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After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

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Its release date is Wednesday October 2, 1957

Production details

Director	David Lean
Cast	Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa & William Holden
Genre	Drama, History & War
Country of origin	The United States & United Kingdom
Release date	1957-10-02
Theme	Anti War World War II, Bridge, Bridges, Japan, Japanese, Officer, Prisoner Of War, Prisons, Rail Transport, Resistance, River & Thailand
Place setting	Jungles & Thailand
Time setting	1940s
Location	Sri Lanka
Script	Carl Foreman (screenplay), Michael Wilson (screenplay) & Pierre Boulle (novel)
Cinematography	Jack Hildyard
Music	Malcolm Arnold
Costs	$3,000,000
Box Office Revenue	$27,200,000
Runtime	161 min