The Night the Bridge Fell Down
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Director Georg Fenady Music director Richard LaSalle Genre Action Film Language English | 6/10 IMDb 5/10 Letterboxd Duration Producer Irwin Allen Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1983 Writer Arthur Weiss, Ray Goldstone, Michael Robert David Distributor Warner Bros. Entertainment Cast James MacArthur (Cal Miller), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Johnny Pyle), Char Fontane (Dee), Richard Gilliland (Harvey Lewis), Leslie Nielsen (Paul Warren), Eve Plumb (Terry Kelly)Similar movies Leslie Nielsen appears in The Night the Bridge Fell Down and Cave-In! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Night the Bridge Fell Down is an American disaster film starring James MacArthur, Desi Arnaz Jr., and Leslie Nielsen. The movie was produced by Irwin Allen in 1979 in association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC but not aired until February 28, 1983 - the same night the final original episode of M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen") aired on rival network CBS.
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The fictional Madison Bridge is represented by the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the Columbia River, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.
Plot
Engineer Cal Miller's unauthorized attempt to close off the dangerously unstable Madison Bridge is foiled by the police pursuit of a robbery suspect. The chase ends in a multi-car accident in the middle of the bridge, which begins falling apart during the confusion. Miller organizes a rescue operation for the handful of bystanders who find themselves stranded with the armed suspect and a wounded policeman on a short stretch of crumbling pavement high atop a single collapsing pylon.
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