Three Steps North

Three Steps North
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	W. Lee Wilder
Produced by	W. Lee Wilder
Screenplay by	Lester Fuller
Story by	Robert Harari
Starring	Lloyd Bridges; Lea Padovani; Aldo Fabrizi
Music by	Roman Vlad
Cinematography	Aldo Giordani
Edited by	Ruth Totz
Production; company	W. Lee Wilder Productions; Continentalcine
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	June 28, 1951 (New York City);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy; United States
Language	English; Italian

Three Steps North is a 1951 Italian–American film noir crime film 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.[1]

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."[2]

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References

Three Steps North at the American Film Institute Catalog.
Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, June 29, 1951. Accessed: August 10, 2013.

External links

Three Steps North at the American Film Institute Catalog
Three Steps North on IMDb
Three Steps North at AllMovie
Three Steps North at the TCM Movie Database
Three Steps North is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Three Steps North information site and DVD revie at DVD Beaver (includes images)

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[1] Three Steps North at the American Film Institute Catalog.

[2] Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, June 29, 1951. Accessed: August 10, 2013.