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Criss Cross (1949 film)

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Burt Lancaster as Steve Thompson and Yvonne DeCarlo as Anna Dundee.

Criss Cross is a 1949 film about an armored truck driver and his ex-wife (now married to a mobster) who conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.

Directed by Robert Siodmak. Written by Daniel Fuchs, based on the novel Criss Cross by Don Tracy.
When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser...IT'S A CRISS-CROSS!(taglines)

Steve Thompson

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  • A man eats an apple. He gets a piece of the core stuck between his teeth. He tries to work it out with some cellophane from a cigarette pack. What happens? The cellophane gets stuck in there too. Anna? What was the use. I knew that somehow I'd wind up seeing her that night.
  • I am different. I never wanted the money - I just wanted you.

Detective Lieutenant Pete Ramirez

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  • I should have been a better friend. I shoulda stopped you. I shoulda grabbed you by the neck, I shoulda kicked your teeth in. I'm sorry, Steve.

Other

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  • Mrs. Thompson: What makes you think I don't understand? I understand! A girl puts on a piece of silk, and the next thing that happens, a young fellow like you is sure he knows exactly what he's doing.
  • Pop: Well, you know how it is. He's divorced, but he's still got her in his bones.

Dialogue

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Steve Thompson: She's all right, she's just young.
Mrs. Thompson: Huh! Some ways, she knows more than Einstein.
Steve Thompson: I take my hat off to you.
Anna Dundee: Yeah... yeah, I'm a prize.
Steve Thompson: Tramp.
Anna Dundee: Tell me all about it.
Steve Thompson: Tramp! Cheap little no good tramp!
[gets up to leave]
Anna Dundee: Stick around. You make it all so nice and sad.

Taglines

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  • When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser...IT'S A CRISS-CROSS!
  • They played it with BULLETS!

Cast

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