The Crossroads
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fernando Cerchio
Written by	Leonardo Benvenuti Aldo Bizzarri Fernando Cerchio Marcello Giannini Giuseppe Mangione Calogero Marrocco Corrado Pavolini
Produced by	Rosario Capaci Luigi Rovere
Starring	Raf Vallone Charles Vanel Claudine Dupuis
Cinematography	Renato Del Frate
Edited by	Rolando Benedetti
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Production companies	Epica Film Rovere Film
Distributed by	Regionale
Release date	19 March 1951 (1951-03-19)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Crossroads or The Junction (Italian: Il bivio) is a 1951 Italian crime film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Raf Vallone, Charles Vanel and Claudine Dupuis.^[1] A criminal infiltrates the police to assist his gang, but begins to have a change of heart when he enjoys his new job.

The film's sets were designed by Luigi Ricci.

Italy, 1950s. Aldo Marchi (Raf Vallone), already decorated during the war and later became the leader of a dangerous criminal gang of thieves, managed to get into the police flying squad of Turin with the aim to safely direct the robbery of the companions

• Raf Vallone as Aldo Marchi
• Charles Vanel as Lubiani
• Claudine Dupuis as Giovanna
• Saro Urzì as Il brigadiere Carmelo Carlin
• Carlo Sposito as Il vice-commissario Sani
• Gianni Rizzo as Beppe detto il Curato
• Natale Cirino as Aldrighi
• Franco Navarra as L'Americano
• Saro Arcidiacono as Bergomi
• Pierangelo Attino as Gino
• Franco Balducci
• Evar Maran as Mario Boresi detto il Bello
• Mimo Billi as Un vice-commissario
• Piero Pastore as De Vecchi
• Gianni Luda
• Enzo Tarascio
• Delfi Tanzi
• Winni Riva
• Ermanno Pavarino
• Alberto Collo
• Michel Lemoine

• Roberto Curti. Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. McFarland, 2013.

• The Crossroads at IMDb

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