
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.
Cast

William Holden
Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson

Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden

Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito

James Donald
Maj. Clipton

Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce

André Morell
Col. Green

Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
John Boxer
Major Hughes

Percy Herbert
Grogan

Harold Goodwin
Baker

Ann Sears
Nurse

Heihachirō Ōkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl

Keiichirō Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura

Ngamta Suppapong
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl

Tsai Chin
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Greet
British Officer (uncredited)
Crew

David Lean
Director

Carl Foreman
Screenplay

Michael Wilson
Screenplay

Pierre Boulle
Novel
Peter Taylor
Editor

Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Ted Sturgis
Assistant Director
Gus Agosti
Assistant Director

Sam Spiegel
Producer
Peter Newbrook
Camera Operator
John Wilson-Apperson
Wardrobe Master
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
George Partleton
Makeup Artist

A. B. Raj
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Geoffrey Drake
Assistant Art Director
John Cox
Sound Designer
John W. Mitchell
Sound Designer

Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Peter Dukelow
Construction Manager
Archie Dansie
Electrician
Ron Drinkwater
Clapper Loader
Cecil F. Ford
Production Manager
Donald M. Ashton
Art Direction
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