The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
#526 Film Main IMDB |
Directed by David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. 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. |
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From the same director: #514 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) #1001 Doctor Zhivago (1965) #1126 Hobson's Choice (1954) #1298 Brief Encounter (1945) #1481 Oliver Twist (1948) |
Alec Guinness also appears in:
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lavender Hill Mob
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Oliver Twist
Jack Hawkins also appears in: A Real Summer Ben-Hur Waterloo Lawrence of Arabia |