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# The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): cast and crew

20 cast and 25 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [William Holden](https://film.one/person/william-holden.md) as Cmdr. Shears
- [Alec Guinness](https://film.one/person/alec-guinness.md) as Col. Nicholson
- [Jack Hawkins](https://film.one/person/jack-hawkins.md) as Maj. Warden
- [Sessue Hayakawa](https://film.one/person/sessue-hayakawa.md) as Col. Saito
- [James Donald](https://film.one/person/james-donald.md) as Maj. Clipton
- [Geoffrey Horne](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-horne.md) as Lt. Joyce
- [André Morell](https://film.one/person/andre-morell.md) as Col. Green
- [Peter Williams](https://film.one/person/peter-williams-12252.md) as Capt. Reeves
- [John Boxer](https://film.one/person/john-boxer.md) as Major Hughes
- [Percy Herbert](https://film.one/person/percy-herbert.md) as Grogan
- [Harold Goodwin](https://film.one/person/harold-goodwin.md) as Baker
- [Ann Sears](https://film.one/person/ann-sears.md) as Nurse
- Heihachirō Ōkawa as Captain Kanematsu
- Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung as Siamese Girl
- Keiichirō Katsumoto as Lieutenant Miura
- Ngamta Suppapong as Siamese Girl
- Javanart Punynchoti as Siamese Girl
- Kannikar Dowklee as Siamese Girl
- Tsai Chin as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
- Christopher Greet as British Officer (uncredited)

## Directing

- [David Lean](https://film.one/person/david-lean.md): Director
- Ted Sturgis: Assistant Director
- A. B. Raj: Second Unit First Assistant Director
- Gus Agosti: Assistant Director
- Angela Martelli: Continuity

## Writing

- [Carl Foreman](https://film.one/person/carl-foreman.md): Screenplay
- [Michael Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-wilson.md): Screenplay
- Pierre Boulle: Novel

## Production

- [Sam Spiegel](https://film.one/person/sam-spiegel.md): Producer
- Cecil F. Ford: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Jack Hildyard](https://film.one/person/jack-hildyard.md): Director of Photography
- Ron Drinkwater: Clapper Loader
- Peter Newbrook: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Peter Taylor](https://film.one/person/peter-taylor.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- John Cox: Sound Designer
- John W. Mitchell: Sound Designer
- [Malcolm Arnold](https://film.one/person/malcolm-arnold.md): Original Music Composer
- Winston Ryder: Sound Editor

## Art

- Donald M. Ashton: Art Direction
- Geoffrey Drake: Assistant Art Director
- Peter Dukelow: Construction Manager

## Costume and make-up

- Stuart Freeborn: Makeup Artist
- George Partleton: Makeup Artist
- [John Wilson-Apperson](https://film.one/person/john-wilson-apperson.md): Wardrobe Master

## Lighting

- Archie Dansie: Electrician

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