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Criss Cross

1949

Robert Siodmak

Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Esy Morales ...

7.4

3,068

Film noir While driving an armored car in a lonely road, Steve Thompson recalls his life, after divorcing his beloved wife Anna and working in many places in the United States of America, from the moment he returned home in Los Angeles a few days ago. Although traveling for almost two years trying to forget Anna, he is still obsessed with her. However, when he arrives in town, the sentimentally inconstant Anna gets married with the gangster Slim ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"Fuchs is one of the more substantial if less-remembered literary writers to have headed to Hollywood"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Wonderfully seedy tale (...) The suspense is maintained throughout by taut pacing, visual precision, and excellent characterisation."	POS
United States	Variety	"Under Robert Siodmak’s knowing directiion, the flashbacks blend into a cohesive unit and are never confusing or draggy."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"[It presents] one of the most shockingly cynical endings in the whole genre."	POS

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