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12/07/1943 War, Romance, History, Drama, Adventure 2h 50m
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Thunderous! Tender! Touching!

Overview

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

  1. Sam Wood

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gary Cooper

    Robert Jordan

  2. Ingrid Bergman

    Maria

  3. Akim Tamiroff

    Pablo

  4. Arturo de Córdova

    Agustín

  5. Vladimir Sokoloff

    Anselmo

  6. Mikhail Rasumny

    Rafael

  7. Fortunio Bonanova

    Fernando

  8. Eric Feldary

    Andres

  9. Victor Varconi

    Primitivo

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-03-12
Trying to adapt this Ernest Hemingway novel for the screen was always going to be quite an ask, and for me it was just one too much for Gary Cooper - even if the author had written it with him in mind for the role of the intrepid “Jordan”. He is more of an academic rather than a crusader, but he is experienced with explosives, restless and soon finds himself attracted by the Internationals Brigade fighting for the republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. With heavy snow on the ground, he is tasked by their Soviet armourers with working under the audacious “Pilar” (Katina Paxinou) to ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$17,800,000.00

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