CRISS CROSS (DVD) DOL DIG 2.0 MONO/ENG/SPAN/FRENCH/FF/1.33:1 DVD

Criss Cross
Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home after a few years of knocking around the country following his divorce from good-time girl Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). Getting his old job back driving an armored car, and not even convincing himself that he's making a new start, he also wants his old wife back. When he finds Anna, he quickly learns that she is involved with gangster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). Nonetheless, they carry on a clandestine affair, with Steve foolishly believing that Anna will return to him. Even after she marries Slim, Steve, with her encouragement, masochistically clings to this doomed obsession. So when Slim catches them together, Steve ad libs plans for an armored car robbery that includes Slim. The two rivals form an uneasy and untrusting collaboration, but Steve and Anna plan to double cross Slim. However, the title of Robert Siodmak's film noir gem is, not incidentally, Criss Cross. ~ Steve Press, All Movie Guide

Cast Burt Lancaster as Steve Thompson Yvonne De Carlo as Anna Dan Duryea as Slim Dundee Stephen McNally as Lt. Pete Ramirez Richard Long as Slade Thompson Tom Pedi as Vincent Percy Helton as Frank Alan Napier as Finchley Griff Barnett as Pop Meg Randall as Helen Joan Miller as The Lush Edna Holland as Mrs. Thompson John Doucette as Walt Marc Krah as Mort James O'Reare as Waxie John Miller as Midget

Crew Boris Leven - Art Director Bernard Herzbrun - Art Director Yvonne Wood - Costume Designer Robert Siodmak - Director Ted Kent - Editor Miklos Rozsa - Composer (Music Score) Bud Westmore - Makeup Franz Planer - Cinematographer Michael Kraike - Producer Oliver Emert - Set Designer Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer David S. Horsley - Special Effects Daniel Fuchs - Screenwriter Don Tracy - Book Author

Criss Cross
Criss Cross doesn't quite live up to the standard of director Richard Siodmak's enduring noir classic The Killers, but the film is nonetheless full of the stylish atmospherics, sly plot twists, human frailties, and fatalistic attitudes that defined the genre after World War II. The film certified Burt Lancaster as one of the stars of the genre. In retrospect, Lancaster doesn't fit in with the hardboiled protagonists of Siodmak's films: he's too clean, too sincere, too nice, and perhaps that's why he branched out into different roles in the 1950s. Co-star Yvonne De Carlo also seems slightly inappropriate for the material, though she definitely looks the part of the femme fatale. The overall mood of the film, based on Don Tracy's novel of the same name, is aided by the ominous black-and-white cinematography by Franz Planer and the mercurial Miklos Rozsa score. Criss Cross was somewhat faithfully remade by director Steven Soderbergh in 1995 as the flawed but interesting The Underneath. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: French, Spanish Sound Processing: DDM2.0: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (Recorded in mono, but split to give the illusion of a stereo mix on home theater systems). Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 88 min Part of Series: Universal Noir Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Just You and Me (Main Titles) [4:13] 2. Not Invited [5:48] 3. Glad to Be Back [5:27] 4. The Old Hangout [6:35] 5. Looking for Her [5:03] 6. Making the First Move [5:42] 7. Not in the Cards [5:55] 8. Why'd You Do It? [5:20] 9. Mind Your Own Business [4:27] 10. An Inside Man [4:56] 11. Laying Out the Job [7:11] 12. Perfect Timing [3:55] 13. Fouled Plans [3:16] 14. You're a Hero [4:46] 15. Do Me a Favor [5:46] 16. You're Coming With Me [7:05] 17. The Big Payoff [1:46] 18. End Titles [:19]