Crossroads (1942)

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(1698)

Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1942-10-22
Director: Jack Conway
Writers: Guy Trosper , John H. Kafka , Howard Emmett Rogers
Language: English | French | Portuguese
Stars: William Powell (I) (1892–1984) , Hedy Lamarr , Claire Trevor , Basil Rathbone , Margaret Wycherly , Felix Bressart , Sig Ruman , H.B. Warner (1875–1958) , Philip Merivale , Enrique Acosta
Runtime: 83 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Crossroads (Canada) , Перекресток , O Homem com Dois Passados (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Okänt område (Sweden) , The Man from Martinique (United States of America) , Till You Return (United States of America) , Crossroads (United Kingdom) , The Man Who Lost His Way (United States of America) , La banda Pellettier (Italy) , Encrucijada (Spain) , Vidas encontradas (Mexico) , Vidas encontradas (Argentina) , Crossroads (United States of America) , Vidas encontradas (Venezuela) , Hämärän peitossa (Finland) , Keresztutak (Hungary) , Crossroads , Sua Excia. o Réu (Brazil)
Plot: 1935, Paris: David Talbot is a successful and well-respected member of the French Foreign Service. Everything is going his way: he is responsible for handling a large public trust, is pegged as the next French Ambassador to Brazil, and is still in the honeymoon phase of his marriage to his newlywed bride, Lucienne Talbot. He receives a letter addressed to "Jean" -- although David Talbot is the addressee on the envelope -- asking for the FF1 million owed. He eventually learns the letter writer accuses him of really being Jean Pelletier, who committed a bank robbery and murder in 1922. Half of the proceeds (FF1 million) is apparently owed to Pelletier's partner(s) in crime. Part of Talbot's background is that he was long ago treated by Dr. Andre Tessier, still a close friend, for amnesia as the result of a physical trauma. The one person who could positively identify him did so as David Talbot, now believed deceased. Two people (wanting the FF1 million loot) clandestinely continue to claim Talbot truly is Pelletier -- they are revealed to be wine merchant Henri Sarrou and cabaret singer Michelle Allaine. Although publicly cleared of the accusation, Talbot goes on a search for the truth. And Lucienne, knowing of the accusation but not knowing of the mounting pressure placed on him by Sarrou and/or Allaine, cannot help but wonder herself.
IMDB:tt0034622