Crossroads (1942)
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Directors
Jack Conway
Cast
William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, Margaret Wycherly, Felix Bressart
The story
In 1935, rising French diplomat David Talbot and his beautiful much younger bride Lucienne are celebrating their third month of marriage. They are interrupted by a note from the mysterious Carlos Le Duc demanding one million francs from David in payment of an old debt. Never having met Le Duc, David has him arrested for attempted extortion.
Genres
Film Noir, film noir, mystery film
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