The Bridge on the River Kwai
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.
Genres: Drama, History, War
Director: David Lean
Writer: Carl Foreman (Screenplay), Michael Wilson (Screenplay), Pierre Boulle (Novel)
Cast
William HoldenCmdr. Shears
Alec GuinnessCol. Nicholson
Jack HawkinsMaj. Warden
Sessue HayakawaCol. Saito
James DonaldMaj. Clipton
Geoffrey HorneLt. Joyce
André MorellCol. Green
Peter WilliamsCapt. Reeves
John BoxerMajor Hughes
Percy HerbertGrogan
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Harold GoodwinBaker
Ann SearsNurse
Heihachirō ŌkawaCaptain Kanematsu
Vilaiwan SeeboonreaungSiamese Girl
Keiichirō KatsumotoLieutenant Miura
Ngamta SuppapongSiamese Girl
Javanart PunynchotiSiamese Girl
Kannikar DowkleeSiamese Girl
Tsai ChinTokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher GreetBritish Officer (uncredited)
