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The Crooked Web

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6.0(16)19551h 17m1

Following World War II, ex-G.I. Stan Fabian opens a drive-in restaurant, where his girlfriend, Joanie, is a car hop. They want to get married someday, but less-than-stellar business puts a hold on that. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but inveterate gambler Stan finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist.

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Language
English
  • film noir
  • murder

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Director

Nathan Juran

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR30 Nov 1955

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The Crooked Web was released on 30 November 1955.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/14/2022

    6/10

    This is just a bit too convoluted for it's own good. It's all about a scheme to retrieve some gold from Germany buried at the end of WWII by Richard Denning ("Frank"). Frank Lovejoy ("Stan") and his gal Mari Blanchard ("Joanie") are the pair trying to manoeuvre their mark into taking them back to find the loot, but they also they have an ulterior motive of which poor old "Frank" is unaware. It's got a few twists and …

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