Holden, William 1918-1981

The bridge on the River Kwai by David Lean ( Visual )
103 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 4,341 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 )
82 editions published between 1969 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 3,438 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

Network by Sidney Lumet ( Visual )
72 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 2,950 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."

Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
54 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 2,907 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 a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance, setting tragedy into motion

Sabrina by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
83 editions published between 1954 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 2,589 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 )
41 editions published between 1953 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them

The towering inferno by John Guillermin ( Visual )
37 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in English and French and held by 1,245 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 ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1950 and 1999 in English and Multiple languages and held by 1,144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A millionaire junk dealer arranged for his unsophisticated girlfriend to take a course in "cuture."

Picnic by Joshua Logan ( Visual )
27 editions published between 1955 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story covers one Labor Day week-end in a small Kansas town, and tells about the impact a virile drifter has on the lives of several women in town

The horse soldiers by John Ford ( Visual )
27 editions published between 1959 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,090 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