Waterloo Bridge

About Waterloo Bridge

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.

Mervyn LeRoy's Waterloo Bridge is a 1940 romance film. Its themes are world war i, 1910s, bridge, and british soldier.

Vivien Leigh takes the lead as Myra, Robert Taylor as Roy Cronin, Lucile Watson as Lady Margaret Cronin, and Virginia Field as Kitty. It runs 108 minutes and was released in May 1940.

The screenplay is by George Froeschel and Hans Rameau. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Romeo + Juliet, A Few Good Men, and The Last Emperor make useful companions to Waterloo Bridge, all filed under star crossed lovers, suicide, and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 185 votes.