The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
The Boy and the Bridge is a very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation by director and co-writer Kevin McClory is set on the Tower Bridge in London. The premise is simple and perhaps too much so for the 90-minute running time. A little boy named Tommy (Ian MacLaine) watches as his father is arrested after a bad brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return home, he heads to Tower Bridge to set up housekeeping there. The atmosphere and life around the bridge are a secondary protagonist in the story, introducing several interesting characters. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Liam Redmond, James Hayter, (more)
- Director(s):
- Kevin McClory
Synopsis of The Boy and the Bridge
The Boy and the Bridge is a very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation by director and co-writer Kevin McClory is set on the Tower Bridge in London. The premise is simple and perhaps too much so for the 90-minute running time. A little boy named Tommy (Ian MacLaine) watches as his father is arrested after a bad brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return home, he heads to Tower Bridge to set up housekeeping there. The atmosphere and life around the bridge are a secondary protagonist in the story, introducing several interesting characters. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Boy and the Bridge
- Liam Redmond - Pat Doyle
- Norman MacOwan - Tugboat Engineer
- Jack MacGowran - Market Porter
- Bill Shine - Bridge Mechanic
- Jocelyn Britton - Bridge Mechanic
- Stuart Saunders - Publican
- Meadows White - Yeoman Warder
- Winifred Kingston - Tourist
- James Hayter - Tugboat Skipper
- Geoffrey Keen - Bridge Master
- Royal Dano - Evangelist
- Arthur Lowe - Bridge Mechanic
- Andrea Malandrinos - Organ Grinder
- Rita Webb - Landlady
- Jack Stewart - Bridge Engineer
- Dorothy Bouchier - Publican's Wife
- Director(s):
- Kevin McClory
- Writer(s):
- Kevin McClory, Desmond O'Donovan, Geoffrey Orme
- Producer(s):
- Kevin McClory, David Eady
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