The Bridge on the River Kwai
Directed by David Lean
Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert
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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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle
- Music
- Malcolm Arnold
- Cinematography
- Jack Hildyard
- Cast
- Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears
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Updated July 22, 2026
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