Characters & Themes
The Crooked Web (1955) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1955 · 77 mins · English
- Directed by
- Nathan Juran
- Starring
- Vince Barnett, Richard Denning, Mari Blanchard, Frank Lovejoy, John Hart, Foster H. Phinney
After WWII, veteran Stan opens a drive‑in restaurant, hoping to marry his girlfriend Joanie, a carhop. Their plans stall as business falters. Joanie’s reckless brother Frank arrives with a dubious money‑making scheme. Though Joanie objects, Stan’s gambling habit draws him toward the promised profit, threatening their future.
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