The Crooked Way (1949)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 22, 1949Release Date
Plot.
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
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Cast & Crew.
John Payne
Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
Sonny Tufts
Vince Alexander
Ellen Drew
Nina Martin
Rhys Williams
Lieutenant Joe Williams
Percy Helton
Petey
John Doucette
Sgt. Barrett
Charles Evans
Captain Anderson (as Charlie Evans)
Greta Granstedt
Hazel Downs
Raymond Largay
Arthur Stacey, M.D.
Harry Bronson
Danny
Hal Baylor
Coke (as Hal Fieberling)
Don Haggerty
Hood
Jack Overman
Hood
Crane Whitley
Doctor Kemble / Off-Screen Narrator
John Harmon
Kelly
Garry Owen
Man from Green Acres Mortuary
Esther Howard
Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
Benedict Bogeaus
Producer
Louis Forbes
Original Music Composer
John Alton
Director of Photography
Richard H. Landau
Screenplay
Frank Sullivan
Editor
Robert Monroe
Radio Play
Robert Florey
Director
Lee Greenway
Makeup Artist
Lillian Shore
Hairstylist
Lee Zavitz
Special Effects
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
Van Nest Polglase
Production Design
Ross Elliott
Charles Ferguson
Eddie Foster
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 22, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
amnesia
gangster
veterans hospital
noir
war veteran
crime boss
gun battle
los angeles
war hero
post world war ii
framed for murder
murdered cop
amnesiac
quest for identity
former gangster
gun death
war veteran with amnesia
Wiki.
The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts and Ellen Drew. Directed by Robert Florey and shot by John Alton, the film has a similar plot (a war hero loses his memory from a combat wound) to another film noir, Somewhere in the Night.
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