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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
Director	Ken Annakin
Genres	Drama

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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.
- 33432
- - 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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  - Leon Collins
  - London
  - 02 May 2005 at 09:40
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- - 0
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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 »
  
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- - a customer
  - 14 Sep 2011 at 16:37
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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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- - RJNeb2
  - 772 reviews
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  - 29 May 2011 at 01:00
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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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  - 22 Dec 2008 at 23:32
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  Very nearly a 4
  
  Starts off as a standard black and white of that era but then suddenly has a twist once you get to Mexico that lifts the film to a new level. You feel for the ... read more »
  
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- - Pugeater
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  - Leicester
  - 21 Dec 2007 at 02:18
- - 3
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  Oldie movie
  
  Quite dated but avant garde acting from Steiger. Concerned about the welfare of the poor dog but would be deceased now anyway given the age of the movie! ... read more »
  
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- - Barbara Elston
  - East Sussex, England
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 16:43
- - 8
  - 1
  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.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 98815
- - Leon Collins
  - London
  - 02 May 2005 at 09:40
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- - 8
  - 1
  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.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 98815
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Leon Collins
  - London
  - 02 May 2005 at 09:40
- - 3
  - 0
  Oldie movie
  
  Quite dated but avant garde acting from Steiger. Concerned about the welfare of the poor dog but would be deceased now anyway given the age of the movie! ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 457641
- - Barbara Elston
  - East Sussex, England
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 16:43
- - 1
  - 0
  powerful
  
  Complexity of human life exposed, it's deep a movie. It must be one of all time classics.
  
  Report this review
- 676544
- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Dec 2008 at 23:32
- - 1
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 998083
- - RJNeb2
  - 772 reviews
  - London
  - 29 May 2011 at 01:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Very nearly a 4
  
  Starts off as a standard black and white of that era but then suddenly has a twist once you get to Mexico that lifts the film to a new level. You feel for the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 505708
- - Pugeater
  - 182 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 21 Dec 2007 at 02:18
- - 0
  - 0
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 1040765
- - a customer
  - 14 Sep 2011 at 16:37

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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.
- 33432
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43

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  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 ...