---
title: 'A Bridge Too Far (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Attenborough'
released: '1977-06-15'
runtime_minutes: 168
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-bridge-too-far-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Bridge Too Far (1977)

1977 · PG · 168 min · Drama, Action, War · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film's screenplay, by William Goldman, is based on a book of the same title by historian Cornelius Ryan. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough)
- **Screenplay:** [Cornelius Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornelius-ryan), [William Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-goldman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Addison](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-addison)
- **Producer:** [Joseph E. Levine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-e-levine)
- **Director of Photography:** [Geoffrey Unsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-unsworth)
- **Editor:** [Antony Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-gibbs)

## Cast

- [Donald Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-douglas) as Gerald Lathbury
- [Gerald Sim](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-sim) as Colonel Sims
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger) as Heinz Harmel
- [Nicholas Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-campbell) as Captain Glass
- [Edward Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-fox) as Brian Horrocks
- [Wolfgang Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-preiss) as Gerd von Rundstedt
- [Christopher Good](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-good) as Digby Tatham-Warter
- [David Auker](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-auker) as 'Taffy' Brace
- [John Stride](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-stride) as Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
- [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-d-eisenhower) as Dwight D. Eisenhower
- [Charles de Gaulle](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-de-gaulle) as Charles de Gaulle
- [Alfred Jodl](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-jodl) as Alfred Jodl
- [Adolf Hitler](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-hitler) as Adolf Hitler
- [Keith Drinkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-drinkel) as Lieutenant Cornish
- [Ryan O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-o-neal) as James M. Gavin

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-bridge-too-far-1977
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