The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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PG | 2 hr 1 mins | War, Adaptation | Released: 12/18/1957

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Synopsis:

British POWs in Burma are employed by the Japanese to build a bridge; meanwhile, British agents seek to destroy it. After surrendering his unit to the Japanese. Colonel Nicholson demands his men behave by the book, and refuses to cooperate with the equally dutiful Japanese commander. When the Japapese insist that the POWs build a bridge, they decide to build the best one possible, thereby restoring morale. But after one of the men escapes to Australia and lets the British commander there know of the operation, he is sent back to the jungle to destroy the tactically-crucial bridge that his comrades are desperately trying to complete.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/18/1957

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
David Lean	Director
Cast	Credit
William Holden	Shears
Alec Guinness	Colonel Nicholson
Jack Hawkins	Major Warden
Sessue Hayakawa	Colonel Saito
James Donald	Major Clipton
Geoffrey Horne	Lieutenant Joyce
Andre Morell	Colonel Green
Peter Williams	Captain Reeves
John Boxer	Major Hughes
Percy Herbert	Grogan
Harold Goodwin	Baker
Ann Sears	Nurse
Henry Okawa	Captain Kanematsu
K Katsumoto	Lieutenant Miura
M R B Chakrabandhu	Yai
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung	Siamese Girl
Ngamta Suphaphongs	Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti	Siamese Girl
Kannikar Bowklee	Siamese Girl
Production Credits	Credit
Sam Spiegel	Producer
Jim Painten	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Horizon Pictures	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Ceylon
Writer	Credit
Pierre Boulle	Screenplay
Pierre Boulle	Source Material (from novel) - Novel as Source Material
Carl Foreman	Screenplay
Michael Wilson	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Donald M Ashton	Art Director
Geoffrey Drake	Assistant Art Director
Film Camera	Credit
Jack Hildyard	Director of Photography
Peter Newbrook	Camera Operator
Bill Pine	Color Timer
Gerry Fisher	Camera Assistant
Music	Credit
Malcolm Arnold	Music
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Music Performer
Production Management	Credit
Angela Martelli	Continuity
Cecil F Ford	Production Manager
Gus Agosti	Assistant Director
Ted Sturgis	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Winston Ryder	Sound Editor - Chief Sound Editor
B Tennyson Sebastian III	Sound Mixer
John Cox	Sound
John Mitchell	Sound
Joel Fein	Sound Mixer
Don Hall Jr	Sound Editor
Bob Minkler	Sound Mixer
Gary Krivacek	Sound Editor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
John Apperson	Costume Designer
Stuart Freeborn	Makeup
George Partleton	Makeup

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