Across the Bridge (1957)

Directed by

Ken Annakin

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

A businessman on the run in a foreign country switches identities with a dead man to avoid capture. He tries to stay ahead of the police and a relentless pursuer.

tensesuspensefulgrimurgentdeceptiveclaustrophobicnoirishunsettling

What happens

Across the Bridge is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman and Bernard Lee. Based on the 1938 short story by Graham Greene, it is about a fugitive (Steiger) who impersonates another man to evade the authorities. It was released by The Rank Organisation on August 20, 1957. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Violent Stranger (1957)
• Strangers' Meeting (1957)
• The End of the Line (1957)
• The Secret Place (1957)
• Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
• Man from Tangier (1957)
• Face in the Night (1957)
• The Traitor (1957)
• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.