The Bridge on the River Kwai
11/10/1957
3h

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.
Cast


William Holden
Cmdr. Shears


Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson


Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden


Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito


James Donald
Maj. Clipton


Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce


André Morell
Col. Green


Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
John Boxer
Major Hughes


Percy Herbert
Grogan


Harold Goodwin
Baker


Ann Sears
Nurse


Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl


Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura


Ngamta Suppapong
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl


Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Greet
British Officer (uncredited)
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