A Bridge Too Far - Original Trailer 1977

It's late 1944, and the Allied armies are confident they'll win the World War II and be home in time for Christmas. What's needed, says British general Bernard Law Montgomery, is a knockout punch, a bold strike through Holland, where German troops are spread thin, that will put the Allies into Germany. Paratroops led by British major general Robert Urquhart (Sean Connery) and American brigadier general James Gavin (Ryan O'Neal) will seize a thin road and five bridges through Holland into Germany, with paratroops led by Lieutenant Col. John Frost (Sir Anthony Hopkins) holding the most critical bridge at a small town called Arnhem. Over this road shall pass combined forces led by British Lieutenant Gen. Brian Horrocks (Edward Fox) and British Lieutenant Col. Joe Vandeleur (Michael Caine). The plan requires precise timing, so much so that one planner tells Lieutenant Gen. Frederick Browning (Dirk Bogarde), "Sir, I think we may be going a bridge too far." The plan also has one critical flaw: Instead of a smattering of German soldiers, the area around Arnhem is loaded with crack SS troops. Disaster ensues. Based on a book by historian Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far is reminiscent of another movie based on a Ryan book, The Longest Day. Like that movie, it is loaded with more than 15 international stars, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Hardy Krueger, Gene Hackman, Maximilian Schell, and Liv Ullman. Dirk Bogarde - Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning James Caan - Sgt. Eddie Dohun Michael Caine - Lt. Col. Joe Vandeleur Sean Connery - Maj. Gen. Robert Urquhart Edward Fox - Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks Elliott Gould - Col. Bobby Stout Gene Hackman - Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski Anthony Hopkins - Lt. Col. John Frost Hardy Kruger - Gen. Ludwig Laurence Olivier - Dr. Spaander Ryan O'Neal - Brig. Gen. James Gavin Robert Redford - Maj. Julian Cook Maximilian Schell - Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich Liv Ullmann - Kate Ter Horst Arthur Hill - Tough Colonel Wolfgang Preiss - Field Marshal von Rundstedt Siem Vroom - Underground Leader Mary Smithuysen - Old Dutch Woman Nicholas Campbell - Capt. Glass Christopher Good - Maj. Carlyle Keith Drinkel - Lt. Cornish Peter Faber - Capt. Harry Bestebreurtje Alun Armstrong - Corporal Davies David Auker - 'Taffy' Brace Hartmut Becker - German Sentry Michael Byrne - Lieutenant Colonel Giles Vandeleur Milton Cadman - Private Long Simon Chandler - Private Simmonds Erik Chitty - Organist Stephen Churchett - Soldier Paul Copley - Private Wicks Michael Graham Cox - Captain Cleminson Jon Croft - Soldier Ben Cross - Trooper Binns Shaun Curry - Corporal Robbins Patrick Dickson - Soldier Harry Ditson - US Private Donald Douglas - Brigadier Lathbury Denholm Elliott - Met Officer David English - Private Andrews Colin Farrell - Corporal Hancock Jack Galloway - Private Vincent Peter Gordon - US Sergeant Frank Grimes - Major Fuller John Hackett - Glider Pilot Garick Hagon - Lieutenant Rafferty Brian Hawksley - Vicar Ben Howard - Sergeant Towns George Innes - Sergeant Macdonald Frank Jarvis - Soldier Ray Jewers - US Radio Operator John Judd - Sergeant Clegg Richard Kane - Colonel Weaver Jeremy Kemp - RAF Meteorological Officer Neil Kennedy - Colonel Barker Walter Kohut - Field Marshall Model Hardy Kurger Stanley Lebor - Regimental Sergeant Major Ian Liston - Sergeant Witney Sean Mathias - Irish Guards Lieutenant Paul Maxwell - Major General Maxwell Taylor Barry McCarthy - Privare Clark Edward McDermott - Soldier Jack McKenzie - Soldier Anthony Milner - Private Dodds Hilary Minster - British Medical Officer Stephen Moore - Major Steele John Morton - US Padre Niall Padden - British Medical Officer Donald Pickering - Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie John Ratzenberger - US Lieutenant Patrick Ryecart - German Lieutenant Toby Salaman - Private Stephenson John Salthouse - Private 'Ginger' Marsh Peter Settelen - Lt. Cole Gerald Sim - Colonel Sims James Snell - Soldier David Stockton - Soldier John Stride - Grenadier Guards Major Lex Van Delden - Sergeant Matthias Hans von Borsody - General Blumentritt Jason White - Soldier Fred Williams - Captain Grabner Chris Williams - Corporal Merrick Michael Wolf - Field Marshall Model's Aide