The Bridge At Remagen (1969)

Set in 1945 during the waning days of WWII in Germany, a weary platoon leader (George Segal) advances on to Remagen under orders to destroy a bridge over the Rhine. Meanwhile, a German Major (Robert Vaughn) is assigned to defend the bridge although his superior (Peter Van Eyck) is under orders to destroy the bridge immediately. Loosely based on the nonfiction book by Kenneth William Hechler and directed by John Guillermin (TOWERING INFERNO). A highly fictionalized version of the actual events that transpired in early March 1945. The movie focuses on the Segal and Vaughn characters as the narrative criss-crosses between their efforts and ultimately the high cost of human lives to save/destroy the bridge. The U.S. soldiers aren't portrayed very favorably as the movie shows them robbing corpses, killing civilians and accosting women. The Germans come across as more disciplined. War movies don't interest me generally but this one is a decent enough effort. With Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Robert Logan, Bo Hopkins and Sonia Ziemann.