TCM Party screens Criss Cross for 'Summer of Darkness' lineup

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Turner Classic Movies screened Robert Siodmak’s 1949 noir Criss Cross, starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea, as part of its Eddie Muller, hosted Summer of Darkness film noir lineup. TCM programmed Criss Cross in the TCMParty late-night slot, listed as 11:00 PM ET (8:00 PM PT), runtime 1h 28m. The Summer of Darkness festival runs Friday nights in June and July (except June 19, reserved for a Juneteenth tribute), with Muller hosting prime-time selections and late-night salutes to neo-noirs such as The Long Good Friday, The Yakuza and Harper. The 2026 program draws mainly from Muller’s “Endless Night: 25 Noir Films that Will Stand the Test of Time,” featuring 23 of those films plus two substitutes, and this month’s entries are drawn from 1940s noirs to illustrate the genre’s development. Criss Cross was presented within that chronological sequence, highlighting postwar noir themes of moral ambiguity and betrayal central to Muller’s curation.

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul

@celluloidsoul.bsky.social

How is this not the stuff of Academy Award nominations?! Van Heflin's performance is incredible. You believe every word until you feel as sick and twisted up as he does... #ActOfViolence #SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty

Van Heflin sits on the back staircase of a hotel next to Janet Leigh, who plays his wife, and slowly and carefully relays to her what really happened in the concentration camp he and his men were in during the war.

295h ago

CT Million4

It's a brutal, wrenching performance for sure. #ActOfViolence #TCMParty

HoustonRufus3

Seriously. It’s so damn good.

Walter Burns1

This is a terrific movie. Besides Heflin, you also have moving performances by Robert Ryan and Mary Astor.

John M Keating1

This whole scene. Both performances, the lighting and shots. It’s perfect

Tommy Krasker

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Noir fans are getting a whole lot of cinematographer Franz Planer in July. If you missed #TheNoirCollective watch of The Chase on Wed, here’s a copy of UCLA’s amazing restoration: archive.org/details/the-.... And July 22, Planer rejoins #TheNoirCollective for 99 River Street. #TCMParty #CrissCross

204h ago

John M Keating2

Both are on Kanopy too if you have a library card!!

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul1

I love 99 River Street so much!!!

CondimentGrrl aka Marcy

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Burt did longing almost better than any actor. He’s a thirsty man and she’s a drink of water. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #CrissCross

253h ago

QueenofNoirs

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I've been sitting here thinking to myself "I need a drink. I wonder why?" WE ARE MISSING #Bmoviemaniacs !! Because we are watching Criss Cross on #TCMParty #SummerofDarkness The House of Noirs had the day off today and we lost track of time. Plus the Cabo Verde game caused us to lose our minds

244h ago

Kim Britt Knits 🧶2

I was just thinking about a drink myself.

CondimentGrrl aka Marcy1

We just switched to CRISS CROSS

Marci

@marcikay.bsky.social

Yeah, yeah. So let’s talk about what’s REALLY important here: me finally seeing Dan Duryea on the big screen for the very first time at #NoirCity next week! #TCMParty

212h ago

John M Keating2

I saw Manhandled on the big screen in May. Glorious!

CT Million

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Mary Astor: "Whaddaya doing down here, handsome? Looking for some kicks?" #ActOfViolence #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness

154h ago

Leaving FilmStruck

@leavingfilmstrk.bsky.social

I love #CrissCross because Yvonne De Carlo wears pants. #TCMParty

144h ago

Leaving FilmStruck3

And this dance. Poor Steve watching. And the ending. #CrissCross #TCMParty

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul2

I forgot! Did I miss it?

Bob Calhoun1

Not watching but it’s one of my faves.

Kim Britt Knits 🧶

@kphbritt.bsky.social

Directors liked to put Lancaster in a bed as he waits to be killed. #tcmparty

133h ago

QueenofNoirs6

Directors also liked having him twisted in knots by ladies #TCMParty

Leaving FilmStruck3

I was just thinking the same thing. 😆

CondimentGrrl aka Marcy1

Because there’s no other way to take him down.

David A. Dike1

So he would be (comfortable) •••

dwayneadd.bsky.social

@dwayneadd.bsky.social

... and Mary Astor as Pat (the bar-fly). "What is it? Love trouble or money trouble? Listen, Frankie, I've seen 'em all. I've seen all the troubles in the world and they boil down to just those two. You're broke or you're lonely. Or, both." #TCMParty #ActOfViolence #SummerOfDarkness

115h ago

Andrija Popovic

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Dan Duryea was much like Robert Ryan - the exact opposite of the kind of folks he portrayed on film. #TCMParty #CrissCross #SummerOfDarkness

104h ago

teamrickandilsa.bsky.social

@teamrickandilsa.bsky.social

In #CrissCross the Dan Duryea role will be played by *checks notes* Dan Duryea. #TCMParty

103h ago

Seamus Hindsight

@gitrithm.bsky.social

They don’t make femme fatales like they used to. Men are about the same, though. Dumb. #CrissCross #TCMParty

82h ago

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CRISS CROSS (1949) — 11:00 pm ET — 1h 28m (TCM Special Theme: Summer of Darkness) Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea; directed by Robert Siodmak A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover. #TCM #TCMParty

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