criss cross

Criss Cross is a 1949 film noir movie, directed by Robert Siodmak from a novel written by Don Tracy. This black and white film was shot in its entirerty in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. thumb Plot: Reuniting with director Siodmak after their success with Ernest Hemingway's The Killers, Burt Lancaster plays a man who seals his dark fate when he returns to Los Angeles to find his ex-wife (Yvonne DeCarlo) eager to rekindle their love against all better judgment. She encourages their affair but then quickly marries a mobster (Slim Dundee played by Dan Duryea). To deflect suspicion of the affair, Lancaster leads Duryea into a daylight armored-truck robbery, only to be "criss crossed" when the crime is pulled off. Criss Cross features the screen debut of Tony Curtis. Franz Planer's cinematography creates a black-and-white film noir world. Miklos Rozsa scored the films soundtrack. Remade as The Underneath in 1995. Main cast: Burt Lancaster .... Steve Thompson Yvonne De Carlo .... Anna Dundee Dan Duryea .... Slim Dundee Stephen McNally .... Det. Lt. Pete Ramirez Quote from film: "I should have been a better friend. I shoulda stopped you. I shoulda grabbed you by the neck, I shoulda kicked your teeth in. I'm sorry Steve." Det. Lt. Pete Ramirez External Links: Movie Trailer

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