The Bridge On The River Kwai
Dir: David LeanCast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
161mins 1957 US | UK PG English | Japanese | Thai
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Part of Robert's Genre Club
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
'Flawlessly acted (with outstanding performances by Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayawaka), it is entertainment that is both expert and honourable' - Philip Oakes, London Evening Standard