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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1957-10-11
- video_camera_front Companies Horizon Pictures
- timer Runtime: 161 Mins
- star Rating: 7.9 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0050212
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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

Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl

Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura

Ngamta Suphaphongs
Siamese Girl

Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl

Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl
groups Crew

John Cox
Sound Designer

Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography

Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist

Carl Foreman
Screenplay

John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer

Michael Wilson
Screenplay

Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer

Pierre Boulle
Novel

Sam Spiegel
Producer

David Lean
Director

Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction

Peter Taylor
Editor

Ron Drinkwater
Clapper Loader

Ted Sturgis
Assistant Director

A. B. Raj
Second Unit First Assistant Director
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