# Criss Cross (1949)

> A working-class Los Angeles driver risks everything on an armored-car robbery to reclaim his dangerous former wife from a gangster.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/13248

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Crime, Thriller
- Director: Robert Siodmak
- Cast: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Alan Napier
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041268/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: cynical, foreboding, smoky, classic noir night, late night viewing

## Synopsis

A working-class man returns home only to find himself entangled in a dangerous love triangle with a gangster.

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