Crack-Up

Crack-UpAfter a train wreck sends art critic George Steele (Pat O'Brien) into a mental tailspin, he's fired from his job at a New York art museum. Seems unjust until you learn there was no train wreck. This relentless, nervy film noir explores the sinister world of violence and the monied world of aesthetics as Steele's attempt to reconstruct what really happened leads him to murder, mania and an international conspiracy that threatens the museum's

penniless fellow physician or a brilliant

noted author of books that offer worldly advice while documenting the lifestyles and love life of various cultures

another drama unfolds: pilot Nora Stead (Patricia Medina) arrives to join the search

And that knockout who wins Geechy's heart is Elaine Stewart

functioning most effectively in each of his roles - as actor

The film also stars Ralph Bellamy

the 1937 version of The Last of Mrs

Fortunately for us they aren't too smart

Phenomenal

She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and - with Pierre Curie

Noted cinematographer Ted Tetzlaff (Notorious) directs

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