The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957/10/11 (US) | Drama, History, War
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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.
Michael Wilson
Screenplay
David Lean
Director
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 3,000,000
Revenue
$ 44,908,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Horizon Pictures
Crews
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer
Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography