| The Bridge On The River Kwai | |||||
| Columbia TriStar (1957) | |||||
| Adventure, Drama, War | |||||
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| William Holden | Cmdr. Shears | |
| Jack Hawkins | Maj. Warden | |
| Harold Goodwin | Pvt. Baker | |
| Alec Guinness | Colonel Nicholson | |
| James Donald | Maj. Clipton | |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Col. Saito | |
| Percy Herbert | Grogan | |
| Geoffrey Horne | Lt. Joyce | |
| Peter Williams | Maj. Reeves | |
| John Boxer | Capt. Hughes | |
| M.R.B. Chakrabandhu | Yai | |
| Keiichiro Katsumoto | Lt. Miura | |
| André Morell | Col. Green | |
| Heihachiro Okawa | Capt. Kanematsu |
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| Producer | Sam Spiegel
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| Writer | Pierre Boulle
Michael Wilson |
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| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard
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| Musician | Malcolm Arnold
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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. |
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