(1957) The Bridge on the River Kwai

One of the all-time great war movies opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito and British colonel Nicholson. Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over the river Kwai, but Nicholson refuses.

Directed By: David Lean