Aired Wednesday 20 December, 4:50pm - 8:05pmon Film4

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rating: 8.1

Drama / War

British POWs are ordered by their Japanese captors to construct a bridge of strategic importance and are happy to sabotage and delay the progress until their commanding officers orders them to continue the work unhindered to its completion, but are his actions tantamount to collaborating with the enemy?

IMDb8.1

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Country: United Kingdom

Cast and crew

David LeanDirector
William HoldenCommander/Major Shears
Alec GuinnessColonel Nicholson
Sessue HayakawaColonel Saito
Jack HawkinsMajor Warden
James DonaldMajor Clipton
Geoffrey HorneLieutenant Joyce
Andre MorrellColonel Green
Peter WilliamsCapt. Reeves
John BoxerMajor Hughes
Percy HerbertGrogan
Harold GoodwinBaker
Ann SearsNurse
Henry OkawaCaptain Kanematsu

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