The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* The title of the English translation of the French novel "Le pont de la rivière Kwai" was "The Bridge over the River Kwai".
* After the final scene was shot, producer Sam Spiegel shipped the film footage on five different planes to minimise the risk of loss.
* The bridge cost $250,000 to build; construction began before anyone had been cast.
* The real life construction of the bridge over the River Kwai used about 100,000 conscripted Asian labourers. Around 12,000 prisoners of war died on the project.

Source: IMDB