The Bridge on the River Kwai

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1957-10-11
Duration: 2 h 42 min
Rating: 7.821
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald

Directed by David Lean

Drama

History

War

19572h 42m7.8

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.