The Bridge on the River Kwai
“It spans a whole new world of entertainment!”
7.8(2,482)PG19572h 42mEN
Directed by David Lean
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.
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japanbased on novel or bookresistanceriverworld war iiprisoner of warthailandbridgeburmapacific waraggressivebridge blowup
Budget $2.8MBox office $44.9M
