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Paul Escarcega is joined by Drew Stewart to chat about the All Time Classic, David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai".

MOVIE: A Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
WHERE CAN WE WATCH: AMC +, Criterion Channel
DIRECTED BY: David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago)
WRITTEN BY: Pierre Boulle (Planet of the Apes Novel) Carl Foreman (High Noon, The Guns of Navarone) Michael Wilson (Lawrence of Arabia) 
STARS: Alec Guiness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa (Swiss Family Robinson)

PREMISE: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
IMDB RATING: 8.1
BOX OFFICE: Budget: $3 Mil, Gross: 27 Million

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