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Crack-Up is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Reis released in USA on 6 september 1946 with Pat O'Brien

Crack-Up (1946)

Crack-Up
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Released in USA 6 september 1946
Length 1h33
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime
Rating64% 3.2414853.2414853.2414853.2414853.241485

Crack-Up is a 1946 film noir directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a short-story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown. The drama features Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, and others.

Synopsis

Art critic and forgery expert George Steele (O'Brien) is stopped by a policeman as he breaks into the Manhattan Museum. He claims that he was in a train wreck. Police Lieutenant Cochrane (Wallace Ford), however, finds that there has been no recent wreck. Steele, unsure himself what happened, relates the bizarre events leading up to the present. A flashback ensues:

Actors

Pat O'Brien

(George Steele)Claire Trevor

(Terry Cordell)Herbert Marshall

(Traybin)Ray Collins

(Dr. Lowell)Wallace Ford

(Lt. Cochrane)
And :
Erskine Sanford
Damian O'Flynn
Edward Gargan
Tommy Noonan
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