William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
The Bridge on the River Kwai
“It spans a whole new world of entertainment!”
1957
2h 42m
Director: David Lean
Overview
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.
Cast
20 people
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