The Bridges at Toko-Ri
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Movie Reviews of The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Movie Review: BRIDGES AT TOKO RAI
Summary: 5 Stars
EXCELLENT DEPICTION OF CARRIRE ACTION IN KOREAN WAR AND PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT IS TRUE TO LIFE , I WAS THEREMovie Review: Review of the Bridges at Toko-Ri
Summary: 5 Stars
William Holden and Grace Kelly star in this Korean war drama. Ends in tragedy after plane ditches in KoreaMovie Review: A meritorious tribute to the heroism of the Jet-Bomber pilots...
Summary: 4 Stars
The mission is clear and straight: to destroy completely the vital Korean bridges at Toko-Ri in order to frustrate enemy actions...
The film is a competent work and meritorious tribute to the heroism of the Jet-Bomber pilots (William Holden and Charles McGraw) and the extreme courage of the helicopter rescue service (Mickey Rooney and Earl Holliman).
'Where do we get such men,' affirms Rear Admiral George Tarran from the bridge of the aircraft carrier, and he was right!
The film exposes a close observation of the men's minds, their attitudes, their families, the tragedy of war, and the fascinating danger of the Jet-Bombers take-off and landing...
Charles G. Clarke's aerial photography in color of the Jet planes is simply spectacular...
Fredric March as the Admiral is staunch and human, and William Holden perfect as the American soldier fighting man... Grace Kelly flourished with her beauty the splendor of the picture...
Based on James E. Michener's novel, this ambitious action thriller is a cut above the usual war tragedy with impressive statements to make about war, death and politics...
Movie Review: One of the best films about the Korean War
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bridges at Toko-ri, based on the novel by James Michener, is the story of a reserve naval aviator, Harry Brubaker (William Holden), a World War II veteran, who gets re-activated during the Korean War. He is bitter about being torn from his wife (Grace Kelly), 2 young daughters, and his law practice and sent to fight in a war about which he feels ambivalent. In the end he does his job well but pays with his life during a difficult mission to destroy 3 bridges. The cast is first rate with fine supporting work by Frederic March (Rear Adm. George Tarrant) and Mickey Rooney (Mike Forney), a rescue helicopter pilot. The action and flying sequences are exciting, including a ditching at sea, rescue of the downed pilot (Holden), and the attack on the bridges. This is one of the best movies about the Korean War.Movie Review: The romantic view of war with a surprisingly cruel finale
Summary: 4 Stars
This film about USN's air war over North Korea in 1952, has some strong merits, like the realistic aerial scenes and especially that of the air strike on the bridges of Toko-Ri and, of course, Grace Kelly who is really marvelous. On the other side it depicts the war in a romantic sense (like a pilot reporting to the admiral wearing a robe, or loudspeakers giving orders on the deck of an aircraft carrier like it is a cruise boat etc.) which has little to do with the real thing. The actual raid on the bridges though is very well filmed given the technical abilities of the era and the finale is far more realistic than what you could find in most war films.