Criss Cross is a 1949 film noir movie, directed by Robert Siodmak from a novel written by Don Tracy. This black and white film was shot in its entirety in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles.

Plot

Reuniting with director Siodmak after their success with Ernest Hemingway's The Killers, Burt Lancaster plays a man who seals his dark fate when he returns to Los Angeles to find his ex-wife (Yvonne DeCarlo) eager to rekindle their love against all better judgment. She encourages their affair but then quickly marries a mobster (Slim Dundee played by Dan Duryea). To deflect suspicion of the affair, Lancaster leads Duryea into a daylight armored-truck robbery, only to be "criss crossed" when the crime is pulled off.

Criss Cross features the screen debut of Tony Curtis. Franz Planer 's cinematography creates a black-and-white film noir world. Miklos Rozsa scored the films soundtrack. Remade as The Underneath in 1995.

Main cast

• Burt Lancaster .... Steve Thompson
• Yvonne De Carlo .... Anna Dundee
• Dan Duryea .... Slim Dundee
• Stephen McNally .... Det. Lt. Pete Ramirez

Quote from film

"I should have been a better friend. I shoulda stopped you. I shoulda grabbed you by the neck, I shoulda kicked your teeth in. I'm sorry Steve." Det. Lt. Pete Ramirez

External links

• Movie Trailer