Directed by:
James IvoryScreenplay:
Ruth Prawer JhabvalaCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
Richard RobbinsCast:
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Blythe Danner, Margaret Welsh, Simon Callow, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Sean Leonard, Florence Hall, Austin Pendleton, Linden Ashby (more)Plots(1)
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star as a well-off couple who raise their children in the comfort of country club society only to find their control over the family's fate slipping away. Daughter Ruth (Kyra Sedgwick), leaves for the artistic bohemia of New York, more conventional Carolyn marries the "wrong sort" of man, and brother Douglas (Robert Sean Leonard) joins the army. In an empty house, the Bridges' marriage shifts. Mr. Bridge grows more rigid. But Mrs. Bridge becomes more vulnerable and searching as she begins to wonder if her husband really loves her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Paul Newman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/850/162850585_18d8c6.jpg)
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
![Joanne Woodward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/368/164368475_aa30f1.png)
Joanne Woodward
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
![Blythe Danner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/581/159581256_a8b677.jpg)
Blythe Danner
USA
Best movies:
Detachment (2011)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Margaret Welsh
USA
Best movies:
American Heart (1992)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
The New Kids (1985)
![Simon Callow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/886/164886259_f07a83.jpg)
Simon Callow
UK
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
No Man's Land (2001)
The Company (2007) (series)
![Kyra Sedgwick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/631/168631002_ldrkiz.jpg)
Kyra Sedgwick
USA
Best movies:
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
![Robert Sean Leonard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/730/162730276_fa4f60.png)
Robert Sean Leonard
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Swing Kids (1993)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Florence Hall
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Bank of Dave (2023)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
![Austin Pendleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272655_4e7b73.jpg)
Austin Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Front Page (1974)
![Linden Ashby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269383_64b174.jpg)
Linden Ashby
USA
Best movies:
Iron Man Three (2013)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Purple Hearts (2022)
Gale Garnett
New Zealand
Best movies:
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Tribute (1980)
Men with Guns (1997)
Hubert Saint-Macary
France
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
May Fools (1990)
East/West (1999)
Marcus Giamatti
USA
Best movies:
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (TV movie)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV movie)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Roch Leibovici
Best movies:
Camille Claudel (1988)
In the Beginning (2009)
Frantic (1988)
![Nora Denney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/121/162121789_e360e9.jpg)
Nora Denney
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
I Walk the Line (1970)
Saundra McClain
Best movies:
Night of the Juggler (1980)
Dust (2001)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
![Al Christy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/532/162532048_4cea6e.jpg)
Al Christy
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986) (TV movie)
Robert Levine
USA
Best movies:
All That Jazz (1979)
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
Casanova (2005)
Malachy McCourt
USA
Best movies:
Green Card (1990)
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
Jocelyn Hamilton
Best movies:
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)