Crossroads (1942)
Genres: Mystery, Noir
Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor
Crossroads is a 1942 mystery film noir directed by Jack Conway, starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past subjects him to back-to-back blackmail schemes, which threaten his reputation, job, marriage, and future. The film was inspired by the 1938 French film Crossroads which had also had a British remake Dead Man's Shoes in 1940.