Criss Cross (1949)

Released: 1949-02-04 Duration: 1hr 28min

Genres: Crime Thriller

Rating 7.1

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When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser... It's a Criss Cross!

Overview

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	8.354

Directed By

Robert Siodmak

Crew

Director
Robert Siodmak

Novel
Don Tracy

Producer
Michael Kraike

Director of Photography
Franz Planer

Editor
Ted J. Kent

Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun

Art Direction
Boris Leven

Set Decoration
Oliver Emert

Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman

Costume Design
Yvonne Wood

Hairstylist
Carmen Dirigo

Makeup Artist
Bud Westmore

Hairstylist
Gale McGarry

Makeup Artist
Ernie Young

Assistant Director
Fred Frank

Second Unit Director
Jack Hively

Assistant Director
Seward Webb

Sound
Leslie I. Carey

Sound
Richard DeWeese

Additional Photography
David S. Horsley

Still Photographer
Bert Anderson

Grip
Stanley Guliver

Second Unit Director of Photography
Paul Ivano

Gaffer
Norton Kurland

Musician
Ethmer Roten

Orchestrator
Eugene Zador

Script Supervisor
Connie Earl

Dialogue Coach
Dave Webb

Production Manager
Keith Weeks

Camera Operator
Dave Ragin

Screenplay
Daniel Fuchs

Writer
William Bowers

Original Music Composer
Miklós Rózsa

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