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Film Matinee: The Bridge on the River Kwai

on BBC One London

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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Contributors

Unknown:
William Holden
Unknown:
Alec Guinness
Unknown:
Pierre Boulle
Director:
David Lean
Shears:
William Holden
Colonel Nicholson:
Alec Guinness
Major Warden:
Jack Hawkins
Colonel Saite:
Sessue Hayakawa
Major Clipton:
James Donald
Lt Joyce:
Geoffrey Horne
Colonel Green:
Andre Morell
Captain Reeves:
Peter Williams
Major Hughes:
John Boxer
Grogan:
Percy Herbert

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