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The Bridge on the River Kwai

78.3 %|Oct 11, 1957|Drama, History, War

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.

Featured Crew

John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Carl Foreman
Screenplay
Pierre Boulle
Novel
David Lean
Director
Sam Spiegel
Producer

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Cast

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William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
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Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
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Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
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Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
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James Donald
Maj. Clipton
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André Morell
Col. Green
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Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
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John Boxer
Major Hughes
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Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
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Keiichirô Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
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Ngamta Suphaphongs
Siamese Girl
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Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl