A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman. It was produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine and directed by Richard Attenborough.
The film tells the story of Operation Market-Garden during World War II, and its ultimate failure, the Allied attempt to break through German lines and seize several bridges, including the bridge over the Lower Rhine (Neder Ri...
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A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman. It was produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine and directed by Richard Attenborough.
The film tells the story of Operation Market-Garden during World War II, and its ultimate failure, the Allied attempt to break through German lines and seize several bridges, including the bridge over the Lower Rhine (Neder Rijn) River, in the occupied Netherlands, with the main objective of Allied armoured troops outflanking the Siegfried Line at its northern extremity.
The name for the film comes from an unconfirmed comment made by British Lieutenant-General Frederick A.M. Browning, deputy commander of the First Allied Airborne Army, who told Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, the operation's architect, before the operation, "I think we may be going a bridge too far."
The ensemble cast includes Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott...
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