The Bridge on the River Kwai

PG

A 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.

Released: December 14, 1957 | 96%
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Cast
  • William Holden

    as Cmdr. Shears

  • Jack Hawkins

    as Maj. Warden

  • Alec Guinness

    as Col. Nicholson

  • Sessue Hayakawa

    as Col. Saito

  • James Donald

    as Maj. Clipton

  • Geoffrey Horne

    as Lt. Joyce

  • André Morell

    as Col. Green

  • Harold Goodwin

    as Baker

  • Peter Williams

    as Capt. Reeves

  • John Boxer

    as Major Hughes

  • Percy Herbert

    as Grogan

  • Ann Sears

    as Nurse

  • Heihachirô Ôkawa

    as Captain Kanematsu

  • Keiichirô Katsumoto

    as Lieutenant Miura (also as K. Katsumoto) (as Keiichiro Katsumoto)

Crew
  • David Lean

    Director

  • Sam Spiegel

    Producer

  • Pierre Boulle

    Novel

  • Michael J. Wilson

    Screenplay

  • Carl Foreman

    Screenplay

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Original Music Composer

  • Jack Hildyard

    Director of Photography

  • John W. Mitchell

    Sound Designer

  • Stuart Freeborn

    Makeup Artist

  • Donald M. Ashton

    Art Direction

  • John Cox

    Sound Designer

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