Crack-Up 1946
6.5 / 10
Crack-Up
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Full Cast & Crew
... George Steele
... Terry Cordell
... Traybin
... Dr. Lowell
... Lt. Cochrane
... Reynolds
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See All 1 Reviews07 Jul 2022 by CinemaSerf
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 "Terry" and Herbert Marshall ("Traybin") are on hand to get to the bottom of it. At times it's quite gripping, and the intricacies of the plot - and of the manipulation it suggests, are clever and quite original but it's far too long, and the sagging in the middle is almost hammock-like. Still, the use of sound is effective and the film is certainly worth catching up with with some tea and a bit of carrot cake.
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Release Date:
Sep 06, 1946 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 36`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Crack-Up
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 "Terry" and Herbert Marshall ("Traybin") are on hand to get to the bottom of it. At times it's quite gripping, and the intricacies of the plot - and of the manipulation it suggests, are clever and quite original but it's far too long, and the sagging in the middle is almost hammock-like. Still, the use of sound is effective and the film is certainly worth catching up with with some tea and a bit of carrot cake.
Cast & Crew of
Crack-Up
Directors & Credit Writers
... Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... George Steele
... Terry Cordell
... Traybin
... Dr. Lowell
... Lt. Cochrane
... Reynolds
... Museum Curator Stevenson
... Museum Director Barton
... Mary
AA
Alex Akimoff... Man (Uncredited)
JA
John Ardell... Man (Uncredited)
... Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
... Arcade Patron (Uncredited)
GB
Guy Beach... Station Agent (Uncredited)
... Lecture Guest (Uncredited)
BB
Bonnie Blair... Dorothy (Uncredited)
... Man with Drunk (Uncredited)
... Cop (Uncredited)
... Lecture Guest (Uncredited)
... Museum Attendant (Uncredited)
Produced By
JJG
Jack J. Gross... Producer
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