Criss Cross

Year: 1949

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Siodmak

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When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser… It’s a Criss Cross! An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

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