Crack-Up

Sep 6, 1946

1h 36m

★ 5.6

Could I KILL ... and not remember?

Overview

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Crack-Up Trailers

Cast

George Steele

Pat O’Brien

Terry Cordell

Claire Trevor

Traybin

Herbert Marshall

Dr. Lowell

Ray Collins

Lt. Cochrane

Wallace Ford

Reynolds

Dean Harens

Museum Curator Stevenson

Damian O'Flynn

Museum Director Barton

Erskine Sanford

Mary

Mary Ware

Man (Uncredited)

Alex Akimoff

Man (Uncredited)

John Ardell

Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

6.4

The Maltese Falcon

May 23, 1931

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

6.6

Crossfire

Aug 15, 1947

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

5.3

The Woman on Pier 13

Jun 15, 1950

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

6.6

The Killer Is Loose

Feb 3, 1956

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

6.8

The Reckless Moment

Dec 9, 1949

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

6.5

Fallen Angel

Nov 15, 1945

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

5.8

The Las Vegas Story

Jan 30, 1952

When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.

6.1

Deported

Nov 1, 1950

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.

6.7

Cry Danger

Feb 23, 1951

After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

6.6

The Mob

Sep 7, 1951

An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.

7.0

The Postman Always Rings Twice

May 2, 1946

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

7.2

He Ran All the Way

Jun 20, 1951

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

5.8

Red Light

Sep 30, 1949

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.

6.6

Conflict

Jun 15, 1945

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

7.2

The Enforcer

Feb 24, 1951

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

6.2

High Wall

Dec 17, 1947

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.