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    Movies: David Lean's Magnificent Kwai (Review)
    Michael Sragow
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    The Atlantic Monthly, February 1994, pp. 104-109
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    The Movies: War of Nerves (Review)
    Arthur Knight
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    The Saturday Review, December 14, 1957, p. 23
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    Movies (Review)
    Stanley Kauffmann
    The Obsession of Colonel Nicholson
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    The Reporter, February 6, 1958, p. 36
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    The Current Cinema (Review)
    John McCarten
    Bridge of Sighs
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    The New Yorker, December 28, 1957, pp. 48-57
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    Movies: The Playing Fields of Thailand (Review)
    Philip Roth
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    The New Republic, January 27, 1958, pp. 22-24
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    Movies: The Bridge on the River Why (Review)
    James Burnham
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    National Review, March 1, 1958, p. 212
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    Movies: Bobby Sox to Hard Knocks (2 Reviews)
    Mark Nichols
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    2. This Bitter Earth (1957 Film) by Rene Clement
    Coronet Magazine, February 1958, pp. 12-15
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    The Screen: A Matter of Principle (2 Reviews)
    Philip T. Hartung
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    2. The Bolshoi Ballet (1956 Film) by Paul Czinner
    Commonweal, December 20, 1957, p. 311
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    Films (5 Reviews)
    Robert Hatch
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    2. Paths of Glory (1957 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    3. The Enemy Below (1957 Film) by Dick Powell
    4. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956 Film) by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
    5. The Bolshoi Ballet (1956 Film) by Paul Czinner
    The Nation, January 11, 1958, p. 38
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    The Screen: One Man's Meat (10 Reviews)
    Philip T. Hartung
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film), by David Lean
    1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    2. A Man Escaped (1957 Film) by Robert Bresson
    3. A Hatful of Rain (1957 Film) by Fred Zinnemann
    4. Funny Face (1957 Film) by Stanley Donen
    5. Twelve Angry Men (1957 Film) by Sidney Lumet
    6. Nights of Cabiria (1957 Film) by Federico Fellini
    7. Full of Life (1957 Film) by Richard Quine
    8. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957 Film) by Billy Wilder
    9. Operation Mad Ball (1957 Film) by Richard Quine
    10. The Red Balloon (1956 Film) by Albert Lamorisse
    Commonweal, January 3, 1958, p. 358
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    The Movies: ...and a Happy New Year (10 Reviews)
    Arthur Knight
    Funny Face (1957 Film), by Stanley Donen
    1. Funny Face (1957 Film) by Stanley Donen
    2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 Film) by Sidney Lumet
    3. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957 Film) by Laurence Olivier
    4. A Hatful of Rain (1957 Film) by Fred Zinnemann
    5. A Man Escaped (1957 Film) by Robert Bresson
    6. Nights of Cabiria (1957 Film) by Federico Fellini
    7. Operation Mad Ball (1957 Film) by Richard Quine
    8. Sayonara (1957 Film) by Joshua Logan
    9. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 Film) by David Lean
    10. Paths of Glory (1957 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    The Saturday Review, January 4, 1958, p. 20