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.
William Holden
as Cmdr. Shears
Alec Guinness
as Col. Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
as Maj. Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
as Col. Saito
James Donald
as Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne
as Lt. Joyce
André Morell
as Col. Green
Peter Williams
as Capt. Reeves
John Boxer
as Major Hughes
Percy Herbert
as Grogan
Harold Goodwin
as Baker
Ann Sears
as Nurse
