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Bridge on the River Kwai

In a prison camp deep in Siam, Colonel Nicholson and his men are orderd by the Japanese to build a bridge, and he refuses, even after torture and solitary confinement. Then, determined to show their captors how much superior the British are, he drives his men on until the new bridge is ready for the first train to pass across it. As the Special Service Branch watches secretly, the suspsence builds to a thrilling climax.

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  • "In a prison camp deep in Siam, Colonel Nicholson and his men are orderd by the Japanese to build a bridge, and he refuses, even after torture and solitary confinement. Then, determined to show their captors how much superior the British are, he drives his men on until the new bridge is ready for the first train to pass across it. As the Special Service Branch watches secretly, the suspsence builds to a thrilling climax."@en
  • "In a Japanese prison camp on the Burma-Siam railway, Colonel Nicholson and his men are ordered to build a bridge over the River Kwai. Soon a magnificent bridge awaits the passing of the first train. The Special Service Branch has parachuted three men into Siam. As they watch the bridge being built and make their plans, suspense builds into a thrilling climax."
  • "A British colonel held in a Japanese prison camp during World War II maintains strict discipline among his fellow prisoners. When the bridge he builds with prison labour is blown up by British commandos, he betrays them to the Japanese."@en
  • "When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it."@en
  • "On one level a thrilling adventure set in World War II Burma ; on another, the conflict between a British and Japanese officer over discipline and "face.""@en

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
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