War Office officials tried to sabotage 1957 movie Bridge on the River Kwai
The War Office tried to sabotage 1957 movie The Bridge on the River Kwai, criticising its ‘inauthentic’ portrayal of British PoWs. The department warned that the film ‘would not go down well with the public’, after Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel wrote a letter to it, hoping to obtain the co-operation of the RAF in filming. The film … Read more