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A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 15, 1977

Runtime

2h 55m

Genres

Drama, History, War

User Score

72%

Original Title

A Bridge Too Far

Production Companies

United Artists, Joseph E. Levine Productions

Director

Richard Attenborough

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue

$50,750,000

Description

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.