A 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.
William Holden | Cmdr. Shears | |
Alec Guinness | Col. Nicholson | |
Jack Hawkins | Maj. Warden | |
Sessue Hayakawa | Col. Saito | |
James Donald | Maj. Clipton | |
Geoffrey Horne | Lt. Joyce |
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