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The bridge on the River Kwai /

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British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bridge on the River Kwai (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 (Actor), Holden, William, 1918-1981 (Actor), Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 (Actor), Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973 (Actor), Foreman, Carl (Screenwriter), Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 (Screenwriter), Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia Pictures, [2014?]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > Drama.
Prisoners of war > Abuse of > Drama.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain > Drama.
Prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war > Abuse of.
Great Britain.
1939-1945
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
War films.
Films de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Description
Summary:British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (155 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA Rating: PG. CHV rating: PG.