《桂河大橋》（英語：The Bridge on the River Kwai）是一部獲得奧斯卡最佳影片等七項大獎的二戰題材影片，發行於1957年《桂河大橋在曼谷西北122公里的北碧府(Kan-chanaburi)，這座橫跨桂河的大橋———桂河大橋，折射了二戰期間的一段歷史：當年日軍佔領泰境期間，強迫盟軍戰俘建造鐵路連接緬甸及暹羅，這條鐵路在犧牲了無數寶貴性命後才得以完成，故有“死亡鐵路”之稱。桂河大橋就是其中的一段，被稱為“死亡鐵路”的咽喉。大橋的一邊地勢較為平緩，但一過河便是險峻的群峰，有的路段甚至就開鑿在懸崖絕壁之上。當年，很多勞工都是在修建桂河大橋時，變成孤魂野鬼的。

The Bridge on the River Kwai is a British 1957 World War II film by David Lean; based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942-43 for its historical setting. It stars Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins and William Holden.

In 1997, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Two prisoners of war are burying a corpse in the graveyard of a Japanese World War II prison camp in southern Burma. One, American Navy Commander Shears (William Holden), routinely bribes guards to ensure he gets sick duty, which allows him to avoid hard labour. A large contingent of British prisoners arrives, marching in defiantly whistling the Colonel Bogey March under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness).

A memorable feature of the film is the tune that is whistled by the POWs—the "Colonel Bogey March"—when they enter the camp.The piece was originally written in 1914 by Kenneth Alford. It was accompanied by a counter-melody (known as "The River Kwai March") written by the film's composer, Malcolm Arnold, and played by the off-screen orchestra taking over from the whistlers. Mitch Miller had a hit with a recording of both marches.

其中 William Holden 他所主演的"蘇絲黃的世界" 也是精彩佳作