The Bridge on the River Kwai

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December 18, 1957

Theatrical Release Date:

12/18/1957

DVD Release Date:

11/21/2000

Run Time:

161min.

Starring:

William Holden , Alec Guinness , Jack Hawkins , Sessue Hayakawa , Geoffrey Horne

Director(s):

David Lean

Distributor(s):

Columbia Pictures

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Action,Drama,War

Plot: The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) and newly arrived British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Read More

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