Frontière dangereuse

Original title: Across the Bridge

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

A wealthy businessman in New York absconds to Mexico by train in order to avoid capture for embezzlement. On the way, he steals the identity of another man for a visa, but that only complica... Read allA wealthy businessman in New York absconds to Mexico by train in order to avoid capture for embezzlement. On the way, he steals the identity of another man for a visa, but that only complicates matters.A wealthy businessman in New York absconds to Mexico by train in order to avoid capture for embezzlement. On the way, he steals the identity of another man for a visa, but that only complicates matters.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos9

‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits

Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and director Marc Webb take our Ultimate Disney Quiz.

Watch now

9:57

More like this

7.0

L'homme d'octobre

6.7

Les liens du passé

7.0

L'étrange destin de Nicky Romano

6.7

Mardi, ça saignera!

6.7

L'ultimatum des trois mercenaires

7.2

6.3

6.8

6.6

6.9

La vengeance du docteur Joyce

7.1

Reportage fatal

6.8

Fedora

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The English actors were puzzled by Rod Steiger's method acting. Bernard Lee had particular problems with it but director Ken Annakin liked the animosity between the actors as it fit with the characterizations.

Goofs
Schaffner leaves NY on a Pennsylvania Railroad train pulled by a GG-1 electric locomotive. A second shot also shows a GG-1. The next couple of shots show the train beyond the electrified territory and being pulled by a covered wagon. But, at just after 12 minutes, there's a GG-1 again.

Connections
Featured in Legendy mirovogo kino: Rod Steiger

Soundtracks
Smooth Sequence
(uncredited)
Music by Trevor Duncan
Published by Boosey & Hawkes

User reviews35

Featured review

7/10

Strong thinking person's thriller

Interesting expansion of a Graham Greene short story. A millionaire embezzler tries to steal another man's identity and escape to Mexico.

Rod Steiger is terrific in the lead and boldly unafraid to be unsympathetic. There's a solid noir feeling to the story, themes and especially the cinematography. There's a good deal of tension, too.

On the other hand, the whole story depends on not just one but two whopping coincidences, along with a couple of those 'why doesn't the character just?' moments, which hurt the overall effectiveness of the film. The score is a bit over the top too.

But, for any faults it's still a well made, thinking person's thriller, worth seeking out if you're a fan of the genre or the elements.