On this day in movie history - Criss Cross (1949)

Criss Cross

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1949.

Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Alan Napier, Griff Barnett, Meg Randall, Richard Long, Joan Miller, Edna Holland, John Doucette, Marc Krah, James O'Rear, John 'Skins' Miller, Jean Bane, Ralph Brooks, Dolores Castle, Michael Cisney, Corky (the Dog), Tony Curtis, Gene Evans, Sam Finn, Lee Tong Foo, Timmy Hawkins, Geraldine Jordan, George Lynn, Robert Osterloh, Garry Owen, Kenneth Patterson, Jose Portugal, Isabel Randolph, Suzanne Ridgway, Beatrice Roberts, Stephen Roberts, John Roy, Vito Scotti, Ann Staunton, Diane Stewart, Kippee Valez, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Winkler, Bud Wolfe.

Born on this day – Robert Palmer:

Singer

Songwriter

Musician

Producer

January 19, 1949 – September 26, 2003

Born on this day – Fritz Weaver:

Actor

January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016

Born on this day – Guy Madison:

 

Actor

January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996

Credits:

Red River (1988); Crossbow (1987–1988); The Rebels (1979); Fantasy Island (1979); The Hughes Mystery (1979); Where's Willie? (1978); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Il baco da seta (1974); The Pacific Connection (1974); The Smith Family (1972); Reverend's Colt (1970); Lusty Brawlers (1970); The War Devils (1969); Hell Commandos (1969); A Place in Hell (1969); La battaglia dell'ultimo panzer (1969); Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili (1968); Long Days of Hate (1968); Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968); Bang Bang Kid (1967); The Devil's Man (1967); Return of Django (1967); Payment in Blood (1967); LSD Flesh of Devil (1967); Lasciapassare per l'inferno (1966); Five for Revenge (1966); Legacy of the Incas (1965); L'avventuriero della Tortuga (1965); Kidnapped to Mystery Island (1964); Gunmen of Rio Grande (1964); Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak (1964); Sandokan alla riscossa (1964); Old Shatterhand (1964); Il vendicatore mascherato (1963); The Executioner of Venice (1963); Women of Devil's Island (1962); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Slave of Rome (1961); Death Valley Days (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958); Bullwhip (1958); General Electric Theater (1958); The 27th Day (1957); Not One Shall Die (1957); The Hard Man (1957); Wagon Train (1957); Climax! (1955–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); Reprisal! (1956); The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956); Hilda Crane (1956); On the Threshold of Space (1956); The Last Frontier (1955); 5 Against the House (1955); The Command (1954); The Charge at Feather River (1953); Red Snow (1952); Drums in the Deep South (1951); Massacre River (1949); Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948); Honeymoon (1947); Till the End of Time (1946); Since You Went Away (1944).

Born on this day – Patricia Highsmith:

Writer

January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995

Credits:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Dog's Ransom (1972); A Game for the Living (1958); A New Omnibus of Crime (2005); A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller (1965); Books to Die For (2012); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Chillers (1990); Crime Never Pays (2001); Crime Story Collection (2000); Deep Water (1957); Edith's Diary (1977); Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories (1970); Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers (2002); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); Found in the Street (1986); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Little Tales of Misogyny (1974); Mermaids on the Golf Course (1984); Murder Intercontinental (1996); Murder On The Railways (2003); Mystery Cats (1991); Nothing That Meets the Eye (1968); Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 (2021); People Who Knock on the Door (1983); Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction (1966); Ripley Under Ground (1970); Ripley Under Water (1991); Ripley's Game (1974); Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners (1970); Slowly, Slowly in the Wind (1979); Small g (1994); Sour Tales for Sweethearts (2015); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Strangers on a Train (1950); Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (1987); The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1977); The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1983); The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder (1975); The Black House (1981); The Blunderer (1954); The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980); The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night (2003); The Cry of the Owl (1962); The Glass Cell (1964); The Price of Salt / Carol (1952); The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith (2001); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955); The Tremor of Forgery (1969); The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories (1971); The Two Faces of January (1964); The Web She Weaves (1983); This Sweet Sickness (1960); Those Who Walk Away (1967); Verdict of Thirteen (1979).

