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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1952 1h 58m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Brief Encounter
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After his aircraft company's groundbreaking work on jet engine technology in the World War II, John Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson), its wealthy owner, employs test pilot Tony Garthwaite (Nigel Patrick), a successful wartime fighter pilot to fly new jet-powered aircraft. Garthwaite is hired by Ridgefield after marrying Ridgefield's daughter, Susan (Ann Todd). Tensions between father and daughter are accentuated by Garthwaite's dangerous job of test flying. In a noteworthy illustration of the new technology, Susan accompanies Garthwaite on a Ferry flying assignment of a two-seater de Havilland Vampire to Cairo, Egypt, returning later the same day as passengers on a de Havilland Comet.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ann Todd
Susan Garthwaite
Nigel Patrick
Tony Garthwaite
Dinah Sheridan
Jess Peel
John Christopher Allen
'Windy'
Joseph Tomelty
Will
Ralph Richardson
John Ridgefield
John Justin
Philip Peel
Denholm Elliott
Christopher Ridgefield