The Bridges at Toko-Ri [Blu-ray]

Director: Mark Robson Mark Robson

Overview

Based on the novel by James Michener, this film stars William Holden as Harry Brubaker, a former military pilot who served in World War II. When he's called back into duty during the Korean conflict, Brubaker is angry, believing he's already served his country and needs to devote himself to his wife Nancy (Grace Kelly) and their children. However, he accepts his commission and is sent back into action as a pilot, with a special assignment to blow up five strategically crucial bridges in Korean territory. This drama, which focuses on the danger and futility of war, also features Frederic March as an admiral who respects the tremendous danger of Brubaker's assignment, and Mickey Rooney as an ill-fated helicopter pilot.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/20/2023
UPC:	0738329263119
Original Release:	1954
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	11,893

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Fredric March	Rear Adm. George Tarrant
William Holden	Lt. Hany Brubaker, USNR
Grace Kelly	Nancy Brubaker
Mickey Rooney	Mike Forney
Charles McGraw	Cmdr. Wayne Lee
Robert Strauss	Beer Barrel
Earl Holliman	Gamidge
Keiko Awaji	Kimiko
Richard Shannon	Lt. Olds
Willis Bouchey	Capt. Evans,Capt. Evans
Nadene Ashdown	Kathy Brubaker
Cheryl Lynn Calloway	Susie
James Jenkins	Assistant CIC Officer
Marshal V. Beebe	Pilot
Charles Tannen	MP Major
Teru Shimada	Japanese Father
Cheryl Callaway	Susie Brubaker
James Jankins	Asst. CIC Officer
Robert Kino	Bartender
Paul Kruger	Captain Parker
Rollin Moriyama	Bellhop
Gene Reynolds	C.I.C. Officer
Jack Roberts	Quartermaster
Robert Sherry	Flight Surgeon
Dennis Weaver	Air Intelligence Officer
Lyn Murray	Composer

Technical Credits

Valentine Davies

James A. Michener

Mark Robson	Director
William Perlberg	Producer
Valentine Davies	Screenwriter
George Seaton	Producer
Farciot Edouart	Special Effects
Gene Garvin	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Carl Mahakian	Sound Effects
James A. Michener	Screenwriter
John Fulton	Special Effects
Hugo Grenzbach	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Following so quickly the global drama of World War II, the Korean War inspired few films. Director Mark Robson made one of them in 1951, I Want You, while the war was still hot. In 1955, after the war had cooled, he directed The Bridges at Toko-Ri, based on the novel by the reliable and extremely popular James Michener. The film has all the thrills and suspense of the best air war movies, yet its plot is decidedly anti-war. William Holden stars as a World War II combat pilot called back into duty. His reluctance to fight symbolized Americans' war-weariness in the early 1950s. Grace Kelly plays his wife and Mickey Rooney appears as the stereotypical doomed comrade. A taut, well-honed, and highly charged socio-political drama as well as an adventure movie, The Bridges at Toko-Ri won a special effects Oscar and a place among the finest combat movies.

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