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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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.

Director

David Lean

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, war

Box Office

$27,200,000

Production

Horizon Pictures

Awards

Won 7 Oscars. 30 wins & 8 nominations total

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Shears

Colonel Nicholson

Major Warden

Colonel Saito

Sessue Hayakawa

Major Clipton

Lieutenant Joyce

Colonel Green

AndrÃ© Morell

Captain Reeves

Major Hughes

Grogan

Baker

Nurse

Captain Kanematsu (as HeihachirÃ´ 'Henry' Ã”kawa)

HeihachirÃ´ Ã”kawa

Lieutenant Miura (as Keiichiro Katsumoto) (as K. Katsumoto)

KeiichirÃ´ Katsumoto

Yai

M.R.B. Chakrabandhu

Siamese Girl

Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung

Siamese Girl

Ngamta Suphaphongs

Siamese Girl

Javanart Punynchoti

Siamese Girl

Kannikar Dowklee

Tokyo Rose (voice)

British Officer

Christopher Greet

Bit part

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Colonel Nicholson Colonel Saito Maj. Warden Major Hughes Shears British Officer Major Clipton Colonel Green Lieutenant Joyce

I've forgotten who we just buried - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I've forgotten who we just buried

I am Colonel Saito - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I am Colonel Saito

A word to you about escape - The Bridge on the River Kwai

A word to you about escape

You would die - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I can think of a lot of things to call Saito - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I can think of a lot of things to call Saito

Jennings has a plan - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Jennings has a plan

You intend to uphold the letter of the law - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You intend to uphold the letter of the law

Even for an American - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Even for an American

English prisoners - The Bridge on the River Kwai

English prisoners

He's going to do it - The Bridge on the River Kwai

He's going to do it

Do not speak to me of rules - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Do not speak to me of rules

You can't stand much more of this - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You can't stand much more of this

Or am I going mad - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Or am I going mad

English prisoners - The Bridge on the River Kwai

English prisoners

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy - The Bridge on the River Kwai

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy

I hate the British - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I hate the British

If this were your bridge - The Bridge on the River Kwai

If this were your bridge

We have a problem on our hands - The Bridge on the River Kwai

We have a problem on our hands

We'll show them what the British soldier is capable of doing - The Bridge on the River Kwai

We'll show them what the British soldier is capable of...

Yes l see your point sir - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Yes l see your point sir

Now there's another important decision that can't be postponed - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Now there's another important decision that can't...

For your kind attention - The Bridge on the River Kwai

For your kind attention

I meant to tell you - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I meant to tell you

You give me powders - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You give me powders

What makes you so sure you'll get a medical discharge - The Bridge on the River Kwai

What makes you so sure you'll get a medical discharge

I belong to a rather rum group called Force 316 - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I belong to a rather rum group called Force 316

You're terribly sorry - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You're terribly sorry

I thought you were the enemy - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I thought you were the enemy

I'm getting worse - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I'm getting worse

Jolly good show - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Jolly good show

What we're doing could be construed as forgive me - The Bridge on the River Kwai

What we're doing could be construed as forgive me

You were an accountant in Montreal - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You were an accountant in Montreal

You don't realize what a plum you are for us - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You don't realize what a plum you are for us

It's most annoying - The Bridge on the River Kwai

It's most annoying

Is there something wrong - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Is there something wrong

Be happy in your work - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Be happy in your work

You'll go on without me - The Bridge on the River Kwai

You'll go on without me

I've been thinking - The Bridge on the River Kwai

I've been thinking

It is quite understandable - The Bridge on the River Kwai

It is quite understandable

There's always one more thing to do - The Bridge on the River Kwai

There's always one more thing to do

Kill him Kill him - The Bridge on the River Kwai

Kill him Kill him

What have I done - The Bridge on the River Kwai

What have I done

Madness - The Bridge on the River Kwai

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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.

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Director: David Lean

Writer: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson

Production: Horizon Pictures

Genre: adventure, drama, war

Year: 1957

MetaScore: 87/100

ImdbRating: 8.2

BoxOffice: $27,200,000

Released: 14 Dec 1957

Awards: Won 7 Oscars. 30 wins & 8 nominations total

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