A Bridge Too Far

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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.
Budget : 22000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 175 min
Release Date : 1977-06-15
Imdb ID : tt0075784
Status : Released

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

Laurence Olivier
Dr. Jan Spaander

Ryan O'Neal
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

Maximilian Schell
General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich

Liv Ullmann
Kate ter Horst

Siem Vroom
Underground Leader

Marlies van Alcmaer
Underground Leader's Wife

Erik van 't Wout
Underground Leader's Son

Wolfgang Preiss
Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt

Hans von Borsody
Gen. Günther Blumentritt

Josephine Peeper
Cafe Waitress

Paul Maxwell
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor

Walter Kohut
Field Marshal Walter Model

Peter Faber
Capt. 'Harry' Bestebreurtje

Hartmut Becker
German Sentry

Frank Grimes
Maj. Fuller

Jeremy Kemp
R.A.F. Briefing Officer

Donald Pickering
Lt. Col. Mackenzie

Donald Douglas
Brigadier Gerald Lathbury

Peter Settelen
Lt. Cole

Stephen Moore
Maj. Steele

Michael Byrne
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur

Paul Copley
Pvt. Wicks

Nicholas Campbell
Capt. Glass

Gerald Sim
Col. Sims

Harry Ditson
US Private

Erik Chitty
Church Organist

Brian Hawksley
Vicar

Colin Farrell
Cpl. Hancock

Christopher Good
Maj. Carlyle

Norman Gregory
Pvt. Morgan

Alun Armstrong
Cpl. Davies

Anthony Milner
Pvt. Dodds

Barry McCarthy
Pvt. Clark

Lex van Delden
Sgt. Matthias

Michael Wolf
Field Marshal Model's Aide

Sean Mathias
Irish Guards Lieutenant

Tim Beekman
German Private

Edward Seckerson
British Padre

Tom van Beek
Jan Ter Horst

Bertus Botterman
Dutch Villager

Henny Alma
Dutch Villager

Ray Jewers
US Radio Operator

Geoffrey Hinsliff
British Radio Operator

Keith Drinkel
Lt. Cornish

Mary Smithuysen
Old Dutch Lady

Hans Croiset
Hans - Old Dutch Lady's Son

Fred Williams
Capt. Grabner

John Peel
German Lieutenant

John Judd
Sergeant Clegg

Ben Cross
Trooper Binns

Hilary Minster
British Medical Officer

David English
Pvt. Andrews

Ben Howard
Sergeant Towns

Michael Graham Cox
Capt. Cleminson

Johan te Slaa
Old Dutch Couple

Georgette Reyevski
Old Dutch Couple

Pieter Groenier
Young Dutch Couple

Adrienne Kleiweg
Young Dutch Couple

Denholm Elliott
RAF meteorologist officer

Peter Gordon
US Sergeant

Arthur Hill
U.S. Medical Colonel

Garrick Hagon
Lt. Rafferty

Brian Gwaspari
US Engineer

Stephen Rayment
Grenadier Guards Lieutenant

Timothy Morand
British Corporal

James Wardroper
Pvt. Gibbs

Neil Kennedy
Col. Barker

John Salthouse
Pvt. 'Ginger' Marsh

Jonathan Hackett
Glider Pilot

Stanley Lebor
Regimental Sergeant Major

Jack Galloway
Pvt. Vincent

Milton Cadman
Pvt. Long

David Auker
'Taffy' Brace

Richard Kane
Col. Weaver

Toby Salaman
Pvt. Stephenson

Michael Bangerter
British Staff Colonel

Philip Raymond
Grenadier Guards Colonel

Myles Reithermann
Boat Truck Driver

Anthony Pullen Shaw
US Captain

John Morton
US Padre

John Ratzenberger
U.S. Lieutenant

Patrick Ryecart
German Lieutenant

Dick Rienstra
Capt. Krafft

Ian Liston
Sgt. Whitney

Paul Rattee
Pvt. Gordon

Mark Sheridan
Sgt. Tomblin

George Innes
Sgt. Macdonald

John Stride
Grenadier Guards Major

Niall Padden
British Medical Orderly

Michael Graves
British Medical Orderly

Simon Chandler
Pvt. Simmonds

Edward Kalinski
Pvt. Archer

Shaun Curry
Cpl. Robbins

Sebastian Abineri
Sgt. Treadwell

Chris Williams
Cpl. Merrick

Andrew Branch
Flute Player

Anthony Garner
British Staff Major

Feliks Arons
Dutch Priest

Stephen Churchett
British Soldier

Stuart Blake
Soldier

Roy Boyd
Soldier

Jon Croft
Soldier

Patrick Dickson
Soldier

Adrian Gibbs
Soldier

Jason Gregory
Soldier

Stewart Guidotti
Soldier

Patrick Hannaway
Soldier

Brian Haughton
Soldier

Anthony Howden
Soldier

Frank Jarvis
Col. Frost's Aide

David Killick
Soldier

Dan Long
Soldier

Gerald Martin
Soldier

Edward McDermott
Soldier

Tony McHale
Soldier

Jack McKenzie
Soldier

Francis Mughan
Soldier

Richard Ommanney
Soldier

Peter Quince
Soldier

Robin Scobey
Soldier

Farrell Sheridan
Soldier

James Snell
Soldier

Michael Stock
Soldier

David Stockton
Soldier

Paul Vaughan-Teague
Soldier

Jason White
Soldier

Mark York
Soldier

Richard Attenborough
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)

Robin Blair-Crawford
