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| William Holden | Cmdr. Shears | |
| Jack Hawkins | Maj. Warden | |
| Alec Guinness | Col. Nicholson | |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Col. Saito | |
| James Donald | Maj. Clipton | |
| Geoffrey Horne | Lt. Joyce | |
| André Morell | Col. Green | |
| Peter Williams | Capt. Reeves | |
| John Boxer | Maj. Hughes | |
| Percy Herbert | Pvt. Grogan | |
| Alec Guinness | Colonel Nicholson | |
| William Holden | Shears | |
| James Donald | Major Clipton | |
| Geoffrey Horne | Lieutenant Joyce | |
| Harold Goodwin | Baker | |
| Jack Hawkins | Major Warden | |
| Sessue Hayakawa | Colonel Saito | |
| Percy Herbert | Grogan | |
| Peter Williams | Captain Reeves | |
| Heihachiro Okawa | Captain Kanematsu (as Henry Okawa) | |
| André Morell | Colonel Green (as Andre Morell) | |
| John Boxer | Major Hughes | |
| M.R.B. Chakrabandhu | Yai (in opening credits) (as M.R.B. Chakrabandhu {Col. Broome}) | |
| Kannikar Dowklee | Siamese Girl | |
| Keiichiro Katsumoto | Lieutenant Miura (also as K. Katsumoto) (as Keiichiro Katsumoto) |
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| Producer | Sam Spiegel
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| Writer | Pierre Boulle
Michael Wilson Carl Foreman |
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| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard
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Malcolm Arnold
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After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. |
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