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6.5/10   276 votes
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Director:
Irving Reis
Writers:
Fredric Brown (story)
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Release Date:
6 September 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery more
Tagline:
Could I KILL ... and not remember?
Plot:
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot? full summary | add synopsis
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Rather enjoyable crime drama more (13 total)

Cast

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Pat O'Brien ... George Steele

Claire Trevor ... Terry Cordell
Herbert Marshall ... Traybin
Ray Collins ... Dr. Lowell
Wallace Ford ... Lt. Cochrane
Dean Harens ... Reynolds
Damian O'Flynn ... Museum Curator Stevenson
Erskine Sanford ... Museum Director Barton
Mary Ware ... Mary Ware
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Galveston (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Sweden:15
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

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Quotes:
Terry Cordell: [Opening her car's passenger door] Come on. Get in.
George Steele: No thanks, I'll take a streetcar; I can trust streetcars.
[A policeman's whistle is heard and we see two cops running toward Steele. Steele jumps into the car, and they take off.]
George Steele: What's your racket girlie? Whattya do for a living?
Terry Cordell: I'm outta my head. I drive around in cars picking up psychopathic killers.
[softening]
Terry Cordell: Someone has to look after you. I was at a party at Reynolds'. Things began to come apart at the seams. I drove Traybin....
George Steele: [interrupting] I know that.
Terry Cordell: OK, you know that. You know everything. You're the great Steele. You walk through brick walls. You...
[She pulls over]
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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Rather enjoyable crime drama, 25 April 2005
7/10
Author: Chris Gaskin from Derby, England

Crack-Up came on BBC2 one afternoon and as I was out, I recorded this and was pleased I did.

An art curator gets a phone call claiming his mother is unwell, so he gets the first train to New York and it turns out this call was a lie and he gets the idea the train has crashed, which it hasn't. He then takes part in a forgery involving fake paintings. Two women are also involved in this but the police catch up with them at the end.

Crack-Up is rather atmospheric in parts, especially the New York dockside sequence. It is also light-hearted at times.

The cast includes a good performance from Pat O'Brien and is joined by Clare Trevor (Key Largo), Herbert Marshall (The Secret Garden), Wallace Ford and Ray Collins.

This is worth viewing at least once. Enjoyable.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

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