The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Released: 1957-10-11
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, James Donald, Jack Hawkins, Percy Herbert

Synopsis:

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:	Carl Foreman & Michael Wilson
Runtime:	161 minutes
Critics score:	94 / 100
Tagline:	It spans a whole new world of entertainment!