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Criss Cross (1948)

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Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home after a few years of knocking around the country following his divorce from good-time girl Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). Getting his old job back driving an armored car, and not even convincing himself that he's making a new start, he also wants his old wife back. When he finds Anna, he quickly learns that she is involved with gangster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). Nonetheless, they carry on a clandestine affair, with Steve foolishly believing that Anna will

Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Daniel Fuchs, Don Tracy

Jul 6, 2004

MCA Universal Home Video

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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)

Deluxe film noir, with rich visual style.

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television | Comment
Classic Film and Television

A truly classic film noir.

September 15, 2005 Comment

Cynical film noir of obsessive love and betrayal.

October 24, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Solid little thriller that inspired Steven Soderbergh's "The Underneath."

June 11, 2004 Comment
Nitrate Online

All of the elements for a great film noir are here.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Criss Cross

I'd like to see this movie again, it was interesting and exciting, I liked it, but I can't remember it very vividly.

January 10, 2011
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

Tough, dark noir. Good performances by experts in the genre. Yvonne De Carlo is breathtakingly beautiful here and gives a fine account of a heartless shrew. Keep an eye out for Tony Curtis dancing with her in one scene.

August 15, 2008
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jay nixon

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