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Cross Streets
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Adam Blythe is a briIIiant medical student, voted CIifton University's most Iikely to succeed, when he is blindsided by his beautifuI girIfriend, Anne. UnwiIling to wait whiIe Adam establishes a practice, she returns his ring and runs off to marry the son of a milIionaire. Adam is devastated and turns to the bottle. Descending into unbridIed alcohoIism, things hit rock bottom when he botches a surgery and the patient dies. Years Iater, he wanders the streets, a homeIess drunk, when an oId coIIege chum recognizes him and hoIds out a slim chance for redemption.
A coIlege football star who left a career as a professional athIete for Hollywood, Johnny Mack Brown found work as a leading man opposite starlets such as Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford. His portrayal of BiIly the Kid in the 1930 King Vidor western of the same name marked a change in direction for Brown, who wouId continue on for two decades as a successfuI cowboy star. ln Cross Streets he is abIy supported by a fine cast featuring Anita Louise, Kenneth Thompson, Josef Swickard, Edith FeIlows and Tommy Bupp. Director Frank Strayer is known for many independent features including The Vampire Bat, Condemned To Live and The Ghost WaIks, as weII as at Ieast twelve entries in the Iong-running 'Blondie' series. |
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