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Movie • 1957 • 2h 42m • Drama / History / War

The Bridge on the River Kwai

★ 7.8 on TMDB (2,489 votes)

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Story

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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Directed by

David Lean

Cast

William Holden as Cmdr. ShearsAlec Guinness as Col. NicholsonJack Hawkins as Maj. WardenSessue Hayakawa as Col. SaitoJames Donald as Maj. CliptonGeoffrey Horne as Lt. JoyceAndré Morell as Col. GreenPeter Williams as Capt. ReevesJohn Boxer as Major HughesPercy Herbert as Grogan

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