The Crooked Web (1955) 

Boy, does this bring back some memories! Yep, I'm old. Before internet, cell phones, cable TV, seeing who could make their jalopy spin the most in the wet fields, just good clean fun and times. The only burger drive-in we had in our small town was called the "Eat and Run", which we lovingly called the Scarf and Barf. What great times. Thanks for the memories.

❤These classic flims black and white flims I have my time machine goes back to the 1950/60 Were the golden years back then It enough for my life time ❤ Thanks u tube always appreciated for having these classic dramas and flims

Damn, wish it was 1955 now instead we're stuck in this 2022 hell

You tube is giving these classic fifties movies the showcase they deserve , This was Hollywood firing on all cylinders

Frank Lovejoy and his wife Joan Banks worked together in many projects from the radio to movies and television. She was a great Actress in her own right and he made quite a name for himself prior to his early death of a heart attack at age 50 in 1962. Joan Banks lived until age 79 passing away in 1998. All donations at the time of her death were to be left to the Motion Picture Retirement Home in Woodland Hills. Many of the older Stars greatly supported the Motion Picture Retirement Home and helped to keep it running. Such is not the case with the Actors today in Hollywood, as the Home has in recent years limited its' services and was near bankruptcy on several occasions. Joan Crawford was another big donor to the Home during her entire life as was the case with many of the older Stars. The older stars remembered the Actor's in need of such a retirement home which is not the case with the Actors and Actresses in Hollywood today.

Hot fudge shortcake WITH ice cream, 24 cents.

Anyone remember drive up...eat in your car restaurants? I remember A & W Rootbeer drive up. They served a frosty cold mug of rootbeer. Man how the world has changed.

Frank Lovejoy was such a good actor...Loved watching these old movies

Sometimes the very best sort of ending for a mystery, suspense and/or thriller film noir is a surprise ending! The Crooked Web is definitely one supreme case in point.

More twists than a bent corkscrew!

good storyline, good actors, good quality picture and sound, far better than a lot of modern movies

The clarity of the picture is remarkable. It is almost like HD. The sound is good too. Plus, the movie is good as well. A terrific find. THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD! Scripts and acting from this era are so much more interesting than today’s characterizations.

Good movie for sure glad to stumble upon it.!!

I love Black & White Movies ..I grew up on them, this story was convoluted but great acting kept me watching. So nice not to be bugged by adverts evry 3 seconds. Welldone Chris T.

3v3rybody used to be nasal talking those days

What a picture Clarity, it's Wonderful in all Sense, loved this story and Beautiful Casting ❤❤

That was really terrific, quite unexpected. Thank you

Thanks for uploading the old movies

Black and white movies are always good on a rainy day, even the "cheesy" ones. Thanks for the upload. Enjoyable.

Dang!!! Was totally surprised by the twists and turns of this story. Especially the ending!!!

I'm hooked! Thanks, Chris T!

Lovejoy had few leading roles in his brief film career but managed to feature in 30 films in just a 10-year period

Thanks for uploading this film. Never seen it before. An unusual film

This was a good movie, indeed! It didn't end the way I expected, either. Thank you...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

Very good story, nice quality, and I love Richard Denning and his wonderful hair. 😍 Thank you very much. 😘

First rate classic film noir drama with a top shelf cast and plot. Very enjoyable upload Chris T.

Thank Chris ,good movie with at least 3 clever twists. Kept me entertained throughout and thought the main 3 leads played it well.

Unexpectedly a great movie! Well done....thanks for the show!

I would kill for those drive ins now!

First off I like to say this was a really good movie I had a difficult time getting it back because RU-vid cleared out all my movies I collected, and I must say Chris T you really do a good job at uploading these movies you don't ruin them by the quality you definitely have them shown in their original way you don't block the movie with suggestions like others do and I've seen some do it really bad that while the movie is still playing at the end, you definitely do these movies Justice by uploading them and having them as they were when they first came out. Thank you very much, i hope you upload many more pictures

Fantastic! The acting! The dialogue! LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! the old b&w! So much classier than today. Just better entertainment; no language, no gore. ***SPOILER ALERT*** Frank & Joanie - quick thinking when Stan caught them; Frank - making up the story about the badge - so clever!! And! No commercials/ads! Thank you! Chris T! More, please!! 💕💕💕💕

Thought it was going to be a regular crime movie then the twist came..turned out to be a truly great movie, thanks for the upload.

That was a great movie I really enjoyed it!! The blonde actor reminds me of Robert Montgomery!

The Crooked Web, released USA 30 November 1955, USA 9 December 1955 (New York City, New York). Frank Lovejoy as Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian; Mari Blanchard as Joanie Daniel; Richard Denning as Frank Daniel; John Mylong as Herr Koenig; Harry Lauter as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc; Steven Ritch as Ramon 'Ray' Torres; Louis Merrill (as Lou Merril) as Herr Schmitt; John Albright, Man on Dock; Vince Barnett as Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In; Phil Bloom, Bar Patron; Danny Borzage, Accordionist; George Cisar as Don Gillen; Judy Clark, Singer; Roy Damron, Bar Patron; Van Des Autels as Tom Jackson; Harold Dyrenforth, German Guard; Richard Emory as Doc Mason; Joseph Glick, Boat Passenger; Roy Gordon as Richard V. Atherton; John Hart as Charlie Holt; Michael Jeffers, Man on Dock; Foster H. Phinney, Bar Patron; Murray Pollack, Beachgoer; Sammy Shack, Boat Passenger.

Thank you for sharing. Very enjoyable film.

Good movie 🎥! I really enjoy these old black and white movies! It was good to see Richard Denning in this movie 🎥! I enjoyed watching Richard Denning in the Michael Shayne detective series! This was a very enjoyable movie 🎥!

