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
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Producer: Carl Foreman, Sam Spiegel, Stuart Freeborn, Pierre Boulle, Malcolm Arnold
IMDb Score: 7.9/10 by 1086 users
Runtime: 161 minutes
Released: 10/2/1957