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Return from the River Kwai is a British 1989 film directed by Andrew McLaglen. It stars Edward Fox, Chris Penn and Timothy Bottoms. The film is based on a 1979 factual book with the same name, about a 1944 Japanese prisoner transport of 2,217 British and Australian POWs, who had been working as forced labour on the Burma Railway, building the famous bridge over the River Kwai. They were taken by railway to Singapore, and from there aboard two ships, Rakuyo Maru and Kachidoki Maru, destined for Japan. On 12 September 1944, both ships were torpedoed by US submarines, and 1,559 of the prisoners perished. When released in the United Kingdom, the film carried a disclaimer that it was not related to or a sequel to the 1957 David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai. Nonetheless, due to legal disputes over the title with the US owners of the 1957 film, Return from the River Kwai was never released theatrically in the USA or Canada.
Original Release
04/14/1989
Cast
Name | Character |
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Timothy Bottoms | Seaman Miller |
Nick Tate | Lt. Commander Hunt |
George Takei | Lieutenant Tanaka |
Edward Fox | Major Benford |
Paul Holm | Benford's Patient |
Chris Penn | Lieutenant Crawford |
Ronnie Lazaro | Boonrod |
Richard Graham | Sergeant Perry |
Tatsuya Nakadai | Major Harada |
Denholm Elliott | Colonel Grayson |
Directors
Writers
Joan Blair, Clay Blair Jr., Sargon Tamimi, Paul Mayersberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Timothy Bottoms | Seaman Miller |
Nick Tate | Lt. Commander Hunt |
George Takei | Lieutenant Tanaka |
Edward Fox | Major Benford |
Paul Holm | Benford's Patient |
Chris Penn | Lieutenant Crawford |
Ronnie Lazaro | Boonrod |
Richard Graham | Sergeant Perry |
Tatsuya Nakadai | Major Harada |
Denholm Elliott | Colonel Grayson |
Anna Maria Tirol | Meo Girl |
Andres Tepongco | Anon |
Masato Nagamori | Lieutenant Yamashita |
Pierre Valderon | Frenchman in Saigon |
Patricia Edmondson | Lady in Saigon |
Sheila McLaglen | Lady in Saigon |
Lolita Mirpuri | Lady in Saigon |
Simplicio Cahilig | Old Vietnamese Man |
Sachiko Inoue | Japanese Mother |
Ryusuke Inoue | Japanese Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Daniel Unger | Executive Producer |
Kurt Unger | Producer |