A Bridge Too Far poster

A Bridge Too Far

19772h 55mDrama · History · War
directed by Richard Attenborough

“Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!”

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7.2 / 10
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7.4 / 10
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63 / 100
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Synopsis

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.

Cast

Dirk Bogarde·Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
James Caan·SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine·Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery·Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Edward Fox·Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Robert Redford·Maj. Julian Cook
Elliott Gould·Col. Robert Stout
Anthony Hopkins·Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Gene Hackman·Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Hardy Krüger·Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig