The Crooked Way (1949)

90 min · Film Noir, drama film, film noir

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Directors

Robert Florey

Cast

John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette

The story

After sustaining a head wound in combat, decorated World War II veteran Eddie Rice (John Payne) is treated at a San Francisco military hospital for a permanent form of amnesia. This leaves him with no knowledge of his life, family and friends prior to his enlistment. Army intelligence is unable to fill this void, as all they know about his past is that he enlisted in Los Angeles.

Catalogue themes and tags

2nd World War Veteran, Coming to Terms With The Past, Criminal Past, Gaunerpaar, Los Angeles, Memory Loss, San Francisco, Soldier Returning From the Front, Suppressed Past, War Veteran, Thriller, Drama, Black-and-white, Film noir, Psychological thriller

Genres

Film Noir, drama film, film noir

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