The Bridge on the River Kwai

Released Year: 1957

Certificate: PG

Runtime: 161 minutes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 87

Director: David Lean

Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa

No of Votes: 203463

Gross: 44908000

Overview: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.

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