The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1957
Duration: 2 h 41 min
Rating: 7.811
Cast: Alec Guinness, André Morell, Geoffrey Horne, Jack Hawkins, James Donald

Drama History War

7.8 (2,184 votes)

2h 41m

Overview

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.