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Allied Forces attempt to cross the Rhine into Germany toward the end of WWII. The action involves history's largest airborne assault and results in bloody, hard-fought battles.

Keywords:

Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Historical, History, Based-on-True-Story, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1977) (4 Star)

Cast:

Dirk Bogarde	.... Lt. Gen. Frederick 'Boy' Browning
James Caan	.... SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine	.... Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery	.... Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
Edward Fox	.... Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Elliott Gould	.... Col. Robert Stout

Supporting Cast:

Gene Hackman	.... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
Anthony Hopkins	.... Lt. Col. John Frost
Hardy Krüger	.... Maj. Gen. Ludwig
Ryan O'Neal	.... Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Laurence Olivier	.... Dr. Jan Spaander
Robert Redford	.... Maj. Julian Cook
Maximilian Schell	.... Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
Liv Ullmann	.... Kate Ter Horst
Denholm Elliott	.... RAF meteorologist officer

Directors:

Richard Attenborough

Writers:

Cornelius Ryan
William Goldman

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