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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