The Bridge on the River Kwai
movie
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Released October 11, 1957
Overview
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.
Cast
William Holden
as
Cmdr. Shears
Alec Guinness
as
Col. Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
as
Maj. Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
as
Col. Saito
James Donald
as
Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne
as
Lt. Joyce
André Morell
as
Col. Green
Peter Williams
as
Capt. Reeves
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John Boxer
as
Major Hughes
Percy Herbert
as
Grogan
Harold Goodwin
as
Baker
Ann Sears
as
Nurse
Crew
Pierre Boulle
as
Novel
Carl Foreman
as
Screenplay
Sam Spiegel
as
Producer
Malcolm Arnold
as
Original Music Composer
Jack Hildyard
as
Director of Photography
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Donald M. Ashton
as
Art Direction
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John Cox
as
Sound Designer
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John W. Mitchell
as
Sound Designer
David Lean
as
Director
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Stuart Freeborn
as
Makeup Artist
Michael Wilson
as
Screenplay
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Peter Taylor
as
Editor