The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

It spans a whole new world of entertainment!

1957 en 161 minutes

Rating: 7.812

Plot

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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Cast

William Holden

William Holden

Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Col. Nicholson

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

Maj. Warden

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

Col. Saito

James Donald

James Donald

Maj. Clipton

Geoffrey Horne

Geoffrey Horne

Lt. Joyce

André Morell

André Morell

Col. Green

Peter Williams

Peter Williams

Capt. Reeves

John Boxer

John Boxer

Major Hughes

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Grogan

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Baker

Ann Sears

Ann Sears

Nurse

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Captain Kanematsu

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Siamese Girl

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Lieutenant Miura

Ngamta Suppapong

Ngamta Suppapong

Siamese Girl

Javanart Punynchoti

Javanart Punynchoti

Siamese Girl

Kannikar Dowklee

Kannikar Dowklee

Siamese Girl

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)

Christopher Greet

Christopher Greet

British Officer (uncredited)

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