The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
1h 31m
Running Time
July 27, 1959Release Date
The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
1h 31m
Running Time
July 27, 1959Release Date
Plot.
A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation is set on the Tower Bridge in London. A little boy named Tommy 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.
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Wiki.
The Boy and the Bridge is a 1959 British drama film produced and directed by Kevin McClory. It featured Ian Maclaine, Liam Redmond, James Hayter, Geoffrey Keen, and Arthur Lowe. The film was shot during the summer of 1958 and set around London's Tower Bridge from which the film takes its name.