The Bridge on the River Kwai

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: Drama, History, War, Adventure
Released: 1957-12-14
Duration: 9720000 s
Rating: 9.6
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

Directed by David Lean

1957 2h 42m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [History](/on-demand/category/history)

8.196%93%7.8

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

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William HoldenCmdr. Shears
Alec GuinnessCol. Nicholson
Jack HawkinsMaj. Warden
Sessue HayakawaCol. Saito
James DonaldMaj. Clipton
Geoffrey HorneLt. Joyce
André MorellCol. Green
Peter WilliamsCapt. Reeves
John BoxerMajor Hughes
Percy HerbertGrogan
Harold GoodwinBaker
Ann SearsNurse
Heihachirō ŌkawaCaptain Kanematsu
Vilaiwan SeeboonreaungSiamese Girl
Keiichirō KatsumotoLieutenant Miura
Ngamta SuppapongSiamese Girl
Javanart PunynchotiSiamese Girl
Kannikar DowkleeSiamese Girl
Tsai ChinTokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher GreetBritish Officer (uncredited)

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