The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Drama • History • War • 2ч 42м
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.
TMDB rating:
7.8
(2,388)
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
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John Boxer
Major Hughes
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Ann Sears
Nurse
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
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Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
Ngamta Suppapong
Siamese Girl
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Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
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Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl
Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
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Christopher Greet
British Officer (uncredited)
Crew
John Cox
Sound Designer
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer
Michael Wilson
Screenplay
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Pierre Boulle
Novel
Sam Spiegel
Producer
David Lean
Director
Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction
Peter Taylor
Editor
Ron Drinkwater
Clapper Loader
Ted Sturgis
Assistant Director
A. B. Raj
Second Unit First Assistant Director
George Partleton
Makeup Artist
Cecil F. Ford
Production Manager
Gus Agosti
Assistant Director
Geoffrey Drake
Assistant Art Director
Peter Dukelow
Construction Manager
Archie Dansie
Electrician
Peter Newbrook
Camera Operator
John Wilson-Apperson
Wardrobe Master
Angela Martelli
Continuity
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