Crack-Up (1946)

Name: Crack-Up
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1946-09-06
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford

Could I KILL ... and not remember?

ThrillerMystery

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

Release Date: September 6, 1946
Runtime: 1h 36m
Rating: 5.7/10 (33 votes)

Director: Irving Reis

Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

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IMDb

Full Cast (70 people)

Pat O'Brien as George Steele
Claire Trevor as Terry Cordell
Herbert Marshall as Traybin
Ray Collins as Dr. Lowell
Wallace Ford as Lt. Cochrane
Dean Harens as Reynolds
Damian O'Flynn as Museum Curator Stevenson
Erskine Sanford as Museum Director Barton
Mary Ware as Mary
Alex Akimoff as Man (Uncredited)
John Ardell as Man (Uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Al Bain as Arcade Patron (Uncredited)
Guy Beach as Station Agent (Uncredited)
Edward Biby as Lecture Guest (Uncredited)
Bonnie Blair as Dorothy (Uncredited)
Robert Bray as Man with Drunk (Uncredited)
George Bruggeman as Cop (Uncredited)
James Carlisle as Lecture Guest (Uncredited)
Jack Cheatham as Museum Attendant (Uncredited)
Ellen Corby as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Delmar Costello as Deck Hand (Uncredited)
Roger Creed as Card Player on Train (Uncredited)
Kernan Cripps as First RR Ticket Clerk (Uncredited)
Lee Elson as Man (Uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Man on Train (Uncredited)
Carl Faulkner as Detective (Uncredited)
J.C. Fowler as Man (Uncredited)
Edward Gargan as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
Jack Gargan as Second Railroad Ticket Agent (Uncredited)

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Reviews

CinemaSerf - 6/10

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 frau...

July 7, 2022