Top billed cast

1. 

   Rod Steiger

   Carl Schaffner

2. 

   David Knight

   Johnny

3. 

   Marla Landi

   Mary

4. 

   Noel Willman

   Chief of Police

5. 

   Bernard Lee

   Chief Inspector Hadden

6. 

   Eric Pohlmann

   Police Sergeant

7. 

   Alan Gifford

   Cooper

8. 

   Ingeborg von Kusserow

   Mrs. Scarff

9. 

   Bill Nagy

   Paul Scarff

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14

Talk about hoist by your own petard! Rod Steiger is the manipulative British/German businessman "Chaffner" who has embezzled a great deal of money from his business. Bent on escape from the USA to Mexico, he gets his train timings wrong! Facing capture, he drugs a fellow passenger and steals his identity. Initially that seems like a good idea, he even makes it to Mexico - only there does he discover that the man he is pretending to be is even worse than him and the Mexican authorities, as well as pursuing Scotland Yard Inspector "Hayden" (Bernard Lee) turn the tables on their quarry in an inge...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• mexico
• bridge
• usa–mexico border
• murder
• on the run
• train
• dog
• british noir
• stolen identity
• based on short story
• assumed identity
• wanted man