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The Crooked Web(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-11-30
59%
14 Votes
Time: 1h 17m
World's Most Beautiful Bait!
Overview:
Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
Languages: German, English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Clover Productions
Movie: The Crooked Web
Top 10 Billed Cast
Frank Lovejoy
Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian
Mari Blanchard
Joanie Daniel
Richard Denning
Frank Daniel
Jack Mylong-Münz
Herr Koenig
Harry Lauter
Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
Steven Ritch
Ramon 'Ray' Torres
Louis Merrill
Herr Schmitt (as Lou Merril)
Vince Barnett
Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)
George Cisar
Don Gillen (uncredited)
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Overview
Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
Release Date
1955-11-30
Average
5.9
Rating:
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World's Most Beautiful Bait!
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