Criss Cross

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Criss Cross ★★★ 1948

A classic grade-B film noir, in which an armored car driver is suckered into a burglary by his ex-wife and her hoodlum husband. Multiple back-stabbings and double-crossings ensue. 98m/B VHS, DVD . Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Richard Long, Tony Curtis, Alan Napier; D: Robert Siodmak; W: Daniel Fuchs; C: Franz Planer; M: Miklos Rozsa.