The Sleeping City
1950
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- Directed by Joseph Pevney, a contract director at Universal Studios, from a screenplay by Sydney Boehm, "Six Bridges to Cross" is an engrossing well-acted crime drama that features a capable cast. The film's flaws slip by, Curtis's charms are apparent, and two hours pleasantly pass. 4 out of 5 found this helpful.
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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
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Directed by Joseph Pevney, a contract director at Universal Studios, from a screenplay by Sydney Boehm, "Six Bridges to Cross" is an engrossing well-acted crime drama that features a capable cast. The film's flaws slip by, Curtis's charms are apparent, and two hours pleasantly pass. 4 out of 5 found this helpful.
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. [2] 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.
In the 1930s, newly minted Boston policeman Eddie Gallagher (George Nader) breaks up a robbery by a group of hooligans led by Jerry Florea (Sal Mineo). Though Eddie shoots and wounds Jerry in the...
- Joseph Pevney
- Crime, Drama
- Tony Curtis
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 30, 2020. Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine. A lifelong criminal's sudden change of heart in the final reel is no more convincing than usual, but in other ...
The Great Brink's Robbery, at the time the largest robbery in U.S. history (a record it held until 1984), was branded the crime of the century. It was only a matter of time before the movies dramatized the events. Six Bridges to Cross (1955) is the first film based on the robbery.
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.
