Crossroads
Crossroads is a 1942 American mystery film noir directed by Jack Conway and starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. 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 and his beautiful much younger bride Lucienne are celebrating their third month of marriage. They are interrupted by a note from the mysterious Carlos Le Duc demanding one million francs from David in payment of an old debt. Never having met Le Duc, David has him arrested for attempted extortion. During the trial which follows, Le Duc claims that he knew David in 1922 as a petty criminal named Jean Pelletier.
More details
| author | Frederick Kohner Guy Trosper |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Jack Conway |
| editor | George Boemler |
| events | amnesia |
| genre | mystery |
| keywords | adopt arrest attempt to escape family friend id kill night club petty criminal remember see all train accident |
| musicBy | Bronisław Kaper |
| producer | Edwin H. Knopf |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | film noir noir |