Directed by:
David LeanCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, John Boxer, Ann Sears (more)VOD (2)
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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 Japanese 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
William Holden
USA
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Alec Guinness
UK
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Jack Hawkins
UK
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Sessue Hayakawa
Japan
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James Donald
UK
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Geoffrey Horne
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André Morell
UK
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Percy Herbert
UK
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Harold Goodwin
UK
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John Boxer
UK
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Ann Sears
UK
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Peter Williams
USA
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