Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

evanston_dad "Criss Cross" takes a while to get going, but once it does, boy does it.Burt Lancaster is intense and brooding as a man who returns to his hometown and the ex-wife (Yvonne De Carlo) he can't get over. She's fallen in with a crime boss (Dan Duryea), and he concocts a scheme to get her free and run away with her. This being a film noir, I wasn't all that surprised by the scheme going awry, but I was surprised at just how badly it does so. This is one bleak movie with one very bleak ending, one I was not expecting at all.The three principles are terrific, not surprisingly. This is actually the only role I've ever seen De Carlo in outside of Lily Munster, and I couldn't take my eyes off of her. There's something endlessly fascinating about her.Grade: A

Alex da Silva Burt Lancaster (Steve) returns to Los Angeles and his job as an armoured truck driver for a security firm. However, the real reason for his return is to re-unite himself with his ex-wife Yvonne De Carlo (Anna) even though he is in denial about this at the beginning of the film. They hook up with each other again but De Carlo currently has a serious suitor in the form of gangster Dan Duryea (Slim). Her relationship with Duryea is cemented when they marry, which of course, is devastating news for Burt, who then concocts a plan to steal her away from Duryea. It involves teaming up with Duryea to hijack his own armoured truck before running off with De Carlo and a bag full of loot. Things don't go as planned.This is a nicely filmed story that engages the audience from the beginning shots that reveal Burt and Yvonne in an embrace. We know there is an element of danger and that a plan is being hatched. The majority of the story is told in flashback which sets the scene for us to return to the hijack and its aftermath. And a very memorable ending – I found it quite powerful as I didn't know what to expect. There are many good scenes, including Burt lying in a hospital bed paranoid that someone will come into his room to kill him off at any moment. He asks visitor Robert Osterloh (Mr Nelson) to keep an eye out for him – oh well, some ideas are better than others I suppose. We are not quite sure about this visitor chap but all seems well.This is a film about love and betrayal but it is slightly unconvincing as to why Burt would want to get back with De Carlo after she has stood him up to marry Duryea of all people. True love is indeed blind for Burt and it brings about his downfall. All the cast are good and Tony Curtis gets an appearance in another memorable sequence at the nightclub where he dances with De Carlo. An enjoyable film with some great dialogue, nice location shots and an intense ending.

Dalbert Pringle In spite of its big-name cast and fine camera-work, 1948's Criss Cross was somewhat disappointing and a less-than-riveting slice of Film Noir.Set in sunny Los Angeles, Armored Car Driver, Steve Thompson, gets re-acquainted with his less-than-trustworthy ex-wife, Anna, who's recently taken up with Slim Dundee, a notoriously jealous underworld thug.At times this film had the feel of being nothing but a standard "Chick Flick" and it lacked the necessary grit and overall toughness required, in my books, to make it a real, bona-fide Noir gem.Criss Cross starred Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea.

MartinHafer Yvonne DeCarlo sure plays a heck of a femme fatale in this film! And, she's a heck of a lot sexier than when she played Lily Munster! It seems that she was married to a poor sap (Burt Lancaster) but they've since divorced. However, he has it bad for her...and she is beginning to show signs that she might like to marry him all over again. So his hopes raise quickly---only to be dashed when she suddenly runs off with a hood (Dan Duryea--who almost ALWAYS played bad guys). Yet, oddly, despite this, she STILL has her claws in him and is able to manipulate him into being the inside man for an armored car robbery--as he's one of the crew of the truck. Things, however, don't go as you'd expect...see this excellent film to see what happens next.Considering the film has great baddies and a taut script, it's one of the better examples of film noir--true film noir with the perfect dame, great dialog, wonderful camera work--the whole shebang!