Born on this day – Edgar Allan Poe:

Writer

January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849

Credits:

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994); 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); 100 Wild Little Weird Tales (1994); 21 Great Stories (1969); 30 Press Presents: Classic Horror Poems Volume One (2023); 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Great American Short Stories (1963); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); A Cat of a Different Color (2020); A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Descent into the Maelstrom (1841); A Few Words on Secret Writing (2014); A Predicament (1838); A Tale of Jerusalem (1832); A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1843); Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls (1985); Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems (1829); American Midnight (2019); Anastatic Printing (1845); Annabel Lee (1849); Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id (2018); Berenice (1835); Birds of Prey (2010); Books to Die For (2012); Classic Cat Stories (2020); Classic Sea Stories (1996); Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories (1996); Dark (2000); Detective Duos (1997); Diddling (1843); Dreams and Wonders (2010); Easy Reading for Difficult Devils: An Anthology of Dark Fiction (2014); Echoes Of Terror (1980); Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories (2018); Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works (2007); Eerie Archives Volume 13 (2013); Eerie Archives Volume 14 (2013); Eerie Archives Volume 16 (2014); Eerie Archives Volume 2 (2009); Eerie Archives Volume 21 (2016); Eerie Archives Volume 22 (2016); Eerie Archives, Vol. 1 (2004); Eerie Archives, Vol. 10 (2012); Eerie Archives, Vol. 11 (2012); Eerie Archives, Vol. 12 (2013); Eerie Archives, Vol. 3 (2010); Eerie Archives, Vol. 4 (2010); Eerie Archives, Vol. 5 (2010); Eerie Archives, Vol. 8 (2011); Eerie Archives, Vol. 9 (2012); Eleonora (1842); Eureka (1848); Fantastic, Fall 1952 (1952); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1948); Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses (2017); Fireside Horror Stories About Supernatural Cats (2017); Fossil Lake II (2015); Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard (1836); Ghost Stories (1986); Great Fantasy (1983); Great Law and Order Stories (1990); Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror (1931); Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958); Great Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (1979); Great Tales of Terror (1845); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2006); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); King Pest (1835); Landor's Cottage (1845); Letters Until Now Unpublished (1973); Ligeia (1838); Maelzel's Chess-Player (1836); Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them (2000); Masters of the Macabre (1999); Mesmeric Revelation (1844); Metzengerstein (1832); Morella (1835); Morning on the Wissahiccon (1844); Ms. Found in a Bottle (1833); Never Bet the Devil Your Head (1841); Night Frights Issue #2 (2021); Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V (2006); Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1 (1983); Poetry Comix (2020); Politian: An Unfinished Tragedy (1923); Psychos (2012); Red Sky (2014); Sea Tales of Terror (1974); Sea-Cursed (1994); Selected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (2016); Shadow (1835); Short Stories: After Dark Classics (2012); Some Words with a Mummy (1845); Stories for the Dead of Night (1957); Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2008); Tales and Poems (2004); Tales of Mystery (1963); Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1908); Tales of Mystery and Terror (2008); Tales of the Devil (2020); Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840); Tales of the Occult (1989); Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827); The Angel of The Odd (1844); The Balloon-Hoax (1844); The Bells and Other Poems (2017); The Black Cat (1843); The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark (2000); The Cask of Amontillado (1846); The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1845); The Complete Stories (1993); The Complete Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (1849); The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (1979); The Devil in the Belfry (1839); The Domain of Arnheim (1846); The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (2023); The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845); The Fall of the House of Usher (2016); The Giant Book of Zombies (1993); The Gold-Bug (1843); The Great Sea Adventure (2019); The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 (2019); The Imp of The Perverse (1845); The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840); The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq (1844); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Mammoth Book of Body Horror (2012); The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1988); The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993); The Man of the Crowd (1840); The Masque of the Red Death (1842); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841); The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales (1841); The Mystery of Marie Roget (1842); The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838); The Oblong Box (1844); The Oval Portrait (1845); The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992); The Philosophy of Composition (1846); The Philosophy of Furniture (1840); The Pit and the Pendulum (1842); The Poetic Principle (2000); The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe (1843); The Purloined Letter (1844); The Rationale of Verse (2013); The Raven (1845); The Raven and Other Poems (1845); The Raven and Other Selected Poems (2015); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); The Spectacles (1844); The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (1843); The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade (1845); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020); The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall (1835); The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1997); The World's Greatest Horror Stories (2004); Thrillers (1994); Weird Business (1995); Wickedest Show on Earth (1985); William Wilson (1839); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Writing New York (1998); Zombies!: Tales of the Walking Dead (2013).

Caitlin Moran, on books and reading:

Read as many books as you can.

Every book you read means you absorb another life.

It's the most pleasurable power-up ever.

- Caitlin Moran.