The Bridge on the River Kwai

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-01-01
Duration: 120 min
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, James Donald

2h 42m|PG|Drama, War|1957

Adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the commander of the bridge's construction has different plans.

Director:

David Lean

Cast:

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morrell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin