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Crossroads is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Conway released in USA on 23 july 1942 with William Powell
Crossroads (1942)
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Add to a movie listCrossroads is a 1942 mystery film noir directed by Jack Conway and starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past comes back to trouble him.
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In 1935, French Diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) and his bride Lucienne (Hedy Lamarr) are enjoying their third month of marriage in Paris when Talbot is confronted by extortionist Carlos Le Duc (Vladimir Sokoloff) who demands money in exchange for not turning him in to the police.Actors
William Powell
(David Talbot aka Jean Pelletier)
Hedy Lamarr
(Lucienne Talbot)
Claire Trevor
(Michelle Allaine)
Basil Rathbone
(Henri Sarrou)
Margaret Wycherly
(Madame Pelletier)
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