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.

Cast

William Holden

William Holden

as Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

as Col. Nicholson

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

as Maj. Warden

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

as Col. Saito

James Donald

James Donald

as Maj. Clipton

Geoffrey Horne

Geoffrey Horne

as Lt. Joyce

André Morell

André Morell

as Col. Green

Peter Williams

Peter Williams

as Capt. Reeves

John Boxer

John Boxer

as Major Hughes

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

as Grogan

Reviews

John Chard

Colonel Bogey's Barmy Army. OK! Lets get it out there right away, for historical facts of the real Bridge on the River Kwai story, one should research elsewhere, this film is a fictionalised account of the said events. Sadly there are those out there who simply refuse to judge this purely as a pi...

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