Plot Summary: British POWs are ordered by their Japanese captors to construct a bridge of strategic importance and are happy to sabotage and delay the progress until their commanding officers orders them to continue the work unhindered to its completion, but are his actions tantamount to collaborating with the enemy? *Recognition: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Hayakawa); won for Best Picture, Director (Lean), Actor (Guiness), Adapted Screenplay (Michael Wilson, Carl Fo