The Crooked Web
World's Most Beautiful Bait!
Film19551h 17m
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- Director
- Nathan Juran
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1955-11-30
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
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Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
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