“He's got a date ...with DEATH!”
The Crooked Way
6.2
33 votes·1949
·1h 30m
·MovieCrimeDramaThriller
Overview
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
Keywords
amnesiawar veterangangstercrime bossfilm noirgun battlelos angeles, californiawar heropost world war iiframed for murderveterans hospitalmurdered cop
Cast
John Payne
Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
Sonny Tufts
Vince Alexander
Ellen Drew
Nina Martin
Rhys Williams
Lieutenant Joe Williams
Percy Helton
Petey
John Doucette
Sgt. Barrett
Charles Evans
Captain Anderson (as Charlie Evans)
Greta Granstedt
Hazel Downs
Raymond Largay
Arthur Stacey, M.D.
Harry Bronson
Danny
Hal Baylor
Coke (as Hal Fieberling)
Don Haggerty
Hood
Jack Overman
Hood
Crane Whitley
Doctor Kemble / Off-Screen Narrator
John Harmon
Kelly
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