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The Bridges at Toko-Ri Overview:

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Mark Robson and produced by George Seaton and William Perlberg.

SYNOPSIS

A lawyer who is a naval air reserve officer reluctantly leaves his wife and children behind after he's called back into service. Soon, Brubaker receives his orders: to bomb five bridges that are of vital importance to the enemy. Despite his unhappiness at being back in action and his doubts about U.S. soldiers risking their lives on such a dangerous mission, Lieutenant Brubaker puts his life on the line.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1955 --- Ceremony Number 28 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Film EditingAlma MacrorieNominated
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954, Mark Robson)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 10, 2019 From The Stop Button

With the exception of Grace Kelly (the only significant female character in the film), none of Bridges at Toko-Ri’s main characters are ever explicitly scrutable. Even when the admiral, Fredric March, muses about the nature of war and the men who wage it, the film’s already established March’s... Read full article

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954, Mark Robson)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 10, 2019 From The Stop Button

With the exception of Grace Kelly (the only significant female character in the film), none of Bridges at Toko-Ri’s main characters are ever explicitly scrutable. Even when the admiral, Fredric March, muses about the nature of war and the men who wage it, the film’s already established March’s... Read full article

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954, Mark Robson)

on Nov 10, 2019 From The Stop Button

With the exception of Grace Kelly (the only significant female character in the film), none of Bridges at Toko-Ri’s main characters are ever explicitly scrutable. Even when the admiral, Fredric March, muses about the nature of war and the men who wage it, the film’s already established March’s... Read full article

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954, Mark Robson)

on Nov 10, 2019 From The Stop Button

With the exception of Grace Kelly (the only significant female character in the film), none of Bridges at Toko-Ri’s main characters are ever explicitly scrutable. Even when the admiral, Fredric March, muses about the nature of war and the men who wage it, the film’s already established March’s... Read full article

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Mark Robson, 1954)

By Judy on Nov 11, 2015 From Movie Classics

This is my contribution to The Wonderful Grace Kelly Blogathon, hosted by The Wonderful World of Cinema blog. Please visit and take a look at the other postings. William Holden and Grace KellyAfter watching this powerful and haunting Korean war film, I belatedly realised it wasn’t really a g... Read full article

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri Quotes:

Cmdr. Wayne Lee: [on photo recon mission] All I want to do is take their picture but look how mad they get.
[Nestor has just been killed by North Korean troops]
Mike Forney: Poor Nestor. They were going to give him a medal, too.
Lt. Harry Brubaker: Did you ever hear Admiral Tarrant go on about the war? About the chosen few who have to lay it on the line?
Mike Forney: Naw, Me and Nester don't do too much fraternizing with Admirals.
Lt. Harry Brubaker: I'm a lawyer from Denver, Colorado.
Mike Forney: Judas, how'd you wind up in a smelly ditch in Korea?
Lt. Harry Brubaker: I was just asking myself that same question.
Mike Forney: [to Lt.Brubaker as he's about to be highlined to another ship] What's the matter sir? You look a little edgy. You know what I used to do? Go up to the forward edge of the flight deck and let the spray hit me right in the kisser. Works every time.
[shouting as he is hoisted away]
Mike Forney: You should try it Lieutenant!
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri Facts
The U.S. Navy's cooperation in the movie's making included the use of 19 ships.
For realistic close-up shots, William Holden learned how to taxi a fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
The shipboard scenes were filmed on the U.S.S. Oriskany, whose number CV-34 is visible when Lt. Brubaker walks out to the bow to gather his thoughts before the mission. However, during shooting, the Oriskany needed repairs, and the shooting was completed on her sister ship U.S.S. Kearsarge, CV-33. For continuity the 33 was painted out and and replaced with a 34.
The Japanese resort hotel that appears in the film is modeled on the Fujiya Hotel, located in the village of Miyanoshita near Mount Fuji. This famous hotel was actually commissioned by the U.S. Army as a "rest and relaxation" hotel for American soldiers for several years after World War II, and possibly up to the Korean War. The exterior shots of the hotel are real, but the lobby scenes appear to be studio replicas of the original lobby.
William Holden agreed to do the film on the sole condition that the producers keep the original ending of the novel, in which Lt. Harry Brubaker dies, and not turn it into a happy ending.
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