Crossroads

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06/18/2024 An entertaining drama, if not particularly thrilling. The best thing about it is the acting, which is first class. William Powell, Hedy Lamar and the great Basil Rathbone are all on top form, as is the supporting cast. The ending is a little pat and but the first and second acts are pretty solid. Worth a watch at least once. See more Steve D 03/21/2024 Entertaining but with too easy a resolution. See more Russ G 11/27/2022 William Powell fabulous as always and Miss Lamarr isn't just a pretty face in this one. Basil Rathbone terrific as the heavy, a surprise to viewers accustomed to seeing him only as the British super sleuth. There's also an excellent supporting role by a character actor I've seen in Ninotchka and one other film. You'll notice a few other familiar faces, too, as the prosecutor, and the femme fatale. There are enough twists in this to hold you to the end. See more 03/19/2016 I'm a huge William Powell and Hedy Lamarr fan and they both are quite good in this corny, but still intriguing story about a diplomat who at one point in his past lost his memory and is then later blackmailed by Basil Rathbone who claims that Powell murdered a man during the period of time he can't remember. Powell then has to figure to how to protect his now successful life with beautiful wife Lamarr and decide whether he really did kill a man at one point or not. I've recently become obsessed with Hedy Lamar, who was considered one of the most popular and beautiful actresses of her time, but who now is pretty much forgotten. My theory on her is that she never appeared in a single film that is considered a classic. Most all of her films range from entertaining if not especially memorable (like this film) to truly bad films (like "The Story of Mankind"). I predict that in 60 years Jennifer Aniston will be in this same boat, with maybe only "Office Space" allowing her to be remembered. But back to this film, Powell is great as always and Lamar is good as well, who help elevate what is essentially a kind of silly potboiler type of story. See more 12/03/2014 Slickly done MGM programmer. It may not be a top-of-the-line production, but it still has the studio's signature polish and glamor... A mystery wrapped in an enigma--Enjoyable did-he-didn't-he mystery... Atmospheric and harrowing amnesia drama!! See more 11/09/2012 an MGM A pic melodrama with a great cast See more Read all reviews

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