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A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Directed by Richard Attenborough

War | History

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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.

Rated PG | Length 175 minutes

Actors

Dirk Bogarde | James Caan | Michael Caine | Sean Connery | Edward Fox | Elliott Gould | Anthony Hopkins | Gene Hackman | Hardy Krüger | Laurence Olivier | Ryan O'Neal | Robert Redford | Maximilian Schell | Liv Ullmann | Siem Vroom | Marlies van Alcmaer | Erik van 't Wout | Wolfgang Preiss | Hans von Borsody | Josephine Peeper | Paul Maxwell | Walter Kohut | Peter Faber | Hartmut Becker | Frank Grimes | Jeremy Kemp | Donald Pickering | Donald Douglas | Peter Settelen | Stephen Moore | Michael Byrne | Paul Copley | Nicholas Campbell | Gerald Sim | Harry Ditson | Erik Chitty | Brian Hawksley | Colin Farrell | Christopher Good | Norman Gregory | Alun Armstrong | Anthony Milner | Barry McCarthy | Lex van Delden | Michael Wolf | Sean Mathias | Tim Beekman | Edward Seckerson | Tom van Beek | Bertus Botterman | Henny Alma | Ray Jewers | Geoffrey Hinsliff | Keith Drinkel | Mary Smithuysen | Hans Croiset | Fred Williams | John Peel | John Judd | Ben Cross | Hilary Minster | David English | Ben Howard | Michael Graham Cox | Johan te Slaa | Georgette Reyevski | Pieter Groenier | Adrienne Kleiweg | Denholm Elliott | Peter Gordon | Arthur Hill | Garrick Hagon | Brian Gwaspari | Stephen Rayment | Timothy Morand | James Wardroper | Neil Kennedy | John Salthouse | Jonathan Hackett | Stanley Lebor | Jack Galloway | Milton Cadman | David Auker | Richard Kane | Toby Salaman | Michael Bangerter | Philip Raymond | Myles Reithermann | Anthony Pullen Shaw | John Morton | John Ratzenberger | Patrick Ryecart | Dick Rienstra | Ian Liston | Paul Rattee | Mark Sheridan | George Innes | John Stride | Niall Padden | Michael Graves | Simon Chandler | Edward Kalinski | Shaun Curry | Sebastian Abineri | Chris Williams | Andrew Branch | Anthony Garner | Feliks Arons | Stephen Churchett | Richard Attenborough | Marcel van Roosmalen

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Viewing Notes

Revisited this on the big screen. One of the great war movies that captures a range of experiences, both good and bad, of WWII, which was still rare in the ‘70s. Great ensemble cast too, with an excellent performance by sir Anthonyl Hopkins as its anchor. I also really liked James Caan’s role despite it being such a small portion. I really wonder how much was shot that didn’t make the final cut. Would love to see some of that additional footage.

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