The Bridge on the River Kwai (Film), released 1957 — adapted from The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle.
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.
Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald.
Directed by David Lean.
