The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 96%, MC: 88) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Sessue Hayakawa as Col. Saito
James Donald as Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne as Lt. Joyce
André Morell as Col. Green
Peter Williams as Capt. Reeves
Is The Bridge on the River Kwai good?
Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 92%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
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