The Crooked Way

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crime drama film film film noir

The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir crime drama about an amnesiac war veteran drawn into a violent criminal underworld.

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Label	Occurrences
The Crooked Way canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy	John Alton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Robert Florey ⓘ
distributor	United Artists ⓘ
editor	Frank Sullivan ⓘ
filmEra	classic Hollywood ⓘ
format	black-and-white film ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ
hasCharacter	Eddie Rice ⓘ Nina Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Alexander ⓘ
hasTheme	amnesia ⓘ crime and redemption ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ
mainCharacter	Eddie Rice ⓘ
medium	theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy	Louis Forbes ⓘ
narrativeFocus	criminal underworld ⓘ
notableFor	high-contrast noir cinematography by John Alton ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	An amnesiac World War II veteran returns to Los Angeles and discovers he has a criminal past that draws him back into the underworld. ⓘ
producer	Benedict Bogeaus ⓘ
productionCompany	Benedict Bogeaus Productions ⓘ
protagonistCondition	amnesiac ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	war veteran ⓘ
releaseDate	1949-05-20 ⓘ
releaseYear	1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	90 ⓘ
screenwriter	Richard H. Landau ⓘ
setting	Los Angeles ⓘ
stars	Charles Evans ⓘ Ellen Drew ⓘ Greta Granstedt ⓘ Harry Bronson ⓘ John Doucette ⓘ John Payne ⓘ Michael O'Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Helton ⓘ Rhys Williams ⓘ Sonny Tufts ⓘ
storyBy	F. Hugh Herbert ⓘ
timePeriod	post-World War II era ⓘ

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Dorothy Patrick → notableWork → The Crooked Way ⓘ

Robert Florey → notableWork → The Crooked Way ⓘ