I really enjoyed this film. Thank you for posting it. Jeff

Fantastic movie -- I wasn't expecting much after seeing the introduction, but the plot twisted quite favorably more than just a few times. And, of course, the quality of the video and sound are excellent.

Thank You,Chris!

About 20-25 minutes in, the plot SUDDENLY becomes a LOT more interesting than it appeared at first!!!

Mari is absolutely gorgeous...and so talented, such a shame she didn't appear in more performances.

What I most like about these movies is that I was born in '57, I like to see how were like back then....

Thanks for uploading such a great film. Enjoy watching these.

Excellent film. Thank You. 20 February 2023

First time seeing this one. 5 minutes into it and I could tell already that I’d love it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I recall phone booths. Wish there were still some around. They really do serve their purpose if one's cell phone battery dies & and one's also forgotten their car charger & cord.

One look at the old 'Stan's Drive In' in Hollywood was a clue this wasn't a schlock motion picture .

What a great movie! Thank you, I loved it.

Frank love joy always plays the fall guy.

Very entertaining. The clarity of the picture is awesome. Thanks for the uploading.

This flick, or as they say in Deutschland, (keno) got me hooked on the plot and the characters. I like all the Frank Lovejoy films I've seen, and Richard Dennings played a suave operator. I was a kid of the 50's and even lived as my Air Force dad's military dependent at Rhein-Main Airbase, in Frankfort Germany, so I am familiar with Germany vocabulary. This film had a very elaborate sting operation going. Thanks bunches for posting Mr. Chris T.

I keep hearing this in my head as an episode of Johnny Dollar.

Frank lovejoy to me was an underrated actor I found his films entertaining.thanks for the upload.nice set up

Great movie, had me going a few times wondering what was going on. Love old b+w movies.

Happy Friday morning! 1:07am. Good movie. Thanks for upload Chris T. London UK 🇬🇧

For me, the best part of this film is shots of the old, STAN’S DRIVE-IN on Sunset & Hollywood in Los Angeles. Across the street is the Vista Theater which was later remodeled by Quentin Tarantino The opening crane shot that pans down the sign to a reveal Lovejoy walking towards the camera framed by a phone booth on each side of him is awesome!

Loved watching Richard Denning work--what a smooth operator. But Mari was a hoot especially when she was cornered and spouted the vituperative line: "What about my honey moon? What about my security? I thought you had class!" with withering aggression. Do you know she had polio as a kid, survived it then ran off in her teens to join the circus? She listed her birthday as somewhere between 1927 and 1932 but she was actually born on April 13, 1923 in Long Beach California. For those of you who are wondering--yes, it was a Friday. So, this Friday the thirteenth blonde beauty grew up, was married three times (the first for one year, the second for one year and the third time for 2 years) and we can safely assume she was not acting, that is who she was.

Quite an example of Film Noir, with more twists and turns than the Pennsylvania Turnpike has.

What a movie what a story...Impressive!!! couldn't get enough!!

Mari Blanchard is quite photogenetic for a B-movie actress.

wow, all ads of great twists....fantastic movie, and great copy......marvelous

Beautiful upload x

Excellent. Loved the tension.

Well worth watching. Don't be fooled by the first 5 mins.

Great upload. Thanks!

I’m just happy to be time-traveling along on this silly yarn.

The leading lady is a great actress.

A big drama to catch a killer.

Excellent video Chris. You just got a new subscriber. 🇺🇸

"Baseball drinkers. Three strikes and they're out."

I remember Stan's Drive-In at Sunset and Highland in L.A. -- back in the 1950's and 1960's -- when I was a kid.

Great movie for its time. Keeps your interest. Great acting !!!!!👍👍

Excellent print/sound!

Nice great picture easy to watch

Good clear picture. Important with these old flicks.

Chris T.. ( Legend ).. 🍾👍..

Loved Mari Blanchard in Abbott & Costello go to Mars she played the Venusian queen.

A very good movie - thanks.

Nice movie. Hard to beat the old B&W ones. One minor nit to pick is one thing they got wrong. They referred to a person from Scotland as Scotch. The right term to use would be they are Scottish, or a Scott. Scotch is something you drink.

The Vista theatre is still there.

Unbelievably unbelievable story with underwhelming performances to match.

Thanks for sharing.

Pretty good movie thanks.

Pretty nifty little movie, but boy that's a long way to go to make a pinch. Richard Denning was quite the hunk. The guy who played the accordion was the brother of some film directors, and was the personal accordionist for John Ford during the shooting of his movies,

Featuring Herman Goering on the accordion!

Really good-TY

,Great Movie,reply enjoyed it,thanks!

I've always wanted a fried chicken sandwich fountain! 😁👍

While the phone was ringing, before the wife answered it, MY phone started ringing. I did not answer mine... TY for the fine quality film.

Government agent tries to trick a suspect into returning to Germany, the scene of his crimes.

If Lovejoy's involved, it's usually good.

good story enjoyed that thanks

T about one minute: probably the first time in his life that guy held an accordion…

That car had me convinced that they really were the polizei.

Great film. I love the old black and white films. This was great to relax to and great actors to boot. Such a shame that both Frank Lovejoy and Mari Blanchard died at such young ages: 50 and just 47 respectively!

Well directed.

thank you good movie

Storming today perfect time to watch a hood black and white movie

The way Joan looked at Frank when he showed up Frank knew he was gonna get a Hell of a long awaited BlowJob 🙌👍😵😘 Stan is such a snuck Not to notice the not so brotherly vibe between them especially when Greed kicks in 😠🤓💥😡🤬⁉️

Watching this now with my partner he's 31 I'm 27 he's not into these old movies but I force him to watch it ❤