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.
Genre: Drama, History, War Actors: Alec Guinness, André Morell, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne, Harold Goodwin, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Javanart Punynchoti, John Boxer, Kannikar Dowklee, Keiichirô Katsumoto, Ngamta Suphaphongs, Percy Herbert, Peter Williams, Sessue Hayakawa, Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung, William Holden Directors: David Lean Production: Horizon Pictures
