These POWs Were Forced to Build the Bridge Over River Kwai Allied POWs rescued in the South China Sea have an incredible story to tell. They'd been kept in a secret prison camp in Thailand, where ...

A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it.

3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) This WWII epic about British POWs forced to build a railway bridge in Burma under Japanese command won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture ...

In The Bridge on the River Kwai, Guinness plays Lt Col Nicholson, who is ordered to build a bridge after arriving at a POW camp. As per the Geneva Convention, Nicholson refuses to allow his ...

People who have recourse to fingernail-biting in moments of stress are advised to grow them long in preparation for The Bridge on the River Kwai. In Pierre Boulle's screenplay, the bridge on the ...