Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Released: October 11, 1957 (1957)
Runtime: 161 minutes
Genres: Drama, History, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Sessue Hayakawa as Col. Saito
Age at release: 68
- André Morell as Col. Green
Age at release: 48
- John Boxer as Major Hughes
Age at release: 48
- Jack Hawkins as Maj. Warden
Age at release: 47
- Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson
Age at release: 43
- Peter Williams as Capt. Reeves
Age at release: 42
- James Donald as Maj. Clipton
Age at release: 40
- William Holden as Cmdr. Shears
Age at release: 39
- Percy Herbert as Grogan
Age at release: 37
- Geoffrey Horne as Lt. Joyce
Age at release: 24
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- Keiichirō Katsumoto as Lieutenant Miura
Age at release: 55
- Heihachirō Ōkawa as Captain Kanematsu
Age at release: 52
- Harold Goodwin as Baker
Age at release: 39
- Christopher Greet as British Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: 25
- Ann Sears as Nurse
Age at release: 24
- Tsai Chin as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
Age at release: 20
- Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung as Siamese Girl
Age at release: Unknown
- Ngamta Suppapong as Siamese Girl
Age at release: Unknown
- Javanart Punynchoti as Siamese Girl
Age at release: Unknown
- Kannikar Dowklee as Siamese Girl
Age at release: Unknown