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The Crooked Web

- World's Most Beautiful Bait!

Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…

Release Date : 1955-11-30

Language :EnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Clover ProductionsColumbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Frank Lovejoy

Character Name : Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian

Original Name : Frank Lovejoy

Gender : Male

Mari Blanchard

Character Name : Joanie Daniel

Original Name : Mari Blanchard

Gender : Female

Richard Denning

Character Name : Frank Daniel

Original Name : Richard Denning

Gender : Male

John Mylong

Character Name : Herr Koenig

Original Name : Jack Mylong-Münz

Gender : Male

Harry Lauter

Character Name : Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc

Original Name : Harry Lauter

Gender : Male

Steven Ritch

Character Name : Ramon 'Ray' Torres

Original Name : Steven Ritch

Gender : Male

Louis Merrill

Character Name : Herr Schmitt (as Lou Merril)

Original Name : Louis Merrill

Gender : Male

Vince Barnett

Character Name : Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)

Original Name : Vince Barnett

Gender : Male

Phil Bloom

Character Name : Bar Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Phil Bloom

Gender : Male

George Cisar

Character Name : Don Gillen (uncredited)

Original Name : George Cisar

Gender : Male

Judy Clark

Character Name : Singer (uncredited)

Original Name : Judy Clark

Gender : Female

Richard Emory

Character Name : Doc Mason (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Emory

Gender : Male

Joseph Glick

Character Name : Boat Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Glick

Gender : Male

Roy Gordon

Character Name : Richard V. Atherton (uncredited)

Original Name : Roy Gordon

Gender : Male

Foster H. Phinney

Character Name : Bar Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Foster H. Phinney

Gender : Male

Van Des Autels

Character Name :

Original Name : Van Des Autels

Gender : Male

John Hart

Character Name :

Original Name : John Hart

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-14

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 turns to keep the plot moving, but much of the story seems to exist in order to perpetuate itself, rather than offer us anything to get our teeth into and after a while it becomes a bit dull. The performances are weak, the dialogue really wordy and I found the music got on my nerves a bit, too. Director Nathan Juran usually had a good eye for a story and phototography at his best; this isn't it.