David Lean	...	(Director)
Pierre Boulle	...	(Writer)
William Holden	...	Cmdr. Shears
Jack Hawkins	...	Maj. Warden
Alec Guinness	...	Col. Nicholson
Sessue Hayakawa	...	Col. Saito
James Donald	...	Maj. Clipton
Geoffrey Horne	...	Lt. Joyce
André Morell	...	Col. Green (as Andre Morell)
Peter Williams	...	Capt. Reeves
John Boxer	...	Maj. Hughes
Percy Herbert	...	Pvt. Grogan
Harold Goodwin	...	Pvt. Baker, Sick List Volunteer
Ann Sears	...	Nurse at Siamese hospital
Heihachiro Okawa	...	Capt. Kanematsu (as Henry Okawa)
Keiichiro Katsumoto	...	Lt. Miura
M.R.B. Chakrabandhu	...	Yai (as M.R.B. Chakrabandhu {Col. Broome})

Comments: It spans a whole new world of entertainment!


Summary: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.