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Certificate PG

Cast Alec Guinness William Holden Jack Hawkins Sessue Hayakawa

Directors David Lean

Screenwriters Carl Foreman Michael Wilson

Running Time 160 minutes

The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean's oscar-winning war classic with Alec Guiness.

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Plot
A squad of British soldiers arrive at a Japanese POW camp in the Burmese jungle, and after some conflict between their respective leaders, they are co-opted into building a railway bridge across the River Kwai. Meanwhile, the Allies plan a mission to blow-up the bridge before it can be used.

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