The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark Robson
Screenplay byValentine Davies
Story byJames Michener
Produced byWilliam Perlberg
George Seaton
StarringWilliam Holden
Mickey Rooney
Fredric March
Grace Kelly
Robert Strauss
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byLyn Murray
Production
companies
Perlberg-Seaton Productions
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 31, 1954 (1954-12-31)
in Canada[1] and
  • January 20, 1955 (1955-01-20)
in USA[2]
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.7 million (US/Canada rentals)[3]
Grace Kelly as Nancy Brubaker.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 American war film about the Korean War and stars William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, and Robert Strauss. The film, which was directed by Mark Robson, was produced by Paramount Pictures.[Note 1][5] Dennis Weaver and Earl Holliman make early screen appearances in the film.

The screenplay is based on the 1953 novel The Bridges at Toko-ri by Pulitzer Prize winner James Michener. The story, which closely follows the novel, is about the U.S. Navy pilots assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges in North Korea. It emphasizes the lives of the pilots and crew in the context of the Korean War; a conflict that seems remote to all except those who fight in Korea.

  1. ^ Vancouver News-Herald, December 31, 1954, p. 7
  2. ^ "New Hollywood Cast System," New York Daily News, January 15, 1955, p. 94
  3. ^ "1955's Top Film Grossers". Variety. January 25, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Archive.org.
  4. ^ Crowther, Bosley. "The Screen in Review: Samuel Goldwyn's 'I Want You' opens run at Criterion; Script by Irwin Shaw." Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times, December 24, 1951. Retrieved: August 30, 2013.
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