The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
| Directed by | David Lean |
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| Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
| Screenplay by | Michael Wilson Carl Foreman |
| Based on | The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle |
| Starring | William Holden Jack Hawkins Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa James Donald Geoffrey Horne |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard |
| Editing by | Peter Taylor |
| Studio | Horizon Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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| Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million (estimated) |
| Box office | $33.3 million (in U.S.) |
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