Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!
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.
Director Richard Attenborough Writers Cornelius Ryan -William Goldman Stars Sean Connery -Ryan O'Neal -Michael Caine -Dirk Bogarde -James Caan
00:00We've paid for that bridge and we're going to collect.
00:07We're going to fly 35,000 men 300 miles and drop them behind enemy lines.
00:13It'll be the largest airborne operation ever mounted.
00:17Quite frankly, this kind of thing's never been attempted before.
00:22We shall seize the bridges, it's all a question of bridges, with thunderclap surprise.
00:28And hold them until they can be secured.
00:32And we go next Sunday.
00:34Seven days.
00:36The sooner we go the better. You've got them on the run.
00:39One, eight, nine.
00:42Joseph E. Levine presents A Bridge Too Far.
00:46Based on Cornelius Ryan's international bestseller.
00:51The story of the most dramatic and devastating battle of worlds.
00:57The plan is called Operation Market Garden.
01:04Market is the airborne element and garden the ground forces.
01:10I like to think of this as one of those American western films.
01:15Germans, well, naturally they're the bad guys.
01:19We, my friends, are the cavalry on the way to the rescue.
01:24A Bridge Too Far.
01:28Starring Dirk Bogart, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliot Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krueger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neill, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liev Ullman.
01:46Take cover!
01:50Don't you think that since we know that Arnhem is so crucial to their safety, they might know that too?
01:55The river's wide and that the current is strong.
02:01Hey, oh, Mary.
02:02I love Grace.
02:03If there's any more cheery information comes my way, I'll just be too happy to pass it along.
02:07In the meantime, just think of this as on-the-job training.
02:09They're 36 hours behind schedule.
02:14There's a battle, and we are in the process of winning it.
02:20Winning and losing is not our concern.
02:24Living or dying is.
02:26Carl, if you don't look at him right now, he's gonna die.
02:32He's dead now.
02:34Right now.
02:36I can give him a quick examination tonight.
02:39Thank you very much, sir.
02:41We need reinforcements and above all, ammunition.
02:45Till the general are coming.
02:48They're coming tonight.
02:50Two days, they said.
02:53We've been here nine.
02:55Why didn't we just try to brush through?
02:58Well, as you'll know, I've always thought that we tried to go a bridge too far.
