Six Bridges to Cross

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Six Bridges to Cross
Black and white
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 21, 1955 (1955-01-21)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.8 million (US)[1]

Six Bridges to Cross or 6 Bridges to Cross is a 1955 American

Boston, Massachusetts in which the thieves made off with roughly $2.5 million.[3][4]

Plot

Jerry Florea (Tony Curtis) is planning a heist. The story begins with the events which led a young Florea (Sal Mineo) to become a crook. One day he is shot during a robbery and as a result an amenable policeman and his wife take him under their wing.

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. They are unaware he is preparing to rob the establishment. It is only after he and his gang pull off the heist that Florea reconsiders his actions and attempts to make amends for the crime.

Cast

Production

The screenplay for the film was written by Sydney Boehm, based on Joseph F. Dinneen's They Stole $25,000,000 – And Got Away with It. The film was shot on location in Boston.[6]

Jeff Chandler was to play the lead but refused and was put on suspension by Universal.[7]

A young

Sammy Davis, Jr. was hired to sing the title track written by friend Jeff Chandler and Henry Mancini, recording it on December 2, 1954.[10][11][12]
The overall score was composed by Frank Skinner and Herman Stein but they went uncredited in the film for their contributions.

See also

References

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
  2. ISBN 978-0-452-27627-7
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  3. ^ Sandra Brennan (2012). "Six Bridges to Cross (1955)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  4. ^ Baxter, John (1970). The gangster film. A. Zwemmer. p. 86. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ISBN 9780313292651
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ISBN 978-0-451-15619-8
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Jeff Chandler Suspended at U-I". Los Angeles Times. May 21, 1954. p. A6.
  8. ISBN 0-00-638354-8
    . Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  9. ISBN 978-1-57181-140-0
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  10. ISSN 0006-2510
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  11. ISBN 9780375403545
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  12. ISBN 978-0-7432-2741-4
    . Retrieved 14 January 2011.

External links
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