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The Bridge on the River Kwai

By David Lean

1957

Drama

2h41

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7.8/10

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3.8/5

Press

4.1/5

Spect.

Synopsis

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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Casting

David Lean

David Lean

Director

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

le Colonel Nicholson

William Holden

William Holden

le Major Shears

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

le Major Warden

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

le Colonel Saito

James Donald

James Donald

le Major Clipton

GE

Geoffrey Horne

le Lieutenant Joyce

AN

André Morell

le Colonel Green

HE

Heihachiro Okawa

Capt. Kanematsu

PE

Percy Herbert

Pvt. Grogan

HA

Harold Goodwin

Pvt. Baker

PE

Peter Williams

Capt. Reeves

M.

M.R.B. Chakrabandhu

Yai

JO

John Boxer

KE

Keiichiro Katsumoto

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