Title The Bridge on the River Kwai Overview 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. Tagline It spans a whole new world of entertainment! Genres Drama, History, War Keywords japan, resistance, japanese, river, prisoners of war, thailand, bridge, officer Production Companies Columbia Pictures Corporation, Horizon Pictures II Production Countries United Kingdom, United States of America Spoken Languages 日本語, ภาษาไทย, English Original Language en Runtime minutes 161 Release Year 1957
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 33 million USD