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      Across the Bridge

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      Reviews 91% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Englishman Carl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) is in New York on business when he learns that Scotland Yard is investigating a $3 million embezzlement job he pulled off in Europe. He hops a train headed for Mexico, on which he drugs another passenger, Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy), and throws him off the train. Although Schaffner initially intends to assume the victim's identity, he learns that Scarff is wanted for murder in Mexico, triggering a complicated series of identity switches as the law closes in. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Audience Member The greatest 01 hour: and 43 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Strange movie as there is no clear character to view with sympathy, but the combination of themes of deceit, crime, corruption, social outcast, police tactics, make for a fine drama and role for Rod Steiger to shine in. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Suspense. Drags a bit in the middle and you have to look past the Mexicans with British accents, but makes up for it with an amazing setup and an ending that really pays off. Steiger is brilliant. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member [url="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/across_the_bridge/dvd.php?select=1"][img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/79/220779.jpg[/img][/url] Little-known gem is right. Fine movie about a crooked European businessman who flees to Mexico to escape Scotland Yard. A story about selfishness, corruption, and a dog. Rod Steiger considered this his best acting role. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Paul Mayersberg Sight & Sound It is a superb film and a master lesson in the vaguely criminal craft of film adaptation. Jul 26, 2018 Full Review Film Culture Staff Film Culture A chase thriller with a promising first part and a weak denouement. Graham Greene's atmosphere and moral torment is captured at moments, but the film's main asset is Rod Steiger's strong character performance. Jun 7, 2022 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An overlooked black-and-white thriller that's based on a Graham Greene novel. Rated: B+ Sep 26, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Englishman Carl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) is in New York on business when he learns that Scotland Yard is investigating a $3 million embezzlement job he pulled off in Europe. He hops a train headed for Mexico, on which he drugs another passenger, Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy), and throws him off the train. Although Schaffner initially intends to assume the victim's identity, he learns that Scarff is wanted for murder in Mexico, triggering a complicated series of identity switches as the law closes in.
      Director
      Ken Annakin
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 24, 2004
      Runtime
      1h 43m