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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Columbia TriStar (1957)
Adventure, Drama, War
161 mins
PG (Parental Guidance)
William HoldenShears
Alec GuinnessColonel Nicholson
Jack HawkinsMajor Warden
Sessue HayakawaColonel Saito
James DonaldMajor Clipton
Geoffrey HorneLieutenant Joyce
André MorellColonel Green
Peter WilliamsCaptain Reeves
John BoxerMajor Hughes
Percy HerbertGrogan
Harold GoodwinBaker
Ann SearsNurse
Heihachiro OkawaCaptain Kanematsu
Keiichiro KatsumotoLieutenant Miura
M.R.B. ChakrabandhuYai
Director David Lean
Producer Sam Spiegel
Writer Pierre Boulle
Carl Foreman
Cinematography Jack Hildyard
Musician Malcolm Arnold
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean’s epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even its theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit.