| Criss Cross (1949) | |
| Director:
Robert Siodmak Release date: June 12, 1949 Genre: film noir Runtime: 88 minutes Color: black and white Casting: Burt Lancaster: Steve Thompson/narrator Yvonne de Carlo: Anna Dundee DaN Dureya: Slim Dundee Stephen McNally: lieutenant Pete Ramirez Esy Morals: leader of orchestra Tom Pedy: Vincent Percy Helton: Franck Alan Napier: Finchley Griff Barnett: Pop Meg Randall: Helen Long Richard: Slade Thompson Joan Miller: The Lush Edna Holland: Mrs. Thompson John Doucette: Walt Marc Krah: died Raymond Burr: not credited Synopsis:
Steve Thompson divorced Anna but does not manage to forget her. After having worked a little everywhere in the United States, he returns to Los Angeles with the hope to reconquer the young woman. There, Steve discovers that Anna is married with named Slim Dundee, a gangster, and he erects scaffolding a plan to draw aside Slim and recover Anna in order to remake his life with her. But nothing occurs as he had envisaged… My note:   My opinion: this film is enough sympathetic nerve, environment is very dark and Burt Lancaster superb in his role. The unit is rather pessimistic but does not lose itself in ridiculous stereotypes. The realization is of quality, making of this film traditional. I should not be looked for the service of Raymond Burr, his role being more than tiny. |
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