Drama History War
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.
Directed by
David Lean
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
André Morell
Col. Green
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Ann Sears
Nurse
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
Ngamta Suppapong
Siamese Girl
John Boxer
Major Hughes
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl
Christopher Greet
British Officer (uncredited)

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