An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (film)

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Directed byRobert Enrico
Written byRobert Enrico
Based on"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
by Ambrose Bierce
Produced byPaul de Roubaix
Marcel Ichac
Starring
  • Roger Jacquet
  • Anne Cornaly
CinematographyJean Boffety
Edited byRobert Enrico
Denise de Casabianca
Music byHenri Lanoë
Production
companies
Franco-London Films
Sinfonia Films
Les Films du Centaure
Distributed byPathé Distribution
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
28 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
French

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (French: La Rivière du hibou, lit.'The Owl River') is a 1961 French short film, written and directed by Robert Enrico, based on the 1890 short story by Ambrose Bierce. It was produced by Marcel Ichac and Paul de Roubaix with music by Henri Lanoë. It won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards.

The film was later screened on American television as episode 22 of the fifth season of The Twilight Zone on 28 February 1964.