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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Release Date: October 11, 1957
Year | : | 1957 |
Slogan | : | «It spans a whole new world of entertainment!» |
Genres | : | Drama, History, War |
Production Companies | : | Horizon Pictures, Columbia Pictures |
Director | : | David Lean |
Producers | : | Sam Spiegel |
Writers | : | Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson |
RunTime | : | 161 mins. |
Budget | : | 3000000 |
Revenue | : | 44908000 |
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.
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