The Crooked Way (1949)

6.2/10 90 min Crime Drama Thriller

Overview

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

Cast

John Payne

Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi

Sonny Tufts

Vince Alexander

Ellen Drew

Nina Martin

Rhys Williams

Lieutenant Joe Williams

Percy Helton

Petey

John Doucette

Sgt. Barrett

Charles Evans

Captain Anderson (as Charlie Evans)

Greta Granstedt

Hazel Downs

Raymond Largay

Arthur Stacey, M.D.

Hal Baylor

Coke (as Hal Fieberling)

Don Haggerty

Hood

Jack Overman

Hood

Crane Whitley

Doctor Kemble / Off-Screen Narrator

John Harmon

Kelly

Garry Owen

Man from Green Acres Mortuary

Chet Brandenburg

(uncredited)

Frank Cady

Lester Dorr

Ross Elliott

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