Directed by David LeanStarring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Seesue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morell, Peter Williams, and John Boxer
A very well acted war film, The Bridge on the River Kwai remains a classic to this day. Guinness and Hayakawa are excellent as commanding officers on opposite sides of World War II. Guinness portrays a man so overcome with his work ethic and desire to get things done efficiently that he loses sight of the war as a whole. He is one of the finest actors the film world has ever seen, and this film got him his only Academy Award. This is the movie that established David Lean as the primary director of big epics, as he would go one to helm Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, and A Passage to India. The Bridge on the River Kwai is one of the finest films depicting the war in the Pacific during World War II.
Other nominees: 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet), Peyton Place (Mark Robson), Sayonara (Joshua Logan), and Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder)
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