The Crooked Way (1949)
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
Top billed cast
John PayneEddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
Sonny TuftsVince Alexander
Ellen DrewNina Martin
Rhys WilliamsLieutenant Joe Williams
Percy HeltonPetey
John DoucetteSgt. Barrett
Charles EvansCaptain Anderson (as Charlie Evans)
Greta GranstedtHazel Downs
Raymond LargayArthur Stacey, M.D.- Harry BronsonDanny
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