The Bridge on the River Kwai

Synopsis

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.

Directed by

David Lean

Written by

Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle

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

JO

John Boxer

Major Hughes

Percy Herbert

Grogan

Harold Goodwin

Baker

Ann Sears

Nurse

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Captain Kanematsu

VI

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Siamese Girl

Keiichirō Katsumoto

Lieutenant Miura

Ngamta Suppapong

Siamese Girl

Details

Released

October 11, 1957

Runtime

2h 42m