The Bridge on the River Kwai

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

Released

11 Oct 1957

Cast

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa