One of the Greatest WWII Movies of All Time Is Waiting To Be Rediscovered on Streaming

Richard Attenborough’s 1977 film *A Bridge Too Far* is now available to stream on Tubi and Pluto. Its portrayal of the Allies’ failed Operation Market Garden gives the war film its distinctive focus: the scale and complexity of military ambition, and the consequences when plans and intelligence fail.

Adapted from Cornelius Ryan’s book, the film depicts the September 1944 operation to seize bridges in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It involved 35,000 soldiers flown from England and dropped behind enemy lines, and the story follows Allied troops, Dutch civilians and German soldiers. Its large cast includes Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Robert Redford, Anthony Hopkins and Gene Hackman, while its graphic scenes show the toll of war on soldiers and civilians.