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Criss Cross is a 1949 American film noir crime film starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea, directed by Robert Siodmak and written by Daniel Fuchs based on Don Tracy's 1934 novel of the same name.
Inflamed passions, greed, robbery and murder are the sizzling ingredients which make director Robert Siodmak''s powerful thriller Criss Cross catch on fire.
Criss Cross: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally. An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Siodmak
- 1949-02-04
Mar 12, 2020 · Criss Cross is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Robert Siodmak starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea, from Don Tracy's novel of the same name. This film was shot partly on location in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles.
- 88 min
In the parking lot of the Round-Up bar in Los Angeles, Steve Thompson meets secretly with his married lover, Anna Dundee, and reassures her that their plan to run away together will not fail. Steve then fights with Anna's gangster husband Slim inside the bar, but police lieutenant Pete Ramirez, Steve's old friend, breaks it up.
- Robert Siodmak, Fred Frank, Jack Hively
- Burt Lancaster
Criss Cross (1949) is a classic period film noir, with a heist gone wrong, and a lonesome hero returning to Bunker Hill to find love and certain doom.
Criss Cross is an above-average film noir. The film thrives on its black and white photography and excellent direction by Robert Siordmak (and it just so happens this is the second Siordmak/Lancaster team-up after The Killers).
