What is the duration of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

The duration of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is 28 mins.

Who directed An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

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Which studio made An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was produced by Les Films du Centaure.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 1961

Q: Does An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge have end credit scenes?

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge does not have end credit scenes.

Drama

Fantasy

Rank

#19,764

Runtime

28 mins

During the American Civil War, a Southerner is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when something unexpected happens.

Les Films du Centaure

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Does An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge have end credit scenes?

No!

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Robert Enrico

Pierre Danny

Union Soldier #1

Stéphane Fey

Union Officer #2

Anne Cornaly

Mrs. Farquhar

Roger Jacquet

Peyton Farquhar

Jean-François Zeller

Union Sergeant

Anker-Spang Larsen

Union Officer #1

Louis Adelin

Union Soldier #2

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A handbill posted on a burnt tree, dated 1862, warns that anyone interfering with bridges, railroads, or tunnels will be summarily executed. Union troops escort a civilian prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, to a rural railroad bridge for execution by hanging. The moment is quiet and austere—the only sounds are birds in the air and the distant cadence of military orders. As the rope tightens, a fleeting vision of his home—his wife and children—flashes before him.

When Farquhar is dropped, the rope breaks and he plunges into the river. He frees himself from his bonds, slips out of his boots, and begins swimming downstream while gunfire crackles behind him. He is carried by the current through rapids and finally crawls ashore, exhausted, but laughing with relief.

What follows is a breathless flight through woods and along a long, straight lane. Branches, the sky, and crawling insects pepper the memory as he runs, the world narrowing to the goal of reaching his own doorstep. He bursts onto an open lawn and sees his wife walking toward him, Anne Cornaly as Mrs. Farquhar, her face a mix of smiles and tears.

Just as they are about to embrace, Farquhar stiffens, gasps, and his head snaps back. The scene cuts back to his body hanging from the bridge, revealing that the escape and the imagined reunion were only a vision experienced in the split-second of the drop.

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