Drama · History · War
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Avg rating 8.6 / My rating TBC
1957 · Directed by David Lean · With William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 42m · 162 min
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (247,433 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 96% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 88 / 100
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (audience, 2,461 votes)
- Trailer
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Full cast and crew
- David LeanDirector
- William HoldenActoras Cmdr. Shears
- Alec GuinnessActoras Col. Nicholson
- Jack HawkinsActoras Maj. Warden
- Sessue HayakawaActoras Col. Saito
- James DonaldActoras Maj. Clipton
- Geoffrey HorneActoras Lt. Joyce
- André MorellActoras Col. Green
- Peter WilliamsActoras Capt. Reeves
- Malcolm ArnoldComposer
About this film
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.
Synopsis from TMDB.
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