Criss Cross

Criss Cross

88 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 4, 1949

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.

Criss Cross

88 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 4, 1949

Criss Cross
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Criss Cross
Directors Robert Siodmak
Writers Don Tracy, Daniel Fuchs, William Bowers

Cast

Burt Lancaster

as Steve Thompson / Narrator

Yvonne De Carlo

as Anna Dundee

Dan Duryea

as Slim Dundee

Stephen McNally

as Det. Lt. Peter 'Pete' Ramirez

Esy Morales

as Orchestra Leader

Tom Pedi

as Vincent

Percy Helton

as Frank

Alan Napier

as Finchley

Griff Barnett

as Pop

Meg Randall

as Helen

Richard Long

as Slade Thompson

Joan Miller

as The Lush

Edna Holland

as Mrs. Thompson

John Doucette

as Walt

Marc Krah

as Mort

Raymond Burr

as Gangster

James O'Rear

as Waxie

John "Skins" Miller

as Midget (as John Skins Miller)

Tony Curtis

as Gigolo (uncredited)

Gene Evans

as Donlan (uncredited)

Beatrice Roberts

as Nurse (uncredited)