from Columbia Pictures / Horizon Films
Directed by
David
Lean
Starring
William Holden (Shears)
Alec
Guinness (Colonel Nicholson)
Jack
Hawkins (Major Warden)
Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito)
James Donald (Major Clipton)
Geoffrey Horne (Lieutenant Joyce)
Andre Morell (Colonel Green)
Peter Williams (Major Reeves)
John Boxer (Major Hughes)
Percy Herbert (Grogan)
Harold Goodwin (Baker)
Keiichiro Katsumoto (Lieutenant Miura)
Henry Okawa (Captain Kanematsu)
Ann Sears (Nurse)
M.R.B. Chakrabandhu (Yai)
Kannikar Dowklee
Javanart Punynchoti
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Ngamta Suphaphongs
Written by
Pierre
Boulle (novel)
Carl Foreman
Michael Wilson
Calder Willingham
Rated: 
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 A classic
story of English World War II POWs in Burma forced to build a
bridge for their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence
officers, led by a British Major Warden (Jack Hawkins) and guided
by an American escapee named Shears (William Holden),conspire
to blow up the structure, but the commander Colonel Nicholson
(Alec Guinness) who supervised the bridge's construction has
acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their
plans. Too late, he realizes the devastating consequences of
his actions. Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Supporting
Actor -- Sessue Hayakawa. Academy Awards: 7, including Best Picture,
Best Director, Best Actor--Alec Guinness, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
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