| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
A senior British officer in a Japanese POW camp during WWII becomes locked in conflict with the Japanese camp commandant. Although the two men adhere to very different military codes a certain psychological and spiritual affinity lies at the heart of their mutual antagonism. This ultimately leads them to act in concert, if for very different reasons, to build a bridge for the Japanese war machine |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of Fox Classics broadcast March 20, 2009. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle of the same title |
| Credits |
Director: David Lean; Producer: Sam Spiegel |
| Cast |
William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guiness |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Originally released : Columbia, 1957 |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films
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Prisoners of war
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War films
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Railroads -- Burma
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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| Author |
Lean, David, 1908-1991
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Spiegel, Sam
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Holden, William
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Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
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Guiness, Alec
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Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
The bridge on the river Kwai
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Fox Classics
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