Crossroads (1942 film)

Crossroads (1942 film)
Crossroads

Movie poster
Directed by Jack Conway
Produced by Edwin H. Knopf
Written by John H. Kafka (story)
Howard Emmett Rogers (story)
Guy Trosper
Frederick Kohner (uncredited)
Starring William Powell
Hedy Lamarr
Claire Trevor
Basil Rathbone
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by George Boemler
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) July 1942 (1942-07)
Running time 83 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Crossroads is a 1942 mystery film directed by Jack Conway, starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past comes back to trouble him. This is a remake of a 1938 French film, Carrefour by Curtis Bernhardt.

Plot summary

In 1935 French Diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) and his bride Lucienne (Hedy Lamarr) are enjoying a honeymoon in Paris when David is confronted by extortionist Carlos Le Duc (Vladimir Sokoloff) who demands money in exchange for not turning him in to the police.

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