| The Bridge On The River Kwai | |||||
| Columbia TriStar (1957) | |||||
| Drama, Adventure, War | |||||
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| Alec Guinness | Colonel Nicholson | |
| William Holden | Shears | |
| James Donald | Major Clipton | |
| Geoffrey Horne | Lieutenant Joyce | |
| Harold Goodwin | Baker | |
| Jack Hawkins | Major Warden | |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Colonel Saito | |
| Percy Herbert | Grogan | |
| Peter Williams | Captain Reeves | |
| Heihachiro Okawa | Captain Kanematsu (as Henry Okawa) | |
| André Morell | Colonel Green (as Andre Morell) | |
| John Boxer | Major Hughes | |
| M.R.B. Chakrabandhu | Yai (in opening credits) (as M.R.B. Chakrabandhu {Col. Broome}) | |
| Kannikar Dowklee | Siamese Girl | |
| Keiichiro Katsumoto | Lieutenant Miura (also as K. Katsumoto) (as Keiichiro Katsumoto) |
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| Producer | Sam Spiegel
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| Writer | Pierre Boulle
Michael Wilson |
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| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard
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| Musician | Malcolm Arnold
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A 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. |
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