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Crack-Up (1946) [NR]

Featuring:
Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall

Written by:
John Paxton
Ben Bengal
Ray Spencer

Directed by:
Irving Reis


Release Date:
September 6, 1946

Original Title:
Crack-Up

Genres:
Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 96

Could I KILL ... and not remember?

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

George Steele, art curator at a small museum, has an apparent mental breakdown one night, convinced he was in a train wreck...which never happened. In flashback, shortly after proposing to x-ray some old master paintings the museum has on loan, Steele is called on an unplanned nocturnal train trip. He suddenly sees another train ahead, speeding toward his... Is George indeed cracking up, or is there a plot to discredit him? The mystery grows murky with shadowy menace...

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Crack-Up (1946) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10

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Production

Art Direction:
Albert S. D'Agostino
Jack Okey

Assistant Director:
James H. Anderson

Costume Design:
Renié

Director:
Irving Reis

Director of Photography:
Robert De Grasse

Original Music Composer:
Leigh Harline

Producer:
Jack J. Gross

Screenplay:
Ben Bengal
Ray Spencer
John Paxton

Set Decoration:
Darrell Silvera
Michael Ohrenbach

Special Effects:
Russell A. Cully

Story:
Fredric Brown

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