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''Three Steps North'' is a 1951 Italian–American
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directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring Lloyd Bridges, Lea Padovani and Aldo Fabrizi. The film is also known as ''Tre passi a nord'' in Italy.


Plot

Dishonorably discharged after a four-year stint in a military prison for dabbling in black markets while stationed in Italy during World War II, former US soldier Frank Keeler (Lloyd Bridges) wants to discreetly recover a stash of money he buried near Amalfi prior to his arrest. However this turns out to be more difficult than expected when the police becomes interested in him and starts tailing him, while local shady characters guess the purpose of his presence.


Cast

* Lloyd Bridges as Frank Keeler * Lea Padovani as Elena Ravezza * Aldo Fabrizi as Pietro * William Tubbs as Jack Convay * Dino Galvani as Massina * Adriano Ambrogi as Baldori * Gianni Rizzo as The Greek * Peggy Doro as Mrs. Day * Adam Genette as Policeman Falzone


Reception

Film critic Bosley Crowther found nothing in the film that interested him, writing, "But all of the tedious maneuvering that Mr. Bridges does to recover his buried treasure, on which other criminals seem to have designs, is grimly routine and unexciting, and the pay-off, which clears up everything, is one of those fatuous fast shuffles that is acceptable only to our prim Production Code."Crowther, Bosley
'' The New York Times'', film review, June 29, 1951. Accessed: August 10, 2013.


See also

* List of films in the public domain in the United States


References


External links

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''Three Steps North''
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