Across the Bridge (1957)
Popularity3.5/5
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Directors
Ken Annakin
Cast
Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman
The story
Businessman Carl Schaffner flees to Mexico with the police hot on his heels after embezzling company funds. He has a fortune stashed in a Mexican bank to keep it out of reach of the British authorities. While travelling by train, Schaffner drugs and switches identities with fellow train passenger Paul Scarff, who looks like him and has a Mexican passport.
Genres
Thriller, crime film, drama film
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