The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
It spans a whole new world of entertainment!
- David Lean
- 2h 42m
- October 11, 1957 · United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 11, 1957
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, Thai, English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures,Horizon Pictures
- Cast
- William Holden,Alec Guinness,Jack Hawkins,Sessue Hayakawa,James Donald,Geoffrey Horne,André Morell,Peter Williams,John Boxer,Percy Herbertand 10 more
- Director
- David Lean
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
- Cinematography
- Jack Hildyard
- Music
- Malcolm Arnold
- Budget
- $2,800,000
- Revenue
- $44,908,000
- IMDb
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