Crossroads (1942)
- Directed by
- Jack Conway
- Genre
- film noir, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 38 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A diplomat with amnesia is blackmailed by people who claim to know his forgotten past. The threats put his marriage and career at risk.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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