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Release: 1957-12-14
Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Scene
Bridge on the River Kwai Theme (Whistling Soldiers) Scene
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Clip Description
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean. The song was thought to be too vulgar by the producer, so whistling was substituted.
Movie Description
A 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.
Director
David Lean
Studios
Columbia Pictures
Starring:
William Holden
Cmdr. Shears
Alec Guinness
Col. Nicholson
Jack Hawkins
Maj. Warden
Sessue Hayakawa
Col. Saito
André Morell
Col. Green
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Ann Sears
Nurse
David Lean
Director