The Crooked Web
World's Most Beautiful Bait!
1955 | 77m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Nathan H. Juran |
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| Writer: | Lou Breslow |
| Staring: |
| Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist… | |
| Release Date: | Nov 30, 1955 |
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| Director: | Nathan H. Juran |
| Writer: | Lou Breslow |
| Genres: | Crime |
| Keywords | film noir, murder |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Clover Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 30, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Frank Lovejoy | Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian |
| Mari Blanchard | Joanie Daniel |
| Richard Denning | Frank Daniel |
| John Mylong | Herr Koenig |
| Harry Lauter | Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc |
| Steven Ritch | Ramon 'Ray' Torres |
| Lou Merrill | Herr Schmitt (as Lou Merril) |
| Vince Barnett | Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited) |
| Phil Bloom | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| George Cisar | Don Gillen (uncredited) |
| Judy Clark | Singer (uncredited) |
| Richard Emory | Doc Mason (uncredited) |
| Joseph Glick | Boat Passenger (uncredited) |
| Roy Gordon | Richard V. Atherton (uncredited) |
| Foster H. Phinney | Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| Van Des Autels | None |
| John Hart | None |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lou Breslow | Writer |
| Nathan H. Juran | Director |
| Henry Freulich | Director of Photography |
| Edwin H. Bryant | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Katzman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
This is just a bit too convoluted for it's own good. It's all about a scheme to retrieve some gold from Germany buried at the end of WWII by Richard Denning ("Frank"). Frank Lovejoy ("Stan") and his gal Mari Blanchard ("Joanie") are the pair trying to manoeuvre their mark into taking them back to fi ... nd the loot, but they also they have an ulterior motive of which poor old "Frank" is unaware. It's got a few twists and turns to keep the plot moving, but much of the story seems to exist in order to perpetuate itself, rather than offer us anything to get our teeth into and after a while it becomes a bit dull. The performances are weak, the dialogue really wordy and I found the music got on my nerves a bit, too. Director Nathan Juran usually had a good eye for a story and phototography at his best; this isn't it.