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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 2h 41m English 8.1
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
During WW II, allied POWs in a Japanese internment camp are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge, but under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson they're persuaded the bridge should be built to help morale, spirit. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of Japanese Commandant Colonel Saito, but soon they realise it's a monument to Nicholson, himself, as well as a form of collaboration with the enemy.—alfiehitchie

Cast

Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
as Colonel Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
as Major Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
as Colonel Saito
Geoffrey Horne
Geoffrey Horne
as Lieutenant Joyce

Screenshots

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Movie screenshot
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