The Crossing

Two Young Guys On Their Way To Europe Refugees From The Dead Life Of Eisenhower’S America. Bill Brock Amherst Graduate His Life Privileged Meets Up With Mort Reiss Bronx Hipster Thief Comedian And Fine Art Painter. Their Lives Cross Beginning In The Third-Class Bowels Of A Transatlantic Steamer Then Move On To The Bohemian Life Of Postwar Paris. Mort Will Take Classes At The Famous Grande Chaumiere Art School While Brock Stumbles About With A Job Writing Tourist Brochures For Travel Corporation Of America (Travco). The Adventures Of These Two Unlikely Friends Are Mostly Hilarious And When It Comes Time At The End Of A Year For Them To Return To The U.S.A. The Crossing Will Have Had A Profound Effect On Both Of Their Lives.