Run a Crooked Mile
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Run a Crooked Mile is a made-for-TV thriller in which Louis Jourdan (in typically suave form) stars as an ordinary schoolteacher who, whilst on holiday, is a witness to a murder in a private secluded mansion.
When he reports this however, no evidence of any murder can be found, only a key on the floor. When he tries to investigate further he is knocked unconscious. He wakes up in a hospital room (after an apparent polo accident) and is astounded to discover that two years have elapsed and he is now married to a beautiful woman (Mary Tyler Moore) and living a rich and extravagant life in Europe! Not only this, he has become mixed up in a plot to damage the whole European economy!
Acclaimed for its original premise, stylish photography (by Arthur Grant) and use of exotic locations, the film has managed to develop a cult following.
Sadly the film seems to have been somewhat overlooked lately and has now disappeared from TV schedules. To date it has not been released on video or DVD.
[edit] Cast
- Louis Jourdan - Richard Stuart
- Mary Tyler Moore - Elizabeth Sutton
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Dr. Ralph Sawyer
- Stanley Holloway - Caretaker
- Alexander Knox - Sir Howard Nettleton
- Terence Alexander - Peter Martin
- Ronald Howard - Insp. Huntington
- Laurence Naismith - Lord Dunnsfield
- Norman Bird - Sgt. Hooper
- Ernest Clark - Chairman
- Bernard Archard - Business spokesman
- Margaret Nolan - Secretary
- Jean Anderson
- Nora Nicholson
[edit] Credits
- Gene Levitt - Director
- Ian Lewis - Producer
- Charles F. Engel - Executive Producer
- Trevor Wallace - Writer
- Mike Leander – Original Music/Conductor Mike Leander Biography
- Arthur Grant – Cinematographer
- Bert Rule – Editor
- Bernard Robinson - Production Designer
- Weston Drury Jr. – Casting
- George Blackler - Makeup Artist
- Betty Glasow - Hair Stylist
- Donald Toms - Production Manager
- Bert Batt - Assistant Director
- Ken Softley - Construction manager
- Robert T. MacPhee - Sound Recordist
- William Trent - Sound Editor
- Charlie McFadden - Boom Operator
- Neil Binney - Camera Operator
- Rosemary Burrows - Wardrobe
- Philip Martell - Musical Director
- Joy Mercer - Continuity
- John Southwood - Location Manager
Filmed in Britain 1969 – USA – Colour – 100mins
