Crossroads
Crossroads is a 1942 American mystery film noir starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone, and directed by Jack Conway. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past subjects him to back-to-back blackmail schemes, which threaten his reputation, job, marriage, and future. The film was inspired by the 1938 French film Crossroads which had also had a British remake Dead Man's Shoes in 1940.
Plot
In 1935, rising French diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) and his beautiful much younger bride Lucienne (Hedy Lamarr) are celebrating their third month of marriage. They are interrupted by a note from the mysterious Carlos Le Duc (Vladimir Sokoloff) demanding $1 million francs from David. Failure to make good will force Le Duc to reveal Talbot's identity to the police as a welsher.
More details
| author | Frederick Kohner Guy Trosper |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Jack Conway |
| editor | George Boemler |
| events | amnesia |
| genre | mystery |
| keywords | claim family friend far east force former lovers long masquerade night club old woman remember see all train accident wall safe |
| musicBy | Bronisław Kaper |
| producer | Edwin H. Knopf |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | film noir noir |