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.
Writing | Carl Foreman | Screenplay |
Production | Sam Spiegel | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
Writing | Pierre Boulle | Novel |
Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
Art | Donald M. Ashton | Art Direction |
Sound | John Cox | Sound Designer |
Sound | John W. Mitchell | Sound Designer |
Directing | David Lean | Director |
Writing | Michael Wilson | Screenplay |
Editing | Peter Taylor | Editor |
Directing | A. B. Raj | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
Camera | Ron Drinkwater | Clapper Loader |
Directing | Ted Sturgis | Assistant Director |