The Bridges at Toko-Ri Review
Following so quickly the global drama of World War II, the Korean War inspired few films. Director Mark_Robson made one of them in 1951, I_Want_You, while the war was still hot. In 1955, after the war had cooled, he directed The Bridges at Toko-Ri, based on the novel by the reliable and extremely popular James_Michener. The film has all the thrills and suspense of the best air war movies, yet its plot is decidedly anti-war. William_Holden stars as a World War II combat pilot called back into duty. His reluctance to fight symbolized Americans' war-weariness in the early 1950s. Grace_Kelly plays his wife and Mickey_Rooney appears as the stereotypical doomed comrade. A taut, well-honed, and highly charged socio-political drama as well as an adventure movie, The Bridges at Toko-Ri won a special effects Oscar and a place among the finest combat movies. Michael Betzold, Rovi
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