The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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.
Drama, History, War
Cast
- William Holden — Cmdr. Shears
- Alec Guinness — Col. Nicholson
- Jack Hawkins — Maj. Warden
- Sessue Hayakawa — Col. Saito
- James Donald — Maj. Clipton
- Geoffrey Horne — Lt. Joyce
- André Morell — Col. Green
- Peter Williams — Capt. Reeves
- John Boxer — Major Hughes
- Percy Herbert — Grogan
- Harold Goodwin — Baker
- Ann Sears — Nurse
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