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Across The Bridge
1957
Rod Steiger delivers one of his most poignant screen performances in this little-known gem based on a novel by Graham Greene. Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is a crooked American businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade authorities by murdering a fellow .. Read more
| Starring | Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman |
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| Director | Ken Annakin |
| Genres | Drama |
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Across The Bridge
Rod Steiger delivers one of his most poignant screen performances in this little-known gem based on a novel by Graham Greene. Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is a crooked American businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade authorities by murdering a fellow passenger and assuming his identity. The plan seems foolproof until he is forced to care for the dead man's dog. As Schaffner and his canine companion travel through the desert landscapes of Mexico, the film becomes a wrenching exploration of identity, loss, and redemption.
| Starring | Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman, Bernard Lee |
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| Director | Ken Annakin |
| Studio | ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1957 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 11 Sep 2009 To Rent: DVD: 14 Jun 2004 |
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This star tour de force is unconvincing in detail and rather unattractive to watch (British films never could cope with American settings), but the early sequences have suspense.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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Across the borderline
A neglected masterpiece of British cinema in which Rod Steiger gives a performance which he considered second only to his role in The Pawnbroker.
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- 02 May 2005 at 09:40
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WONDERFUL MOVIE!
what a cracker of a movie - suspenseful and full of twists.
I'd never heard of it before now - it's up there with any of the noir films of ... read more » - 1040765
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One man and his dog
Until it strands itself in a border town in Mexico, this is a cracking little thriller with a superbly sweaty performance by Steiger. He plays a crooked ... read more »
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powerful
Complexity of human life exposed, it's deep a movie. It must be one of all time classics.
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Across The Bridge
Rod Steiger delivers one of his most poignant screen performances in this little-known gem based on a novel by Graham Greene. Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is a crooked American businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade ...
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