Three Steps North

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]

Three Steps North
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	W. Lee Wilder
Screenplay by	Lester Fuller
Story by	Robert Harari
Produced by	W. Lee Wilder
Starring	Lloyd Bridges Lea Padovani Aldo Fabrizi
Cinematography	Aldo Giordani
Edited by	Ruth Totz
Music by	Roman Vlad
Production companies	W. Lee Wilder Productions Continentalcine
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	June 28, 1951 (1951-06-28) (New York City)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Italy United States
Languages	English Italian

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
• 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]

See also

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