A Bridge Too Far
“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.
Genres
Drama, History, War
Studio
United Artists
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Bridge Too Far performed
Budget
$22.0M
Worldwide Gross
$50.8M
Gross Profit
$28.8M
Return
2.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Dirk Bogarde
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
James Caan
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Michael Caine
Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Sean Connery
Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Edward Fox
Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Maj. Julian Cook
Robert Redford
Maj. Julian Cook
Col. Robert Stout
Elliott Gould
Col. Robert Stout
Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Anthony Hopkins
Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Gene Hackman
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Hardy Krüger
Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Dr. Jan Spaander
Laurence Olivier
Dr. Jan Spaander
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Ryan O'Neal
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
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