The Bridge on the River Kwai
Credits
| Director | David LEAN |
| Year | 1957; Release: 1957; Copyright: 1957 |
| Production Company | Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Columbia Pictures Corporation |
| Country | Great Britain, USA |
| Notes | Due to blacklisting, neither Foreman or Wilson received script credit which was given to author Boulle who had nothing to do with scripting this film. On restored version script credits are corrected. |
Cast | |
| Shears | William HOLDEN |
| Major Warden | Jack HAWKINS |
| Colonel Nicholson | Alec GUINNESS |
| Colonel Saito | Sessue HAYAKAWA |
| Major Clipton | James DONALD |
| Colonel Green | André MORELL |
| Captain Reeves | Peter WILLIAMS |
| Major Hughes | John BOXER |
| Grogan | Percy HERBERT |
| Baker | Harold GOODWIN |
| Nurse | Ann SEARS |
| Captain Kanematsu | Henry OKAWA |
| Lieutenant Miura | Keiichiro KATSUMOTO |
| Yai | M.R.B. CHAKRABANDHU |
| Siamese girl | Vilaiwan SEEBOONREAUNG |
| Siamese girl | Ngamta SUPHAPHONGS |
| Siamese girl | Javanart PUNYNCHOTI |
| Siamese girl | Kannikar DOWKLEE |
| Lieutenant Joyce | Geoffrey HORNE |
Credits | |
| Directed by | David LEAN |
| Produced by | Sam SPIEGEL |
| Screenplay by [on restored version] | Michael WILSON |
| Screenplay by [on restored version] | Carl FOREMAN |
| [Screenplay on original prints] | Pierre BOULLE |
| Based on the novel by | Pierre BOULLE |
| Director of Photography | Jack HILDYARD |
| Chief Editor | Peter TAYLOR |
| Art Director | Don ASHTON |
| Music by | Malcolm ARNOLD |
| Production Manager | Cecil F. FORD |
| Assistant Director | Gus AGOSTI |
| Assistant Director | Ted STURGIS |
| [Assistant Director] | Gamini FONSEKA |
| Continuity | Angela MARTELLI |
| [Contributing Writer] | Calder WILLINGHAM |
| Camera Operator | Peter NEWBROOK |
| [Camera Operator - last six weeks] | Gerry FISHER |
| Chief Electrician | Archie DANSIE |
| [Editing] With | Eric BOYD-PERKINS |
| [Editing] With | Janet DAVIDSON |
| [Editing] With | Teddy DARVAS |
| [Editing] With | Rusty COPPLEMAN |
| [Editing] With | Peter MILLER |
| [Editing] With | Pam BOSWORTH |
| [Editing] With | Fred BURNLEY |
| [Editing] With | Norma HAWKES |
| Assistant Art Director | Geoffrey DRAKE |
| Construction Manager | Peter DUKELOW |
| [The Bridge] Constructed by | Equipment & Construction Co. Ceylon |
| Consulting Engineers for the Bridge | Husband & Co. of Sheffield |
| Wardrobe | John APPERSON |
| Make-up | Stuart FREEBORN |
| Make-up | George PARTLETON |
| [Music] Played by | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Sound | John COX |
| Sound | John MITCHELL |
| Chief Sound Editor | Winston RYDER |
| Technical Adviser | L.E.M. PEROWNE |
| The Restoration (Producer) | Jim PAINTEN |
| The Restoration (Editor) | George HIVELY |
| The Restoration (Sound Editor) | Don HALL |
| The Restoration (Sound Editor) | Gary KRIVACEK |
| The Restoration (Sound Mixer) | B. Tennyson SEBASTIAN III |
| The Restoration (Sound Mixer) | Joel FEIN |
| The Restoration (Sound Mixer) | Bob MINKLER |
| The Restoration (Colour Timer) | Bill PINE |
| The Restoration (negative Restoration) | OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic |
| Awards | American Academy Awards (Oscars) 1957 - Best Film 1957 - Best Actor - Alec GUINNESS 1957 - Best Director - David LEAN 1957 - Best Cinematography - Jack HILDYARD nbsp;- Best Film Editing - Peter TAYLOR 1957 - Best Score - Malcolm ARNOLD 1957 - Best Adapted Screenplay - Pierre BOULLE British Academy Awards (Baftas) 1957 - Best Film 1957 - Best British Film 1957 - Best Actor - Alec GUINNESS 1957 - Best Screenplay - Pierre BOULLE |
| Running Time | 160 minutes |
| Length | 14506 ft, 4424 m |
| Colour, Sound | |
| Colour System | Technicolor |
| Format | Cinemascope |
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