Crack-Up (1946)


Crack-Up
Release Date06 September 1946
TaglineCould I KILL ... and not remember?
GenreDrama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassFilm Noir, Police Detective Film, Psychological Thriller
ThemesAmnesia
TonesMoody, Tense, Disturbing, Enigmatic
TagsAccident, Art, Artist, Con/scam, Conspiracy, Critic, Forgery, Investigator, Kill, Train [locomotive], Witness, X Ray

Crack-Up (1946) is a film noir directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over. The drama is based on "Madman's Holiday", a story written by mystery writer Fredric Brown. The drama features Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, and others.


Cast and Crew


Cast

George Steele

Terry Cordell

Dr. Lowell

Lt. Cochrane

Dean Harens
Reynolds

Damian O'Flynn
Museum Curator Stevenson

Erskine Sanford
Museum Director Barton

Mary Ware
Mary Ware

Alex Akimoff
Man

John Ardell
Man

Nagging Wife on Train

Guy Beach
Station agent

Bonnie Blair
Dorothy

Robert Bray
Man with Drunk

George Bruggeman
Cop

Jack Cheatham
Museum Attendant

Reynold's Maid

Delmar Costello
Deck Hand

Roger Creed
Card Player on Train

Kernan Cripps
First RR Ticket Clerk

Lee Elson
Man

Party Extra, Man on Train

Carl Faulkner
Detective

J.C. Fowler
Man

Cop in arcade

Jack Gargan
2nd Railroad Ticket Agent

Belle Green
Woman in Audience

Chuck Hamilton
Man in Ticket Line, Arcade Extra

Alvin Hammer
Milquetoast

Carl Hansen
Card Player on Train

Harry Harvey
'Dad' Moran, Museum Custodian

Alf Haugan
Man in Audience

Al Hill
Card Player on Train

Fred Hueston
Man

Man

John Indrisano
Detective

Gloria Jetter
Gambler

Tiny Jones
Old Lady

Joe Kamaryt
Waiter

Colin Kenny
Man at Art Lecture

Sam Lufkin
Detective

The Porter

Chef Milani
Restaurant Proprietor

Harry Monty
Midget in arcade

Bartender

Philip Morris
Cop

Horace Murphy
Train Conductor

Bonbon vendor

Jimmy O'Gatty
Mate

Eddie Parks
Drunk in arcade

Bob Pepper
Intern

Rose Plumer
Impatient Woman in Ticket Line

Dick Rush
Captain of Arcadia

Dissenter at Art Lecture

Dick Ryan
Reynolds' Butler

Jeffrey Sayre
Diner in Restaurant

Train Station Gateman

Harry Shannon
First cop

Cap Somers
Cop

Tex Swan
Cop

Bob White
Drunk

Eric Wilton
Man at Art Lecture

Dorothea Wolbert
Old Lady

Director

Irving Reis
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Writer

Fredric Brown

John Paxton

Ben Bengal

Ray Spencer

Producer

Jack J. Gross
executive producer

Original Music

Leigh Harline
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Cinematographer

Robert De Grasse

Editor

Frederic Knudtson
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Art Director

Albert S. D'Agostino
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Jack Okey
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Set Decorator

Michael Ohrenbach

Darrell Silvera
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Costume Designer

Renié

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James H. Anderson
assistant director

Sound Department

John L. Cass
sound

Terry Kellum
sound

Special Effects

Russell A. Cully
special effects

Music Department

C. Bakaleinikoff
musical director

Other Crew

Leslie Urbach
dialogue director

Production Company

RKO Radio Pictures
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Distributor

RKO Radio Pictures

C&C Television Corporation






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