One Sentence Plot Summary: a platoon of british soldiers refuse to give up their dignity while on work detail in a Japanese POW camp in WWII.
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Best of: Alec Guinness is phenomenal and his character's plot line is gripping.
Worst of: A bit overlong and not entirely realistic.
Notable: Screenwriters Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman were on the blacklist of people with accused Communist ties at the time the film was made, and went uncredited. The sole writing credit, and therefore the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, went to Pierre Boulle, who wrote the original French novel but did not speak English.
Also nominated: 12 Angry Men.
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