American Sergeant (uncredited)

John Careless
British Paratrooper (uncredited)

Bob de Lange
Soldier (uncredited)

Jan de Vrij
Underground Leader's Father (uncredited)

Joop Doderer
Soldier (uncredited)

Dick Engelbracht
Soldier (uncredited)

Gerard Franken
Soldier (uncredited)

Jacques Luijer
Soldier (uncredited)

Anthony Robb
German Officer (uncredited)

Wil Sibbelee
Underground Leader's Brother (uncredited)

Hans Van Den Berg
Soldier (uncredited)

Pim Vosmaer
Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Wisepart
Soldier (uncredited)

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Reviews

GenerationofSwine
How do spoilers work with historical movies? Can we reasonably assume that everyone already knows how Market Garden turned out, or are we doing the Millennial thing where we are assuming people don't know where Arnhem is, let alone Antwerp, let alone Holland, let alone who participated in WWII? The Nazis were part of that one right? Anyway, this movie has everyone in it, just about everyone that was anyone in 1977 and, from all appearances all of Hollywood was tied up in the making of this film right down to A-list actors in minor roles. So you kind of know that the acting is there and top notch... and so is the direction. At least the direction is about as good as you can assume for something that attempts to tell a little too much of the story all at once. Don't get me wrong, it's a great movie, and when they use the word "Epic" they are talking about epic in scope, and for that scope it does a pretty awesome and very coherent job. My one issue is the scope, Market Garden was enormous, it was an enormous failure, it was an enormous catastrophy, it was an enormous event, it was an enormous air invasion and this movie attempts to tell all of it at once. The result is that it's spread a little thin Had they made the movie 6 hours long, they might have been able to pull it off flawlessly... but who is going to sit through that? But no one can really argue with the results. It's not as bad as it could be, and it is a lot better than a movie this epic in scope should be. They achieved something brilliant. My only wish was that, after the epic failure, they gave Montgomery's infamous "Operation Market Garden was 90% successful" the last words and left it there, left it as a mess with a general trying to save face.
Geronimo1967
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 dangers - bad intelligence, bad weather as well as a tenacious and well established enemy. The planning and actions scenes give a clear dramatic indication of just how logistically complex and risky this whole procedure actually would have been; and as war films go it is much less gung-ho. It is, however, very long - and a bit more judicious editing would have helped keep it more taut.
Wuchak
**_Star-studded cinematic account of Operation Market Garden_** In September, 1944, the Allies unleash an ambitious operation to secure key bridges in the Netherlands, which would facilitate a quick advance into Germany and have the boys home by Christmas. Unfortunately, the Germans’ defensive capabilities and willpower are stronger than expected. “A Bridge Too Far” (1977) covers the largest airborne operation in history up to that point with a great cast and several memorable sequences involving actors like Anthony Hopkins, James Caan, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery and so on. It’s a straight war film in the manner of “The Longest Day” that refuses to get artsy, like, say, “Apocalypse Now.” The flick effectively illustrates how plans can look great in the comfort of a war room but, in the field, Murphy’s Law often comes into play. Whilst the chief goal of seizing the Arnhem Bridge failed, there were several successes, such as the capture of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, and the creation of a 65-miles foothold in Holland for future offensives, not to mention tying-up thousands of German troops. The boys wouldn’t be home for Christmas; it would take another four long months of strategizing and fighting. Speaking of which, the similar “The Bridge at Remagen” from eight years prior covers the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge on the Rhine in west-central Germany in March, 1945. It runs 2 hours, 56 minutes, and was shot in England and the Netherlands. GRADE: B

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