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The cast includes eight Oscar winners: Sir Sean Connery, Sir Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Robert Red [...]	D
All of the star actors received a $250,000 weekly fee. This was a way for the production to keep the [...]	D
Film critics derided producer Joseph E. Levine for casting 35-year-old Ryan O'Neal to play an Army G [...]	D
The film went to some lengths to get small details correct. One example is the uniform worn by the G [...]	D
James Caan, Sir Michael Caine, and Elliott Gould appeared in Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976).	D
According to the DVD, General Roy Urquhart had no idea who Sir Sean Connery was, or why his daughter [...]	D
The director Richard Attenborough's La grande fuga (1963) co-star Charles Bronson was seriously cons [...]	D
According to the DVD edition, the real-life Colonel John Frost chided Sir Anthony Hopkins during the [...]	D
Laurence Olivier (Dr. Jan Spaander) previously narrated The World at War: Occupation: Holland - 1940 [...]	D
This was the first war movie in which actors were put through boot camp prior to filming. Sir Richar [...]	D
Laurence Olivier (Dr. Jan Spaander) previously played Maximilian de Winter in Rebecca - La prima mog [...]	D
All the main characters were actual participants in the operation, other than Karl Ludwig (Hardy Kru [...]	D
Edward Fox (General Brian Horrocks), Anthony Hopkins (Colonel John Frost) and Laurence Olivier (Dr. [...]	D
Laurence Olivier (Dr. Jan Spaander) and Robert Redford (Major Julian Cook) are the only people to ac [...]	D
Laurence Olivier (Dr. Jan Spaander) and Anthony Hopkins (Colonel John Frost) both played Professor A [...]	D
During production, special effects supervisor John Richardson was injured driving his BMW, and his a [...]	D
Producer Joseph E. Levine paid $325,000 for the movie rights to Cornelius Ryan's book.	D
Hardy KrÃ¼ger's character, General Ludwig, is a composite of German division commanders General Ha [...]	D
The narrative refers to Operation Market Garden being imposed on Eisenhower from above. Rivalries be [...]	D
Richard Attenborough said he deliberately made the film as anti-war as he could.	D
Sir Richard Attenborough's overall involvement with the project extended to twenty-four months all t [...]	D
This movie had the biggest production cost in the entire movie history, but costs were continuously [...]	D
An episode of the Dutch television history program Andere Tijden (2000), about the making of this mo [...]	D
Over 2.7 million feet of film was shot. At the normal speed of ninety feet per minute (1.5 feet per [...]	D
This movie includes some distortions of military history that are not present in the book. In partic [...]	D
During World War II, Sir Dirk Bogarde, who played Lieutenant General Browning, served in intelligenc [...]	D
Sir Michael Caine's scripted line to order the column of tanks and armored cars into battle, was "Fo [...]	D
According to producer Joseph E. Levine, the foreign star who distributors most wanted in the movie w [...]	D
The German heavy tanks in the movie are actually German Leopard 1A1s, produced from 1965-79.	D
Sir Sean Connery and Sir Michael Caine appeared in L'uomo che volle farsi re (1975).	D
Sean Connery (Major General Roy Urquhart), Denholm Elliott (R.A.F. Meteorological Officer), Michael [...]	D
Director Richard Attenborough strived for historical accuracy. In the scene of the 82nd Airborne tro [...]	D
Sir Sean Connery played one of the largest roles in this movie as General Urquhart, but he was anger [...]	D
In Il giorno piÃ¹ lungo (1962), D-day veteran Richard Todd had been cast as Major John Howard, and [...]	D
Even though Maximilian Schell spoke fluent English, he remained true to his character as Waffen-SS G [...]	D
As real Waffen-S.S. reversible camouflage smocks were unavailable, smocks used in the movie were tai [...]	D
The film includes an event in which a British staff officer brought a complete Corps-level operation [...]	D
According to stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong, they used over one hundred stuntmen in this movie.	D
Originally, Sir Richard Attenborough did not want to direct this movie, as he was keen to make Gandh [...]	D
Maximilian Schell (General Wilhelm Bittrich), Liv Ullmann (Kate Ter Horst) and Jeremy Kemp (R.A.F. B [...]	D
The Paratroop drop had a few injuries. The most common was a few sprains with the worst being someon [...]	D
The scene where Private Marsh is killed, trying to retrieve a supply canister that was actually full [...]	D
Several principal participants of Operation Market Garden were employed as military consultants duri [...]	D
Sir Sean Connery initially turned this movie down, because he felt it would be glorifying a military [...]	D
Sir Michael Caine claims that director Sir Richard Attenborough did not tell him that a string of du [...]	D
Sir Dirk Bogarde's portrayal of General Sir Frederick "Boy" Browning proved to be highly controversi [...]	D
Shooting of the American-led assault on the Bridge at Nijmegen was dubbed the "Million Dollar Hour". [...]	D
There are fourteen Oscar winners associated with the movie, seven of them actors (though none earned [...]	D
Joseph E. Levine financed the $22 million budget himself. During the production, he would show foota [...]	D
Steve McQueen and Audrey Hepburn were originally cast to play Major Julian Cook and Kate Ter Horst, [...]	D
Numerous soldiers have the names of crew members. For instance, in one of the shots of the soldiers [...]	D
Waffen-SS General Wilhelm Bittrich (Maximilian Schell) is one of the few high-ranking SS officers ge [...]	D
Sir Dirk Bogarde's portrayal of General Browning was highly controversial, and several friends of th [...]	D
Four AT-6 Texan (or Harvard in British nomenclature) trainers portrayed American and German fighters [...]	D
The scenes around the "Arnhem" bridge were shot in Deventer, where a similar bridge over the IJssel [...]	D
