Criss Cross (1949) ***1/2

Criss Cross (1949) is a good noir, heavy on the cynicism, and features two unreasonably attractive leads (Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo). Director Robert Siodmak's earlier crime classic The Killers (1946) (also featuring Lancaster and a sizzling Ava Gardner) overshadows Criss Cross (as does Stanley Kubrick's 1956 robbery masterpiece The Killing) but this is still a solid melodrama with a bleak ending. Apparently I forgot this, but Steven Soderbergh remade CC as The Underneath (1995) (which I own, so I should revisit it soon).

You can find my Film Noir Feature Films Ranked list here.