The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

2h 41m 1957 Drama, History, War United Kingdom
Budget: $3,000,000 Revenue: $44,908,000

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.

Director

David Lean

Writer

Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson