (uncredited)
