The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Mark Robson, 1954)
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![Title: BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI, THE Pers: HOLDEN, WILLIAM / KELLY, GRACE Year: 1955 Dir: ROBSON, MARK Ref: BRI019AT Credit: [ PARAMOUNT / THE KOBAL COLLECTION ]](https://movieclassics.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/bridges-at-toko-ri-1.jpg?w=243&h=300)
William Holden and Grace Kelly
After watching this powerful and haunting Korean war film, I belatedly realised it wasn’t really a good choice for a Grace Kelly blogathon. Kelly’s screen time is all too limited and her part doesn’t give her much scope as an actress. However, her character, Nancy, is important, giving a glimpse of the life that the reluctant hero, her husband Harry Brubaker (William Holden) has been wrenched away from.
Based on a book by James Michener, whose work also inspired South Pacific, this film has hints of the musical’s mood of disillusion over war. Despite being released only a short time after the end of the Korean War, and made with the co-operation of the US Navy, it isn’t the gung-ho propaganda piece I was half-expecting. The movie pays tribute to the courage of the…
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