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A Bridge Too Far (1977)

PG06/15/1977Drama, History, War2h 55m

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Dirk Bogarde

    Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning

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    James Caan

    SSgt. Eddie Dohun

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    Michael Caine

    Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur

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    Sean Connery

    Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart

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    Edward Fox

    Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks

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    Robert Redford

    Maj. Julian Cook

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    Elliott Gould

    Col. Robert Stout

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    Anthony Hopkins

    Lt. Col. John D. Frost

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    Gene Hackman

    Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

Usually when you read the term "stellar" applied to a cast, it's more for marketing purposes to convince us that the cast is better than we might want to think - well not so, here. Connery, Caine, O'Neal, Olivier, Bogarde, Hackman, Hopkins, Caan, Schell & Liv Ullmann all chip into this true telling of "Operation Market Garden" - a co-ordinated attempt by the allies to use almost anything that will fly to parachute troops behind Nazi lines. Their purpose: to secure strategically important river crossings before the enemy have a chance to blow them to smithereens. Their missions are fraught with...