The Crooked Web
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Director Nathan H. Juran Music director Mischa Bakaleinikoff Duration Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 30, 1955 Cast (Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian), (Joanie Daniel), (Frank Daniel), (Herr Koenig), (Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc), Steven Ritch (Ramon 'Ray' Torres)Similar movies W Delta Z , I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine , Memories of Murder , Taken 3 , Mad Max: Fury Road , Untraceable Tagline World's Most Beautiful Bait! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Crooked Web is a 1955 film noir directed by Nathan Juran. It stars Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard and Richard Denning.
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Plot
Stan Fabian runs a drive-in restaurant with girlfriend Joanie Daniel, whose brother Frank turns up for a visit. Joanie has declined to marry Stan because he's strapped for cash, but Frank tempts him with a proposition, mentioning that he and a partner hid a stash of gold in Germany during the war.
Stan accepts an offer to help recover the gold for a cut of the loot. What he doesn't know is that Joanie and Frank are actually undercover cops. A rich businessman's son was apparently killed by Stan during a deal gone wrong, but the German police are unable to extradite him to charge him with a crime.
Frank pretends to shoot his partner, using blanks. He secretly meets with Berlin chief of police Koenig, pretending to be looking for the gold. Stan fears a double-cross, but confesses his wartime murder to Joanie, and is shocked to be placed under arrest.
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