The Bridge on the River Kwai

7.8 / 10

(2,262 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

History,

War

Duration:

161 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

David Lean

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Company:

Horizon Pictures

Budget:

$2,800,000

Revenue:

$44,908,000

Cast:
William Holden

Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness

Col. Nicholson

Jack Hawkins

Maj. Warden

Sessue Hayakawa

Col. Saito

James Donald

Maj. Clipton

Crew:
John Cox

Sound Designer

Jack Hildyard

Director of Photography

Stuart Freeborn

Makeup Artist

Carl Foreman

Screenplay

John W. Mitchell

Sound Designer