Across the Bridge (1957)


Across the Bridge
Release Date20 August 1957
GenreThriller, Drama, Crime
CountryUK
Filming LocationsSpain
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Thriller
MoodNail-biters
ThemesAssumed Identities, Cons and Scams, Unlikely Criminals, Americans Abroad
TonesTense
TagsAssumed Identity, Embezzlement, Financier, Fugitive, Mexico
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Across the Bridge is a 1957 film directed by Ken Annakin. It is based on the short story of the same name by Graham Greene. An embezzler on the run from the police steals the identity of a look-alike he meets by chance.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Rod Steiger
Carl Schaffner

David Knight
Johnny

Noel Willman
Chief of Police

Bernard Lee
Chief Inspector Hadden

Eric Pohlmann
Police Sergeant

Alan Gifford
Cooper

Ingeborg von Kusserow
Mrs. Scarff

Bill Nagy
Paul Scarff

Marianne Deeming
Anna

Stanley Maxted
Milton

Betty Cooper
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Richard Dunn
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Jon Farrell
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Don Gilliland
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Dan Jackson
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Jack Lester
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Lionel Ngakane
Second train attendant

Philip Rose
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Director

Ken Annakin
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Writer

Graham Greene

Guy Elmes

Denis Freeman

Producer

John Stafford
producer

Original Music

James Bernard
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Cinematographer

Reginald H. Wyer
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Editor

Alfred Roome
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Art Director

Cedric Dawe
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Costume Designer

Joan Ellacott
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Makeup Department

Maude Onslow
hairdresser

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Roger Good
assistant director

Rory Gowans
assistant director

Dominic Fulford
third assistant director

Art Department

Peter Murton
set dresser

Roy Dorman
draughtsman

Tony Rimmington
draughtsman

Jack Shampan
chief draughtsman

Sound Department

Gordon K. McCallum
sound mixer

Dudley Messenger
sound recordist

Don Sharpe
sound editor

Harry Fairbairn
sound assistant

Alma Godfrey
assistant sound editor

John Salter
boom operator

Special Effects

Bert Marshall
special effects

Bill Warrington
special processes

Camera and Electrical Department

Dudley Lovell
camera operator

Ken Coles
clapper loader

James Devis
focus puller

Music Department

John Hollingsworth
musical director

Ted Drake
music recordist

Kenneth V. Jones
music arranger

Other Crew

Arthur Alcott
production controller

Olga Brook
continuity

Production Company

Rank Organisation, The
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Distributor

J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors

Rank Film Distributors of America






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