The Crooked Way 1949 DVD - John Payne / Sonny Tufts

A World War II veteran, suffering from amnesia but otherwise healthy, is released from a veterans hospital and decides to return to Los Angeles to try to regain his identity. As he retraces his former steps, he soon learns that he was once a double-crossing gangster. Many people now have reasons to wish he weren't around, and some will stop at nothing to make sure he doesn't remain alive for long. Cast: - John Payne as Eddie Rice aka Eddie Riccardi - Sonny Tufts as Vince Alexander - Ellen Drew as Nina Martin - Rhys Williams as Lieutenant Joe Williams - Percy Helton as Petey - John Doucette as Sgt. Barrett - Charles Evans as Captain Anderson - Greta Granstedt as Hazel Downs - Raymond Largay as Arthur Stacey, M.D. - Harry Bronson as Danny - Hal Baylor as Coke - Don Haggerty as Hood - Jack Overman as Hood - Crane Whitley as Doctor Kemble/Off-Screen Narrator - John Harmon as Kelly - Esther Howard as nosey hotel desk clerk Runtime: 90 minutes