A Bridge Too Far
Drama, War
MGM / UA  (1977) 176 mins PG

7.3 (13,384 votes)
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the fighting by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and even worse weather led to disaster beyond the Allies darkest fears....

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Cast and Crew
Laurence Olivier  ...... 
Elliott Gould  ......  Col. Robert Stout
Edward Fox  ......  Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Ryan O'Neal  ......  Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Maximillian Schell  ...... 
Liv Ullmann  ...... 
Director  .....  Richard Attenborough
Producer  .....  Joseph E. Levine; Richard P. Levine
Writer  .....  William Goldman; Cornelius Ryan
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: The subtitles when Field Marshall Runstedt is speculating between General Patton and Field Marshall Montgomery near the beginning of the film once misspell "Patton" as "Patten". Later usages correctly spell "Patton". (more)

Trivia:
Originally rated "R" by the MPAA for strong language, it was lowered to "PG" upon appeal. (more)

Filming Locations:
Bemmel, Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands (more)

Quotes:
Major General Urquhart: I thought everyone knew that God was a Scotsman. (more)

Awards:
Won 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations (more)