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Not every pilot can guide his aircraft from a wave-tossed deck, seek out targets over unfamiliar Korean terrain, then return to what looks like a speck in th...
The Bridges at Toko-Ri is directed by Mark Robson and adapted to screenplay by Valentine Davies from the novel written by James A. Michener. It stars William Holden, Earl Holliman, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney, Fredric March, Robert Strauss and Charles McGraw.
Grace Kelly as Nancy Brubaker. 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 ...
By the time Mark Robson directed The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955), heroic war epics were a dime a dozen. They were easy enough to pull off - if you didn't know how to make American fighting men look like the good guys while a flag waved in the background, you didn't deserve to make movies.
17 de jul. de 2017 · For many Americans, The Bridges at Toko-Ri remains their only experience of the Forgotten War. Frequent contributor Don Hollway thanks Richard Kaufman for his photos, video and recollections of his friend James Michener and flying the “Toko-ri” mission, as well as Christina Thorin for sharing photos and memories of her father.
10 de sept. de 2024 · Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension. It is the Korean War and Lt. Harry Brubaker is a fighter-bomber pilot on ...
For most Americans, The Bridges at Toko-Ri remains their only experience of the “Forgotten War.” About the author Author/illustrator/historian Don Hollway has been published in Aviation History, Excellence, History Magazine, Military Heritage, Military History, Civil War Quarterly, Muzzleloader, Porsche Panorama, Renaissance Magazine, Scientific American, Vietnam, Wild West, and World War ...
