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The Bridge on the River Kwai

PG 1957 Drama, History, War · 2h 41m
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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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Movie Score

78%

Released

October 11, 1957,

Director

David Lean

Cast

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne

Genre

Drama, History, War

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