Criss Cross

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Criss Cross (1949)

NR 02/04/1949 (US) Crime, Thriller 1h 28m

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When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser... It's a Criss Cross!

Overview

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Robert Siodmak

Director
Don Tracy

Novel
Daniel Fuchs

Screenplay
William Bowers

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Burt Lancaster

Steve Thompson
Yvonne De Carlo

Anna
Dan Duryea

Slim Dundee
Stephen McNally

Det. Lt. Peter 'Pete' Ramirez
Esy Morales

Orchestra Leader
Tom Pedi

Vincent
Percy Helton

Frank
Alan Napier

Finchley
Griff Barnett

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on June 19, 2019

I should have been a better friend. I shoulda stopped you.

Criss Cross is directed by Robert Siodmak and adapted by Daniel Fuchs from Don Tracy's novel. It stars Burt Lancaster, Yvonne de Carlo, Dan Duryea and Stephen McNally. Music is scored by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography is by Franz Planer.

Steve Thompson (Lancaster) and old flame Anna (de Carlo) begin to rekindle their love, much to the dismay of those closest to Steve. She's now unhappily married to mobster Slim Dundee (Duryea), they plan to run away together but Slim is apparently getting wise to their affair. When the two are ca... read the rest.

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