Starring:
EDWARD FOX
DENHOLM ELLIOT
CHRISTOHER PENN
and NAKADAI TATSUYA

Executive Producer
DANIEL UNGER

Produced by KURT UNGER

Directed by
ANDREW V. McLAGLEN

Return from the River Kwai is one of the last untold true stories of World War II in the Far East, a story of soldiers who learnt about courage, and used their courage for survival. The story begins at the end of the war when a group of starving British and Australian POW's have all but given up hope of escaping the dreaded railway line that has already cost so many lives.

As the wheels of war grind to a halt, the Japanese decide to send their more able bodied POW's over to Japan in a final attempt of victory. Crammed into cattle trucks, they begin their Journey through the Thai jungle, destined to be imprisoned in the hull of a transport ship sailing through submarine infested waters. Amongst rebel raids and allied air attacks there seems to be a glimmer of hope of escaping...