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Crack-Up( 1946)

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Could I KILL ... and not remember?

Overview

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

    Top Billed Cast

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      Pat O’Brien

      George Steele

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      Claire Trevor

      Terry Cordell

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      Herbert Marshall

      Traybin

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      Ray Collins

      Dr. Lowell

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      Wallace Ford

      Lt. Cochrane

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      Dean Harens

      Reynolds

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      Damian O'Flynn

      Museum Curator Stevenson

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      Erskine Sanford

      Museum Director Barton

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      Mary Ware

      Mary

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      Alex Akimoff

      Man (Uncredited)

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      John Ardell

      Man (Uncredited)

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      Gertrude Astor

      Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)

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      Al Bain

      Arcade Patron (Uncredited)

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      Guy Beach

      Station Agent (Uncredited)

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      Edward Biby

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      Bonnie Blair

      Dorothy (Uncredited)

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      Robert Bray

      Man with Drunk (Uncredited)

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      George Bruggeman

      Cop (Uncredited)

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      James Carlisle

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      Jack Cheatham

      Museum Attendant (Uncredited)

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      Ellen Corby

      Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

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      Delmar Costello

      Deck Hand (Uncredited)

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      Roger Creed

      Card Player on Train (Uncredited)

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      Kernan Cripps

      First RR Ticket Clerk (Uncredited)

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      Lee Elson

      Man (Uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Man on Train (Uncredited)

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      Carl Faulkner

      Detective (Uncredited)

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      J.C. Fowler

      Man (Uncredited)

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      Edward Gargan

      Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)

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      Jack Gargan

      Second Railroad Ticket Agent (Uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      Belle Green

      Woman in Audience (Uncredited)

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      Chuck Hamilton

      Man in Ticket Line (Uncredited)

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      Alvin Hammer

      Milquetoast (Uncredited)

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      Carl Hansen

      Card Player on Train (Uncredited)

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      Harry Harvey

      'Dad' Moran, Museum Custodian (Uncredited)

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      Alf Haugan

      Man in Audience (Uncredited)

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      Al Hill

      Card Player on Train (Uncredited)

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      Fred Hueston

      Man (Uncredited)

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      John Ince

      Man (Uncredited)

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      John Indrisano

      Detective (Uncredited)

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      Gloria Jetter

      Gambler (Uncredited)

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      Tiny Jones

      Old Lady (Uncredited)

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      Joseph Kamaryt

      Waiter (Uncredited)

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      Colin Kenny

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      King Lockwood

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      Sam Lufkin

      Detective (Uncredited)

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      Sam McDaniel

      Porter (Uncredited)

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      Charles Meakin

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      Chef Milani

      Restaurant Proprietor (Uncredited)

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      Harry Monty

      Midget in Arcade (Uncredited)

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      Frank Moran

      Bartender (Uncredited)

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      Philip Morris

      Cop (Uncredited)

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      Horace Murphy

      Train Conductor (Uncredited)

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      Tommy Noonan

      Bonbon Vendor (Uncredited)

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      Jimmy O'Gatty

      Mate (Uncredited)

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      Eddie Parks

      Drunk in Arcade (Uncredited)

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      Bob Pepper

      Intern (Uncredited)

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      Rose Plumer

      Impatient Woman in Ticket Line (Uncredited)

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      John Roy

      Attendant (Uncredited)

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      Dick Rush

      Captain of Arcadia (Uncredited)

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      Shimen Ruskin

      Dissenter at Art Lecture (Uncredited)

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      Dick Ryan

      Reynold's Butler (Uncredited)

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Diner in Restaurant (Uncredited)

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      Frank Shannon

      Train Station Gateman (Uncredited)

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      Harry Shannon

      Cop (Uncredited)

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      Cap Somers

      Cop (Uncredited)

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      Tex Swan

      Cop (Uncredited)

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      Eric Wilton

      Lecture Guest (Uncredited)

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      Dorothea Wolbert

      Old Lady (Uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 07 2022
    If only Irving Reis had cast his net a bit wider when casting his leading man, here - then we could have ended up with a quality, sophisticated crime drama. Sadly, he didn't and we are stuck with a really quite dreary performance from Pat O'Brien as "George", an art critic who finds himself caught up in a train crash (or was it!?) and a well planned, psychologically driven, plot involving art fraud after he had suggested that modern day X-ray techniques be used to verify the authenticity of old masters on loan to a museum - including a Gainsborough and a Dürer. Luckily for him, Claire Trevor "T...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • hypnosis
    • film noir
    • art gallery
    • insurance investigator
    • train wreck
    • driven mad
    • forgery
    • x-ray
    • insurance scam
    • oil painting
    • art curator