The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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.
Director:
David Lean
Writers:
Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson.
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William Holden as Cmdr. Shears |
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Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson |
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Jack Hawkins as Maj. Warden |
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Sessue Hayakawa as Col. Saito |
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James Donald as Maj. Clipton |
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Geoffrey Horne as Lt. Joyce |
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André Morell as Col. Green |
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Peter Williams as Capt. Reeves |
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John Boxer as Major Hughes |
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Percy Herbert as Grogan |
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Harold Goodwin as Baker |
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Ann Sears as Nurse |
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Heihachirō Ōkawa as Captain Kanematsu |
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Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung as Siamese Girl |
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Keiichirō Katsumoto as Lieutenant Miura |
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Ngamta Suppapong as Siamese Girl |
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Javanart Punynchoti as Siamese Girl |
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Kannikar Dowklee as Siamese Girl |
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Tsai Chin as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited) |
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Christopher Greet as British Officer (uncredited) |
| Writing | Pierre Boulle | Novel |
| Writing | Carl Foreman | Screenplay |
| Production | Sam Spiegel | Producer |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Art | Donald M. Ashton | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Cox | Sound Designer |
| Sound | John W. Mitchell | Sound Designer |
| Directing | David Lean | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Michael Wilson | Screenplay |
| Editing | Peter Taylor | Editor |
| Camera | Ron Drinkwater | Clapper Loader |
| Directing | Ted Sturgis | Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. B. Raj | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Partleton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Cecil F. Ford | Production Manager |
| Directing | Gus Agosti | Assistant Director |
| Art | Geoffrey Drake | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Peter Dukelow | Construction Manager |
| Lighting | Archie Dansie | Electrician |
| Camera | Peter Newbrook | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Wilson-Apperson | Wardrobe Master |
