The Bridge on the River Kwai
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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.
Genres
Drama, History, War
Studio
Horizon Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Bridge on the River Kwai performed
Budget
$2.8M
Worldwide Gross
$44.9M
Gross Profit
$42.1M
Return
16.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Cmdr. Shears
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
Col. Nicholson
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
Maj. Warden
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
Col. Saito
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
Maj. Clipton
James Donald
Maj. Clipton
Lt. Joyce
Geoffrey Horne
Lt. Joyce
Col. Green
André Morell
Col. Green
Capt. Reeves
Peter Williams
Capt. Reeves
Major Hughes
John Boxer
Major Hughes
Grogan
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Baker
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Nurse
Ann Sears
Nurse
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