The Bridge on the River Kwai - Part 1/15

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duty and avoid hard labour. A large contingent of British prisoners arrives, marching in defiantly whistling the Colonel Bogey March under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). The Japanese camp commander, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), addresses them, informing them of his rules. He insists that all prisoners, regardless of rank, work on the construction of a bridge over the Kwai River, part of a railroad that is to link Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma. STARRING: - ...