Before the film's opening, writer William Goldman published a short book about the making of "A Brid [...]	D
Frank Jarvis worked nine months on this movie.	D
Originally rated "R" by the MPAA for strong language, it was lowered to "PG" upon appeal.	D
Robert Redford (Major Julian Cook) received a reported $2 million for a total of two weeks work on t [...]	D
This is the fourth of five times that Robert Redford appeared in a film written by William Goldman. [...]	D
A British paratrooper appears twice in the take off scenes from England, holding a chicken. This is [...]	D
The cast includes the directors of three films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture: Laurenc [...]	D
A major problem during filming in Holland was the cost. Newspapers published that the budget of the [...]	D
Paul Copley (Private Wicks) previously played Finnegan in Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (1976), ano [...]	D
Dirk Bogarde's performance was widely criticized. Browning's widow objected to her late husband bein [...]	D
The costume department had to create over 2,000 outfits.	D
Denholm Elliott, who had a brief cameo as an Royal Air Force officer, served in the R.A.F. during Wo [...]	D
Air filming was done in the first weeks of September 1976, culminating in a series of air drops of a [...]	D
Dirk Bogarde did this film, an all-star World War II epic, because he regretted turning down Il gior [...]	D
Composer John Addison was a member of XXX Corps during the actual operation.	D
Richard Attenborough: One of the lunatics wearing glasses watching the soldiers. This was his only a [...]	D
The film takes place from September 9 to September 26, 1944.	D
Carlyle, the British officer with the umbrella, who died during the battle, was based on Major Digby [...]	D
According to the DVD production notes, James Caan agreed to do this movie because of the scene in wh [...]	D
Director Richard Attenborough knew he only had one chance to shoot the large paratrooper sequence. T [...]	D
Daphne Du Maurier, the widow of Lieutenant General Browning, complained that her husband had been "m [...]	D
Although they receive "Also Starring" billing, Denholm Elliott (R.A.F. Meteorological Officer) and J [...]	D
Shot over a period of one hundred thirty-three days.	D
Walter Kohut (Field Marshal Walter Model) was the brother-in-law of Maximilian Schell (General Wilhe [...]	D
Michael Caine, Edward Fox, and Laurence Olivier appeared in the 1969 film The Battle of Britain.	D
This film has helped lead to a widespread view that Field Marshal Montgomery was to blame for the fa [...]	D
The scene in which SSgt. Eddie (real name Charles) Dohun (James Caan) forces the doctor (Arthur Hill [...]	D
Robert De Niro turned down the major cameo role of Staff Sergeant Eddie Dohun, in which his Il padri [...]	D
The Dutch Army provided paratroopers and tanks for this movie.	D
All of the lead actors agreed to participate on a '"favored-nation" basis (they would all receive th [...]	D
The Para playing his flute during a lull was playing the third movement from the Brandenburg Concert [...]	D
Richard Attenborough originally turned down directing 'A Bridge Too Far' as he was almost set to do [...]	D
Stuntman Alf Joint was badly injured while filming a stunt falling off a rooftop. He missed the air [...]	D
In the opening post-invasion scenes, shot in black-and-white and matted, a column of A27M Cromwell t [...]	D
The producers were only able to locate four of the many Sherman tanks seen on the screen. The rest w [...]	D
Edward Fox's nephew Laurence Fox later appeared in The Plan (2006), which likewise depicted Operatio [...]	D
Producer Joseph E. Levine estimated that $9 million of the $27 million budget (a huge amount in 1977 [...]	D
A lot of the tanks, trucks, and Jeeps were picked up from the Greek and Turkish armies, who were upg [...]	D
Credited theatrical movie debut of Hilary Minster (British Medical Officer).	D
Gerald Sim (Colonel Sims) was the brother-in-law of the director Richard Attenborough.	D
Colonel Stout (Elliot Gould) was based on Colonel Robert Sink (1905 -1965), the commanding officer o [...]	D
Wolfgang Preiss appeared in this movie and Il giorno piÃ¹ lungo (1962), also based on a book by Co [...]	D
There may have been the odd army general who was Ryan O'Neil's age, but what critics were reacting t [...]	D
This was the first of a two-picture deal that Sir Richard Attenborough signed with producer Joseph E [...]	D
Of the fourteen actors to receive star billing, James Caan (Staff Sergeant Eddie Dohun) is the only [...]	D
Sir Laurence Olivier showed up on the set wearing an old suit and a pair of battered black shoes. He [...]	D
Edward Fox was good friends with General Brian Horrocks, whom he portrayed in the film. He went to g [...]	D
During the opening narration that is spoken against black and white archival WWII photos the unnamed [...]	D
After the river crossing assault to capture the Nijmegen bridge, Major Julian Cook (Robert Redford) [...]	D
This film has the complete casts of the films Gli insospettabili (1972) (Laurence Olivier and Michae [...]	D
Liv Ullmann (as Kate ter Horst) learned the lines for her "just one hour of rest" speech phoneticall [...]	D
In his autobiography MY WORD IS MY BOND, Roger Moore claims he was up for the part in this movie pla [...]	D
The movie's closing shot was inspired by that of "Fiddler on the Roof", which came out six years pri [...]	D
Steve McQueen was offered one of the major roles for the film. However upon discovering Maximillan S [...]	D
There were complaints over Gene Hackman's attempt at a Polish accent.	D
According to his 2008 memoir "My Word is My Bond", Sir Roger Moore was offered the role of Brian Hor [...]	D
Aircraft 6171 doubled as the camera ship on most formations, with a camouflaged Piper Aztec, G-AWDI. [...]	D
Major Fuller (Frank Grimes), the officer who is told not to "rock the boat" over the aerial intellig [...]	D

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