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
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
André Morell
Col. Green
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
Ann Sears
Nurse
Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
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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