The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
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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.
- Released: 1957-10-11
- Runtime: 161 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
- Director: Carl Foreman, Sam Spiegel, Stuart Freeborn, Pierre Boulle, Malcolm Arnold
