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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 88/100. Scores higher than 91% of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 42m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic88/100
2,443 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl ForemanScreenplay
- Michael WilsonScreenplay
- Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- David LeanDirector
Cast
- William HoldenCmdr. Shears
- Alec GuinnessCol. Nicholson
- Jack HawkinsMaj. Warden
- Sessue HayakawaCol. Saito
- James DonaldMaj. Clipton
- Geoffrey HorneLt. Joyce
- André MorellCol. Green
- Peter WilliamsCapt. Reeves
- John BoxerMajor Hughes
- Percy HerbertGrogan
- Harold GoodwinBaker
- Ann SearsNurse
Stills
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Themes
japanbased on novel or bookresistanceriverworld war iiprisoner of warthailandbridgeburmapacific waraggressivebridge blowup
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