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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William Holden | Shears |
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Alec Guinness | Colonel Nicholson |
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Jack Hawkins | Major Warden |
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Sessue Hayakawa | Colonel Saito |
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James Donald | Major Clipton |
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Geoffrey Horne | Lieutenant Joyce |
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André Morell | Colonel Green |
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Peter Williams | Captain Reeves |
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John Boxer | Major Hughes |
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Percy Herbert | Grogan |
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Harold Goodwin | Baker |
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Ann Sears | Nurse |
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Heihachiro Okawa | Captain Kanematsu |
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Keiichiro Katsumoto | Lieutenant Miura |
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M.R.B. Chakrabandhu | Yai |
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Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung | Siamese Girl |
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Ngamta Suphaphongs | Siamese Girl |
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Javanart Punynchoti | Siamese Girl |
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Kannikar Dowklee | Siamese Girl |
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Tsai Chin | Tokyo Rose |
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Christopher Greet | British Officer |
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Herbert Nelson | Bit part |
Director | David Lean |
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Writer | Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson | |
Producer | Sam Spiegel | |
Musician | Malcolm Arnold | |
Photography | Jack Hildyard |