The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Pierre Boulle | Novel |
Carl Foreman | Screenplay |
Sam Spiegel | Producer |
Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
Donald M. Ashton | Art Direction |
John Cox | Sound Designer |
John W. Mitchell | Sound Designer |
David Lean | Director |
Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |