Fool's courage.

Description: Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.

Cast:
Underground Leader: Siem Vroom
Underground Leader's Wife (as Marlies Van Alcmaer): Marlies van Alcmaer
Underground Leader's Son (as Eric Van't Wout): Erik van 't Wout
Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt: Wolfgang Preiss
Gen. Blumentritt: Hans von Borsody
Cafe Waitress: Josephine Peeper
Lt .Gen. Browning: Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor: Paul Maxwell
Maj. Gen. Urquhart: Sean Connery
Brig. Gen. Gavin: Ryan O'Neal
Maj. Gen. Sosabowski: Gene Hackman
Field Marshal Model: Walter Kohut
Capt. 'Harry' Bestebreurtje: Peter Faber
German Sentry: Hartmut Becker
Maj. Fuller: Frank Grimes
R.A.F. Briefing Officer: Jeremy Kemp
Lt. Col. Mackenzie: Donald Pickering
Brig Lathbury: Donald Douglas
Lt. Cole: Peter Settelen
Maj. Steele: Stephen Moore
Lt. Gen. Horrocks: Edward Fox
Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur: Michael Caine
Lt. Col. Giles Vandeleur: Michael Byrne
Lieutenant Colonel Frost: Anthony Hopkins
Pvt. Wicks: Paul Copley
Capt. Glass: Nicholas Campbell
SSgt. Dohun: James Caan
Col. Sims: Gerald Sim
U.S. Private: Harry Ditson
Organist: Erik Chitty
Vicar: Brian Hawksley
Corporal Hancock: Colin Farrell
Major Carlyle: Christopher Good
Private Morgan: Norman Gregory
Corporal Davies: Alun Armstrong
Private Dodds: Anthony Milner
Private Clark: Barry McCarthy
Sergeant Matthias (as Lex Van Delden): Lex van Delden
Lieutenant General Bittrich: Maximilian Schell
Field Marshal Model's Aide: Michael Wolf
Major General Ludwig: Hardy Krüger
Irish Guards Lieutenant: Sean Mathias
German Private: Tim Beekman
British Padre: Edward Seckerson
Kate Ter Horst: Liv Ullmann
Jan Ter Horst (as Tom Van Beek): Tom van Beek
Dutch Villager: Henny Alma
Colonel Stout: Elliott Gould
U.S. Radio Operator: Ray Jewers
British Wireless Operator: Geoffrey Hinsliff
Lieutenant Cornish: Keith Drinkel
Old Dutch Lady: Mary Smithuysen
Hans. Her Son: Hans Croiset
Captain Grabner: Fred Williams
German Lieutenant: Patrick Ryecart
Sergeant Clegg: John Judd
Trooper Binns: Ben Cross
British Medical Officer: Hilary Minster
Private Andrews: David English
Sergeant Towns: Ben Howard
Captain Cleminson: Michael Graham Cox
Elderly Dutch Couple: Georgette Reyevski
Young Dutch Couple: Adrienne Kleiweg
R.A.F. Met. Officer: Denholm Elliott
U.S. Sergeant: Peter Gordon
U.S. Medical Colonel: Arthur Hill
Lieutenant Rafferty: Garrick Hagon
U.S. Engineer: Brian Gwaspari
Grenadier Guards Lieutenant: Stephen Rayment
British Corporal (as Tim Morand): Timothy Morand
Private Gibbs: James Wardroper
Colonel Barker: Neil Kennedy
Private 'Ginger' Marsh: John Salthouse
Glider Pilot: Jonathan Hackett
Regimental Sergeant Major: Stanley Lebor
Private Vincent: Jack Galloway
Private Long: Milton Cadman
'Taffy' Brace: David Auker
Doctor Spaander: Laurence Olivier
Colonel Weaver: Richard Kane
Private Stephenson: Toby Salaman
British Staff Colonel: Michael Bangerter
Grenadier Guards Colonel: Philip Raymond
Boat Truck Driver: Myles Reithermann
Major Cook: Robert Redford
U.S. Captain: Anthony Pullen Shaw
U.S. Padre: John Morton
U.S. Lieutenant: John Ratzenberger
Captain Krafft: Dick Rienstra
Sergeant Whitney: Ian Liston
Private Gordon: Paul Rattee
Sergeant Tomblin: Mark Sheridan
Sergeant Macdonald: George Innes
Grenadier Guards Major: John Stride
British Medical Orderly: Michael Graves
Private Simmonds: Simon Chandler
Private Archer: Edward Kalinski
Corporal Robbins: Shaun Curry
Sergeant Treadwell: Sebastian Abineri
Corporal Merrick: Chris Williams
Flute Player: Andrew Branch
British Staff Major: Anthony Garner
Dutch Priest: Feliks Arons
Soldier: Robert Wisepart
Soldier (as Ray Boyd): Roy Boyd
Col. Frost's Aide: Frank Jarvis
Soldier (as Richard Ommaney): Richard Ommanney
Lunatic Wearing Glasses: Richard Attenborough
Self - Plans for D-Day (archive footage): Arthur Tedder
British Paratrooper: John Careless
Self (archive footage): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - In Car with Churchill (archive footage): Charles de Gaulle
Self - Salutes Parade (archive footage): Adolf Hitler
Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (unconfirmed): Alfred Jodl
Self - Shakes Hands (archive footage): George S. Patton
German Officer: Anthony Robb
Self - Below Hitler (archive footage): Erwin Rommel

Written by: Cornelius Ryan, William Goldman

Director: Richard Attenborough

Production: United Artists, Joseph E. Levine Productions

Release date: 15 Jun 1977

Box Office: $50,750,000