A Bridge Too Far poster
Director Richard Attenborough
Screenplay William Goldman

A Bridge Too Far

Tagline: Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!

Release Date: 1977-06-15

Duration: 175 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Michael Caine
    Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
  • Anthony Hopkins
    Lt. Col. John D. Frost
  • Gene Hackman
    Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
  • Colin Farrell
    Cpl. Hancock
  • Laurence Olivier
    Dr. Jan Spaander
  • Robert Redford
    Maj. Julian Cook
  • James Caan
    SSgt. Eddie Dohun
  • Elliott Gould
    Col. Robert Stout
  • Sean Connery
    Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
  • Liv Ullmann
    Kate ter Horst