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, George Nader and Julie Adams. ''Six Bridges to Cross'' is based upon the famous 1950

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of Boston, Massachusetts in which the thieves made off with roughly $2.5 million.

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. As a young man he deludes them, and pretends to no longer have criminal intent and even gets a job at the

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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

as Jerry Florea * George Nader as Edward Gallagher * Julie Adams as Ellen Gallagher * Jay C. Flippen as Vincent Concannon * Sal Mineo as Jerry as a boy * Jan Merlin as Andy Norris *

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as Skids Radzevich * William Murphy as Red Flanagan *Kendall Clark as Mr. Sanborn *

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as Mr. Sherman *

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as Father Bonelli *

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as Angie

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.

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was to play the lead but refused and was put on suspension by Universal. A young Clint Eastwood auditioned for the film in May 1954 in his first real audition but was rejected by Pevney. The part of the young Florea was given to a 15-year-old Sal Mineo. Mineo had also successfully auditioned for a part in ''

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'' as a cadet colonel opposite Charlton Heston. Sammy Davis, Jr. was hired to sing the title track written by friend

and

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, recording it on December 2, 1954. The overall score was composed by Frank Skinner and Herman Stein but they went uncredited in the film for their contributions.

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* * * {{Joseph Pevney 1955 films Film noir 1955 crime drama films 1950s crime thriller films 1950s heist films American crime drama films American crime thriller films American heist films Films directed by Joseph Pevney Films shot in Massachusetts Universal Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films American black-and-white films

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