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The David Lean Film: Bridge on the River Kwai

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Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

David Lean's classic is not only one of the most spectacular films about World War II, it is also one of the most memorable portraits of men under stress. Alec Guinness plays Colonel Nicholson, a British officer who refuses to succumb to his Japanese captor, Colonel Saite. The film, depicting the Japanese 'death railway', was shot on locations in Sri Lanka and Thailand.

(Brief Encounter tomorrow at 3.50pm)
Films: page 27
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Screenplay/Based on his own novel:
Pierre Boulle
Producer:
Sam Spiegel
Director:
David Lean
Shears:
William Holden
Colonel Nicholson:
Alec Guinness
Major Warden:
Jack Hawkins
Colonel Saite:
Sessue Hayakawa
Major Clipton:
James Donald
Lieutenant Joyce:
Geoffrey Horne
Colonel Green:
Andre Morell
Captain Reeves:
Peter Williams
Major Hughes:
John Boxer
Grogan:
Percy Herbert
Baker:
Harold Goodwin
Nurse:
Ann Sears
Source: Radio Times

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