Theirs Is the Glory

1946
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1h 22m

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A re-enactment of the Battle of Arnhem during the Second World War which was later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far (1977).A re-enactment of the Battle of Arnhem during the Second World War which was later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far (1977).A re-enactment of the Battle of Arnhem during the Second World War which was later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far (1977).

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Richard Lonsdale

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Stanley Maxted

Self (war correspondent)

Thomas Scullion

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Alan Wood

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(as Allan Wood)

Hugh Ashmore

Lieutenant Hanbury
(uncredited)

Gerry Dimmock

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(uncredited)

John Frost

Self -Wounded on fourth day
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Leo Genn

Narrator
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Frederick 'Freddie' Gough

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Kate ter Horst

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Geoff van Rijssel

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Bernard 'Boy' Wilson

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Director
- Brian Desmond Hurst
Writers
- Louis Golding
- Terence Young
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Trivia
The film takes place from September 17 to September 26, 1944.

Goofs
A signpost reads 'Arnhem 6 K'. In the Netherlands the abbreviation for kilometer is 'km'.

Connections
Edited into A Distant Battle: Memories of Operation Market Garden (2004)

Soundtracks
Men of Arnhem - March
Composed by Guy Warrack

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7/10

It was so authentic

I saw this movie when I was a child back in the 1940's in England. Possibly when it was released, which I expect would have been about 1947, it would mean I was a Primary School child.

I have never forgotten the impact the film had. Sure there were wordy scenes, but I did not realise that it was recreated, so I thought "Well that's how adults talk!". It did not detract for a child from the impact of the movie.

We had seen lots of worse propaganda films during WWII which were so bad we could not believe them. So to see a film with the authenticity of that film was simply mind blowing.

The soldiers paid a terrible price but it was so true to life - one could have watched it over and over again. There should be more salutes to bravery like this film!