The Bridge on the River Kwai Poster

The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald

Writer: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson

Release Date:
October 11, 1957
Ratings:
7.8 / 10
Director:
David Lean
Companies:
Horizon Pictures

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.