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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

PG 161 minutes EN Drama , History , War
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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.
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Cast

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
Ann Sears
Nurse
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
Ngamta Suphaphongs
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl

Crew

John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
John Cox
Sound Designer
Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Ron Drinkwater
Clapper Loader
David Lean
Director
Ted Sturgis
Assistant Director
A. B. Raj
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
Michael Wilson
Screenplay