Movie · 1977
A Bridge Too Far
“Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!”
Released 15 June 1977 175 min Drama / History / War More from 1977 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
FR·01
How old were they?
Laurence Olivier
as Dr. Jan Spaander
Erik Chitty
as Church Organist
Dirk Bogarde
as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Hardy Krüger
as Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Walter Kohut
as Field Marshal Walter Model
Gene Hackman
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Sean Connery
as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Maximilian Schell
as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Siem Vroom
as Underground Leader
Michael Caine
as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Donald Douglas
as Brigadier Gerald Lathbury
Jeremy Kemp
as R.A.F. Briefing Officer
Edward Fox
as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Robert Redford
as Maj. Julian Cook
Anthony Hopkins
as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Hartmut Becker
as German Sentry
Michael Graham Cox
as Capt. Cleminson
Elliott Gould
as Col. Robert Stout
Liv Ullmann
as Kate ter Horst
James Caan
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Ryan O'Neal
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Ben Cross
as Trooper Binns
Nicholas Campbell
as Capt. Glass
Tim Beekman
as German Private
FR·02
The numbers
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Laurence Olivier — oldest on the call sheet
25Nicholas Campbell — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast