Overview:

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.

Release Date:

1957-10-11

Runtime:

161 minutes

Genre:

Drama, History, War

Starring:

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung, Keiichirō Katsumoto, and more

Directed by:

David Lean

Screenplay by:

Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson

Music by:

Malcolm Arnold

Streaming Options:

Space