Return from the River Kwai Denholm Elliott, Chris Penn, Edward Fox 2 votes Return from the River Kwai delivers a gripping tale based on the true story of the titular railway's construction during World War II. As the characters suffer under the strain of wartime hardships and confront the de...
From AFI's 100 Years Lists... PLANET OF THE APES (1968) DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) ...
A former prisoner of war, he was forced by the Japanese to build the Thailand-Burma "death railway". The horrific conditions of the prisoners as they built the line, formed the basis of David Lean's 1957 film, The Bridge On The River Kwai. Clifford, who now lives in St Martin's ...