Starring
William Holden
Alec Guinness
An epic depiction of the hardships endured by prisoners of war constructing the Japanese 'death railway' during the Second World War. The film combines spectacular action sequences with close-up character studies of men who are in command, but not always in control.
Screenplay by Pierre Boulle based on his own novel Director David Lean
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