Criss Cross is a 1949 American crime drama movie directed by Robert Siodmak and was based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Don Tracy. It stars Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Esy Morales, Alan Napier, Edna Holland, Tony Curtis (in his movie debut) and was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was remade as "The Underneath" in 1995.