The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Overview

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

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Cast: Alec Guinness, André Morell, Geoffrey Horne, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Peter Williams, Sessue Hayakawa, William Holden

Director: David Lean

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War

Country: United Kingdom, United States

Release Year: 1957

IMDB Rating: 8.1 (246535 votes)

TMDB Rating: 7.8 (2051 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes: 96

Metacritic: 88

Runtime: 2h 41m

Budget: 27,202,119 USD

Release Date: 1957-12-14

Awards: Top rated movie #174 | Won 7 Oscars, 30 wins & 7 nominations total