''Three Steps North'' is a 1951 Italian–American

film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...

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directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring Lloyd Bridges, Lea Padovani and

Aldo Fabrizi Aldo Fabrizi (; born Aldo Fabbrizi; 1 November 1905 – 2 April 1990) was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and comedian, best known for the role of the heroic priest in Roberto Rossellini's ''Rome, Open City'' and as partner of Totò in ...

. 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 become interested and start tailing him, while local shady characters guess the purpose of his presence.

Cast

* Lloyd Bridges as Frank Keeler * Lea Padovani as Elena Ravezza *

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
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