A Bridge Too Far
Tells 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.
Drama, History, War
United Artists, Joseph E. Levine Productions
Dirk Bogarde as Lt. Gen. Fredrick. Browning, James Caan as Sgt. Eddie Dohun, Michael Caine as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur, Sean Connery as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart, Edward Fox as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks, Elliott Gould as Col. Robert Stout, Gene Hackman as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski, Anthony Hopkins as Lt. Col. John D. Frost, Hardy Krüger as Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig, Laurence Olivier as Dr. Jan Spaander, Ryan O'Neal as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin, Robert Redford as Maj. Julian Cook, Maximilian Schell as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich, Liv Ullmann as Kate ter Horst - "the Angel of Arnhem", John Judd as Sergeant Clegg, Denholm Elliott as RAF meteorologist officer, Jeremy Kemp as R.A.F. Briefing Officer, Wolfgang Preiss as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt, Nicholas Campbell as Capt. Glass, Colin Farrell as Cpl. Hancock, Walter Kohut as Field Marshal Walter Model, Alun Armstrong as Cpl. Davies, Hans von Borsody as General Blumentritt, Hartmut Becker as German Sentry, Michael Byrne as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur, Garrick Hagon as Lt. Rafferty, John Ratzenberger as U.S. Lieutenant, Fred Williams as Capt. Grabner, Ben Cross as Trooper Binns, Arthur Hill as U.S. Medical Colonel, Edward Kalinski as Pvt. Archer, Ben Howard as Sergeant Towns, Donald Douglas as Brig. Gen. Gerald Lathbury