The Bridge on the River Kwai

Adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the commander of the bridge's construction has different plans.

Cast :

• William Holden
• Commander/Major Shears

• Alec Guinness
• Colonel Nicholson

• Sessue Hayakawa
• Colonel Saito

• Jack Hawkins
• Major Warden

• James Donald
• Major Clipton

• Geoffrey Horne
• Lieutenant Joyce

• Andre Morrell
• Colonel Green

• Peter Williams
• Capt. Reeves

• John Boxer
• Major Hughes

• Percy Herbert
• Grogan

• Harold Goodwin
• Baker

• Ann Sears
• Nurse

• Henry Okawa
• Captain Kanematsu