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Return from the River Kwai

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Second World War action adventure.
In 1945, the Japanese decide to move a party of Allied PoWs back to Japan from the infamous River Kwai. However, an American pilot joins forces with a British commando to try to halt the train carrying the prisoners to a transport ship in Saigon. Review page 47.
(1988, 15)

Contributors

Director:
Andrew V McLaglen
Benford:
Edward Fox
Colonel Grayson:
Denholm Elliott
Crawford:
Chris Penn
Tanaka:
George Takei
Miller:
Timothy Bottoms
Perry:
Richard Graham
Hunt:
Nick Tate
Harada:
Tatsuya Nakadai
Ozawa:
Etsushi Takahashi
Davidson:
Michael Dante
Source: Radio Times

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