CRISSCROSS

Criss Cross

Criss Cross is a 1949 film noir starring Burt Lancaster, directed by Robert Siodmak from Don Tracy's novel of the same name. This black-and-white film was shot partly on location in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. The film was written by Daniel Fuchs. Franz Planer's cinematography creates a black-and-white film noir world. Miklós Rózsa scored the film's soundtrack. It was remade as The Underneath in 1995.

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crisscross

Noun

  1. A pattern of crossed lines.
  2. A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
  3. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Verb

  1. To move back and forth (over something.)
  2. To mark something with crossed lines.

Adjective

  1. marked with crossed lines

Adverb

  1. crossing one another


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