Across the Bridge

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.

Cast

Rod Steiger

as Carl Schaffner

David Knight

as Johnny

Marla Landi

as Mary

Noel Willman

as Chief of Police

Bernard Lee

as Chief Inspector Hadden

Eric Pohlmann

as Police Sergeant

Alan Gifford

as Cooper

Ingeborg von Kusserow

as Mrs. Scarff

Bill Nagy

as Paul Scarff

Faith Brook

as Kay

Reviews

John Chard

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...

John Chard

CinemaSerf

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 ide...

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