Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Synopsis

One of the all-time great war movies opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito and British colonel Nicholson. Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over the river Kwai, but Nicholson refuses.

  • Director: David Lean
  • Writer Pierre Boulle (novel), Carl Foreman (screenplay)
  • Stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

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