When you double-cross a double-crosser… it’s a “Criss Cross”
Film Synopsis
Criss Cross (1949) follows a man who falls back into a dangerous orbit with his ex-wife, only to be drawn into a heist engineered by her criminal husband. As passion and betrayal tighten their grip, his plan to outmaneuver everyone collapses into a spiral of suspicion and double-crosses. This fatalistic noir blends romantic obsession and criminal desperation in a tense descent toward inevitable ruin.
Criss Cross Blu-ray & DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | Shout! Factory BD-A/US 2019 | Eureka BD-B/UK/OOP 2020 | Universal DVD-1/US/OOP 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Actress Rutanya Alda and Lee Gambin | |||
| Audio Commentary by Adrian Martin | |||
| Audio Commentary by Jim Hemphill | |||
| Screen Director’s Playhouse: “Criss Cross” - Directed by Robert Siodmak with Actor Burt Lancaster | |||
| Stills Gallery - Photos, Marketing | |||
| Isolated Music and Effects Track | |||
| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Eureka’s Blu-ray includes a 32-page booklet with writing by Adam Batty (“Criss Cross”), Kat Ellinger (“You Really Loved Her; You Know I Did Too: Robert Siodmak, Doomed Romance, and the Noir”) and Barry Forshaw (“‘Criss Cross’: Barry Forshaw on a Key Film Noir”).
- Universal’s “Universal Noir Collection” DVD is also available in the “Film Noir 10-Movie Spotlight Collection” box set with The Glass Key (1942), This Gun for Hire (1942), Double Indemnity (1944), Phantom Lady (1944), Black Angel (1946), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Killers (1946), The Big Clock (1948), Criss Cross (1949) and Touch of Evil (1958).
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Collector’s guide
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| Editions | |
|---|---|
| Extras | Audio Commentary by Actress Rutanya Alda and Lee Gambin Eureka BD |
| Audio Commentary by Adrian Martin Eureka BD | |
| Audio Commentary by Jim Hemphill Shout! Factory BD | |
| Screen Director’s Playhouse: “Criss Cross” - Directed by Robert Siodmak with Actor Burt Lancaster Eureka BD | |
| Stills Gallery - Photos, Marketing Shout! Factory BD | |
| Isolated Music and Effects Track Eureka BD | |
| Theatrical Trailer Shout! Factory BD |