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. | ||
Title | : | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
Release Date | : | 1957-10-11 |
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Production Countries | : | United Kingdom, United States of America, |
Production Co. | : | Horizon Pictures Columbia Pictures |
Genres | : | Drama, History, War, |
Casts | : | William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung, Keiichirô Katsumoto, Ngamta Suphaphongs, Javanart Punynchoti, Kannikar Dowklee, |
Plot Keywords | : | japan, based on novel or book, resistance, river, world war ii, prisoner of war, thailand, bridge, burma, pacific war, bridge blowup, |
Alternative Titles | : | El Puente Sobre el Río Kwai Most na rijeci Kwai Most na Rzece Kwai Broen over Kwai 戦場にかける橋:1957 |