This massive 1977 adaptation by director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) of Cornelius Ryan's novel features an all-star cast in an epic rendering of a daring but ultimately disastrous raid behind enemy lines in Holland during the Second World War. A l…more »
Brigadier General Gavin:
What's the best way to take a bridge?
Maj. Julian Cook:
Both ends at once.
Brigadier General Gavin:
I'm sending two companies across the river by boat. I need a man with very special qualities to lead.
Maj. Julian Cook:
Go on, sir.
Brigadier General Gavin:
He's got to be tough enough to do it and he's got to be experienced enough to do it. Plus one more thing. He's got to be dumb enough to do it... Start getting ready.
Maj. Julian Cook:
Well someone's come up with a real nightmare. Real nightmare.
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