Burt Lancaster, Dan Duryea, Esy Morales

A certified film noir classic, Criss Cross embraces the genre's darkness with an uncompromising tale of doomed lovers and multilayered betrayal. Reuniting with director Robert Siodmak after t...( read more  read more... )heir success with The Killers, Burt Lancaster plays a love-struck loser who seals his 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 torrid affair but marries a mobster (Dan Duryea); to deflect suspicion, Lancaster lures Duryea into an armored-truck robbery, creating a vortex of greed and passion from which he cannot escape. Featuring the brief screen debut of Tony Curtis, Criss Cross is a stylish masterpiece of clashing fates and fatal attractions; Franz Planer's cinematography creates a shadow world in which every desire is tainted by the threat of violence, and Miklos Rozsa's score underlines a love story that could never end happily. Film noir doesn't get any bleaker--or better--than this. --Jeff Shannon

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Unrated, 88 min.

Directed by: Robert Siodmak

Release Date: June 1, 1948

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DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004

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  • June 4, 2007
    I liked this film it has all types of twists and turns and what you thing isn't!. . .And I really like Yvonne De Carlo's character too as the "Mob Doll!"
  • April 15, 2007
    A great noir about a dumb guy. Yvonne DeCarlo is gorgeous and Lancaster plays the big dumb animal perfectly.
  • September 23, 2009
    good... Burt Lancaster was fantastic...
  • July 16, 2009
    Fine film noir, excellent cinematography and atmosphere. Well written but it does have a few slow stretches. The cast is good.
  • April 7, 2009
    Really good noir with standout performances, camera angles and a great script. Recommended.
  • August 15, 2008
    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.
  • February 24, 2008
    i have heard that this is Yyvonne deCarlo's best perfomance
  • October 9, 2007
    Great suspense thriller ! Yvonne and Burt are great together!
  • September 10, 2007
    Siodmak creates a claustrophobic and tense atmosphere as Lancaster is thrown into a world of crime and deceit. Twists and turns abound as characters constantly double-cross one another, making it impossible to know who to trust. The unpredictability of the plot is the film's grea...( read more)test asset, and the suspense is always palpable as a result. Strong, emotional performances from the cast adds to the intensity. Essential viewing in my book!
  • July 8, 2007
    Spectacular performances from both Burt Lncaster and Yvonne De Carlo. A must see!

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