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Rating: 6.5 stars

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All movies seen on 06/14/2025

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Crack-Up (1946)

Directed by Irving Reis

Crime | Film Noir | Mystery

Overview

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

Rated NR | Length 96 minutes

Actors

Pat O’Brien | Claire Trevor | Herbert Marshall | Ray Collins | Wallace Ford | Dean Harens | Damian O'Flynn | Erskine Sanford | Mary Ware | Alex Akimoff | John Ardell | Gertrude Astor | Al Bain | Guy Beach | Edward Biby | Bonnie Blair | Robert Bray | George Bruggeman | James Carlisle | Jack Cheatham | Ellen Corby | Delmar Costello | Roger Creed | Kernan Cripps | Lee Elson | Franklyn Farnum | Carl Faulkner | J.C. Fowler | Edward Gargan | Jack Gargan | Rudy Germane | Belle Green | Chuck Hamilton | Alvin Hammer | Carl Hansen | Harry Harvey | Alf Haugan | Al Hill | Fred Hueston | John Ince | John Indrisano | Gloria Jetter | Tiny Jones | Joseph Kamaryt | Colin Kenny | King Lockwood | Sam Lufkin | Sam McDaniel | Charles Meakin | Chef Milani | Harry Monty | Frank Moran | Philip Morris | Horace Murphy | Tommy Noonan | Jimmy O'Gatty | Eddie Parks | Bob Pepper | Rose Plumer | John Roy | Dick Rush | Shimen Ruskin | Dick Ryan | Jeffrey Sayre | Frank Shannon | Harry Shannon | Cap Somers | Tex Swan | Eric Wilton | Dorothea Wolbert

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

A good little thriller involving art forgery and a staple of film noir: memory loss.

Pat O’Brien seems miscast: it’s hard to believe this tough guy Irishman is an art museum curator. I always enjoy seeing Claire Trevor and Herbert Marshall, though.

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