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Six Bridges to Cross: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen. The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Joseph Pevney
- 1955-01-29
Six Bridges to Cross or 6 Bridges to Cross is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Tony Curtis, George Nader and Julie Adams. Six Bridges to Cross is based upon the famous 1950 Great Brink's Robbery of Boston, Massachusetts in which the thieves made off with roughly $2.5 million.
Six Bridges to Cross is only the first of numerous films based on or inspired by the real-life robbery, the best-known being William Friedkin's 1978 crime comedy The Brink's Job with Peter Falk and Peter Boyle.Tony Curtis stars in this film as Jerry Florea, a tough kid from the slums who develops a close friendship with policeman Edward ...
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When the adult Jerry (Tony Curtis) hopes to enlist in the Army, he is prevented by his criminal past, until Eddie lends a hand.
- Joseph Pevney
- Crime, Drama
- Tony Curtis
Director. Sydney Boehm. Screenplay. Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.
This film is a crime drama that traces the strange relationship of a street smart hoodlum (Tony Curtis) with a straight arrow cop over 20 years. The film starts out with Sal Mineo playing adolescent hoodlum Jerry Florea in 1933, robbing street vendors of fruit with his gang and doing some nighttime breaking and entering.
Young Boston gang leader Jerry Florea (Sal Mineo) is shot fleeing from a crime scene in 1933 by rookie cop Ed Gallagher (George Nader) and left sterile as a result of the wounding. The two develop a mutually beneficial friendship where Jerry (now played by Tony Curtis) gets the benefit of the doubt, and Ed gets.
