The Bridge on the River Kwai

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1957-10-11
Duration: 162 min
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald

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1957
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2h 42m
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PG

★ 7.8 TMDB Rating · 2.5K votes

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
Release date: Oct 11, 1957
Original language: English
Origin: United Kingdom

Cast of The Bridge on the River Kwai

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
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Ann Sears
Nurse

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