During WW II, allied POWs in a Japanese internment camp are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge, but under the leadership of ...

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 ...

and Best Art Direction. Sharif’s performance as the idealistic poet torn between two women made him an international star. 3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) This WWII epic about British ...

The Bridge on the River Kwai had its difficulties, though. Shot in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in punishing heat and humidity, it was a difficult production that required an actual bridge to be built ...

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