The Bridge on the River Kwai
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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.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 2h 41m
- Released
- 1957
Details
Release year: 1957
Storyline
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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Directors
Cast
See all 26 credits →- William Holden — Shears
- Alec Guinness — Colonel Nicholson
- Jack Hawkins — Major Warden
- Sessue Hayakawa — Colonel Saito
Awards
7 wins & 1 nomination
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