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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.
Directed by: David Lean
Written by: Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
Music by: Malcolm Arnold
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1957-10-11
Runtime: 162 minutes
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