Holden, William 1918-1981

The bridge on the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle ( Visual )
116 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 4,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy

The wild bunch by Sam Peckinpah ( Visual )
101 editions published between 1968 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 3,446 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The brutal story of violent men who lived during the Mexican revolution in the year 1913. It portrays a band of magnificent losers in a dying lawless West

Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
105 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 2,965 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad, he tries to leave, but Norma kills him. scene which she believes is the highlight of her comeback movie

Network by Sidney Lumet ( Visual )
78 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 2,959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A satirical look at the politics and power-struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."

Sabrina by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
104 editions published between 1954 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 2,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The daughter of the chauffeur for an immensely wealthy family returns from Paris and dazzles the family's two sons

Stalag 17 by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
54 editions published between 1952 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,737 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them

Our town by Thornton Wilder ( Visual )
105 editions published between 1940 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A study of life, love and death in a New England town at the turn of the century, from the stage play by Thornton Wilder

The towering inferno by John Guillermin ( Visual )
49 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers

Born yesterday by Georg Cukor ( Visual )
24 editions published between 1950 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A millionaire junk dealer arranges for his unsophisticated girlfriend to take a course in "culture."

The horse soldiers by John Ford ( Visual )
45 editions published between 1959 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall