The Bridge on the River Kwai

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161 mins
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.

William Holden

Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness

Col. Nicholson

Jack Hawkins

Maj. Warden

Sessue Hayakawa

Col. Saito

James Donald

Maj. Clipton

André Morell

Col. Green

Peter Williams

Capt. Reeves

John Boxer

Major Hughes

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Captain Kanematsu

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Lieutenant Miura

Ngamta Suppapong

Siamese Girl

Kannikar Dowklee

Siamese Girl

Tsai Chin

Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)

Christopher Greet

British Officer (uncredited)

John Cox

Sound Designer

Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

Stuart Freeborn

Makeup Artist

Carl Foreman

Screenplay

John W. Mitchell

Sound Designer

Michael Wilson

Screenplay

Malcolm Arnold

Original Music Composer

Sam Spiegel

Producer

David Lean

Director

Donald M. Ashton

Art Direction

Ron Drinkwater

Clapper Loader

Ted Sturgis

Assistant Director

A. B. Raj

Second Unit First Assistant Director

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