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Drama, History, War - 1957
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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.
Director:
,
David Lean
Cast:
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William Holden
,
Jack Hawkins
,
André Morell
,
Alec Guinness
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Sessue Hayakawa
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James Donald
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Geoffrey Horne
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Peter Williams
,
Percy Herbert
,
John Boxer

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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
161 min
Release date:
11 Oct 1957
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
Japanese, Thai, English
Budget:
$3,000,000
Revenue:
$44,908,000
Awards:
Won 7 Oscars. 30 wins & 8 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
For what it is, it ain't bad, though it serves mainly as an illustration of the ancient quandary of revisionist moviemakers: if all you do is systematically invert cliches, you simply end up creating new ones.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
13 Dec 2006
fresh:
A gripping drama, expertly put together and handled with skill in all departments.
– Mike Kaplan,
Variety,
19 Feb 2008
fresh:
From sky to ground in two shots, and it already feels like we've traversed a great distance, with two and a half hours of skillful, suspenseful WWII adventure to go.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
22 Sep 2010
fresh:
Part of the success of The Bridge is that its courageous hero is shown from all angles, in all kinds of mirrors. He is strong, stubborn, fallible, maniacal, silly, and wise; and in the end he is pathetic, noble, and foolish.
– Philip Roth,
The New Republic,
23 Jan 2013
rotten:
Has no one else found it highly peculiar that damn near everybody's choice for the best movie of (let's say) the decade should be dedicated, inferentially but absolutely, to the proposition that Courage is Madness and Cowardice is Best?
– Jerry Tallmer,
Village Voice,
3 Feb 2014
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