Director: David Lean

Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald

Directed by David Lean, this 1957 adventure film carries an IMDb rating of 8.1.

Synopsis

After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.