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.
Dirk Bogarde
as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
James Caan
as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine
as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery
as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Edward Fox
as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Robert Redford
as Maj. Julian Cook
Elliott Gould
as Col. Robert Stout
Anthony Hopkins
as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Gene Hackman
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Hardy Krüger
as Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Laurence Olivier
as Dr. Jan Spaander
Ryan O'Neal
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
