The Bridge on the River Kwai may be famous, but according to Bashar Altabba, a structural engineer, it was not remarkable — and neither was any other one bridge or track or rock cutting along ...

"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a gripping drama, expertly put together and handled with skill in all departments. Its potency stems only partly from the boxoffice draw of William Holden and, to ...

People who have recourse to fingernail-biting in moments of stress are advised to grow them long in preparation for The Bridge on the River Kwai. In Pierre Boulle's screenplay, the bridge on the ...

The Smithsonian Channel's "The Pacific War in Color" has been one of the summer's most rewarding shows and episode 7 looks to be one of its best. "No Surrender" premieres on Sunday, August 5 at 8 ...

David Lean, director of such landmark epics as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, didn't always make giant movies. His first epic was his twelfth film: The Bridge on the River Kwai, starring ...

Released December 14th, 1957, 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa The PG movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 41 min, and received a user ...

CASE FILE: Bridge on the River Kwai THE SCENE: Kanchanaburi, Thailand LEAD DETECTIVES: Bashar Altabba, Rod Beattie, Renichi Sugano In 1942, the Japanese. Skip to main content Skip to footer site map.