''The Girl on the Bridge'' is a 1951 American

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cowritten and directed by

Hugo Haas Hugo Haas (19 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1962, as well as directing 20 films between 1933 and 1962. Life and career Haas was born in B ...

. It stars Haas,

Beverly Michaels Beverly Eileen Michaels (December 29, 1927 – June 9, 2007) was an American B-movie actress and Pin-up girls, cheesecake model of the 1950s. Career Michaels began her career at the age of 16 in 1944 as a showgirl at Billy Rose's Diamond Horse ...

and Robert Dane. The film' sets were designed by the

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Plot

A kindly elderly watchmaker, who lost his family in the holocaust, sees a beautiful young blonde on a bridge and prevents her from committing suicide. They marry and live happily until a man from her past attempts to blackmail her.

Cast

as David Toman *

as Clara Barker * Robert Dane as Mario Venti * John Close as Harry Olson (as Johnny Close) * Anthony Jochim as Jonathan Cooper *

Judy Clark Judy Clark (June 9, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film and television actress and singer. Clark adopted a brash and energetic singing style, similar to that of musical-comedy star Betty Hutton (with trade critics almost alw ...

as Blonde Doll * Darr Smith as Husband * Maria Bibikov as Young Wife (as Maria Bibikoff) * Dick Pinner as Prosecutor (as Richard Pinner)

References

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* * * 1951 films Film noir American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 20th Century Fox films 1951 romantic drama films American romantic drama films 1950s American films English-language romantic drama films {{romantic-drama-film-stub