The Bridge on the River Kwai

Hollywood Gems

The Hollywood Gems Film Series 

Legendary Hollywood films carefully selected to pair with each month’s Kate Classic, featuring directors and co-stars who worked alongside Miss Hepburn.  See these film favorites as they were intended to be viewed—in the theater on the big screen. 

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Adaptation of the Pierre Boulle novel about POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the commander of the bridge's construction has different plans. 2h41m