

Across the Bridge
In the Tradition of the Finest British Chiller Thrillers
In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- mexico
- bridge
- usa–mexico border
- murder
- on the run
- train
- dog
- british noir
- stolen identity
- based on short story
- assumed identity
- wanted man
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR29 Oct 1957
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical20 Aug 1957
GermanyDE
- Theatrical10 Nov 1957
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Across the Bridge was released on 20 August 1957.
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2- J8.5/10
John Chard
2/17/2014
He's got one friend left. Across the Bridge is directed by Ken Annakin and adapted to screenplay by Guy Elmes and Dennis Freeman for a Graham Greene story. It stars Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman, Bernard Lee and Eric Pohlmann. Music is by James Bernard and cinematography by Reginald Wyer. High powered business man Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is crooked and the net is finally closing in on hi…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/14/2022
Talk about hoist by your own petard! Rod Steiger is the manipulative British/German businessman "Chaffner" who has embezzled a great deal of money from his business. Bent on escape from the USA to Mexico, he gets his train timings wrong! Facing capture, he drugs a fellow passenger and steals his identity. Initially that seems like a good idea, he even makes it to Mexico - only there does he discover that the man he i…
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