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Criss Cross

Thursday, November 30, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre

(Robert Siodmak, US 1949, 86 min., DCP)

Burt Lancaster reunites with director Robert Siodmak (The Killers) to play another doomed noir protagonist. Lancaster plays Steve Thompson, a working class man returning home after a year and a half to his family and his past. There he runs into his ex-wife, Anna (Yvonne DeCarlo), and hanging out at his usual places. As he falls back into old patterns, he re-connects with Anna, despite her new boyfriend, Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). He believes that he has found true love with Anna, but old friend Pete Ramirez (Stephen McNally) and his family believe she is bad news. In a last, desperate attempt to free himself from these chains, Steve will betray his old life to create a new one.