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Criss Cross (1949)

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Note des utilisateurs: 7.5/10 (1,067 votes)
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Overview

Réalisateur:
Robert Siodmak
Writers:
Daniel Fuchs (writer)
Don Tracy (novel)
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Release Date:
6 juillet 2004 (USA) suite
Accroche:
They played it with BULLETS!
Plot:
Steve Thompson, still obsessed with his fickle ex-wife, is drawn by her into the underworld... full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
1 nomination suite
Avis des utilisateurs:
Big Deal In L.A. suite

Ensemble

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Lancaster ... Steve Thompson / Narrator

Yvonne De Carlo ... Anna Dundee
Dan Duryea ... Slim Dundee
Stephen McNally ... Det. Lt. Peter 'Pete' Ramirez
Esy Morales ... Orchestra Leader (as Esy Morales and His Rhumba Band)
Tom Pedi ... Vincent
Percy Helton ... Frank
Alan Napier ... Finchley
Griff Barnett ... Pop
Meg Randall ... Helen
Richard Long ... Slade Thompson
Joan Miller ... The Lush
Edna Holland ... Mrs. Thompson (as Edna M. Holland)

John Doucette ... Walt
Marc Krah ... Mort
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Additional Details

Autre(s) titre(s) :
Criss Cross (France) (DVD title) [fr]
Pour toi j'ai tué (France) [fr]
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Durée:
88 min
Pays:
USA
Langue:
Anglais
Couleur:
Noir et Blanc
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 suite
Son:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Curiosités

Anecdotes:
Vito Scotti's first film appearance. suite
Goofs:
Continuity: When Steve and Pop leave the armored truck to carry the payroll bags into the company Steve has 3 bags and Pop has 2. Then after the explosion, Steve has 2 and Pop has 3. suite
Guillemet:
Det. Lt. Pete Ramirez: 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. suite
Connexions De Film:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) suite

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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
Big Deal In L.A., 4 February 2003
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Author: telegonus de brighton, ma

It was only fitting that Robert Siodmak directed Criss Cross, as he had also directed the film's star, Burt Lancaster, in his first film three years earlier, and this one is Burt's farewell to noir and city suits, as he was about to begin his swashbuckling phase, and after that would don military uniforms and cowboy gear.

Criss Cross is basically a "big heist" movie, full of people double crossing one another with alarming frequency, and to such a degree that the story is often hard to follow. Yvonne De Carlo is the love interest, and Dan Duryea is an exceptionally nasty bad guy even for noir. The setting is L.A., and there is much excellent location photography that makes the movie a treat for people who want to see what the city looked like before half of it was bulldozed to make way for the highways.

There's nothing startling or especially new about this movie. It has a fine and somewhat eclectic supporting cast which includes Alan Napier and Richard Long, Steve McNally and Percy Helton. As in The Killers, there's a strong air of fatalism in the movie, more oppressive here, with a darker tone, and a more Germanic, almost Langian feeling of hopelessness.

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