The Night the Bridge Fell Down

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The Night the Bridge Fell Down
Genre	Disaster film
Written by	Arthur Weiss Ray Goldstone Michael Robert David
Directed by	Georg Fenady
Starring	James MacArthur Desi Arnaz Jr. Char Fontane Richard Gilliland Leslie Nielsen Eve Plumb Barbara Rush Gregory Sierra
Music by	Richard LaSalle
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Irwin Allen
Cinematography	John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Editor	Axel Hubert
Running time	180 minutes
Production company	Irwin Allen Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	September 6, 1980 (1980-09-06)
Network	NBC
Release	February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28)
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down is an American disaster film starring James MacArthur, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Leslie Nielsen. The movie was produced by Irwin Allen in 1979 in association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC but was not aired in the United States until February 28, 1983 – the same night the final original episode of M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen") aired on rival network CBS. (ABC showed American Gigolo).^[1]

The fictional Madison Bridge is represented by the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the Columbia River, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.