''The Crooked Web'' is a 1955

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directed by Nathan Juran and starring Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard and

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Plot

Stan Fabian runs a drive-in restaurant with girlfriend Joanie Daniel, whose brother Frank turns up for a visit. Joanie has declined to marry Stan because he's strapped for cash, but Frank tempts him with a proposition, mentioning that he and a partner hid a stash of gold in Germany during the war. Stan accepts an offer to help recover the gold for a cut of the loot. What he doesn't know is that Joanie and Frank are actually undercover cops. A rich businessman's son was apparently killed by Stan during a deal gone wrong, but the German police are unable to extradite him to charge him with a crime. Frank pretends to shoot his partner, using blanks. He secretly meets with Berlin chief of police Koenig, pretending to be looking for the gold. Stan fears a double-cross, but confesses his wartime murder to Joanie, and is shocked to be placed under arrest.

Cast

* Frank Lovejoy as Stanley Fabian * Mari Blanchard as Joanie Daniel *

as Frank Daniel *

John Mylong John Mylong (September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975), also known as Jack Mylong-Münz, born Adolf Heinrich Münz, was an Austrian actor who later settled in the United States. Selected filmography * ''Der heilige Hass, 1. Teil'' (1921) - Rabo ...

as Herr Koenig * Harry Lauter as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc * Steven Ritch as Ramon 'Ray' Torres *

Lou Merrill Louis Dilman Merrill (April 1, 1912 – April 7, 1963) was an American actor, who worked primarily in radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. Early life Lou Merill was born on April 1, 1912, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., and moved to the ...

as Herr Schmitt

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* * * 1955 films Film noir Films directed by Nathan Juran 1955 crime drama films Columbia Pictures films 1950s English-language films American crime drama films American black-and-white films {{1950s-crime-drama-film-stub