The Bridge on the River Kwai
19572h 42m7.8
Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 2h 42m
- Genre
- Drama
- Certificate
- PG
- Budget
- $2,800,000
- Revenue
- $44,908,000
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
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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.
Where to watch
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Details
- Director
- David Lean
- Writing
- Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Oct 11, 1957
- Budget
- $2.8M
- Box office
- $44.9M
- Studio
- Horizon Pictures
Cast
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
André Morell
Col. Green
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
John Boxer
Major Hughes
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Ann Sears
Nurse
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
Ngamta Suppapong
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl
Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Greet
British Officer (uncredited)
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