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Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Release Date: 11 Oct 1957

Runtime: 2h 41m

Genre: Drama, History, War

Director: Horizon Pictures

Production 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (2120 votes)

Cast

  • Cmdr. Shears: William Holden
  • Col. Nicholson: Alec Guinness
  • Maj. Warden: Jack Hawkins
  • Col. Saito: Sessue Hayakawa
  • Maj. Clipton: James Donald
  • Lt. Joyce: Geoffrey Horne
  • Col. Green: André Morell
  • Capt. Reeves: Peter Williams
  • Major Hughes: John Boxer
  • Grogan: Percy Herbert
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