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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Overview
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.
- Runtime
- 162 min
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
Director
— Director
Writer
— Screenplay
— Screenplay
Actor
as Cmdr. Shears
as Col. Nicholson
as Maj. Warden
as Col. Saito
as Maj. Clipton
as Lt. Joyce
as Col. Green
as Capt. Reeves
as Major Hughes
as Grogan
as Baker
as Nurse
Heihachirō ŌkawaCredited as ヘンリー大川
as Captain Kanematsu
as Siamese Girl
Keiichirō KatsumotoCredited as 勝本圭一郎
as Lieutenant Miura
as Siamese Girl
as Siamese Girl
as Siamese Girl
as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
as British Officer (uncredited)
Producer
— Producer
Composer
— Original Music Composer
Cinematographer
— Director of Photography
Editor
— Editor