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Criss Cross (1948)

Criss Cross (1948)
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Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home after a few years of knocking around the country following his divorce from good-time girl Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). Getting his old job back driving an armored car, and not even convincing himself that he's making a new start, he also wants his old wife back. When he finds Anna, he quickly learns that she is involved with gangster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). Nonetheless, they carry on a clandestine affair, with Steve foolishly believing that Anna will return to him. Even after she marries Slim, Steve, with her encouragement, masochistically clings to this doomed obsession. So when Slim catches them together, Steve ad libs plans for an armored car robbery that includes Slim. The two rivals form an uneasy and untrusting collaboration, but Steve and Anna plan to double cross Slim. However, the title of Robert Siodmak's film noir gem is, not incidentally, Criss Cross. ~ Steve Press, Rovi

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Starring:
Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, (more)
Director(s):
Robert Siodmak
Format(s):
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Synopsis of Criss Cross

Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home after a few years of knocking around the country following his divorce from good-time girl Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). Getting his old job back driving an armored car, and not even convincing himself that he's making a new start, he also wants his old wife back. When he finds Anna, he quickly learns that she is involved with gangster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). Nonetheless, they carry on a clandestine affair, with Steve foolishly believing that Anna will return to him. Even after she marries Slim, Steve, with her encouragement, masochistically clings to this doomed obsession. So when Slim catches them together, Steve ad libs plans for an armored car robbery that includes Slim. The two rivals form an uneasy and untrusting collaboration, but Steve and Anna plan to double cross Slim. However, the title of Robert Siodmak's film noir gem is, not incidentally, Criss Cross. ~ Steve Press, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
88 mins

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Director(s):
Robert Siodmak
Writer(s):
Daniel Fuchs
Producer(s):
Michael Kraike
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    Rich B.

    I was expecting more, but it didn't deliver...just a so-so old time crime movie.

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    Patricia W.

    From the professional review I was hoping for a better movie. I guess that it was okay when you consider that it was 60 years old. It was probably pretty good when you consider the time in which it was made, but it falls short in the here and now. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad--but it wasn't great. Worth a watch, if just for a look at the old cars and fashions, along with a thoughtful story.

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    Gaspar M.

    As noir goes, not one of the best, but a grade B potboilers go...superior. Great to see Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo when they were younger, also spotted Tony Curtis dancing with Yvonne in one scene. Worth a rental.

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