| The Crooked Web | |
| Director: | Nathan Juran (as Nathan Hertz Juran) |
| Producer: | Sam Katzman |
| Starring: | Frank Lovejoy Mari Blanchard Richard Denning |
| Cinematography: | Henry Freulich |
| Editing: | Edwin H. Bryant |
| Studio: | Clover Productions |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 77 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Crooked Web is a 1955 crime film noir directed by Nathan Juran and starring Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard and Richard Denning.
Stan Fabian runs a drive-in restaurant with girlfriend Joanie Daniel, whose brother Frank turns up for a visit. Joanie has declined to marry Stan because he's strapped for cash, but Frank tempts him with a proposition, mentioning that he and a partner hid a stash of gold in Germany during the war.
Stan accepts an offer to help recover the gold for a cut of the loot. What he doesn't know is that Joanie and Frank are actually undercover cops. A rich businessman's son was apparently killed by Stan during a deal gone wrong, but the German police are unable to extradite him to charge him with a crime.
Frank pretends to shoot his partner, using blanks. He secretly meets with Berlin chief of police Koenig, pretending to be looking for the gold. Stan fears a double-cross, but confesses his wartime murder to Joanie, and is shocked to be placed under arrest.