THE CAST

Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
Dirk Bogarde
Sgt. Eddie Dohun
James Caan
Lt. Col. Joe Vandeleur
Michael Caine
Maj. Gen. Robert Urquhart
Sean Connery
Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Edward Fox
Col. Bobby Stout
Elliott Gould
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
Gene Hackman
Lt. Col. John Frost
Anthony Hopkins
Gen. Ludwig
Hardy Kruger
Dr. Spaander
Laurence Olivier
Maj. Julian Cook
Robert Redford
Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Ryan O'Neal
Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
Maximilian Schell

Director
Richard Attenborough

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

It seems as if an entire regiment of movie notables appears in this $26 million epic based on Cornelius Ryan's bestseller about a disastrous Allied offensive during World War II. 

However, the Joseph E. Levine production is just another massive war movie mired in noise and confusion.

Hardly any of the big American or British stars are on screen long enough to establish audience involvement.

At an almost three-hour length, A Bridge Too Far is a movie too long.