Release Date
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Original Release
October 11, 1957
2h 41m
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
⭐ 7.8161 min
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.
Director
David Lean
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 3.4
Cast
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
⭐0.6
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
⭐0.7
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
⭐1.8
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
⭐2.8
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
⭐4.8
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
⭐1.0
André Morell
Col. Green
⭐2.9
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
⭐0.2
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John Boxer
Major Hughes
⭐3.5
Percy Herbert
Grogan
⭐1.8
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
Production Companies
Horizon Pictures
