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Crack-Up (1946)

Crack-Up poster
Directed by
Irving Reis
Genre
film noir, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man starts to question his own sanity after a bizarre episode at an art museum. He tries to piece together what happened while facing skepticism from those around him.

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What happens

Crack-Up is a 1946 American film noir starring Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor and Herbert Marshall. It was directed by Irving Reis, who had directed many films of the Falcon franchise in the early 1940s. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a short story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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