Criss Cross

1948, Crime/Drama, 1h 27m

13 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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Movie Info

An armored-car guard (Burt Lancaster) must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife (Yvonne De Carlo) by her gangster husband (Dan Duryea).
  • Genre:
    Crime, Drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Robert Siodmak
  • Producer:
    Michael Kraike
  • Writer:
    Daniel Fuchs, Don Tracy
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     original
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  • Distributor:
    Universal International Pictures
  • Sound Mix:
    Mono
  • Aspect Ratio:
    35mm

Cast & Crew

Burt Lancaster
Steve Thompson, Narrator
Yvonne De Carlo
Anna Dundee
Dan Duryea
Slim Dundee
Stephen McNally
Det. Lt. Pete Ramirez
Richard Long
Slade Thompson
Esy Morales
Orchestra leader
Tom Pedi
Vincent
Percy Helton
Frank
Alan Napier
Finchley
Griff Barnett
Pop
Meg Randall
Helen, Slade's fiance
Joan Miller
Drunk at Roundup Bar
Edna Holland
Mrs. Thompson
John Doucette
Walt
Marc Krah
Mort
James O'Rear
Waxie
Robert Siodmak
Director
Daniel Fuchs
Writer
Don Tracy
Writer
Michael Kraike
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music
Franz Planer
Cinematographer
Ted J. Kent
Film Editing
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Director
Boris Leven
Art Director
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Yvonne Wood
Costume Design
Carmen Dirigo
Hair Stylist
Gale McGarry
Hair Stylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
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Critic Reviews for Criss Cross

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Audience Reviews for Criss Cross

  • Dec 31, 2020
    One of the greatest film noirs ever made. Everything about it is absolute perfection.
    Aldo G Super Reviewer
  • Nov 04, 2011
    Wonderful fatalistic film noir by Robert Siodmak. The mood is perfect and aided by an excellent black-and-white cinematography. Excellent performances too!
    George M Super Reviewer
  • Apr 30, 2011
    Criss-Cross is excellent on every technical aspect, has a story that's interesting enough, and so much star material that anyone can still sit down and watch it today, 63 years after it was originally conceived. What really shines through, though, is not the story, or the characters, but Robert Siodmak's great eye, from the interplay of shadows on the wall of Steve's favorite hangout pub, to the last second of the film, a tableu vivant of the two protagonists entangled in death, just like they did in life. Awesome!
    Anastasia B Super Reviewer
  • Jan 10, 2011
    I'd like to see this movie again, it was interesting and exciting, I liked it, but I can't remember it very vividly.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
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