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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Robert Siodmak
Writers:
Daniel Fuchs (writer)
Don Tracy (novel)
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Release Date:
1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller more
Tagline:
When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser...IT'S A CRISS-CROSS! more
Plot:
Steve Thompson, still obsessed with his fickle ex-wife, is drawn by her into the underworld... full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Actress Yvonne De Carlo Dies at 84
 (From IMDb News. 10 January 2007)
User Comments:
Where have you gone Yvonne De Carlo? more (38 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Burt Lancaster ... Steve Thompson

Yvonne De Carlo ... Anna
Dan Duryea ... Slim Dundee
Stephen McNally ... Pete Ramirez
Esy Morales ... Orchestra Leader
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
James O'Rear ... Waxie
John 'Skins' Miller ... Midget (as John Skins Miller)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Bane ... Girl (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ... Newsstand Proprietor (uncredited)
Raymond Burr ... Gangster (uncredited)
Dolores Castle ... Girl (uncredited)
Michael Cisney ... Chester (uncredited)

Tony Curtis ... Gigolo (uncredited)
Gene Evans ... Donlan (armored car guard) (uncredited)
Lee Tung Foo ... Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Timmy Hawkins ... Boy (uncredited)
Geraldine Jordan ... Girl (uncredited)
George Lynn ... Andy (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh ... Mr. Nelson (uncredited)
Garry Owen ... Johnny (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson ... Pepe Bailey (guard) (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph ... Nurse (uncredited)
Vincent Renno ... Roundup Headwaiter (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway ... Girl in Nightclub (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts ... Nurse (uncredited)

Stephen Roberts ... Doctor (uncredited)
John Roy ... Roundup Bartender (uncredited)
Vito Scotti ... Track Usher (uncredited)
Ann Staunton ... Girl (uncredited)
Diane Stewart ... Girl (uncredited)
Kippee Valez ... Girl (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim ... Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Winkler ... Clark (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe ... Holdup Man at Manhole (uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Siodmak 
 
Writing credits
William Bowers (continuty and dialogue) uncredited

Daniel Fuchs  writer
Don Tracy  novel

Produced by
Michael Kraike .... producer (as Michel Kraike)
 
Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa 
 
Cinematography by
Franz Planer  (as Frank Planer)
 
Film Editing by
Ted J. Kent 
 
Art Direction by
Bernard Herzbrun 
Boris Leven 
 
Set Decoration by
Oliver Emert 
Russell A. Gausman 
 
Costume Design by
Yvonne Wood (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Carmen Dirigo .... hair stylist
Bud Westmore .... makeup artist
Gale McGarry .... hair stylist (uncredited)
Ernie Young .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Keith Weeks .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank .... assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Hively .... second unit director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey .... sound
Richard DeWeese .... sound
 
Special Effects by
David S. Horsley .... special photography
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bert Anderson .... still photographer (uncredited)
Stanley Guliver .... grip (uncredited)
Paul Ivano .... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Norton Kurland .... gaffer (uncredited)
Dave Ragin .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Eugene Zador .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Connie Earl .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Norway:16 | Spain:13 | France:U | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #13393) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Angel's Flight Railway, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Vito Scotti's first film appearance. more
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. more
Quotes:
Steve Thompson: She's all right, she's just young.
Mrs. Thompson: Huh! Some ways, she knows more than Einstein.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Underneath (1995) more

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User Comments

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Where have you gone Yvonne De Carlo?, 21 May 2004
Author: lemon993 from Staten Island, New York

This flick is a keeper. If you see one film noir from the Forties this should be it. Starring a very young Burt Lancaster, Dan Duryea and the great Yvonne DeCarlo, this dark and shadowy movie shakes the genre to its core. The movie is set in a post-W.W.II Los Angeles when the city was about to burst free and become a Metropolis. Virtually everything we see is gone: trolleys, single-family homes on hills and probably the worst armored car security put on film. (A driver is called away from a run by a suspicious phone call and no supervisor is notified!) The roster of character actors include Alan Napier, Alfred on "Batman," the ever present Percy Helton, and Stephen McNally. Another actor I've seen before has a habit of exclaiming "That's the ticket!" Could this be where Jon Lovitz got his lucrative catch phrase? But the true standout in the film is the exotic and sinfully talented Yvonne DeCarlo. Hollywood never utilized this this lady right. She was always dumped into B-Westerns or costume pics. However, whenever she was given something juicy such as an adult comedy or A-Drama, like this film, she excelled. And if you want to see her belt out a few tunes just check out the pilot episode of "Bonanza" or the ultra cool episode of the "Munsters," where she performs a bluesy number on the harp, you know, the one with the rock band The Standells.

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