David Lean's 1957 production won 7 Oscars and a host of other awards. This is a must see film voted by the British Film Institute as the 11th greatest British film of the 20th century.
We are in Burma in 1943 during the Second World War - after settling his differences with a Japanese P.O.W. camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his mens' construction of a railway bridge for their captors....a gripping drama. Director: David Lean. Writing Credits: Pierre Boulle (novel), Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (screenplay). Starring: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness. Certificate to be confirmed - either U or PG.