Movie

A Bridge Too Far

Released: June 15, 1977 (1977)

Runtime: 175 minutes

Genres: Drama, History, 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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Dirk Bogarde as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Age at release: 56
Hardy Krüger as Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Age at release: 49
Gene Hackman as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Age at release: 47
Sean Connery as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Age at release: 46
Michael Caine as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Age at release: 44
Edward Fox as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Age at release: 40
Robert Redford as Maj. Julian Cook
Age at release: 40
Anthony Hopkins as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Age at release: 39
Elliott Gould as Col. Robert Stout
Age at release: 38
James Caan as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Age at release: 37

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Laurence Olivier as Dr. Jan Spaander
Age at release: 70
Wolfgang Preiss as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
Age at release: 67
Paul Maxwell as Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
Age at release: 55
Walter Kohut as Field Marshal Walter Model
Age at release: 49
Hans von Borsody as Gen. Günther Blumentritt
Age at release: 47
Maximilian Schell as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Age at release: 46
Siem Vroom as Underground Leader
Age at release: 46
Donald Douglas as Brigadier Gerald Lathbury
Age at release: 44
Donald Pickering as Lt. Col. Mackenzie
Age at release: 43
Jeremy Kemp as R.A.F. Briefing Officer
Age at release: 42
Marlies van Alcmaer as Underground Leader's Wife
Age at release: 39
Hartmut Becker as German Sentry
Age at release: 39
Stephen Moore as Maj. Steele
Age at release: 39
Liv Ullmann as Kate ter Horst
Age at release: 38
Ryan O'Neal as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Age at release: 36
Peter Faber as Capt. 'Harry' Bestebreurtje
Age at release: 33
Michael Byrne as Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Age at release: 33
Frank Grimes as Maj. Fuller
Age at release: 30
Peter Settelen as Lt. Cole
Age at release: 25
Josephine Peeper as Cafe Waitress
Age at release: Unknown