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Added: Jan 16, 2009
Art critic and forgery expert George Steele (Pat O'Brien) is apprehended by the police as he desperately tries to break into the Manhattan Museum in the opening scene of Crack-Up, a noir mystery directed by Irving Reis. Steele does not understand his own bizarre actions, but explains that he was in a train wreck and had to get back to the museum. Questioned by Lt. Cochrane (Wallace Ford), who tells him there have been no train wrecks in months, Steele relates, in flashback, the events leading up to the incident. Earlier in the day the head of the museum had suspended him for alienating wealthy patrons by criticizing "art snobs" in a lecture. He then received a phone call informing him that his mother was sick, and caught the train to the hospital, but never got there. Though suspicious of Steele, Cochrane is persuaded by the shadowy Mr. Traybin (Herbert Marshall) to release him so he can follow Steele. The next day Steele retraces his steps and discovers that someone had set him up to be discredited, though he knows neither who nor why. Following the murder of a friend who was trying to help him, he discovers that forgeries of some very famous paintings are at the heart of the matter, but getting to the culprit is a more difficult task. Pat O'Brien - George Steele Claire Trevor - Terry Cordeau Herbert Marshall - Traybin Ray Collins - Dr. Lowell Wallace Ford - Cochrane Dean Harens - Reynolds Damian O'Flynn - Stevenson Erskine Sanford - Mr. Barton Mary Ware - Mary Alex Akimoff John Ardell - Man Guy Beach - Station Bonnie Blair - Dorothy Robert Bray - Man with Drunk George Bruggeman - Cop Jack Cheatham - Attendant Ellen Corby - Maid Delmar Costello - Deck Hand Roger Creed - Gambler Kernan Cripps - Ticket Clerk Lee Elson - Man Carl Faulkner - Detective J.C. Fowler - Man Edward Gargan - Cop Alvin Hammer - Milquetoast Carl Hansen - Gambler Harry Harvey - Moran Alf Haugan - Man in Audience Al Hill - Gambler Fred Hueston John Ince - Man John Indrisano - Detective Tiny Jones - Old Lady Joseph Kamaryt - Waiter Sam Lufkin - Detective Sam McDaniel - Porter Chef Joseph Milani - Joe Harry Monty - Midget Frank Moran - Bartender Philip Morris - Cop Horace Murphy - Conductor Tommy Noonan - Vendor Jimmy O'Gatty - Mate Eddie Parks - Drunk Bob Pepper - Intern Rose Plummer - Impatient Woman Dick Rush - Ship's Captain Shimen Ruskin - Wide-Eyed Man Dick Ryan - Butler Richard Ryen - Butler Harry Shannon - Cop Frank Shannon - Gateman Fred Somers Tex Swan - Cop Bob White - Drunk Dorothea Wolbert - Old Lady
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