Criss Cross poster
Writer William Bowers
Director Robert Siodmak
Screenplay Daniel Fuchs

Criss Cross

Tagline: When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser... It's a Criss Cross!

Release Date: 1949-02-04

Duration: 88 minutes

Synopsis

Burt Lancaster plays Steve Thompson, a man who seals his dark fate when he returns to Los Angeles to find his ex-wife Anna Dundee (Yvonne DeCarlo) eager to rekindle their love against all better judgement. She encourages their affair but then quickly marries mobster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). To deflect suspicion of the affair, Steve Thompson leads Dundee into a daylight armored-truck robbery.

Casting

  • Tony Curtis
    Gigolo (uncredited)
  • Alan Napier
    Finchley
  • Burt Lancaster
    Steve Thompson
  • Yvonne De Carlo
    Anna
  • John Doucette
    Walt
  • Dan Duryea
    Slim Dundee
  • Percy Helton
    Frank
  • Richard Long
    Slade Thompson
  • Vito Scotti
    Track Usher (uncredited)
  • Stephen McNally
    Det. Lt. Peter 'Pete' Ramirez