The Bridges at Toko Ri

The Bridges at TokoRi is a 1954 American war film about the Korean War and stars William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, and Robert Strauss. The film, which was directed by Mark Robson, was produced by Paramount Pictures. Note Dennis Weaver and Earl Holliman make early screen roles in the motion picture.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Harry Brubaker William Holden is a Naval Reserve officer and Naval Aviator who was called back to active duty from his civilian profession as an attorney to fly fighterbombers in the Korean War. Returning from a mission with battle damage, he is forced to ditch into the sea and is rescued by a Sikorsky HO2S helicopter manned by Chief Petty Officer NAP Mike Forney Mickey Rooney and Airman NAC Nestor Gamidge Earl Holliman.Forney had often been in trouble for brawling and sporting a nonregulation green top hat and scarf while flying his helicopter as encouragement to downed pilots in the water. Back aboard his ship, the aircraft carrier USS Savo Island, Note Brubaker is called to the quarters of Rear Admiral Tarrant Fredric March, the carrier division commander, who has taken an interest in Brubaker because he reminds Tarrant of his son, a Navy Pilot killed in World War II. Brubaker complains about the unfairness of his recall when most actively flyingactively drilling Naval Reserve pilots werent recalled Brubaker hadnt been flying in the Reserve, America is not actually at war, and most Americans have no involvement. Tarrant advises that, All through history, men have had to fight the wrong war in the wrong place, but thats the one theyre stuck with. ........

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