The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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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William Holden as Cmdr. Shears |
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Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson |
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Jack Hawkins as Maj. Warden |
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Sessue Hayakawa as Col. Saito |
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James Donald as Maj. Clipton |
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Geoffrey Horne as Lt. Joyce |
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André Morell as Col. Green |
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Peter Williams as Capt. Reeves |
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John Boxer as Major Hughes |
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Percy Herbert as Grogan |
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Harold Goodwin as Baker |
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Ann Sears as Nurse |
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Heihachirô Ôkawa as Captain Kanematsu |
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Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung as Siamese Girl |
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Keiichirô Katsumoto as Lieutenant Miura |
| Writing | Pierre Boulle | Novel |
| Writing | Carl Foreman | Screenplay |
| Production | Sam Spiegel | Producer |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Art | Donald M. Ashton | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Cox | Sound Designer |
| Sound | John W. Mitchell | Sound Designer |
| Directing | David Lean | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Michael Wilson | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ted Sturgis | Assistant Director |
