The Bridge on the River Kwai

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Released: 1957

Release: Oct 11, 1957
Rating: 7.8/10 (TMDB)
Runtime: 162 min
Status: Released
Language: English
Budget: $2,800,000
Revenue: $44,908,000
Director: David Lean
Writers: Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle

Drama WWII History War

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.