compare Holdens character to Alec Guinness. classic cavalier can do American vs. staid by the book Brit.
Sesue Haiakawa as the Japanese Commandant is excellent.
The greatest moment in that flick was when While inspecting the bridge he designed Alex Guiness playing the Brit Colonel looks down over a guard rail and into the river and spots a Brit sapper played by William Holden busy installing explosives who motions silence by placing a finger to his lips and Guiness turns and looks at the camera and exclaims “What have I done”