Richard Attenborough’s 1977 war drama *A Bridge Too Far* is now available free on Tubi and Pluto, prompting Collider to argue that it deserves renewed attention. The film portrays Operation Market Garden, the Allies’ failed 1944 attempt to seize crucial bridges in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, and is notable for treating military overconfidence, error and defeat as seriously as battlefield heroism.

Adapted from Cornelius Ryan’s book, the film follows Allied troops, Dutch civilians and German soldiers during what was the largest airborne assault in history. Around 35,000 soldiers were flown from England behind enemy lines in September 1944, but ignored intelligence and an underestimation of German resistance contributed to the operation’s failure; the film features a large international ensemble cast and has been praised for its scale and historical detail despite mixed contemporary reviews.