The Crooked Way

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The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir crime drama about an amnesiac war veteran drawn into a violent criminal underworld.

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The Crooked Way canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy John Alton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Robert Florey ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Frank Sullivan ⓘ
filmEra classic Hollywood ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
hasCharacter Eddie Rice ⓘ
Nina Martin ⓘ
Vince Alexander ⓘ
hasTheme amnesia ⓘ
crime and redemption ⓘ
postwar trauma ⓘ
mainCharacter Eddie Rice ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Louis Forbes ⓘ
narrativeFocus criminal underworld ⓘ
notableFor high-contrast noir cinematography by John Alton ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An amnesiac World War II veteran returns to Los Angeles and discovers he has a criminal past that draws him back into the underworld. ⓘ
producer Benedict Bogeaus ⓘ
productionCompany Benedict Bogeaus Productions ⓘ
protagonistCondition amnesiac ⓘ
protagonistOccupation war veteran ⓘ
releaseDate 1949-05-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
screenwriter Richard H. Landau ⓘ
setting Los Angeles ⓘ
stars Charles Evans ⓘ
Ellen Drew ⓘ
Greta Granstedt ⓘ
Harry Bronson ⓘ
John Doucette ⓘ
John Payne ⓘ
Michael O'Shea ⓘ
Percy Helton ⓘ
Rhys Williams ⓘ
Sonny Tufts ⓘ
storyBy F. Hugh Herbert ⓘ
timePeriod post-World War II era ⓘ

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Dorothy Patrick → notableWork → The Crooked Way ⓘ
Robert Florey → notableWork → The Crooked Way ⓘ
Douglas Dick → notable work → The Crooked Way ⓘ
Frank Tuttle → notableWork → The Crooked Way ⓘ
Ellen Drew → notableWork → The Crooked Way ⓘ