Return from the River Kwai

Year: 1989

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

War

War prisoners labor tirelessly to build a bridge over Thailand’s River Kwai, only for an American bomber to smash it just as it’s finished. Camp commander Tanaka orders executions as a warning, but Major Harada arrives with orders to ship the healthiest men to Japan by rail and sea. The convoy faces a perilous trek under constant Allied surveillance of the railways and the seas.

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