The Crooked Web

Nov 30, 1955

1h 17m

★ 5.9

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…

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Clover Productions

Columbia Pictures

The Crooked Web Trailers

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Cast

Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian

Frank Lovejoy

Joanie Daniel

Mari Blanchard

Frank Daniel

Richard Denning

Herr Koenig

John Mylong

Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc

Harry Lauter

Ramon 'Ray' Torres

Steven Ritch

Herr Schmitt (as Lou Merril)

Louis Merrill

Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)

Vince Barnett

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Phil Bloom

Don Gillen (uncredited)

George Cisar

Singer (uncredited)

Judy Clark

Doc Mason (uncredited)

Richard Emory

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