Criss Cross

Inflamed passions, greed, robbery and murder are the sizzling ingredients which make director Robert Siodmak´s moody, powerful thriller catch fire.

Burt Lancaster stars as a hardworking armored car driver with a fatal attraction to his ex-wife, Ann (Yvonne DeCarlo), now married to notorious hoodlum Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). Unable to keep himself from her, Lancaster has a secret tryst with Ann, only to be discovered by Dundee. To cover up their affair, Lancaster convinces the hoodlum that he only met Ann to get Dundee´s help in robbing an upcoming payroll shipment he will be driving. the hood falls for the lie, which triggers a series of dark and foreboding event that ultimately lead to violence and death. It´s classic film noir suspense from the master of the genre.