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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

161 min | Adventure, Drama, War

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British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.

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22 cast members

Name	STARmeter	Known for
William Holden Shears Shears See fewer	Top 5000	Stalag 17 (1953)
Alec Guinness Colonel Nicholson Colonel Nicholson See fewer	Top 5000	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Jack Hawkins Major Warden Major Warden See fewer	Members only	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Sessue Hayakawa Colonel Saito Colonel Saito See fewer	Members only	The Cheat (1915)
James Donald Major Clipton Major Clipton See fewer	Members only	The Great Escape (1963)
Geoffrey Horne Lieutenant Joyce Lieutenant Joyce See fewer	Members only	Big Daddy (1999)
André Morell Colonel Green (as Andre Morell) Colonel Green (as Andre Morell) See fewer	Members only	Ben-Hur (1959)
Peter Williams Captain Reeves Captain Reeves See fewer	Members only	Shadow Squad (1957)
John Boxer Major Hughes Major Hughes See fewer	Members only	Frenzy (1972)
Percy Herbert Grogan Grogan See fewer	Members only	The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Harold Goodwin Baker Baker See fewer	Members only	Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
Ann Sears Nurse Nurse See fewer	Members only	The Flying Doctor (1959)
Heihachirô Ôkawa Captain Kanematsu (as Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa) Captain Kanematsu (as Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa) See fewer	Members only	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Keiichirô Katsumoto Lieutenant Miura (as Keiichiro Katsumoto, K. Katsumoto) Lieutenant Miura (as Keiichiro Katsumoto, K. Katsumoto) See fewer	Members only	Ikiru (1952)
M.R.B. Chakrabandhu Yai Yai See fewer	Members only	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung Siamese Girl Siamese Girl See fewer	Members only	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ngamta Suphaphongs Siamese Girl Siamese Girl See fewer	Members only	Forever Yours (1955)
Javanart Punynchoti Siamese Girl Siamese Girl See fewer	Members only	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Kannikar Dowklee Siamese Girl Siamese Girl See fewer	Members only	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Tsai Chin Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited) Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Christopher Greet British Officer (uncredited) British Officer (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Herbert Nelson Bit part (uncredited) Bit part (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	The Avengers (1961)