Instant Favorite.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. However, Anna belongs now to the L.A. underworld. Steve believes he can rescue her, ignoring the advice and warnings of people who would try to save him.First of all, I have to say it is great to see Yvonne DeCarlo in something. I don't know if she was a big name before "The Munsters", but clearly she had it in her, so I hope she was a big deal even before that monster hit.But also, this is a great noir. You have to love when a film keeps you guessing about the motives of its characters, even the leading man. Is he a crook or a good guy? Who is his wife loyal to? What is the master plan? Everything is executed beautifully.

In spite of its big-name cast and fine camera-work, 1948's Criss Cross was somewhat disappointing and a less-than-riveting slice of Film Noir.Set in sunny Los Angeles, Armored Car Driver, Steve Thompson, gets re-acquainted with his less-than-trustworthy ex-wife, Anna, who's recently taken up with Slim Dundee, a notoriously jealous underworld thug.At times this film had the feel of being nothing but a standard "Chick Flick" and it lacked the necessary grit and overall toughness required, in my books, to make it a real, bona-fide Noir gem.Criss Cross starred Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea.

Yvonne DeCarlo sure plays a heck of a femme fatale in this film! And, she's a heck of a lot sexier than when she played Lily Munster! It seems that she was married to a poor sap (Burt Lancaster) but they've since divorced. However, he has it bad for her...and she is beginning to show signs that she might like to marry him all over again. So his hopes raise quickly---only to be dashed when she suddenly runs off with a hood (Dan Duryea--who almost ALWAYS played bad guys). Yet, oddly, despite this, she STILL has her claws in him and is able to manipulate him into being the inside man for an armored car robbery--as he's one of the crew of the truck. Things, however, don't go as you'd expect...see this excellent film to see what happens next.Considering the film has great baddies and a taut script, it's one of the better examples of film noir--true film noir with the perfect dame, great dialog, wonderful camera work--the whole shebang!

This was the first film I have watched from the film noir era. I was pleasantly surprised and I did really enjoy this film. It was something different than I had seen before, but it had a lot of nice qualities to it. For instance, I thought the main actors cast in this film were perfect for their parts. The character Anna, played by Yvonne De Carlo, was this strong headed, go getter kind of woman. She was very convincing when she was being nice or playing the more evil kind of woman. The character Steve Thompson, played by Burt Lancaster, I thought did a fine job in playing the role of being easily persuaded and almost lost in this new sort of world he got himself into.Another great point I found about this film and/or this genre in general was the reverse roles of men and woman. It showed woman to be more cunning and deceitful towards anyone who stood in their way to get what they wanted. In most movies it shows the man taking charge and not caring who he has to move out of his path to get his prize. On the other hand, in this movie, it showed a man in a more of a damsel in distress kind of way. What I mean by this is the main character is shown as blinded by love and is pressured into doing things he does not want to do. I do think this film is a great example of film noir and I would enjoy to see it again.